Longhua was established as a new district on 30 December 2011 by the Shenzhen municipal government, being separated from Bao'an District. It was one of the four "new districts" established within Shenzhen (Longhua New District, Guangming New District, Pingshan New District and Dapeng New District), due to the rapid expansion of city urban area after the 2000s.[4] It was still part of Bao'an District in administrative management. On 11 October 2016, Longhua was officially separated from Bao'an District and became a formal district on its own.[3]
By the end of 2012, Longhua District covered an area of 175.58 square kilometres. The new district is situated in the north part of Shenzhen city, and lying on the middle vertical main axis of the city, being just north of the Futian CBD, Shenzhen. It borders Dongguan City to the north.
Economy
Longhua District is one of the main production bases in Shenzhen. It consists of manufacturing industry, trading industries and information technology. Altogether forms an outward economic structure which is typical in Shenzhen Special Economic Zone.
Longhua is currently served by three metro lines and two light rail lines operated by Shenzhen Metro. These lines and their stations and connections are:
Tram Line 1 - Qinghu4, Qinglong, Qinglong School, Meilong North, Bilan, Wenlan, Dahe, Century Pl, Jinli, Hexi, Guancheng, Dabutou, Hedong, Shijiaotou, Xialan4
Tram Line 2 - Qinghu4, Qinglong, Qinglong School, Meilong North, Bilan, Wenlan, Dahe, Dongan, HTIP West, HTIP, HTIP East, Xiawei
Property Development
A large part of Longhua District has also been heavily developed into a high end residential area, with recent property developments established on a mostly undeveloped land surrounding the Shenzhen North Railway Station. Parts of the old industrial areas in the district are also planned to be demolished and restructured into more residential area to cope with the rapid expansion of population in the district.[6]
List of Private housing estates in Longhua
Longhua is an area with a high density of Private housing estates. Some of the larger private housing estates in Longhua are:
Lvjing 1866 - built by China LVGEM Property Holdings Limited (HKEX:0095)
^Census Office of the State Council of the People's Republic of China; Population and Employment Statistics Division of the National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China (2012). 中国2010人口普查分乡、镇、街道资料 (1 ed.). Beijing: China Statistics Print. ISBN978-7-5037-6660-2.
^"Contact Us". Bromsgrove School Mission Hills. Retrieved 2019-05-09. 8 Mission Hills Road, Shenzhen, PRC - Chinese address (which states the name of the district): "中国深圳市龙华区观澜高尔夫大道8号"
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