Construction workers have been working late into the night in downtown Shenzhen as the city makes its final preparations for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in two weeks’ time.
On a weekday night, a South China Morning Post reporter saw at least 50 construction workers gathered at an intersection about 1km (just over half a mile) from the Apec venues in the central district of Futian, laying down pebbles and planting trees along the pavements.
The main road that leads up to the newly built Shenzhen International Communication Centre has also been dug up, with a new layer of asphalt being laid on top. All the lamp posts were decorated with flags reading “Apec China”.