{"id":1728,"date":"2014-12-23T15:29:12","date_gmt":"2014-12-23T07:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.www.innovationiseverywhere.com\/?p=1728"},"modified":"2014-12-23T15:29:12","modified_gmt":"2014-12-23T07:29:12","slug":"shenzhen-startup-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/innovationiseverywhere.com\/fr\/shenzhen-startup-scene\/","title":{"rendered":"ShenZhen startup scene"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section admin_label=\u00a0\u00bbsection\u00a0\u00bb transparent_background=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb allow_player_pause=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb inner_shadow=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb parallax=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb parallax_method=\u00a0\u00bbon\u00a0\u00bb padding_mobile=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb make_fullwidth=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb use_custom_width=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb width_unit=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb custom_width_px=\u00a0\u00bb1080px\u00a0\u00bb custom_width_percent=\u00a0\u00bb80%\u00a0\u00bb make_equal=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb use_custom_gutter=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb fullwidth=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb specialty=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb disabled=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb][et_pb_row admin_label=\u00a0\u00bbrow\u00a0\u00bb make_fullwidth=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb use_custom_width=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb width_unit=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb custom_width_px=\u00a0\u00bb1080px\u00a0\u00bb custom_width_percent=\u00a0\u00bb80%\u00a0\u00bb use_custom_gutter=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb gutter_width=\u00a0\u00bb3&Prime; padding_mobile=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb allow_player_pause=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb parallax=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb parallax_method=\u00a0\u00bbon\u00a0\u00bb make_equal=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb column_padding_mobile=\u00a0\u00bbon\u00a0\u00bb parallax_1=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb parallax_method_1=\u00a0\u00bbon\u00a0\u00bb parallax_2=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb parallax_method_2=\u00a0\u00bbon\u00a0\u00bb parallax_3=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb parallax_method_3=\u00a0\u00bbon\u00a0\u00bb parallax_4=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb parallax_method_4=\u00a0\u00bbon\u00a0\u00bb disabled=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb][et_pb_column type=\u00a0\u00bb4_4&Prime;][et_pb_text admin_label=\u00a0\u00bbText\u00a0\u00bb background_layout=\u00a0\u00bblight\u00a0\u00bb text_orientation=\u00a0\u00bbleft\u00a0\u00bb use_border_color=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb border_style=\u00a0\u00bbsolid\u00a0\u00bb disabled=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n<p>Shenzhen is the manufacturing hub of China. A fishing village with 200,000 population 30 years ago, it has been turned by the government into a special economic zone, attracting millions of migrants.<\/p>\n<p>Today, it&rsquo;s a 15m metropolis, surrounded by Hong-Kong on the south, and Guangzhou on the north, creating a huge 50m economic hub for the exports of what is now the world&rsquo;s first economic power.<\/p>\n<p>More interestingly, Shenzhen is evolving fast. What was yesterday the place to build and ship cheap, low-quality products is turning into a high-quality, fast-prototyping hub for makers and the hardware renaissance.<\/p>\n<p>Shenzhen is also home to Tencent, the company behind WeChat and its 640m users (as of 2014), and at the heart of the shanzhai culture, which copies and \u00ab\u00a0augments\u00a0\u00bb existing products with a Chinese, counterfeit touch, a symbol of the Chinese industrious and entrepreneurial mindset.<\/p>\n<p>The city is now known for its hardware expertise, thanks to the huge number of factories and resellers, but also more digital ventures such as Haxlr8r, one of the most reputed hardware startup accelerators, and Seeed Studio, an agency and shop helping makers to curate the maze of Shenzhen.<\/p>\n<p>Any visit to Shenzhen must spare a day to visit the Huaqiang district and its hundreds of resellers of electronic components.<\/p>\n<p>Caution though, the visa policies can vary very fast, as we learned it the hard way by being rejected on our very first attempt to enter the area.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section admin_label=\u00a0\u00bbSection\u00a0\u00bb transparent_background=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb allow_player_pause=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb inner_shadow=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb parallax=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb parallax_method=\u00a0\u00bbon\u00a0\u00bb custom_padding=\u00a0\u00bb0px|0px|0px|0px\u00a0\u00bb padding_mobile=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb make_fullwidth=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb use_custom_width=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb width_unit=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb custom_width_px=\u00a0\u00bb1080px\u00a0\u00bb custom_width_percent=\u00a0\u00bb80%\u00a0\u00bb