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]

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

In 2018, due to slowing demand for smartphones, some shops have started selling cosmetics.^[9] 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.

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.^[10][11] The central area of the district is along Huaqiang Road (华强路), a busy pedestrian street which the district is named after.^[12]

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

• 
  Huaqiangbei pedestrian street
• 
  Huaqiang Electronics World (华强电子世界)
• 
  Huaqiangbei, 2012
• 
  Huaqiangbei street view, 2013
• 
  Huaqiangbei panorama, 2013

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. Panda Publisher (2020-07-18). "When the Largest Electronic Market in Shenzhen Began to Sell Cosmetics". Panda!Yoo. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
10. "华强北 - Bing 网典". Bing.com. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
11. "华强北会是中国硅谷吗？".
12. "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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