# Shenzhen
Latest news and articles about Shenzhen
Total: 10 articles found
Off-Season Rebound: China’s Big-City Second‑Hand Housing Market Warms Ahead of Spring
Second‑hand home sales in China’s four first‑tier cities have warmed in January despite the traditional off‑season, led by Beijing and Shanghai where transactions rose while listings fell. The rebound is concentrated in core districts and school‑district properties and reflects a mix of policy support, reduced asking inventories and recovering buyer confidence, though price recovery remains uneven and fragile.
Shenzhen on the Cusp of a 4-Trillion Yuan Club — Can Its Model Rescue Guangdong’s Slower Growth?
Shenzhen posted 2025 GDP of 3.873 trillion yuan, growing 5.5% and nearing the 4-trillion threshold, powered by advanced manufacturing, exports and world-leading R&D intensity. Guangdong province, by contrast, grew 3.9%, weighed down by sluggish industrial recovery and a sharp fall in fixed-asset investment, exposing the province’s reliance on Shenzhen and Guangzhou as growth engines.
China’s Marriage Registrations Rebound — But Will Babies Follow?
China saw a notable rebound in marriage registrations in 2025 after years of decline, driven by procedural reforms, local cash incentives and expanded leave policies. While the rise eases short‑term demographic anxieties, structural barriers—childcare burdens, career penalties for women and changing social preferences—mean higher marriage rates may not translate into a sustained rise in births without deeper reforms.
Xpeng's IRON Stumbles in Public Demo — CEO Plays Down the Fall as Part of the Learning Curve
Xpeng's humanoid robot IRON fell during a public walk demonstration in Shenzhen. CEO He Xiaopeng framed the mishap as part of the development process, comparing it to a child's learning to walk. The incident highlights the technical and reputational challenges facing automakers and tech firms entering humanoid robotics.
Shuibei Shock: How a Livestream Gold Platform’s High‑Leverage Bets Triggered a Tens‑of‑Billions Crisis
A livestream‑built Shenzhen gold retailer, Jieweirui, suspended withdrawals after leveraged, option‑style products it sold to retail customers blew up amid sharp rises in precious‑metal prices. The firm's unlicensed, high‑leverage mini‑program ecosystem created large asymmetric exposures and possible illegal fundraising, affecting investors across many provinces and threatening Shuibei’s reputation as a jewellery hub.
Shenzhen ‘Private Gold’ Scheme Freezes Withdrawals as Investors Face Billion‑Yuan Losses
A Shenzhen‑based private gold platform, Jieworui, has frozen withdrawals and offered investors steep haircuts, leaving potential claims exceeding 100 billion yuan and tens of thousands affected. The product was a high‑leverage, social‑media‑distributed ‘lock‑price’ scheme that failed when rising gold prices overwhelmed the operator’s liquidity, prompting regulatory scrutiny and potential criminal probes.
Forty‑Times Leverage Unravels: Shenzhen Gold Dealer’s Online Pre‑sale Platform Freezes Payouts, Investors Face Massive Losses
A Shenzhen jewellery firm that expanded into online, high‑leverage “pre‑sale” gold and silver products has frozen withdrawals and capped daily payouts after a run on its mini‑program platforms. Investors nationwide report unresolved balances in the hundreds of millions to billions of yuan; regulators in Shenzhen have opened an inquiry and the company has proposed steeply discounted settlements. The episode exposes risks from lightly supervised retail leverage, social‑media distribution and opaque hedging practices in China’s precious‑metals market.
Shenzhen’s Nanshan Reaches 1 Trillion Yuan — China’s First District to Hit City‑Scale GDP
Shenzhen’s Nanshan district surpassed 1 trillion yuan in GDP in 2025, the first sub‑city district in China to do so. The milestone reflects heavy concentration in software, internet and advanced manufacturing clusters, but also highlights risks from industry concentration, limited land, and external tech‑trade pressures.
China’s Trade Map Is Rewiring: Shenzhen and Shanghai Hold Fast as Inland and Small Cities Surge
China’s 2025 city-level trade data reveal a reconfiguration of the country’s external commerce: Shenzhen and Shanghai remain the top two, but inland provincial capitals and several smaller cities have surged. The shift is driven by higher-value manufactured exports, logistics innovations such as China–Europe freight trains, and the growth of platform-style trade centres like Yiwu.
Copper Bars Go Viral in China — A Genuine Bet on Electrification or a Retail Fad?
Small one-kilogram copper bars have become a social-media-driven retail fad in China's Shenzhen jewellery market, marketed as a low-cost way to invest in copper. While copper's industrial demand is structurally strong and prices have recently hit records, the bars trade at large premiums and lack established buyback channels, creating liquidity and valuation risks for retail buyers.