make_equal=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb use_custom_gutter=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb fullwidth=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb specialty=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb disabled=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb][et_pb_row admin_label=\u00a0\u00bbRow\u00a0\u00bb make_fullwidth=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb use_custom_width=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb width_unit=\u00a0\u00bbon\u00a0\u00bb custom_width_px=\u00a0\u00bb1080px\u00a0\u00bb custom_width_percent=\u00a0\u00bb80%\u00a0\u00bb use_custom_gutter=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb gutter_width=\u00a0\u00bb3&Prime; 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Cheap \u00ab\u00a0made in China\u00a0\u00bb is not in Shenzhen!<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Human-size community of people within local-accelerators, interface with factories<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maker Faire Shenzhen gains traction and become both a giant showroom and a conference with good networking opportunities<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Home of Tencent, a Chinese giant tech software and social media company, good synergies can be found with engineers<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\u00a0\u00bb1_2&Prime;][et_pb_text admin_label=\u00a0\u00bbCons\u00a0\u00bb background_layout=\u00a0\u00bblight\u00a0\u00bb text_orientation=\u00a0\u00bbleft\u00a0\u00bb use_border_color=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb border_style=\u00a0\u00bbsolid\u00a0\u00bb disabled=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n<h3><strong>CONS<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speak Chinese or ask for help (typically with companies like Seeed Studio<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not a market for consumption as such: you will need to market elsewhere (broader China, US, Europe)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Visa policy is not yet adapted to hardware startups<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Big Chinese city which can be polluted, not the best conditions of living, especially with family (though still better than Shanghai or Beijing)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hardware is by no means the same thing as software; 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column_padding_mobile=\u00a0\u00bbon\u00a0\u00bb parallax_1=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb parallax_method_1=\u00a0\u00bbon\u00a0\u00bb parallax_2=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb parallax_method_2=\u00a0\u00bbon\u00a0\u00bb parallax_3=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb parallax_method_3=\u00a0\u00bbon\u00a0\u00bb parallax_4=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb parallax_method_4=\u00a0\u00bbon\u00a0\u00bb disabled=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb][et_pb_column type=\u00a0\u00bb4_4&Prime;][et_pb_text admin_label=\u00a0\u00bbText\u00a0\u00bb background_layout=\u00a0\u00bblight\u00a0\u00bb text_orientation=\u00a0\u00bbleft\u00a0\u00bb use_border_color=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb border_style=\u00a0\u00bbsolid\u00a0\u00bb disabled=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n<h2>TOP PEOPLE TO KNOW IN SHENZHEN<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section admin_label=\u00a0\u00bbSection\u00a0\u00bb transparent_background=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb 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use_custom_gutter=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb gutter_width=\u00a0\u00bb3&Prime; custom_padding=\u00a0\u00bb0px|0px|0px|0px\u00a0\u00bb padding_mobile=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb allow_player_pause=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb parallax=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb parallax_method=\u00a0\u00bbon\u00a0\u00bb make_equal=\u00a0\u00bbon\u00a0\u00bb column_padding_mobile=\u00a0\u00bbon\u00a0\u00bb parallax_1=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb parallax_method_1=\u00a0\u00bbon\u00a0\u00bb parallax_2=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb parallax_method_2=\u00a0\u00bbon\u00a0\u00bb parallax_3=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb parallax_method_3=\u00a0\u00bbon\u00a0\u00bb parallax_4=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb parallax_method_4=\u00a0\u00bbon\u00a0\u00bb disabled=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb][et_pb_column type=\u00a0\u00bb1_3&Prime;][et_pb_text admin_label=\u00a0\u00bbEric Pan\u00a0\u00bb background_layout=\u00a0\u00bblight\u00a0\u00bb text_orientation=\u00a0\u00bbleft\u00a0\u00bb use_border_color=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb border_style=\u00a0\u00bbsolid\u00a0\u00bb disabled=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb border_color=\u00a0\u00bb#ffffff\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4706\" src=\"http:\/\/innovao.cluster030.hosting.ovh.