Founded in January 1990 in southwest Shenzhen, and linked with Hong Kong by Shenzhen Bay Bridge, Nanshan District covers a land area of 187.5 square kilometers and a sea area of 360 square kilometers, with a coastline of 40.6 kilometers. Under the jurisdiction of Nanshan District, there are eight sub-district offices, namely, Nantou, Nanshan, Xili, Shahe, Shekou, Zhaoshang, Yuehai and Taoyuan, and 101 community workstations that administrate and serve about 2.2 million population, including 932,000 registered population and 1.424 million resident population.
In 1979, Shekou, Nanshan District firstly implemented the reform and opening-up policy, establishing Shekou Industrial Zone, the first industrial zone open to the outside world in China, and highlighting the themes of the era that "Empty talks would lead the country astray, and hard work can rejuvenate the nation" and "Time is money while efficiency equals to life". Thereafter, reform and opening-up has been the base of Nanshan.
After the 18th CPC National Congress, General Secretary Xi Jinping firstly paid a visit to Nanshan, Shenzhen with investigations into Qianhai and Tencent. Over nearly 40 years since the reform and opening-up, Nanshan has been keeping in line with the national strategy and the trend of the times in developing the National High-tech Zone, Shenzhen-Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Demonstration Zone, Qianhai Shekou Pilot Free Trade Zone and Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.