ZHEJIANG PROVINCE
I was actually thinking about going till I found out where it's being held. Seems you have to go to Shanghai and then take a train for 200 miles south or something like that. Here's more info on the Province.
ZHEJIANG PROVINCE is the coastal province located south of Shanghai and the Yangtze Delta. Covering 100,000 square kilometers, it is home to 47 million people and the southern terminus of the Grand Canal. Zhejiang, is China's richest province. Both its rural residents and urban residents have the highest per capita income of any province in China.
There are specific areas in the province that specialize in certain products such as electric plugs, hinges, electric switches, faucets and florescent light bulbs. Wuyi produces 1 billion decks of playing cards a year. Forty percent of the world’s neckties are made in Shengzhou. Xiaxie specializes in jungle gyms. Shangguan churns out ping pong paddles. Fenshuo makes millions of pens. There are also places that specialize in razors and eyeglass frames.
The people of Zhejiang have long been known for their entrepreneurship and resourcefulness. Because it surrounded by mountains it has traditionally been neglected by the central government. The coastal areas in particular were neglected because the government thought they might be attacked so why waste money on them .This left the people of Zhejiang with little choice but to take care of themselves and become self-reliant, which they did this by pooling money in their families and community organizations known as a meng and starting businesses.
About 80 percent of all Zhejiang entrepreneurs have eight years or less of formal education. Many of their enterprises are financed through the regions famed informal network of private lending that allows them to bypass state-owned financial institutions. Much of the money is borrowed from friends, relatives and business associates at higher interest rates than those charged by banks. Many deals are sealed with only a handshake yet defaults are rare.
Some link the entrepreneurial inclination so the Zhejiang people to high number of Christians that live there and the development of a work ethic not unlike the Protestant work ethic in the United States.
