China works to turn Shenzhen into the new Hong Kong

New infrastructure and reforms would help city replace island as investment hub

20190818N Shenzhen nightscape REUTERS

China is positioning Shenzhen as a new economic and investment center that will compete with Hong Kong. © Reuters

YUSUKE HINATA, Nikkei staff writer

HONG KONG -- The Chinese government aims to transform Shenzhen into a global business center, in an apparent gambit to position the southern city as a model of stable prosperity compared with neighboring Hong Kong.

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