How One Chinese Town Built a Guitar Empire | Pakistan News

Pakistan News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Sep 1, 2026 · 1m

From a guitar-free town to the world’s guitar capital in just a decade—Zheng’an, China, transformed overnight thanks to bold government strategy and a nationwide push to bring talent home. Once a place where locals fled for work, it now boasts guitar sculptures, murals, and factories churning out one-seventh of the world’s guitars. The secret? A 2012 “return the phoenix to the nest” initiative that lured skilled workers like Zheng Chuanjiu back to start businesses—and turned his Guangzhou success into the anchor of a booming local industry. It’s proof that with vision and investment, even a…