Nation takes huge strides on cultural stage

Birthday treat

Don Low, a university lecturer in fine arts in Singapore, watched a performance of the show with his family, including his mother, who was celebrating her 83rd birthday.

"My mother has been doing kung fu for the past 30 years, so I thought she would enjoy the show. We also took the opportunity to catch up with cultural performances, because we had not attended one for a while," he said.

Chi Shu Na, another audience member from Singapore, said: "Watching this beautiful audio and visual feast gave everyone a touching and beautiful sense of enjoyment. Truly, art has no borders."

In an attempt to build a city culture characterized by openness and inclusiveness to strengthen its position as a global innovation hub, Shenzhen is focusing on decarbonization and digitalization for its industrial future. Last month, the city also unveiled a 30-point plan to attract top talent from around the world.

The plan includes a wide range of initiatives and incentives to foster an ecosystem that encourages entrepreneurship, research, and technological advancement.

Leading professionals who settle in Shenzhen will not only be provided with a "policy package", including career platforms, research funds, team support, and living subsidies, but will also have full authority to make decisions regarding personnel, finance and technological directions.

The plan states that to cultivate a culture of innovation that embraces failures and fosters tolerance toward them, Shenzhen will establish a talent utilization mechanism based on trust, and which allows for mistakes.