What’s in a Name? At C.E.S., Oftentimes, It’s Shenzhen

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Article published on New York Times By SAM GROBART

[Jan 10, Las Vagas]This year’s International Consumer Electronics Show, which opens here Tuesday, will include, according to the show’s producer,  more than 2,700 exhibitors. Many of the usual players will be in attendance, including name brands like Canon, Sony, Samsung, Panasonic, LG. 

In all, 244 exhibitors, nearly 10 percent of all the companies attending C.E.S., have the word “Shenzhen” in their name.

Why?

Shenzhen, a city in southern China of nearly 10.4 million people, is one of the great manufacturing hubs of Asia, if not the world. It has been a Special Economic Zone since 1980 and is a neighbor of Hong Kong. It’s the fourth-largest port in China and home to better-known Chinese firms like Huawei, BYD and ZTE. Imagine a roaring, ’50s-era Detroit, combined with Silicon Valley and just about every other manufacturing center in the United States, and you get an idea of what we’re talking about here.

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