The impact of global cities´ cultural facilities—Inspiration for Shenzhen

Since 1980s, the globalization and informationization sweep the globe, affecting all aspects of world development. In this macro background, exchange of the city elements between each other are strengthening and expanding in size, frequency and speed. For this reason, these exchanges form a multi-level system in the world scope. Consequently, the global city arises at a historic moment. In 2008, city of Shenzhen got the first prize of “urban comprehensive competitiveness” out of 288 Chinese cities. This is a great achievement which showed the rapid development of Shenzhen were recognized. With the exception of culture, urban morphology, infrastructure and economic operation, the behavior ways of the international metropolis are getting similar. City culture is the unique characteristics distinguished from anyone else. Cultural characteristics become the very important creative resource of urban innovation. Culture is a strong power which can promote understanding and form urban characteristics; culture can create inspiration, benefits and wealth to bring endless happiness to everyone. Cultural development strategy becomes the core strategy of creative development. It is the guidance for development path in the process of innovation. Behind the formation of their own unique cultural characteristics, every famous cosmopolitan city has world-class infrastructures. From the angle of global city´s culture characteristics, this paper proposes suggestions for the culture development strategy for Shenzhen by viewing the successful experience of global city Los Angeles.