The aftermath of the global financial crisis has seen the rapid growth of China's large eastern cities slow. This has caused attention to increasingly turn towards inland areas of the country, and chief among them is the city of Chengdu. Barbara Njau reports on why this south-western centre is attracting more and more FDI attention.
Chengdu leads westward charge
Originally published with the August/September 2012 issue of fDi Magazine
(Photo, left: Wangjiang Tower of Chengdu copyright: Chen xianmin)
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(Photo, left: Chengdu at night copyright: Zhang dezhong)
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