Convention celebrates home-grown talent

Sitting in the Pearl River Delta, the city of Dongguan in Guangdong province has become a magnet for ambitious young entrepreneurs to set up businesses, said Mo Haotang, founder of the World Dongguan Entrepreneurs Convention, which ran from Dec 13 to 14.

More than 1,200 businessmen from Dongguan, including those coming to the city to seek out business opportunities, attended this event. Among these, there were a handful of big names: Li Ning, founder of China's leading local sportswear marketer Feifan Sports; Wang Xuning, chairman of noted kitchen appliances manufacturer Joyoung; and Rita Fan Hsu Lai-tai, member of the National People's Congress Standing Committee.

Another highlight from the star-studded participants list was a group of 10 outstanding young Dongguan entrepreneurs, who were commended for their major contribution to business in Dongguan and their entrepreneurial spirit that proved them to be self-disciplined, open, pragmatic, enterprising and pioneering.