It is located at the northern end of the Futian Central Business District and covers an area of 150 hectares (370 acres).

[1][2][3] 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.

[7]: 111 The statue was visited by Premier Li Keqiang in 2015[9] and by CCP general secretary Xi Jinping in 2020[10] as they paid homage to Deng's role in Shenzhen's development.