“Wherever I wear a red vest, I feel so proud to be part of the volunteering cause,” said Francis Kwesi Hagan from Ghana, who became a locally registered volunteer in 2007.

Spend some time in Shenzhen and you’ll find a modern, bustling and technologically advanced city, on par with any cosmopolitan city across the globe. As a pioneer of China’s reform and opening up, Shenzhen has become an international metropolis and a popular destination for tourists and businesspeople alike.

The Hetao Shenzhen-Hong Kong Science and Technology Innovation Cooperation Zone (HTCZ), situated on the border between Shenzhen and Hong Kong, is regarded as a hub for innovation, creativity and entrepreneurship.

According to official statistics, there are currently nearly 10,000 Hong Kong-funded enterprises registered in Qianhai, and E-hub has successfully incubated a total of 519 Hong Kong entrepreneurial teams. The reason behind many Hong Kongers choosing Qianhai can be partially attributed to the area’s continuous efforts in optimizing its business environment through the implementation of various institutional innovations over the past years.