Pan Dongxiao, a middle-aged man working for a multinational in Guangzhou, has made a habit of driving to the suburbs with his family on the weekends to ride bikes or just walk on the well-maintained greenway.
South China's Guangdong province has always been a trailblazer in economic reform, and now the region is once again leading the nation in a new era of industrial restructuring.
Wang Jianhui, an associate professor at South China Normal University in Guangzhou, recently bought a new apartment in the city of Zhongshan, about 80 km away from where he works.