Focus switches to software and innovation

Already an automotive hub, Chengdu is now looking to attract more high-tech industries

To date, a total of 255 Fortune 500 companies have settled in Chengdu, and two-thirds of the iPads and half of Intel mobile chips produced worldwide are manufactured in the city, according to Chengdu government officials.

Years of efforts by the local government have helped the city develop competitive automobile, software, and logistics industries.