Kexing Moves; Seafront Stays | Generated by AI
Question: Will Tencent’s 科兴 (Kexing Science Park) employees move to the new office (企鹅岛 / Penguin Island), while 滨海 (Seafront Towers) employees stay put?
Answer:
Yes, that’s essentially correct. Here’s the breakdown:
科兴 (Kexing) → Moving to 企鹅岛 (Penguin Island)
Starting from November 2025, teams like 魔方工作室群 (Mofang Studio Group) began relocating to 企鹅岛 as the first wave of “island residents.” The park — infamous as “China’s #1 overtime building” — is being progressively vacated as Tencent teams move to the new campus.
企鹅岛 has a total investment of 319 billion CNY, with a total floor area exceeding 3 million sqm capable of housing over 80,000 employees. Phase 1 areas entered trial operation starting October 2025; Phase 2 (HQ office buildings, conference center, science museum) is planned for completion in 2028.
滨海 (Seafront Towers) → Staying
滨海大厦 is Tencent’s own purpose-built landmark HQ in Nanshan District’s Science Park South Zone — it’s not a leased office, it’s owned Tencent infrastructure, co-forming the HQ campus together with Tencent Tower, the Dachan Bay base, and Kexing offices. There’s no public reporting of any plan to move 滨海 employees out — it remains a core owned asset and will continue operating as part of Tencent’s Shenzhen HQ cluster.
TL;DR: 科兴 is being vacated progressively in favor of 企鹅岛. 滨海 is Tencent-owned, stays as HQ. The migration is primarily about getting off leased third-party space (Kexing) and onto Tencent’s own campus.