Most expensive Taxi fare in China - Shenzhen

Guess I must have not traveled enough to discover this, until my friend here in Shenzhen told me about it.
The starting fare is RMB 12.50, and every 1 km is RMB 2.4...
after 11pm the starting fare goes up to RMB 16.10 and every km costs RMB 3.10 (requires double-check)
I chatted with the taxi driver during the journey...
he said there are not as many as passengers and he could feel it but it is not that bad, so I guess Shenzhen is surviving quite okay in the economic downturn. I usually talk to taxi drivers to find out how economy is doing in their perspective because they are the grass root people who are very sensitive to the economy changes, not in the sense they can predict but rather, they can be really impacted very early.
there are about 10,000 taxis in the economic zone and there are about another 7-8k in the suburban area, and there are another 2000 "black taxis". these numbers total up to 20,000 cabs in the Shenzhen metropolitan area.

a little bit background about the taxi driver that i talked to. He's quie young. i guess he's about 24 years od, which might not give him a decent years of experience driving in Shenzhen. A decent years I meant about 10 years or so. Althought he's very professional and he knows the area really well but that experience I'm talking about is the number of customers and the change of shenzhen in the past 10 years. He also told me that there used to be another 20% surcharge after mid-night, which can definitely beat the taxi drivers both in Singapore and Hong Kong. Luckily, it already canceled, or I would perhaps pay Rmb 100 for a good 13 km journey.

well... i have not been to the city yet, will check that out soon!
as far as my to-do list concerned, quite a number of them are cleared, which makes this trip very relaxing and easy. cool! thanks to taobao.com!