Skip to playerSkip to main content
India Today
  • 10 minutes ago
A special report from the Shenzhen Museum in China highlights the city's journey from a quiet fishing village to a garrison town and ultimately into the country's leading information technology hub. A prominent museum mural constructed from thousands of microchips illustrates how semiconductor technology reshaped Shenzhen's destiny. Ahead of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation conference, China is utilising the exhibition to present its economic and technological achievements to both domestic citizens and global delegates. The report traces Shenzhen's rapid evolution from the 1970s and 1980s through the 1990s, noting how the establishment of major tech conglomerates like Tencent anchored its global reputation as an innovation center driven by technological cooperation.

Category

🗞
News
Transcript
00:00A chip that changed the destiny of Shenzhen and here at the Shenzhen Museum, if you notice very carefully, this
00:09is actually a mural that's made of thousands and thousands of chips to show the journey of Shenzhen from a
00:18sleepy town of fishermen to a garrison city and then ultimately the IT hub of China.
00:26And ahead of the APEC, Asia Pacific Economic Conference, China is showcasing its economic might through this museum, not just
00:37to its people, but those who've come from across the world.
00:40They're saying it's through technology that their cooperation can increase and indeed the remarkable transformation of Shenzhen as you see
00:51at this museum here from the 1970s to 80s through the 1990s.
00:57And of course, subsequently, once Tencent and other companies established themselves at this IT hub, the progress has been remarkable.
01:08Gaurav Samad in Shenzhen, China, for India Today.

Recommended