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/391b908-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"391b908\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Eric Pan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Founder and CEO<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seeed Technology Inc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Founder and CEO of Seeed Studio, which provides open hardware modules and service to help makers turn ideas into products<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ericspan?authType=NAME_SEARCH&amp;authToken=__-Z&amp;locale=en_US&amp;trk=tyah&amp;trkInfo=clickedVertical%3Amynetwork%2CclickedEntityId%3A35697436%2CauthType%3ANAME_SEARCH%2Cidx%3A1-1-1%2CtarId%3A1481772713422%2Ctas%3Aeric%20pa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Linkedin<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\u00a0\u00bb1_3&Prime;][et_pb_text admin_label=\u00a0\u00bbDavid Li\u00a0\u00bb background_layout=\u00a0\u00bblight\u00a0\u00bb text_orientation=\u00a0\u00bbleft\u00a0\u00bb use_border_color=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb border_style=\u00a0\u00bbsolid\u00a0\u00bb disabled=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb border_color=\u00a0\u00bb#ffffff\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4707\" src=\"http:\/\/innovao.cluster030.hosting.ovh.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/AAEAAQAAAAAAAAhCAAAAJGZkYWM3MGE2LWFlODItNDk4MC1iMDg0LTVmNTc4MTg2NjE3Yw-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"aaeaaqaaaaaaaahcaaaajgzkywm3mge2lwfloditndk4mc1imdg0ltvmntc4mtg2nje3yw\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/taweili\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>David Li<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/taweili<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">XinCheJian<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Founder of China&rsquo;s first hackerspace (XinCheJian), very present in Shenzhen ecosystem and linked to think and do tanks like Hacked Matter<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/taweili?authType=NAME_SEARCH&amp;authToken=eJCH&amp;locale=en_US&amp;trk=tyah&amp;trkInfo=clickedVertical%3Amynetwork%2CclickedEntityId%3A470021%2CauthType%3ANAME_SEARCH%2Cidx%3A1-2-2%2CtarId%3A1481772800438%2Ctas%3Adavid%20li\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Linkedin<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\u00a0\u00bb1_3&Prime;][et_pb_text admin_label=\u00a0\u00bbCyril Ebersweiler\u00a0\u00bb background_layout=\u00a0\u00bblight\u00a0\u00bb text_orientation=\u00a0\u00bbleft\u00a0\u00bb use_border_color=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb border_style=\u00a0\u00bbsolid\u00a0\u00bb disabled=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb border_color=\u00a0\u00bb#ffffff\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4708\" src=\"http:\/\/innovao.cluster030.hosting.ovh.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/21dc893-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"21dc893\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cyril Ebersweiler<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Founder &amp; Managing Director<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HAXLR8R<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Founder and partner of HAXLR8R, the hardware-focused accelerator with offices in Shenzhen and San Francisco<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/cyrilebersweiler?authType=NAME_SEARCH&amp;authToken=gySz&amp;locale=en_US&amp;trk=tyah&amp;trkInfo=clickedVertical%3Amynetwork%2CclickedEntityId%3A1723539%2CauthType%3ANAME_SEARCH%2Cidx%3A1-1-1%2CtarId%3A1481772893828%2Ctas%3Acyril%20ebers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>\u00a0Linkedin<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=\u00a0\u00bbRow\u00a0\u00bb make_fullwidth=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb use_custom_width=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb width_unit=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb custom_width_px=\u00a0\u00bb1080px\u00a0\u00bb custom_width_percent=\u00a0\u00bb80%\u00a0\u00bb use_custom_gutter=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb gutter_width=\u00a0\u00bb3&Prime; custom_padding=\u00a0\u00bb0px|0px|0px|0px\u00a0\u00bb padding_mobile=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb allow_player_pause=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb parallax=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb parallax_method=\u00a0\u00bbon\u00a0\u00bb make_equal=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb column_padding_mobile=\u00a0\u00bbon\u00a0\u00bb parallax_1=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb parallax_method_1=\u00a0\u00bbon\u00a0\u00bb parallax_2=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb parallax_method_2=\u00a0\u00bbon\u00a0\u00bb parallax_3=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb parallax_method_3=\u00a0\u00bbon\u00a0\u00bb parallax_4=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb parallax_method_4=\u00a0\u00bbon\u00a0\u00bb disabled=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb][et_pb_column type=\u00a0\u00bb1_3&Prime;][et_pb_text admin_label=\u00a0\u00bbBenjamin Joffe\u00a0\u00bb background_layout=\u00a0\u00bblight\u00a0\u00bb text_orientation=\u00a0\u00bbleft\u00a0\u00bb use_border_color=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb border_style=\u00a0\u00bbsolid\u00a0\u00bb disabled=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb border_color=\u00a0\u00bb#ffffff\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4709\" src=\"http:\/\/innovao.cluster030.hosting.ovh.