深圳 Shenzhen

In 1980 this was a border town of a few hundred thousand. Today it is China's innovation capital — home of Tencent, DJI and Huawei — still under 45 years old.

1980年这里还是一座边陲小镇；今天它是中国的创新之都——腾讯、大疆、华为的总部，城市年龄还不到45岁。

The city moves at 「Shenzhen speed」: a metro that keeps growing, drone light shows over the CBD, and a new skyline every time you look up.

这座城市以「深圳速度」奔跑：地铁不断延伸，中心区无人机灯光秀定期升空，天际线每次抬头都有新变化。

And it surprises: mountain parks inside the city, a green bay boardwalk, and real surf beaches an hour east.

它也常给人惊喜：城中有山体公园，深圳湾有滨海绿道，往东一小时还有能冲浪的野海滩。

In 1979 Shenzhen was a fishing and farming county of some 30,000 people; the 1980 Special Economic Zone changed everything.

1979年深圳还是一个约三万人的渔农县；1980年经济特区设立，一切从此改变。

The Shekou slogan 「Time is money, efficiency is life」 became the creed of China's reform era.

蛇口标语「时间就是金钱，效率就是生命」，成为改革开放年代的精神信条。

Forty years on, the fishing village metaphor has grown into a metropolis that files more international patents than most countries.

四十年过去，「小渔村」长成了国际专利申请量超过多数国家的都市。