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• In addition to San Diego, KLM is adding flights to Georgetown, Guyana, with an outbound stop in Sint Maarten in 2025. AirlineGeeks.com
• Major Apple supplier Foxconn has basically resumed normal operations at its most important campuses in the Chinese city of Shenzhen after disruptions caused by COVID-19 outbreaks. Urimuri
• In an effort to minimize supply chain disruptions, China is allowing some companies including iPhone maker Foxconn to restart production in locked-down Shenzhen. Trade War
• Since the port of Shenzhen - one of the world's busiest container ports, is now locked down, expect a fresh round of cascading chaos in Transpacific supply chains, just in time to join the snarled Transatlantic supply chains as the Ukraine war cripples all global seaborne traffic. Rapture Ready
• Economic disruption from Ukraine that worsens the knock-on effects of a new Covid-19 wave, which saw restrictions imposed in the crucial southern trading city of Shenzhen, could disrupt Xi's hopes for a smooth political year. CNN
• In Shenzhen, nonessential workers must remain at home, buses and subway train services will pause, adults must have three PCR tests in the coming days, but pharmacies, medical institutions and express delivery services will be allowed to stay open. Axios
• To further promote the development of life and health technology in Hong Kong, the 2022-23 Budget proposes to earmark HK$ 10 billion to provide more comprehensive support to relevant enterprises and set up the InnoLife Healthtech Hub in the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Innovation and Technology Park. China Briefing News
• The Greater Bay Area of southern China will use that connectivity to increase the role of Shenzhen as one of the most innovative hubs for tech development in the world. New Direction
• Focusing on strengthening, optimizing and expanding the digital economy, in 2022 Guangdong will promote the construction of the National Digital Economy Innovation and Development Pilot Zone and the Guangzhou and Shenzhen National Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Application Pilot Zones. archyde
• The lockdowns and COVID testing requirements in several port cities, including in Shenzhen and Ningbo, have seen truck drivers unable to haul cargo from factories to ships and vice versa, increasing disruptions to supply chains. China Briefing News
• Experience from the past 2 years was that while some cities (such as Shenzhen and Shanghai) can manage outbreaks in a less disruptive way, other cities (such as Xi' an) have resorted to stricter and larger scale lockdowns, causing severe disruptions to consumption and service sector activities. [your]NEWS
• On early Saturday, 5.6 tonnes of imported reflective films from Japan arrived at a port in south China's Shenzhen City, which will be used for the production of mobiles, digital cameras and other electronic products. RCEP deal boosts confidence of enterprises
• Looking toward the future, the city of Shenzhen, China, announced plans for a 51-story farmscraper that will include offices, shops, and a 10,000-acre vertical farm capable of feeding 40,000 people a year. Fast Company
• Risks of trading suspensions, limits and other disruptions China A Shares and China B Shares are traded on the Shanghai and/or Shenzhen Stock Exchanges. BlackRock
• Stock prices could rise or fall by up to 30% after the first trading day, compared with the 20-percent cap on STAR and ChiNext markets, and the 10-percent limit on the main boards of the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges. China.org
• Family incomes would be especially at risk in First Tier cities - like Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen - where it takes more than 20 years of family income to buy a home. Yicai Global
• Evergrande, the world's most indebted property developer headquartered in Shenzhen, owes $US305 billion and has run short of cash, triggering concerns its problems could ripple through China's financial system. 7News
• The announcement of the Beijing Stock Exchange will usher in a fresh movement for Chinese SMEs to return back to their homeland to get publicly-listed on stock exchanges in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Shenzhen and soon to be - Beijing. China Focus
• Residents in nine southern cities in Guangdong province, including Shenzhen and Guangzhou, will be able to buy offshore funds, bonds, and make. Central Banking
• The US stands the risk of losing out while Chinese companies will likely launch IPOs in the Shanghai, Hong Kong and Shenzhen stock exchange in the near future. China Focus
• Of any city on the planet, Guangzhou, in the Pearl River Delta near Hong Kong, faces the highest risk of damage, financially speaking, from sea-level rise and associated flooding; its neighbor Shenzhen was described as facing the 10th highest risk. Resilience
• In addition to steps taken by companies to reduce emissions, several major cities in China are striving to peak carbon emissions before 2030, including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen (many of which began piloting low-carbon projects over a decade ago). GreenBiz
• A pilot scheme, expected to be launched in 2021, will allow households in nine Chinese cities in the Greater Bay Area - which includes Shenzhen and Guangzhou and is home to about 70m people - to invest up to Rmb1m ($154,000) in low and medium-risk funds domiciled in Hong Kong. Financial Times

Last updated: 18 June 2025