Shenzhen will begin new administrative reform by setting up more new zones in oversized Longgang and Bao'an districts after the Spring Festival.
In a response to suggestions by deputies at the annual session of the city legislature, Party chief Wang Rong said this would be designed to simplify urban management administration and improve efficiency.
Deputy Zhang Shuguang suggested the government add new zones.
The proposal suggests Longhua New Zone be established by incorporating Longhua, Bantian, Dalang, Guanlan and Minzhi subdistricts.
A coastal and ecological new zone, Binhai New Zone, should be planned by combining Kuichong, Dapeng and Nan ao subdistricts in Longgang and Meisha Subdistrict in Yantian.
Pinghu and Henggang subdistricts in Longgang should be transferred to Yantian District, which had limited space and population.
Buji New Zone on the basis of Buji Subdistrict should also be considered to pilot the new administrative reform.
The city should be separated into 400-500 communities under the management of subdistricts.
Bao'an and Longgang districts have a combined population of more than 10 million, and Longgang's Buji Subdistrict alone has a population of 1.5 million, almost 10 times the size of the population in Yantian District.
(By Han Ximin)
