Nanshan District (; Cantonese Jyutping: Naam4 Saan1 Keoi1) is one of the nine districts comprising the city of Shenzhen in Guangdong province, China. It encompasses the southwest area of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, with a population of 1.08 million. In 2025, the district of Nanshan's local GDP output exceeded 1,000 billion Chinese Yuan or 143.7 billion US dollars, an economy slightly larger than that of Uzbekistan or Bulgaria. The region has an established tourism industry and is home to several sightseeing locations, as well as multiple seaside parks such as the Shenzhen Bay Park and the Shenzhen Talent Park. Its tallest building is the China Resources Headquarters.
It is known for being the home of Shenzhen High-Tech Industrial Park, which comprises some of China's largest technology companies and the establishments of well-known international companies, as well as being the nation's richest district of a city-level municipality. The district has some of the most expensive neighbourhoods in China in terms of real estate prices.
Nanshan District has a total area of . The area continued to increase due to large scale land reclamation, especially in Qianhai and Houhai. The district is located to the northwest of Deep Bay, east of the Pearl River entrance. Its northern boundary is Yangtaishan, which divides the district with Baoan, while it is bounded south by Inner Lingding Island and Dachan Island, though the Port of Shekou is the southernmost point on the peninsula. Nanshan is situated about a degree south of the Tropic of Cancer and has a humid subtropical climate. It sits directly north of Yuen Long district of Hong Kong. More than half of the district consist of urban areas. Mountainous areas like Tanglangshan and Yangtaishan to the north and Nanshan Park to the south are largely preserved as forests.
At tall, Yangtaishan has the highest elevation in the district, with Tanglangshan being the second at , and Nanshan, third, at . The district has a total coastline of .
The history of Nanshan is long. In 331, the Jin government set County of Dongguan () and County of Bao'an. These counties' capitals are in Nantou. Before that, in 265, Wu set Ministry of Salt ()to control the salt production in South China Sea.
In July 1979, the first canon to break the mountain (å¼Âå±±âÂÂ第ä¸Âç®âÂÂ) happened in Shekou.
In 2021 the population in Nanshan is 1,795,826.
Nanshan District is organized into the following subdistricts.
Nanshan is currently served by seven metro lines operated by Shenzhen Metro:
The Shekou Passenger Terminal offered ferry service to Hong Kong (Hong Kong Island and Hong Kong International Airport), Zhuhai and Macau. The Shekou Cruise Center now serves that role.
Cross-border coaches to and from Hong Kong are also available at Shenzhen Bay Port. The port is located geographically at Shekou, hence all coaches will travel along the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Western Corridor to get to Hong Kong.
Coolpad, Tencent, ZTE, China Merchants Shekou, Dajiang (DJI), and China Resources (CR), among others, have their headquarters at Hi-Tech Park (), Nanshan.
The South China office of CR Beverage is in on the 10th floor of the Min Tai Building () in the district. China Nepstar has its headquarters in the Xinnengyuan Building () on Nanhai Road, Nanshan District. The headquarters of Evergrande Group are in Nanshan. The drink company Hey Tea has its headquarters in the Aerospace Science And Technology Square (). The department store chain Ren Ren Le has its headquarters in Nanshan District.
In 2015, Guangdong Free Trade Area was established in Qianhai-Shekou.
Eight of Shenzhen's eleven full-time universities are located in Nanshan:
Some are governed by the Shenzhen municipal government. Those include:
Some are governed by the Nanshan District government. Those include:
Other:
There are more than four Anglophone international schools and private schools in Nanshan. Several of these high schools offer International Baccalaureate curriculum, or University of Cambridge International A-Level, or North American style curricula, with English as the main language of instruction. There are also Japanese and South Korean-style schools.
International K-12 schools include:
International 1-9 schools include:
, a Japanese weekend school, has its office on the 8th floor of the Jinsanjiao Building () in Baishizhou. Previously it was based in the Ming Wah International Convention Center () in Shekou.
In addition, the Shenzhen Korean Chamber of Commerce and Industry organizes a Korean Saturday school because many Korean students are not studying in Korean-medium schools; the school had about 600 students in 2007. The chamber uses rented space in the OCT Primary School as the Korean weekend school's classroom.