Shenzhen, originally a fishing town in Southern province of Guangdong adjacent to Hong Kong, nobody would ever think it would undergo such enormous changes within 30 years.
In the 1990s, before the Reform and Opening up policy, the small fishing town took a completely different look that you would never associate it with the modern megacity it developed into and the various labels attached to it as “The Silicon Valley of Hardware”, “Makers; Incubation Center”, “The Largest Electronic Wholesale Markets of the World”, etc. Let’s take a look at what Shenzhen was like in the 1990s.
Picture of Shenzhen in the 1990s when the government started to pull down the bungalows for construction of the city.
The intersection of Huaqiangbei that was under construction in 1997.
The neighborhood of Xiangmi Lake. Not far from farmland and bungalows, skyscrapers started to spring up as long as the first Ferris Wheel.
Luohu coach station in the early 1990s. The station was quite basic and small, thought there was a significant number of tourists coming along the dirt road.
The new coach station in the late 1990s, when the road was rebuilt, and many high-rise building sprung up.
In a summer of the 1990s, the city was flooded after typhoon.
The first McDonald opened in Shenzhen in 1991. A beautiful girl was taking photos in front of the new McDonald.
Shenzhen stock exchange center in the 1990s while trading stocks was in its heyday in China. A stock fan was immersed in the price fluctuations on the display and from time to time gave out a little exclamation.
Citizens were dancing excitedly in the park.
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