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Shenzhen boasts an excellent and efficient governmental system and a highly developed information network, which have provided a good environment for economic and social development.

Government Administration

The Shenzhen Municipal Government has been striving to build itself into a government based on the rule of law, a responsible and honest government. It has introduced innovation to its public services, provided a fair, transparent and relaxing environment for the city's economic development, social progress and residents' welfare, and offered high-quality public products and services. In recent years, Shenzhen has fully implemented a number of local laws and regulations in standardizing the order of the market economy and securing social stability, such as the Management Regulations of the Shenzhen Municipal Government on Standardizing the Order of the Market Economy and Securing Social Stability. It also achieved remarkable results in administration according to law.

Social Stability

Over the past three years, Shenzhen has increased 8,000 policemen and took a series of measures to improve social stability. The government will strengthen the management of rental houses, increase investment, and reinforce the police force to ensure social stability. Routine police patrol has been carried out in both urban and suburban areas.

Protection of Intellectual Property Rights

The Shenzhen Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China and the municipal government have attached great importance to the work of intellectual property rights. Following related laws and regulations as well as international conventions and practices on intellectual property rights, the city has given protection to both domestic and foreign owners of intellectual property rights as a way to improve its investment environment and maintain the market order.

Mass Media
Shenzhen's media is highly developed, boasting one radio station, two TV stations, three broadcasting and TV centers, 19 cable broadcasting and TV sub-stations. The radio and TV programs can reach 100 percent of the city's population. There are 14 newspapers, one comprehensive publishing house, three video-audio products publishing houses, 88 bureaus of inland and Hong Kong media organizations, 40 periodicals, and about 200 kinds of in-house publications of which the majority belong to enterprises.

Shenzhen Press Group

The Shenzhen Press Group has 10 newspapers, five periodicals, one Web site and one publishing house. With a total asset of more than 5 billion yuan, the press group has more than 6,000 employees. It is in the lead position in China's newspaper industry in terms of electronic editing system, as well as one of the country's biggest and most advanced newspaper groups.
  

Sznews.com

Sponsored by the Shenzhen Press Group, sznews.com is the city's news portal. It is an important online platform offering information about Shenezhen's social life and the latest events around the world.
 
Shenzhen Daily

Established in 1997, the Shenzhen Daily is the only English language daily in South China which helps the expatriates learn about Shenzhen.

Shenzhen Media Group

Founded on June 28, 2004, the Shenzhen Media Group now has more than 2,000 employees. By the end of December 2004, its total asset amounted to more than 3 billion yuan. It has nine TV channels, of which one is satellite channel (Shenzhen Satellite TV) and one is high-definition TV channel in trial operation. Its radio programs include news, music and traffic information. Besides, the group has the Shenzhen Broadcasting and TV Transmission Center, Shenzhen Film Studio, Shenzhen Topway Video Communication Co. Ltd., a news Web site, a TV newspaper, and several operating companies.

Posts and Telecommunications

Postal Service

In 2006, the revenue of the city's postal services totaled 37.95 billion yuan, up 18.3 percent over the previous year. The post offices sold 160 million copies of newspapers and 11 million copies of magazines, and handled 140 million letters and 10.98 million express mails.

Fixed Telephone Service
Shenzhen has 4,818,600 gates of switchboards for fixed telephones and 3,773,900 fixed telephone users.

Mobile Phone Service
The city's capacity of switchboards for mobile phones has reached 18 million gates, and the number of mobile phone users has amounted to 14.94 million. There are 221 phones (including mobile phones) for every 100 people.
 
Internet Service
Currently Shenzhen has 2,328,500 Internet users and more than 6 million broadband netizens, while 60 percent of its households have subscribed to broadband services. It is in a lead position in the country in terms of the number of Internet users and market penetration rate. The broadband life has approached the level of countries with the highest number of broadband subscribers such as China's Hong Kong and South Korea.