2016年，市委市政府提出实施“东进战略”，将龙岗、坪山打造成为深圳东部中心。2018年，市委市政府提出“东进、西协、南联、北拓、中优”发展战略，坪山成为“东进”主阵地。

Eastern center of Shenzhen

　　In 2016, the CPC Shenzhen Municipal Committee and the Shenzhen Municipal People’s Government proposed to implement the “Eastern Progression Strategy” of building Longgang and Pingshan districts as the eastern center of Shenzhen. In 2018, the development strategies of “Eastern Progression, Western Collaboration, Southern Coordination, Northern Development & Central Superiority” were put forward, and Pingshan became the focal center of  “Eastern Progression”.