This week in Qianhai
Around Qianhaiwan, Qianwan, Guiwan metro · updated daily
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Elsewhere in Nanshan this week
On now · until 30 May
David Hockney: Bigger & Closer — Shenzhen
The immersive David Hockney show first staged at Lightroom London, now at Shenzhen Bay MixC's new BASE Digital Art Center, with English sessions.
BASE Digital Art Center · NanshanBASE数字艺术中心
On now · until 30 May
Prehistoric Planet: Dinosaurs — Immersive Experience, Shenzhen
An hour among life-size dinosaurs from the Apple TV+ and BBC series, projected floor to ceiling at the new BASE Digital Art Center, with English sessions.
BASE Digital Art Center · NanshanBASE数字艺术中心
On now · until 29 Nov
Prix Pictet: Storm
The 12 shortlisted series from the world's big photography-and-sustainability prize, in Fotografiska Shenzhen's opening season.
Fotografiska Shenzhen · NanshanFotografiska深圳湾美术馆
On now · until 14 Mar
TOILETPAPER: ToiletFotoPaperGrafiska
Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari's candy-coloured, surreal image world, in its first China show.
Fotografiska Shenzhen · NanshanFotografiska深圳湾美术馆
How to spend an evening in Qianhai
Qianhai has no weekly nights listed yet — this is an easy sunset evening instead.
Picnic by the water
Bring a blanket to the lawns at Qianhai Stone Park (前海石公园).
Sunset on the waterfront
The waterfront faces west over the estuary — the sun sets straight ahead.
Dinner & a drink
Restaurants on Qianhai Kerry Centre's outdoor street, or The Happy Monk, a Western bar-restaurant in the Uniway mall.
Bars & venues in Qianhai
Everything we list within a few minutes of Qianhaiwan metro
About Qianhai
Qianhai (前海) is the Shenzhen–Hong Kong cooperation zone on the western edge of Nanshan — a new CBD built on reclaimed land, with glass towers, wide boulevards and a long, green waterfront facing the Pearl River estuary.
It's where Shenzhen goes for space: picnics and sunset walks at Qianhai Stone Park, the parks between the new towers, and dinner around Qianhai Kerry Centre. Still quiet on weeknights, busier on weekend afternoons.
Also known as: Qianhai Free Trade Zone · Qianhai CBD · Qianhai Bay
- Vibe
- New, spacious, waterfront
- Best for
- Sunset walks, picnics, open space
- Busiest
- Weekend afternoons
- Metro
- Qianhaiwan (L1 · L5 · L11)
- When
- Late afternoon at weekends: a picnic in Qianhai Stone Park, sunset over the estuary, then dinner.
Photo spots in Qianhai
- Qianhai Stone Park waterfront
Sunset over the estuary, facing west.
- Guiwan Park
The new towers at blue hour.
Qianhai: questions people ask
What is Qianhai in Shenzhen?
The Qianhai Shenzhen–Hong Kong Modern Service Industry Cooperation Zone — a new CBD and free-trade zone on the western waterfront of Nanshan.
What is there to do in Qianhai?
Waterfront parks (Qianhai Stone Park is the favourite), sunset walks, and the outdoor shopping street at Qianhai Kerry Centre, which hosts weekend markets.
Which metro station for Qianhai?
Qianhaiwan (Qianhai Bay), the interchange of Lines 1, 5 and 11.
Is Qianhai busy at night?
It's quieter than Houhai or Sea World on weeknights; weekends bring families and picnickers to the waterfront.