Entrepreneurs and enterprises flock to WDEC 2018

The past four decades of reform and opening-up have seen the city of Dongguan, known for its prosperous manufacturing industry, make great efforts to step out of its comfort zone and expand its reach. Now, it aims to be an innovation hothouse.

From Dec 13 to 14, Dongguan hosted the 2018 World Dongguan Entrepreneurs Convention, which has long been serving as a platform for local companies to collaborate and share their industry and best business practices. More than 1,200 corporate representatives across the globe took part.

At the event, government officials and executives of this event's sponsor - the World Dongguan Entrepreneurs Federation - reviewed what Dongguan private enterprises have achieved since the reform and opening-up began, highlighting Dongguan's advantageous position in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area as well as its solid nonpublic industrial base and applauding its creative will to follow global innovation trends.