Hong Kong and Shenzhen haven’t become the tortoise and the hare. Actually, both can win the race

Shenzhen recently marked its 40th anniversary as a special economic zone. In the past four decades, we have witnessed the tremendous transformation of a sleepy fishing village into the modern metropolis it is today.Shenzhen’s gross domestic product in 2019 was nearly 2.7 trillion yuan (US$395 billion), about 10,000 times higher than in the early days of reform and opening up in the 1980s. It has matched Hong Kong, or even surpassed it by certain measures.This is no mean feat for the city that…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3100131/hong-kong-and-shenzhen-havent-become-tortoise-and-hare-actually