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Shenzhen Foreign Languages School

public school

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Source revisionJul 20, 2026
Entity authorityQ7494372 ↗
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Shenzhen Foreign Languages School (深圳外国语学校) is a municipal public secondary school in Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. The school is managed by the Shenzhen City Education Bureau. It was founded in December 1990. The school has three campuses, located in Futian, Yantian, and Longhua.

History

In 1990, the Shenzhen Municipal People's Government established Shenzhen Foreign Languages School.

In 2002, Shenzhen Foreign Language School cooperated with Li Lang Yexing Industrial Co., Ltd. to establish Shenzhen Foreign Languages School Longgang Branch (深圳外国语学校龙岗分校). The new branch was under the public-owned and private-run model.

In September 2003, the junior high school and senior high school of Shenzhen Foreign Languages School made campus separation arrangements. The junior high school is still located at its original location in Futian District; the senior high school has moved to Yantian District.

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“Shenzhen Foreign Languages School” enters the record as public school. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Shenzhen, Foreign and Languages can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA strong contextual entry point for chronology, institutions and public events when official records are distinguished from later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1990, 2002, 2003—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1990. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Shenzhen, Foreign and Languages.
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“Shenzhen Foreign Languages School” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Shenzhen, Foreign and Languages provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Chronology, provenance and viewpoint should be read together before a broad social or political interpretation is accepted. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 20, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7494372. Authority coordinates are 22.548, 114.094. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1990, 2002 and 2003.

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