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Personal stories on the Shenzhen ‘miracle’ drive home Beijing’s message
- Entrepreneur Chen Zhilie and architectural engineer Lu Jianxin shared the stage with the president on Wednesday
- Neither are well-known in the business community but they were part of a carefully choreographed ceremony
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They weren’t movers and shakers or big tycoons, but they shared the stage with President Xi Jinping on Wednesday to celebrate Shenzhen’s achievements over the past four decades.
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Chen Zhilie, who set up a computer company with four other researchers in the southern city 27 years ago, spoke of his experience.
“What has come along with the Shenzhen special economic zone in the past 40 years is generations of entrepreneurs who dared to make their dreams come true through experimentation and exploration,” Chen told the audience.
“As they created miracle after miracle, they together make up the innovative DNA of this city in pushing for reform and opening up,” he said.
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Also invited to speak was Lu Jianxin, chief architectural engineer for southern China of a state-owned construction firm, who looked back on Shenzhen’s transformation from border village to modern metropolis.
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