• Jan. 1980

    East Lake Park Housing was the first real estate project funded by investors from outside of the Chinese mainland in January 1980.
  • Mar. 1981

    Founded in March 1981, Shenzhen Property Management Company took the lead nationwide to end the old residential household management model.
  • Jan. 1982

    The Shenzhen Branch of the Nanyang Commercial Bank, the first Hong Kong-funded bank that entered the Chinese mainland after 1949, opened in Luohu in January 1982.
  • Apr. 1983

    Caiwuwei Hotel, the first three-star hotel funded by farmers, was built in Luohu in April 1983.
  • Mar. 1984

    The construction of International Trade Centre, beginning in the early 1980s, created a national record for its speed as it took only three days to build one floor of the building.
  • Sept. 1985

    A railway overpass of the Shenzhen Railway Station, built in September 1985, was then the longest railway overpass in the country.
  • Sept. 1987

    As the first financial agency to handle the securities business in China, the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone Securities Company was founded in Luohu in September 1987.
  • Dec. 1987

    The Shenzhen Development Bank issued its shares in December 1987, which raised the curtain of Shenzhen stock exchange market.
  • Dec. 1987

    The Shenzhen government transferred state-owned land use rights through an open auction, the first of its kind in China, in Luohu in December 1987.
  • Oct. 1990

    The first McDonald’s restaurant on the Chinese mainland, opened in Luohu in October 1990.
  • Aug. 1993

    The Sunshine Hotel, rated a five-star hotel in August 1993, became the first five-star hotel in Shenzhen.
  • Apr. 1994

    Founded in April 1994, the Luohu District Volunteers’ Association was the first county-level volunteers’ association in the country.
  • Aug. 1998

    The Guangzhou-Shenzhen electric railway, the first of its kind in China, began operating in August 1998.
  • Jun. 1999

    Shenzhen’s first test-tube baby was born in the Luohu District People’s Hospital in June 1999.
  • Sept. 1999

    A sightseeing platform “Window of Shenzhen and Hong Kong” on the top floor of the 69-floor Diwang Building opened in September 1999.
  • Nov. 2012

    Headquartered in Luohu, TTG became the first Chinese mobile network company to list abroad.
  • Sept. 2014

    Shuibei index, the first national jewelry index in China, was launched at the Shenzhen International Jewelry Exhibition in September 2014.
  • Aug. 2015

    Luohu took the lead to initiate the pilot reform of the “grassroots medical care group” in the country in August 2015.
  • Apr. 2017

    In April 2017, Luohu created its shantytown renovation model, which was a government-led initiative.
  • Dec. 2018

    In December 2018, Luohu took the lead in the country to initiate a monitoring system for government contract projects, and set up a systemic and smart management mechanism.
    Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Luohu District

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    2021-11-23