The transformation of Asia demonstrated in its demographic transition, social progress, economic development, and technological innovation has been phenomenal. Dragon Innovation: Shenzhen is one of the first comprehensive analyses on the formation of China's technology hub, Shenzhen and the Greater Bay Area, in a multidimensional and multicultural society in the 21st century amid global trade war and great power competition. It examines how and why Shenzhen and the Greater Bay Area emerged as Asia's leading technology cluster from historical, cultural, political, institutional, business and social perspectives to present an innovation experience that differs from the widely known western innovation hubs. In-person interviews with Shenzhen local government officials, renowned Shenzhen business leaders including Huawei's Ren Zhengfei, Tencent's Pony Ma Huateng, and the chief scientists at major technology & AI companies as well as EV companies including BYD make this book authentic and outstanding. Interviews with tech investors, academics, salespeople, grassroots entrepreneurs and migrant professionals make this book rich, vivid and informative. This book will interest scholars, policymakers, development practitioners, technologists, transnational entrepreneurs and global investors.

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Dr. Grace Yuehan Wang is an internationally known China expert on science, technology & innovation. She is an experienced international consultant and the founder of a boutique advisory firm. She was appointed as a visiting scholar at London School of Economics since 2023 and she has been a senior research fellow at the Department of Journalism, Stellenbosch University in South Africa since 2022.

Dr. Wang earned her doctoral degree from the University of Southern California and was the Annenberg Chair Fellow in Communication, Technology, and Society. Prior to that, she studied at Boston University and the University of California, Los Angeles. She was a visiting researcher to the Media Law and Policy program at the University of Oxford and was awarded the Frank Andrews international fellowship for the 69th Annual Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She was the South Africa National Research Foundation grant holder during 2021-2022.