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Bao'an
District in Guangdong, People's Republic of China

Bao'an

Bao'an District is one of the nine districts comprising the city of Shenzhen, Guangdong province.

It is one of the districts formerly lying outside the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone.

How locals move

Getting around Bao'an the local way

  • Get inShenzhen's main ferry terminal, , is in this district, providing service from Hong Kong, Macau, and Zhuhai, including direct service from Hong Kong International Airport that allows you to skip Hong Kong customs and immigration.
  • Get inThe ferry terminal is connected to a Line 12 metro station Taiziwan.
  • Get aroundThe Chiwan neighborhood (with some of the district's main historic sites) is served by a free minibus which goes from Chiwan metro station past Tianhou Temple and the Tomb of the Young Song Emperor.
  • Go nextWestern Shenzhen – mostly industrial, but has more parks and hiking than Nanshan Central Shenzhen Hong Kong, Macau, or Zhuhai by ferry from Shekou

From Wikivoyage: Shenzhen/Nanshan, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

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