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Shenzhen Bay Park, the longest coastal park in Shenzhen, has opened to the public. The 9km seaside park includes 13 regional areas for entertainment, sports, sightseeing and leisure. Find out more in the Shenzhen Daily article Longest coastal park in SZ opens.

This park features a glorious bamboo-covered mountain with great views from the pavilion on its peak – read more in James Baquet’s Shenzhen Daily article Cuizhu Park.

Guan Shanyue was a painter and educator of the Lingnan School of Chinese painting, which has a uniquely Chinese blend of local and foreign influences. Read James Baquet’s Shenzhen Daily article Guan Shanyue Art Museum to find out more about this museum which features two galleries dedicated to Guan Shanyue’s paintings.

In August I will return for another trip to Shenzhen – it will be great to be back! This time I will fly direct to Shenzhen Airport on one of Hainan Airlines new international flights to Shenzhen. As well as enjoying the hospitality of the five-star Hainan Airlines, traveling directly to Shenzhen saves time over my previous visits where I have had to fly to Hong Kong airport and then travel across the Hong Kong SAR (Special Administrative Region) boundary to Shenzhen. From Shenzhen Airport there is then easy access to locations across Shenzhen following the opening of the extension of Metro Line 1 to Shenzhen Airport and other new lines and line extensions.

Shenzhen’s modern Metro rail network has expanded with the opening of new lines and extensions to existing lines – read more in the Shenzhen Government Online news articles Metro Line 1 extension opens, Line 2 extension opens today, Subway network in shape, Metro Line 4 extension opens, and Line 5 opening benefits Bao’an, Longgang.

A further five lines are planned to open by 2016 – read more in the Shenzhen Government Online news article 5 more Metro lines to open before 2016.