Cities of Wealth
The southern Chinese cities of Guangzhou and Shenzhen are two of the be the biggest economies in the “Greater Bay Area” of China, a city cluster consisting of 9 cities and Hong Kong & Macau, with a population of a total of 70 million.
With a long history of commerce tradition, nowadays Guangzhou Guangzhou is growing into a global transport hub, trade center, and a science and technology innovation center with advanced infrastructure, home of The China Import and Export Fair, the third-largest number of national high-tech enterprises (over 11,000) ...the list goes one.
Shenzhen, on the other hand, is China’s fastest-growing city, grew from a fishing village to China’s “Silicon Valley” with only less than 40 years. Shenzhen is ranked by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences as the mainland’s top city for “overall economic competitiveness” and is China’s premier Special Economic Zone (SEZ) for foreign investment as well as a sub-provincial class city
Leading companies headquartered in Shenzhen are Tencent, Huawei, ZTE, Baidu, BYD, BGI, DJI,and IBM as well as financial institutions HSBC, China Merchants Bank, Standard Chartered, and Citigroup.
While Shenzhen and Guangzhou are not among the most destinations for events and incentives for international guests, with its large collections of China-based big corporates and high-tech companies, they have drawn business travelers all around the world to the cities of wealth. They are true examples of inspiration of China's modernization and never lack of stories of motivation for your visit here.