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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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Zhengzhou

  Population: 9.9 million

  Average Wage: $9,546/year

  Air Quality Index: 99 (Moderate)

  Migrant Percentage: 26.1%

The provincial capital of Henan, Zhengzhou is a major agriculture producer that lies on the southern bank of the Yellow River. As early as 1990, the city established the Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange (ZCE) as the first commodity futures trading platform. Today, commodities such as wheat, cotton, sugar, oil, and corn are actively traded on the ZCE with more than $500 million in annual contracts. In addition to agricultural commodities, Zhengzhou rose to prominence recently when it was able to attract Foxconn to set up a second campus in the city. The Zhengzhou Foxconn campus now employs some 250,000 people and has become the main assembler of iPhones.

Zhengzhou has a long history of Buddhism and martial arts, as it is home to the famous Shaolin Temple, where students can train in Chinese kung fu. Other places of interest include the Henan Museum and the Erqi Strike Monument.

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