Shenzhen, a city born 26 years ago in South China, is striving to realize a dream —hosting a grand sports event for young people worldwide.
China's first special economic zone established Aug. 26, 1980 and the youngest city in China, or maybe all over the world, Shenzhen has grown from a fishing town into a vigorous modern metropolis.
The American Time magazine pub-lished an article titled "The birth and rebirth of Shenzhen" in its issue dated Aug. 21. Shenzhen was men-tioned in the article as "an economic miracle," "cradle of China's industrial revolution," and has achieved "a re-markable success. " Now Shenzhen's developement strategy is being shift from targeting a "speedy Shenzhen" to an "efficient Shenzhen," the article praised.At the forefront of China's reforms for 25 years, "it would not be the first time Shenzhen has led the way." It concluded that such transition "will provide the answer for China, once again," and Shen-zhen's new strategy may have "globe-rattling implications."
Shenzhen topped mainland cities with a per capita GDP of US$7,000 in 2005; the city also ranked top in per capita income and total foreign export volume last year.The per capita using space is 22 sqm.
An affluent city with strong eco-nomic growth, Shenzhen is also a town with scenic beauty. Up to 45 percent of its urban districts are co-vered by greenery, with per capita greenery reaching 16 sqm.
Shenzhen has been named an international "Gar-den City," "Global Top 500 by UNEP," "State Horticulture City," "China's Model City in Greening." It is also a popular tourist destination with many innovative theme parks.
Shenzhen is a city of young people, with residents aged 26 on average, the same as the city's history. There are more than 60 universities, three univer-sity towns and 800,000 students within one hour's drive from the city.
Shenzhen has a dream —backed by city government, growing out of the hearts of young university students and sports fan residents —to hold this event where young athletes from every corner of the world come and compete for glory. Shenzhen is looking forward to the Universiade!(黎丹编译)
“让年轻的城市举办年轻人的体育盛会”——作为一座26岁的城市，深圳正为着这个美丽的梦想而全力以赴。
1980年8月26日，在南海之滨诞生了中国的第一个经济特区。历经26年的发展，深圳——这座中国乃至世界上最年轻的城市，由一个边陲小镇成长为一座充满朝气与活力的现代化国际都市。
美国《时代》周刊8月21日发表了题为《深圳的诞生与再度辉煌》的文章。文章把深圳誉为“经济奇迹”、“中国工业革命的摇篮”，“已取得了巨大成功”。文章对深圳目前正在进行的由“速度深圳”向“效益深圳”发展模式转型表示赞赏，并认为深圳作为中国25年改革的先驱，“这已经不是第一次充当先头部队了”。文章最后说，深圳的转型或许“将再次给整个中国提供答案”，而且深圳出台的新战略，可能“对全球都有影响”。
今天的深圳，经济繁荣，生活富足。深圳是现在中国内地人均国内生产总值最高的城市，约7000美元，人均收入水平和外贸出口总额稳居中国内地大中城市第一，人均住房使用面积22平方米。
今天的深圳，风光旖旎，景色宜人。深圳先后获得国际“花园城市”、联合国环境保护“全球500佳”、“国家园林城市”、“全国绿化模范城市”等荣誉。全市建城区绿化覆盖率45％，人均公共绿地面积16平方米。它是中国重要的旅游创汇基地，被誉为中国主题公园和旅游创新之都。
今天的深圳，朝气蓬勃，活力无限。和这座城市的历史一样，深圳市民的平均年龄也只有26岁。在以深圳为中心的1小时车程范围内，共有60多所大学、3座大学城、80余万名在校大学生。
高效政府的强力支持，中国最具活力都市圈的有力支撑，大学生创业之都的无限渴望，运动之城的殷切期盼——汇聚成了一个美丽的梦想：让世界各地的大运健儿相约青春之城。年轻的深圳翘首以待！（马强）
