Shenzhen Literary Research Center is the only scientific research platform specializing in research on Shenzhen literature among all local colleges and universities. The Center is a comprehensive academic research center integrating the collection and systematization of Shenzhen literature, academic exchanges and discussions, creative writing development, cultivation of young scholars and writers, and social services.
The Center has collected more than 1,000 volumes of Shenzhen literature from the public, hosted many conferences and lectures on urban literature, and published several monographs as well as academic papers in core Chinese journals. Besides, the Urban Literature Research Base of the Chinese Association of Contemporary Literature was inaugurated at Shenzhen Polytechnic University.