Huaqiangbei

Huaqiangbei (Chinese: 华强北; lit. 'Huaqiang North') is a subdistrict of Futian, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China.^[2] It is one of Shenzhen's notable retail areas, having one of the largest electronics markets in the world.^[3] The area's status as a major electronics manufacturing hub, and sprawling electronics marketplaces^[4][5] have earned it (and Shenzhen) occidental nicknames such as "China's Silicon Valley", and the "Silicon Valley of Hardware".^[6][7] Multiple malls contain various businesses.^[8] In 2020, the area had about 38,000 businesses.^[8] Huaqiangbei is known in China for selling cheap electronics. Most of the smartphones in China come from this area.

Huaqiangbei 华强北
Subdistrict
Huaqiangbei & Shennan Cross in 2021
Country	China
Province	Guangdong
City	Shenzhen
District	Futian District
Area
• Total	2.9 km2 (1.1 sq mi)
Population
• Total	160,000[1]

Huaqiangbei
Simplified Chinese	华强北
Traditional Chinese	華強北
Literal meaning	Huaqiang (China Strong) North
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Huáqiángběi Yue: Cantonese Jyutping waa4 koeng4 bak1

Location

The subdistrict runs from Shennan Road at SEG Plaza near Huaqiang Road Station of the Shenzhen Metro for 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) north to the Pavilion Hotel. It is at the spine of a shopping district, with cross streets Zhenzhong Road (振中路), Zhenhua Road (振华路) and Zhenxing Road (振兴路). Huafa Road (华发路) is immediately parallel to the east, with Yannan Road (燕南路) further away.^[9][10] The central area of the district is along Huaqiang Road (华强路), a busy pedestrian street which the district is named after.^[11]

Locale

The area is characterized by tree-lined streets with wide (5 to 20 metres (16 to 66 ft)) footpaths. There are three Shenzhen Metro stations in the area:

• Huaqiang Road station on Line 1
• Huaqiang North station on Line 2 and Line 7
• Huaxin station on Line 3 and Line 7

Gallery

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  Huaqiangbei 2024
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  Huaqiangbei at night
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  Huaqiangbei pedestrian street
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  Huaqiang Electronics World (华强电子世界)
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  Huaqiangbei, 2012
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  Huaqiangbei street view, 2013
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  Huaqiangbei panorama, 2013
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References

1. "区华强北街道办事处-福田政府在线". Archived from the original on 2015-11-17. Retrieved 2015-11-14.
2. HAXLR8R (27 November 2013). "Hua Qiang Bei Map". SlideShare. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
3. Tocha (2018-09-28). "Huaqiangbei, the biggest electronics market in the world — Shenzhen, China". Medium. Retrieved 2019-08-21.
4. Huang, Andrew (2016). The Essential Guide to Electronics in Shenzhen. Sutajio Ko-Usagi. p. 9. ISBN 978-9810974596.
5. Arthur, Charles (2014-06-13). "Huaqiangbei: the mega market with every smartphone part – in pictures". the Guardian. Retrieved 2016-08-26.
6. Reynolds, Matt (June 6, 2016). "Inside Shenzhen: The Silicon Valley of hardware". Wired. Retrieved August 26, 2016.
7. Ablaza, Ana (2016-08-15). "Shenzhen Becomes a Treasure for Startups, Booms as China's Hardware Tech Hub". Yibada. Retrieved 2016-08-26.
8. Kirton, David (2020-11-18). "In Shenzhen, the world's largest electronics market gets a cosmetics makeover". Reuters. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
9. "华强北 - Bing 网典". Bing.com. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
10. "华强北会是中国硅谷吗？".
11. "华强北街道介绍_广东深圳市福田区华强北街道地名网". www.tcmap.com.cn.

External links

• Shenzhen: The Silicon Valley of Hardware, Youtube: a documentary focused on Huaqiangbei.

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