Tucked away in the southwest of Nanshan District, Shenzhen, Xili Subdistrict originates from the Xili Office set up in October 1983. After the administrative division in June 2002, Xili Subdistrict has jurisdiction over a total area of about 49.6 square kilometers including a water area of around 2.94 square kilometers, managing and serving the population of nearly 350,000. The Xili Lake International Science and Education City focuses on the comprehensive integration of “industry, university, research and application,” and is a part of the “One District and Two Cities Initiative” for Shenzhen to build an integrated national scientific center in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA). The science and education city is sure to make Xili Subdistrict an important source of major original innovation for the Greater Bay Area.

Xili Subdistrict is blessed with a sound economic foundation and a superb ecological environment. In addition to a Lingnan Hakka ancient village with a history of over 400 years, it boasts the first Safari Park in China, Shenzhen Polytechnic creating multiple firsts in China’s higher vocational education, and the China Capital Market Institute established by the China Securities Regulatory Commission and the Shenzhen Municipal Government. Surrounded by Yangtai Mountain, it features Xili Lake and nearly 30 parks, with Dasha River, Lishui River and Yanqing River flowing from north to south, thus forming a charming “mountain-river-lake-park” landscape.

Xili Subdistrict enjoys convenient transportation and obvious location advantages. It has 22 main and secondary roads and three rail transits that crisscross the subdistrict, connecting such key areas as Xili Lake International Science and Education City, Liuxiandong Headquarters Base, High-tech Park, and Houhai Headquarters Base. The Xili Main Transport Hub has 13 stations and 25 lines, linking to an urban agglomeration in the GBA.

Xili Subdistrict enjoys an outstanding strategic position for upholding the principle of providing more incentives to stabilize and expand employment. It plans multiple key areas like Xili Lake International Science and Education City, Xili High-speed Railway New City, and Liuxiandong Headquarters Base. Moreover, it is clustered with a large quantity of high-level research institutions such as Peng Cheng Laboratory, and labs headed by Nobel laureates including the Shuji Nakamura Laser Lighting Laboratory, as well as a number of national high-tech enterprises like ZTE, DJI and UBTECH and various innovation carriers.