We used to have a manufacturing economy, which was about building goods and products, and now we have a service economy and an information and creative economy.

UNOSAT is a service oriented project that has since 2002 provided Earth observation and GIS services to the humanitarian community.

That process has already begun with another round of experimentation through three new Special Economic Zones in Hengqin, Qianhai, and Nansha to pilot the emergence of a creative, knowledge based services economy.