Shenzhen is a major city in Guangdong Province, China. Situated immediately north of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the area became China’s first and one of the most successful Special Economic Zones SEZ) According to the Government report for 2014, Shenzhen had a population of 10,628,900 and a metropolitan area population of over 18 million.
Shenzhen is the largest migrant city in China. The population structure polarizes into two opposing extremes: intellectuals with a high level of education, and migrant workers with poor education. It was reported that over 20 percent of P.R.C’s PhD’s worked in Shenzhen.