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Qian’an: From Zero to Hero (and Back)

In: Adventures in the Chinese Economy: 16 Years from the Inside

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  • Sven Agten

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In September 2008, I moved to Qian’an in Hebei Province[lak]Hebei, a Tier IV city 125 miles east of Beijing[lak]Beijing, to set up a new multi-million dollar investment joint-venturejoint-venture company, which included building and then managing a new cementcement factoryfactory. I lived there for three years and worked there for another two years. The city is characterized by heavy industry, pollution, and everything else that modern China doesn’t want to be associated with anymore. Corruption was rampant. Now however, more than ten years later that city couldn’t be more different. It has cleaned up its act and embarked on a new course. Qian’an is a great example of how hundreds of Chinese smaller cities had to adjust to the new realities in order to survive and thrive further.

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  • Sven Agten, 2021. "Qian’an: From Zero to Hero (and Back)," Springer Books, in: Adventures in the Chinese Economy: 16 Years from the Inside, chapter 0, pages 181-194, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-981-16-1167-4_10
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-16-1167-4_10
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