Lianhuashan Park

Lianhua Hill ('Lianhuashan')
Lianhua Hill ('Lianhuashan')
Simplified Chinese	莲花山
Traditional Chinese	蓮花山
Postal	Linfa Hill
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Liánhuā Shān
Wade–Giles	Lien2-hua1 Shan1
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	lin4 faa1 saan1

Lianhuashan Park
Lianhuashan Park
	Lianhuashan Park and skyscrapers within Futian CBD in the distance
Location	Futian, Shenzhen, China
Area	150 hectares (370 acres)
Created	1997
Status	Open

Lianhuashan Park (Chinese: 莲花山公园; pinyin: Liánhuāshān Gōngyuán; lit. 'Lotus Hill Park') is a hill and urban park in Shenzhen, China, inaugurated in 1997. It is located at the northern end of the Futian Central Business District and covers an area of 150 hectares (370 acres). It is within walking distance from Children's Palace Station of the Shenzhen Metro.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Statue of Deng Xiaoping

A 6-meter-high statue of former Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping stands on a hilltop at the center of the park and dominates the monumental perspective of Futian, marking the northern end of an axial composition that evokes urban design patterns of Imperial China.^[4]^: 1514 It was created by sculptor Teng Wenjing^[5] following a 1995 decision by the Shenzhen Municipal Committee to erect a memorial to Deng that would be inaugurated on the 20th anniversary of Shekou Special Economic Zone.^[6] As the project generated controversy, the statue was kept for some time in a warehouse while its fate remained unclear, until it was eventually unveiled in November 2000 in the presence of CCP general secretary Jiang Zemin.^[4]^: 1513

The statue shows Deng walking briskly, a reference to his words that "The step of reform and opening-up should be bigger."^[6] On its pedestal is a calligraphy by Deng's successor Jiang Zemin.^[7]

The statue was visited by Premier Li Keqiang in 2015^[8] and by CCP general secretary Xi Jinping in 2020^[9] as they paid homage to Deng's role in Shenzhen's development.