A tale of success and changing fortunes as a new environment pays off

Nie Jing, 35, is a Wuhan native and CEO of wxiao, an app developer specializing in services for middle and primary schools. With a bachelor's degree from Huazhong University of Science and Technology and a master's degree from the University of York in the United Kingdom, he opted to work in Beijing in 2007 and then started his own business in the capital in 2010. He chose, however, to go back to Wuhan in 2015 because of the favorable conditions for entrepreneurship there:

After working in Beijing for eight years, I had been married, had my child and led a stable life. When I joined an activity of Chu's Back Home, a talent-introduction campaign named after Hubei's ancient name Chu and mainly aiming at Hubei natives, in 2015, I was attracted back to Wuhan as I found it a far more suitable place for startup companies.

There are abundant resources in Beijing. These resources, however, are highly concentrated. Most opportunities to enjoy these resources are monopolized by big companies. Seldom can startup companies get them.