Xili Golf and Country Club's East-North Course represents one portion of a larger multi-course facility located in Shenzhen's Nanshan District, developed during the city's rapid expansion in the 1990s and early 2000s. The course was designed through collaboration among Robin Nelson, Rodney Wright, and Neil Haworth, architects who have worked extensively throughout Asia and the Pacific region. The property sits in an area that transitions between Shenzhen's urban development and the more vegetated terrain toward the city's northern boundaries. The routing takes advantage of the natural topography characteristic of this part of Guangdong Province, where rolling terrain and subtropical vegetation create a distinctly southern Chinese golf landscape. The design incorporates elevation changes and water features that are common to courses built in this region during the period of golf's expansion in mainland China. As part of a larger club complex, the East-North layout functions within Xili's broader membership structure, which has served both local Shenzhen residents and the broader Pearl River Delta business community. The course reflects the design sensibilities of its era, when international architects were adapting modern golf course principles to Chinese sites while working within the regulatory and environmental frameworks of the time. Xili Golf and Country Club has operated as one of several established golf facilities in Shenzhen, a city that became an early center for the sport's development in southern China following the country's economic reforms.