Overseas Chinese Town (OCT, ) is the colloquial name for a cluster of scenic spots in Nanshan District of

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Province, China, around the

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, Overseas Chinese Town Station, Qiaocheng East Station and Qiaocheng North Station of the

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(Line 2) of

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. In the future, Meilin Line (Line 9) will also pass this area and serve OCT Harbour (

OCT Bay OCT Harbour (), formerly known as OCT Bay and Happy Harbour, is a large retail and entertainment complex in Shenzhen, China. It covers an area of roughly 1.25 km2. and features amongst others, a manmade lake and canals, hotels and a shopping ...

) and the

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. It is classified as an

AAAAA scenic area AAAAA (5A) is awarded to the most important and best-maintained tourist attractions in the People's Republic of China, given the highest level in the rating categories used by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism. As of 2020, there are 279 touris ...

by the

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Main sights

The area features a number of theme parks, they include Splendid China,

Chinese Folk Culture Village The China Folk Culture Village (深圳中国民俗文化村) is a part of Splendid China Folk Village in Shenzhen, China. It is located adjacent to the Splendid China theme park and features displays of the daily life and architecture of Chin ...

Window of the World Window of the World () is a theme park located in the western part of the city of Shenzhen in the People's Republic of China. It has about 130 reproductions of some of the most famous tourist attractions in the world squeezed into 48 hectares ...

, and

Happy Valley Shenzhen Happy Valley Shenzhen () is a theme park in Nanshan District, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. Opened in 1998, it is the first of the Happy Valley theme park chain. Covering an area of , the park is composed of nine themed areas includin ...

. It is currently owned and operated by

Overseas Chinese Town Enterprises Overseas Chinese Town Enterprises Co. is a Chinese state-owned enterprise. It was supervised by the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council. Overseas Chinese Town Enterprises is the parent company of pu ...

and its subsidiaries.

OCT Tower OCT Tower () is a skyscraper in Overseas Chinese Town, Shenzhen, China. It is 300 meters tall and has 60 floors. It is the 15th tallest building in Shenzhen. It functions as an office building. The building was first proposed in 2013 and constr ...

is situated here. OCT Contemporary Art Terminal is in the community. Extensions have been made in different locations within Shenzhen. These include Overseas Chinese Town East in

Yantian Yantian District () is one of the nine districts of the city of Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. It is adjacent to Shenzhen River and Hong Kong to the south, and is surrounded by Luohu, Longgang and Pingshan districts of Shenzhen. Before 1960s, th ...

and Overseas Chinese Town Bay.

Education

Schools for local students: * OCT Elementary School (华侨城小学) * OCT High School (深圳市华侨城中学) OCT Branch(侨城部)Home
OCT High School. Retrieved on May 3, 2019. "华侨城中学（侨城部） ..通讯地址：深圳市南山区华侨城侨城东街4号" In addition, the Shenzhen Korean Chamber of Commerce and Industry organizes a Korean Saturday school because many Korean students are not studying in Korean-medium schools; the school had about 600 students in 2007. The chamber uses rented space in the OCT Primary School as the Korean weekend school's classroom.

References

External links

Overseas Chinese Town Holding CompanyOCT BAY Mangrove Groove 3D Watershow
Nanshan District, Shenzhen AAAAA-rated tourist attractions {{Shenzhen-stub

Main sights

Education

See also

References

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