China's State Council has called for greater development of the southern city of Shenzhen and the integration of its culture and economy with ...
The State Council 19-point directive, published in state-media outlet People's Daily, calls for Shenzhen's"economic strength and development" to rank among the best in the world by 2025, and a"global benchmark" by the middle of the century.In the 1990s, market-oriented reforms and government support transformed Shenzhen from an ordinary Chinese village to a major hub for China's manufacturing and technology sectors.
The city now houses the global headquarters for Tencent, China's social media giant, and Huawei, the networking equipment maker that US President Donald Trump effectively barred US companies from supplying.The directive called for the"modernisation of social governance" in Shenzhen via the"comprehensive application of big data, cloud computing, artificial intelligence and other technologies".
It called for the integration of the culture and economy of Shenzhen with Hong Kong and Macau via funding for hospitals, joint disaster relief efforts and cultural exchanges, and to further develop the Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area and"enrich the new practice of the 'one country, two systems' policy".
Hong Kong's protests started as opposition to a now-suspended extradition Bill to mainland China and have since swelled into wider calls for democracy. Last week China's paramilitary forces carried out exercises outside of a major sports stadium in Shenzhen, sparking speculation that they may be used in Hong Kong.
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