Huaqiangbei Subdistrict is located in the eastern part of Futian District, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, where the seat of the Shenzhen Municipal Committee is situated. It was officially established on July 1, 2009. Covering an area of 2.96 square kilometers, the subdistrict is bounded by Hongling Middle Road to the east, Shennan Middle Road to the south, Hongli Road to the north, and Huafu Road to the west. The area brings together key municipal institutions, including the Shenzhen Municipal Committee, the Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection, and the Municipal Bureau of Letters and Visits. It is also home to prominent landmarks such as Deng Xiaoping Portrait Square, Litchi Park, SEG Plaza, and the Huaqiangbei Commercial Pedestrian Street. Renowned enterprises, including AVIC International, China Electronics Corporation, SEG Group, and Huaqiang Group, originated and developed here, earning Huaqiangbei the reputation of "China's No. 1 Electronics Street."
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The subdistrict administers five communities—Fuqiang, Licun, Huahang, Huahong, and Tongxinling—covering a total of 53 residential and commercial property complexes.
Over the past four decades, Huaqiangbei has undergone a leapfrog transformation from an industrial zone to an electronics trading market, and further into a comprehensive innovation-oriented commercial district. Today, it has become the world's largest electronics trading and distribution hub, ranking first nationwide in four key indicators: number of electronics merchants, business floor area, product variety, and annual sales volume. It has also nurtured more than 50 well-known enterprises, including Tencent, Shennan Circuits, Tianma Microelectronics, Han's Laser, and Hytera.
The core area of the Huaqiangbei commercial district covers approximately 1.45 square kilometers, bringing together 35 specialized markets and 115,000 business entities, with annual transaction volumes exceeding RMB 400 billion. It has consecutively received titles such as "China's No. 1 Electronics Street," "China's Famous Commercial Street," "China's First 5G Experience Street," "National AAA Tourist Attraction," "Guangdong Provincial Demonstration Featured Pedestrian Street (Commercial District)," and "Guangdong Province Happy Shopping Town."
In recent years, Huaqiangbei's industrial development has continued to move toward innovation and higher quality. Focused on building the No. 1 Cradle of New Quality Productive Forces, the No. 1 Global Makers Street, and the No. 1 Human–Machine Co-Creation Street.A number of nationally pioneering exhibition platforms and application scenarios have taken shape in areas such as artificial intelligence, robotics, the low-altitude economy, and smart hardware, showcasing China's practice in developing new quality productive forces. At present, products and services from Huaqiangbei reach 183 countries and regions worldwide, with an average daily footfall of approximately 750,000 people and more than 7,000 foreign business visitors per day.
Focusing on the development of an international "boundary-free district," Huaqiangbei has steadily advanced foreign-related service systems across language, commerce, innovation, daily life, finance, and transportation. Efforts include improving multilingual signage, translation services, foreign bank card payment acceptance, and departure tax refund services, as well as establishing an international volunteer service team. These initiatives provide efficient and convenient one-stop services for global merchants. Huaqiangbei has become an important node in the global electronic information industry and a key window for Shenzhen's high-level opening-up. In 2025 alone, it was reported by central-level media more than 50 times. Its "procurement-driven tourism" model has gained widespread popularity, earning it the reputation of a "new global hotspot for shopping tourism."
Huaqiangbei not only vividly demonstrates the innovation capacity and market vitality of China's electronics industry, but also encapsulates the industrial trajectory of China's transition from "Made in China" to "Created in China." Through the continuous emergence of global best-selling products, it powerfully illustrates Shenzhen's development miracle—one driven by reform to expand openness and by innovation to connect with the world.
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