That’s how much GDP each square kilometer generates in Shenzhen’s Nanshan tech district — China’s most productive patch of land.
🏢 The trillion-yuan club: Covering just 185 sq km and home to Tencent, DJI and Huawei, Nanshan crossed the CNY 1 trillion GDP mark for the first time in 2025, becoming China’s third district to do so after Pudong (Shanghai) and Haidian (Beijing).
Context: Nanshan invests 7.9% of its GDP in R&D, nearly 3x the national average. On just one-tenth of Shenzhen’s land area, it packs in 218 listed companies and 28 unicorns, plus 860 invention patents per 10,000 people and 25,000 international patents.
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