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After eight years, Macro Polo has ceased operations as the Paulson Institute will focus its independent research on supporting its programs as it continues to diversify its scope.

We appreciate the community that has grown around Macro Polo and the fruitful engagement we’ve had with our legion of smart and sharp audience. You’ve pushed us to deliver even more original work and innovative products. Our body of work speaks for itself, and we hope it will have a long shelf life – that was the intent from MP’s inception.

MP’s website is now archived and no new work will be published henceforth on this site. Please visit www.paulsoninstitute.org for future research and policy work on a range of global issues.

Thank you all for the support over the years, it has been a privilege to have had a home at the Paulson Institute and to have built it the way we did.

- Team Macro Polo

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Your City Match: Dongguan


Dongguan

  Population: 8.3 million

  Average Wage: $9,118/year

  Air Quality Index: 65 (moderate)

  Migrant Percentage: 74.1%

Dongguan, located about an hour and half north of Shenzhen, is one of the most important manufacturing hubs in the world. The city has perhaps the highest concentration of electronics manufacturers and suppliers in the world and is a must-go destination for multinationals that need to source from China. Global companies such as DuPont, Samsung, Nokia, Coca-Cola, and Nestlé have manufacturing facilities in the area. Since 2005, Dongguan has focused on pivoting away from an export-driven economy to investing in the city’s technology infrastructure. As a result of this shift, Dongguan has partnered with the Global IT Academy and other technology organizations to attract new businesses and talent.

The city also has fervent basketball fans and has earned the moniker “National Basketball City.” The local team, Guangdong Southern Tigers, has won multiple Chinese basketball championships and received international attention in 2007 when its star Yi Jianlian was drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks. Dongguan has invested in a new 16,000-seat basketball stadium, and it boasts more than 10,000 basket courts scattered across the city and suburbs.

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