Shenzhen Shekou China Walking Tour / 深圳蛇口徒步旅行

Shenzhen Shekou China Walking Tour is a video recording of my walk with no talking. I highly recommend using headphones to experience 3D environment sounds as I recorded with binaural microphones.
Filmed using:
Camera: Osmo Pocket - amzn.to/309uju3
Extension Rod: Osmo Pocket Extension Rod - amzn.to/306xnqK
Audio Recorder: Zoom H1N - amzn.to/33TU7LO
Camera Charger: Osmo Pocket Charging Case - amzn.to/2EyQfY3
Editing Software: DaVinci Resolve - amzn.to/3j4ASp5
Shenzhen Shekou Info:
Shekou (Chinese: 蛇口) is an area at the southern tip of Nanshan, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. It faces Yuen Long, Hong Kong across the Shenzhen Bay. It has been designated a Free Trade Zone by the government, alongside Qianhai, Hengqin and Nansha.
The area was formerly a customs station of Bao'an County. On 31 January 1979, it became officially known as the Shekou Industrial Zone, developed solely by China Merchants of Hong Kong under Yuan Geng's leadership, earlier than the formation of Shenzhen Special Economic Zone. The event is chronicalled in the Chinese ballad "The Story of Spring (春天的故事)".
Since the 1980s, after foreign oil majors such as Agip, Chevron, Texaco, Statoil and Shell obtained concessions for oil exploration in the South China Sea, Shekou started serving as a base for a small contingent of foreign oil platform workers, since qualified personnel were not available locally. As a result of this first mover advantage in catering for mainly western tastes in housing, food and drink, entertainment and schooling, at a time when no alternatives were available in the area, Shekou gradually became home to the majority of the expatriate population working in and around Shenzhen and part of its hinterland in the Pearl River Delta. This trend has however abated after 2003, after the country's continued economic reforms. Development of other parts of the city and substantial increase in English levels of university graduates have made life in the city proper more acceptable to many foreigners without school-age children.
In 2003, the local government, seeking to capitalize on the foreign flavor of the area, invested in a complete make-over of Sea World, turning it into a western-style entertainment area centered on the grounded Minghua (明华) ship, a 14,000 ton, 168 m long vessel built in 1962 as a French ferry vessel purchased by China in 1973. It is commonly, though incorrectly, referred to by many locals as French President Charles De Gaulle's private yacht. Minghua is now completely landlocked due to extensive local land reclamation and redevelopment efforts.
Shekou is undergoing a major redevelopment project, costing an excess of 60 billion RMB. This included the construction of dozens of office and residential towers (such as the China Merchants Tower), a new cruise center replacing the old ferry terminal, a number of shopping malls around Sea World and the refurbishment of numerous older buildings.
The area attracts many tourists and has a sizable community of resident foreigners, and many non-Chinese restaurants exist in the area. According to the Shenzhen Management and Service Center for Expats, 6,275 of the 43,919 registered expats living in Shenzhen are registered with the Shekou Police Station and Shenzhenwan Police Station alone
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[@DiscoveryWalkingToursTV]

Welcome back Discoverers! 😄 If you are new here, please be sure to hit the subscribe button. My name is Alan and I am the content creator for Discovery Walking Tours TV, where I take you on atmospheric walks around my home country, Singapore, and on occasion, the rest of Asia. If you find something interesting in the video, comment below with a timestamp (eg 00:01) for fellow viewers and myself to take a closer look. If you are keen to see more of China, check out my playlist below: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZ_Lgq2hmNCCmtE

[@daisywang7652]

Nice walk, thanks for sharing Alan

[@jpmac452]

Lived here 12 years ago, my, how its changed, was there when they were reclaiming the land from the sea. Truly wonderful place to live, enjoyed staying in the big ship as it was a hotel then. Happy times, happy memories. Made a very good friend in a beggar who lived there, hope he is still around. Take care my friend.

[@DiscoveryWalkingToursTV]

Thanks Tommy 😊 It was a nice quick stopover from me in Shenzhen. Good memories. Miss those free roaming times.

[@shuwen429]

So nice! I was born in Shenzhen, but my mom took me overseas, so I never really had a chance to see my home city in person until 2014. Sometimes I feel really sad, cause I don't get to enjoy it, but these videos make me feel a little closer to home. Sounds silly, but I get emotional just by watching the tour. Thank you :)

[@DiscoveryWalkingToursTV]

Glad the videos brought back memories of Shenzhen for you 😊 Its also nice to see a comment on the Shenzhen videos. Sadly they are not as "popular" as the Guangzhou and Hong Kong videos on my channel, which is a shame. Shenzhen was quite a nice place to visit. Would love to go back one day to film more of the districts like Futian etc.

[@AmbientWalking]

Wow cool! I love this. Thanks Alan!

[@DiscoveryWalkingToursTV]

Glad to show you around, 😊

[@beautifulworld4455]

Beauty walk , 非常棒，谢谢你的分享

[@fejulegacy]

What a nice place for a walk :) Thanks my wander friend

[@DiscoveryWalkingToursTV]

Thanks for walking along feju 😊🚶

[@mistrmedia]

8:54 Bless you!

[@DiscoveryWalkingToursTV]

Thank you 🙏😇

[@wildcat5625]

Beautiful video! 👍❤️✌️😊

[@DiscoveryWalkingToursTV]

Thank you very much =)

[@pyong2x]

Nice

[@DiscoveryWalkingToursTV]

Thanks Mark 😊

[@Item7GO]

This beautiful, but I believe the yatch is not movable. I love ths concept

[@DiscoveryWalkingToursTV]

It initially was. Till they decided to ground it and turn it to a hotel cum restaurant 😂

[@ExploreTour]

Thanks for sharing a great video for me. I have been Shekou a few times but never been such a good place before. My friend brings me to go everywhere but I really have no idea about this place. It looks nice and fashion. Could you tell me the name of this place? I will definitely go there next time.

[@DiscoveryWalkingToursTV]

You can ask your friend to bring you to Sea World or 海上世界广场 😊🌊

[@pllin240]

thanks Alan interesting, there's an open escalator?

[@DiscoveryWalkingToursTV]

Yup. There were a couple of open air escalators in some parts

[@then5592]

😱😱

[@thelakerick]

只拍了海上世界的一小小部分， 很想看看海上世界其它地方， 如女娲补天， 曾经生活了10年的地方，很想念

[@DiscoveryWalkingToursTV]

以后我回来拍久一点😂

[@thelakerick]

谢谢，现在在海外， 争取疫情后有机会回蛇口住一段时间