Theme: Crossing the Shenzhen River - The Evolution of Modern Shenzhen Time and Space in the Eyes of Planners

Time: August 30, 2025 (Saturday) from 3pm to 5pm

Address: Academic Lecture Hall, 2nd Floor, Guanshan Yue Art Museum

Lecture format: Offline live lecture, WeChat video account

Zhu Rongyuan

Professor level Senior Planner

Former Deputy Chief Planner of China Urban Planning and Design Institute

Shenzhen Engineering Survey and Design Master

Member of the Urban Design Professional Committee of the Science and Technology Commission of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Rural Development

Director of the Architectural Society

Member of the Statutory Planning Committee of Shenzhen Municipal Planning Commission

Engaged in the fields of detailed urban planning, urban design, and urban lighting planning, dedicated to implementing projects, researching urban strategies using urban design methods, active in the planning and design, public art, and exhibition fields in Shenzhen, the Pearl River Delta region, and China. Participated in the early planning and design of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, Futian Central District, Qianhai, Qiandeng Lake, Songshan Lake, Guangming New District, Shenzhen Bay Park, Houhai Center, Xiong'an New District, and the urban center of the Shenzhen Shantou Cooperation Zone.

Shenzhen River, the boundary river between Shenzhen and Hong Kong.

Over the past 45 years, people from both inside and outside the world have gone from looking towards each other on both sides of this river to walking towards each other.

If it is recognized that there was a time difference between the mainland (Shenzhen) and Hong Kong in those years, crossing the Shenzhen River from north to south is the time and space for Chinese people to pursue and practice modernization

In 45 years, a human miracle has emerged on the natural geographical land from 327.5 square kilometers to 1998 square kilometers - the rapid growth of a super large modern city, which has achieved a rare coexistence between modern China and the world. It is the will of the country and the power of the people that have facilitated this miracle here.

What kind of city is modern Shenzhen? What kind of society is it again?

If there are people with culture, how should urban culture be interpreted in the modern new Shenzhen with a population of nearly 20 million?

In this lecture, Mr. Zhu Rongyuan will tell the story of Shenzhen's past planning and construction of a modern city from the personal perspective of an urban planner.