China’s cities are at the precipice of an economic boom, should they identify how their unique traits catalyze innovation. The outdated approach of blunt-instrument government intervention stifles the flexibility and serendipity that stimulates innovation. Infrastructure is easy with abundant capital and political support, but understanding the balance between what government should and should not do is more complicated.

http://europe.chinadaily.com.cn/epaper/2017-12/01/content_35149658.htm

“Innovation will be key to inland success,” China Daily, 1 Dec 2017.