Eight years ago, Gu Yan was repeatedly invited by industrial park owner Dong Hongye to be the first tenant in the desolate, vacant park—offering six months of rent-free occupancy. Leveraging Yunchuang’s industry-leader status, upstream and downstream enterprises plus commercial supporting businesses quickly followed suit; within just two years, the abandoned commercial zone transformed into a thriving district—and Dong Hongye raked in massive profits.