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/12d9785-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"12d9785\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Benjamin Joffe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">General Partner<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HAXLR8R<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Partner in HAXLR8R, has lived and worked across Asia for more than a decade in tech-related industries<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/benjaminjoffe?authType=NAME_SEARCH&amp;authToken=cCAF&amp;locale=en_US&amp;trk=tyah&amp;trkInfo=clickedVertical%3Amynetwork%2CclickedEntityId%3A92366%2CauthType%3ANAME_SEARCH%2Cidx%3A1-1-1%2CtarId%3A1481773014354%2Ctas%3Abenjamin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Linkedin<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\u00a0\u00bb1_3&Prime;][et_pb_text admin_label=\u00a0\u00bbLyn Jeffrey\u00a0\u00bb background_layout=\u00a0\u00bblight\u00a0\u00bb text_orientation=\u00a0\u00bbleft\u00a0\u00bb use_border_color=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb border_style=\u00a0\u00bbsolid\u00a0\u00bb disabled=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb border_color=\u00a0\u00bb#ffffff\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4710\" src=\"http:\/\/innovao.cluster030.hosting.ovh.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/0289789-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"0289789\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lyn Jeffrey<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Research Director<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Institute for the future<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cultural anthropologist and research director for the Institute for the Future, one of the brains behind MakerCities<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/lynjeffery?authType=NAME_SEARCH&amp;authToken=VWUE&amp;locale=en_US&amp;trk=tyah&amp;trkInfo=clickedVertical%3Amynetwork%2CclickedEntityId%3A606088%2CauthType%3ANAME_SEARCH%2Cidx%3A1-1-1%2CtarId%3A1481773118100%2Ctas%3Alyn%20jeffrey%20insti\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Linkedin<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=\u00a0\u00bb1_3&Prime;][et_pb_text admin_label=\u00a0\u00bbAnna Greenspan\u00a0\u00bb background_layout=\u00a0\u00bblight\u00a0\u00bb text_orientation=\u00a0\u00bbleft\u00a0\u00bb use_border_color=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb border_style=\u00a0\u00bbsolid\u00a0\u00bb disabled=\u00a0\u00bboff\u00a0\u00bb border_color=\u00a0\u00bb#ffffff\u00a0\u00bb]<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4711\" src=\"http:\/\/innovao.cluster030.hosting.ovh.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/34eb043.jpg\" alt=\"34eb043\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Anna Greenspan<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Founder<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hacked Matter<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Philosopher based in Shanghai and founder of Hacked Matter, a research hub which explores China tech ecosystem<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><a 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Today, it&rsquo;s a 15m metropolis, surrounded by Hong-Kong on the south, and Guangzhou on the north, creating a huge 50m economic hub for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":1729,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<p>Shenzhen is the manufacturing hub of China. A fishing village with 200,000 population 30 years ago, it has been turned by the government into a special economic zone, attracting millions of migrants.<\/p><p>Today, it's a 15m metropolis, surrounded by Hong-Kong on the south, and Guangzhou on the north, creating a huge 50m economic hub for the exports of what is now the world's first economic power.<\/p><p>More interestingly, Shenzhen is evolving fast. What was yesterday the place to build and ship cheap, low-quality products is turning into a high-quality, fast-prototyping hub for makers and the hardware renaissance.<\/p><p>Shenzhen is also home to Tencent, the company behind WeChat and its 640m users (as of 2014), and at the heart of the shanzhai culture, which copies and \"augments\" existing products with a Chinese, counterfeit touch, a symbol of the Chinese industrious and entrepreneurial mindset.<\/p><p>The city is now known for its hardware expertise, thanks to the huge number of factories and resellers, but also more digital ventures such as Haxlr8r, one of the most reputed hardware startup accelerators, and Seeed Studio, an agency and shop helping makers to curate the maze of Shenzhen.<\/p><p>Any visit to Shenzhen must spare a day to visit the Huaqiang district and its hundreds of resellers of electronic components.<\/p><p>Caution though, the visa policies can vary very fast, as we learned it the hard way by being rejected on our very first attempt to enter the area.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[358],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured-markets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationiseverywhere.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationiseverywhere.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationiseverywhere.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/innovationiseverywhere.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/innovationiseverywhere.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/innovationiseverywhere.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1728\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/innovationiseverywhere.com\/fr\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/innovationiseverywhere.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/innovationiseverywhere.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/innovationiseverywhere.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}