Shenzhen: These are the plans for China& • Table.Briefings

Professor Xiao Geng (left) is Chairman of the Hong Kong Institution for International Finance. Andrew Sheng is a Distinguished Fellow at the Asia Global Institute at the University of Hong Kong.

Shenzhen was long regarded as the „workbench of the world.“ In the meantime, the metropolis has transformed itself into an up-and-coming high-tech location with enormous development momentum. The next transformation is imminent.

For decades, Silicon Valley has been the world’s quintessential tech hub. But plenty of Asian cities – such as Bangalore, Penang, Shenzhen, Singapore, and Taipei – have been working to build similar innovation ecosystems. Shenzhen, located in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong, has been particularly successful.

Shenzhen: These are the plans for China’s innovation hub

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