Shenzhen, China

Shenzhen has been a Chinese economic miracle. It is a coastal city north to Hong Kong. It does not only boasts strong manufacturing capacity and leading innovation, it represents China's efforts in the past several decades to pursue development from scratch. It is China's first special economic zone, Shenzhen has emerged as a symbol of the country's reform and opening-up. It has transformed from a fishing village to a sprawling industrial and financial megacity with 13 million people. Here is a short introduction video about Shenzhen.

In 1979 Shenzhen was a small border town of some 330,000 inhabitants that served as a customs stop into mainland China from Hong Kong. It is one of the starting point of the China economic reform.  They were opened to foreign investment, technology, and managerial expertise through the establishment of foreign-owned, joint-venture, and other business enterprises without the prior approval of the central government. Nowadays it is the home of many most important enterprises such as Huawei, Tencent, BYD，Zhongxing, etc.