The relentless speed of manufacturing in Shenzhen is mirrored by the growth of the city itself: from a small border city of 30,000 in 1979 to a booming metropolis of 13 million in 2020, and from an export volume of $9.3 million in 1979 to $244 billion in 2017.⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Click the link in our bio to read the full story. Photo by Fred Dufour/AFP/Getty Images⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠ #schenzhen #hardwarecapital #production #techhub #globaltechubs #siliconvalley #Huaqiangbei