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New economic zone won’t match Shenzhen, Pudong

China’s government recently launched a new economic zone near Beijing that it is billing as the most important project of its kind since the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone and Shanghai’s Pudong New Area were established over two decades ago. The new zone will provide a boost to regional investment but is unlikely to prove nearly as transformational as either Shenzhen or Pudong.

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