Introduction

Located in southern China’s Guangdong province, about an hour’s ferry ride from Hong Kong, lies the city of Zhongshan. Famous for its green hills and city parks, Zhongshan is a prefecture-level city: an urban administrative center that weaves together many outlying townships—each with their own industries, from electronics production to sugar cane farming. Chinese prefecture-level cities like Zhongshan are hybrids of urban and rural communities, which means that successful development must coordinate regional microeconomies and adapt to a range of shifting industrial and agricultural needs.

Dubbed one of Guangdong’s “Four Tigers” for its rapid economic growth, Zhongshan is in flux, determined to strengthen connections between separate regional industries, expand its infrastructure, and capitalize on its proximity to Hong Kong and Macao to further develop the area. In 2005, Zhongshan announced its competition for an International Exhibition Center, a signature project intended to unify the city center while emphasizing Zhongshan’s international standing.

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Zhongshan International Exhibition Center • Zhongshan, China • 2008