Shenzhen World Exhibition & Convention Center

This guide to the Shenzhen World Exhibition & Convention Center walks the corridor spine connecting its sixteen column-free halls, built in under three years and opened in November 2019, before widening out to the story of Shenzhen itself. It traces the city back to 1980, when a stretch of the Pearl River Delta that barely registered on a map became a Special Economic Zone. Stand at the midpoint of the corridor, where the far end still isn't visible.