According to statistics, 48.57% of Shenzhen residents state that their greatest and most frequent from if nightlife spending is barhopping. Bars have become a measure of one’s fashion and culture in this city. Most of the bars in Shenzhen have foreign themes and atmospheres. Cocktails, saxphone or guitar music, English songs, and rock and roll are ubiquitous.

There are many games that take place in these bars, the most common of which are Gomoku, Dice and Blocks. During the 1990s, the craze for rave parties spread from America and Europe to Shenzhen. People danced crazily to the new techno and dance music. In the past few years the chatting, the bars of Shenzhen have diversified. There are bars which are mainly for drinking and chatting, more like the pubs of England, there are bars with DJs called music bars, and there are bars with only the latest music, called hot bars.

There are also bars with all kinds of dancing called dance bars and bars for singing karaoke called K bars. Some bars are organized around themes, such as the music instrument, chess, books, art, toys, mud and movies. Young people meet friends with common interest at these themed bars.