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Inside The Worlds MOST Advanced City | Shenzhen 🇨🇳
Shenzhen Exploration: China's Futuristic City
I went to Shenzhen, China to find out if it’s truly the most advanced city in the world. While many are hyping up Chongqing as China’s most futuristic city, I wasn’t convinced. So I linked up with a local in Shenzhen to see what’s really happening.
From drone deliveries and driverless cars on the...
I went to Shenzhen, China to find out if it’s truly the most advanced city in the world. While many are hyping up Chongqing as China’s most futuristic city, I wasn’t convinced. So I linked up with a local in Shenzhen to see what’s really happening.
From drone deliveries and driverless cars on the street, to facial and palm-recognition payment systems, hyper-connected surveillance, and other tech you don’t see anywhere else — this city is operating on another level.
This is what it looks like inside the real world’s most advanced city.
Shenzhen: Is it the world's most advanced city? Spanian investigates, exploring driverless cars, facial recognition payment, and hyper-connected surveillance. A local guide reveals the reality of this futuristic metropolis, challenging perceptions of other contenders like Chongqing. Prepare to be amazed by Shenzhen's cutting-edge technology!
I went to Shenzhen, China to find out if it’s truly the most advanced city in the world. While many are hyping up Chongqing as China’s most futuristic city, I wasn’t convinced. So I linked up with a local in Shenzhen to see what’s really happening.
From drone deliveries and driverless cars on the street, to facial and palm-recognition payment systems, hyper-connected surveillance, and other tech you don’t see anywhere else — this city is operating on another level.
This is what it looks like inside the real world’s most advanced city.
Spanian visits Shenzhen with local guide Steven after asking which Chinese city local contacts considered especially technology-focused. At his hotel he sees a robot prepare coffee, then learns about mobile payments and watches a drone deliver tea to a pickup point. Steven helps him navigate metro travel and demonstrates a face-payment machine; the video also shows facial and palm-recognition systems, although the narrator cannot use every service himself. They book and ride a driverless taxi, visit KFC, and explore part of an electronics market in Futian, including a secondhand electronics section. Steven later shows delivery robots and a Chinese-made car. Spanian ends with a walk near Shenzhen Civic Center and shares his personal impressions of the city. Several claims about the scale or operation of surveillance and technology are presented as the narrator’s observations or his guide’s explanations, not independently verified citywide facts.
Spanian explores Shenzhen with local guide Steven, focusing on technology he encounters around the city. He sees a robot coffee maker, orders tea delivered by drone, rides the metro and tries an autonomous taxi. The visit also includes mobile and biometric payment demonstrations, delivery robots, a look through an electronics market and a Chinese-made car. Spanian comments on Shenzhen’s streets and public spaces during the day and an evening walk near the Civic Center. The video presents his personal observations rather than a comprehensive account of the city’s technology or surveillance systems.
A Shenzhen visit with local guide Steven explores drone delivery, an autonomous taxi, metro travel and the city’s electronics market.
Shenzhen Technology Tour: Drone Deliveries and Driverless Taxis
14:16 Ask ahead whether a service needs local registration. In Spanian’s demonstration, the drone-order screen requests the last four digits of a registered Chinese phone number, so he plans to ask Steven for help rather than assuming he can order as a visitor.
29:01 Allow time for metro-station entry checks. Spanian describes passing through a metal detector and security screening before reaching the train, and notes that English appeared on some station signs and machines.
33:30 Check which payment method a machine accepts before relying on it. Steven demonstrates face payment at a vending machine, while the video separately shows the visitor using a phone-based payment app.
42:46 If you want to try a driverless taxi, ask a local contact to show you the booking process and confirm any account or phone requirements. Steven books the ride in an app, and the passenger confirms the trip with a phone number.
52:05 Set aside time to navigate the electronics market by section. The creators describe multiple buildings and floors, and visit a secondhand electronics area rather than trying to cover the whole market in one pass.
14:16 Ask ahead whether a service needs local registration. In Spanian’s demonstration, the drone-order screen requests the last four digits of a registered Chinese phone number, so he plans to ask Steven for help rather than assuming he can order as a visitor.
29:01 Allow time for metro-station entry checks. Spanian describes passing through a metal detector and security screening before reaching the train, and notes that English appeared on some station signs and machines.
33:30 Check which payment method a machine accepts before relying on it. Steven demonstrates face payment at a vending machine, while the video separately shows the visitor using a phone-based payment app.
42:46 If you want to try a driverless taxi, ask a local contact to show you the booking process and confirm any account or phone requirements. Steven books the ride in an app, and the passenger confirms the trip with a phone number.
52:05 Set aside time to navigate the electronics market by section. The creators describe multiple buildings and floors, and visit a secondhand electronics area rather than trying to cover the whole market in one pass.
0:35 Why he came to Shenzhen
1:55 A robot makes coffee
5:27 Mobile payment with Steven
12:51 Ordering tea by drone
29:01 Exploring the metro
33:30 Trying face payment
35:52 Riding business class
38:45 Booking a driverless taxi
42:22 Inside the autonomous taxi
48:02 Trying KFC in China
52:05 Shenzhen electronics market
1:00:03 Autonomous delivery vehicles
1:03:22 A Chinese-made car
1:16:13 Evening walk near Civic Center
0:35 Why he came to Shenzhen
1:55 A robot makes coffee
5:27 Mobile payment with Steven
12:51 Ordering tea by drone
29:01 Exploring the metro
33:30 Trying face payment
35:52 Riding business class
38:45 Booking a driverless taxi
42:22 Inside the autonomous taxi
48:02 Trying KFC in China
52:05 Shenzhen electronics market
1:00:03 Autonomous delivery vehicles
1:03:22 A Chinese-made car
1:16:13 Evening walk near Civic Center
spanianhood talkhoodstraveldangerousvlogfoodstreet foodreviewsspanian vlogWhat technology does Spanian try in Shenzhen?
He sees a robot coffee maker, watches a drone deliver tea, rides a driverless taxi and sees face-payment and delivery-robot demonstrations.
Could Spanian order drone delivery by himself?
The screen he tries asks for the last four digits of a registered Chinese phone number, so he plans to ask Steven for help.
What was the driverless taxi ride like?
Spanian and Steven ride in a taxi with no driver. The video shows the vehicle navigating traffic and identifies it as a Lexus; the narrator says the fare was 220 but does not clearly identify the currency.
Which part of Shenzhen’s electronics market do they visit?
They visit an area the narrator identifies as HQ Mart, described in the video as specializing in secondhand electronics.
Where does the video take place?
The visit is in Shenzhen, including the Futian electronics-market area and an evening walk near Shenzhen Civic Center.
