Shenzhen Book City
Simplified Chinese深圳书城
Traditional Chinese深圳書城
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinShēnzhèn Shū Chéng
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingsam1 zan3 syu1 sing4

Shenzhen Book City (simplified Chinese: 深圳书城; traditional Chinese: 深圳書城; pinyin: Shēnzhèn Shūchéng) is a group of large book shopping malls in Shenzhen of China. It is affiliated to the Shenzhen Publishing and Distribution Group, a wholly state-owned cultural company with independent accounting.[1][2][3]

Subsidiary bookstores

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Currently, Shenzhen Book City has a total of seven branches.[3]

  • Shenzhen Book City (Luohu), located at Jinshan Building, No. 5033, Shennan East Road, Luohu District, near Shenzhen Metro Grand Theater Station, is the earliest book city to open in Shenzhen.
  • Shenzhen Book City (Central), located at Fuzhong 1st Road, Futian District, is the largest bookstore under Shenzhen Book City. It is also claimed to be the largest in the world. The store also includes multiple restaurants and non-book-related shops, as well as a section devoted to non-Chinese books. Overall, the store contains over 3 million books.[4] Story-telling competitions are held every Sunday for children 4–8 years old.[5]
  • Shenzhen Book City (Baoan), located at Central Road, Shajing Street, Baoan District, near Shenzhen Metro Line 11 Shajing Station, opened on May 15, 2015. Baoan Book City has a total construction area of approximately 38,000 square meters.[6] In addition to introducing merchants such as Huaxia Starlight Cinema and restaurants, it also introduced technologies such as mobile payment and smart positioning in the bookstore.
  • Shenzhen Book City (Longgang), located in the Red Cube on the southwest side of Longcheng Plaza in Longgang District, opened on July 18, 2017, with an area of approximately 35,000 square meters.[7]
  • Shenzhen Book City (Longhua), located at No. 1389 Meilong Avenue, Longhua District, adjacent to Qinghu Station of Shenzhen Metro Line 4, has a construction area of 46,000 square meters and opened on December 31, 2019.[8]
  • Shenzhen Book City (Bay Area), which is still under construction, is located in Phases 2 and 3 of Haibin Plaza in Bao'an central district, with a total construction area of 140,000 square meters.

References

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  1. ^ Wang Minmin, ed. (2015-07-29). "深圳书城20年营造城市"大书房" (Shenzhen Book City has built a city "big study room" in 20 years)" (in Chinese). People's Daily Overseas Edition.
  2. ^ 深圳書城-关于集团 Archived 2016-04-07 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ a b Yayan, ed. (2020-11-11). "深圳7大超級書城 閱讀風氣領先全國 (Shenzhen's 7 Super Bookstores Lead the Country in Reading Trends)" (in Chinese). Our China Story.
  4. ^ Duan Xuelian (2012-08-31). "Shenzhen's Central Book City". CRI English. Archived from the original on July 2, 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  5. ^ "Shenzhen Book City CBD store (Futian) (深圳书城中心店)". Retrieved 2 July 2013.
  6. ^ 贏商網-深圳书城宝安城的“大书城+”：智能定位启动新模式 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "新书城 新典范 深圳书城龙岗城全面开启招商工作". Archived from the original on 2019-09-12. Retrieved 2017-07-23.
  8. ^ 深圳书城龙华城今年11月开业 将成龙华文化地标
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