Guangming District, located in the north of Shenzhen, covers a total area of 156.1 square kilometers with a population of 1.38 million. The district shares the border with the city of Dongguan, while connecting with Guanlan, Songgang, and Shiyan to its east, west, and south. With six subdistricts, including Guangming, Gongming, Xinhu, Fenghuang, Yutang, and Matian, Guangming District manages 31 local communities.
Guangming District enjoys an abundance of ecological resources, including mountains, rivers, forests, farming fields, lakes and other landscapes. It is one of the showcase Eco cities, where six national initiatives, such as Sponge City Program, Green Construction Project, and Modern Urbanization Program, are implemented. With abundant natural resources, the district has established a number of ecological nodes, namely public parks, wetland parks, local reservoirs, and farming fields. Also, the mainstream and tributaries of Maozhou River, together with the urban green trails, are planned as major ecological corridors, while the eastern and northern forests are protected as ecological protection areas.
The development of education has reached a new stage. Four new public kindergartens were built, and four new public subsidized kindergartens were added, with the sum of public kindergartens and public subsidized kindergartens accounting for 87.7 percent of the total. Five primary and middle schools were newly renovated and expanded, and 9,540 public primary and middle school seats were added, with the supply rate of public primary one and junior high one school seats reaching 78 percent and 100 percent respectively.
Guangming District has made great efforts to introduce the resources of famous basic education schools. Shenzhen Experimental School-Guangming Campus was opened, providing education service from kindergarten to high school. Educational Science Research Institute of Shenzhen set a branch institute in Guangming. The construction of the affiliated primary school of Educational Science Research Institute of Shenzhen and the Guangming Xinghe Primary School affiliated to South China Normal University is in full swing.
Residents of Guangming District enjoy high-level public healthcare services and medical facilities. The most professional general hospital in South China, Sun Yat-sen No. 7 Hospital, became the national pilot hospital for aeromedical emergencies, with medical rescue reaching all districts in Shenzhen within 30 minutes.