In Shenzhen, a similar thing is happening around the 2 BYD plants in SZ (Pingshan) and Huizhou (Huiyang/Dayawan). Despite the pandemic, construction is happening at lightning pace and I'm sure in 5 yrs down the road, a new sub city with quality living and jobs will be built, all connected with the SZ and soon Huizhou metro and nearby high-speed train stations. Now, still cheap to buy.
@@JaYoeNation All these high rise buildings are ok, BUT, when people try to get away from the same concrete jungle abroad , they are trying to spend some time in the nice , quaint, charming villages they used to enjoy and let their hair down, upgrading is ok, but many lovely villages have been destroyed to make way for these buildings, uprooting the farm folks who love farming, and destroying their crops, China needs to balance more, especially since there is not much agriculture space love your videos though
I love these two videos of Geely town! I really liked seeing that huge farris wheel. And Jim's box camera is great! I appreciate old cameras like that. Hope the two young men got lots of nice pictures too. The drone gives a view we'd never see in a picture so that is exciting! I never thought I'd see a whole city built like that! Thanks~
@C S LOW Well if there is one thing China is good at it's think win-win. Frankly they had brought in more than their share of of the bargain given that DRB HICOM still retains simple majority of shares. I've heard there's serious ongoing work for Proton to finally become a serious player in the ASEAN auto market too (which is potentially 20 times larger than Malaysia's!).
Geely also operates the Malaysian national car project factories. Through this investment, they also owns the English Lotus brand. Their latest offering under the Malaysian Proton brand attracted 20000 booking within the opening day. Everyone was happy.
Hey Matt, I've been seeing this for the last ten years, I know exactly what you mean. It's kind of breath taking when you see the scale of it. The first time I came to Shanghai in 2011 I was actually breathless in the car from seeing how vast that city was, it was too much for my eyes to take in and i've been telling people for years, you just have to see it, those huge apartment blocks as far as the eye can see....... and it's not just the apartments is it? The roads, the bridges, the new metro tracks reaching out from the cities. Another great video dude :)
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Great video! I am not surprised that they built the city so quickly...the Chinese workers worked tirelessly 24 hours per day. I have heard a story that a building of 30 stories was built, fully furnished in 15 days .
Lol maybe it was poured from 2 -30 but ko hope it was finished and furnish not a chance it’s at least 3 months unless you have 5000 people working on it and still trades have to avoid each other and allow setting time and painting etc. kitchens bathrooms tiling
This is one hell of the typical Matt’s videos that always go with stunning drone shots and fancy soundtracks. I was always wondering how the hell did you find those music/soundtracks?
Those construction & real estate office reminds me what an LSE. Assoc. Prof. Keyu Jin, a beautiful lady, my due, said to this effect: There are ppl who make the livings out of forecasting the collapse of China. More than 10 yrs passed since. The good news is those "experts" got promotions for their failed analysis. Collapsing? Who ?
@@KK-xi7vh Mr. JaYoe comes from Detroit an American Automobile Capital once. Thanks for for the America rise, Detroit Real Estate value hit zero,. Zero is still better for the rise of USA, given the Interest rate is Negative. So, if the Fed can "achieve" Zero Interest Rate, it'd be a blessing. I reckon that the whole Detroit residents, if any still there, wish dearly if their city "collapsed" in the China fashion, they'd laugh all the way to the banks & kept walking & laughing for 30 yrs & will walk & laugh to the banks this yr, nx yr while many part in the promise lands ravage by CV.19
You are right Matt, you won't see that again. Glad you did go there. Those pictures Jim took will also be in the history books. At least his history books. I see you guys are as exited as I would be if I found a place like that. Wonder just what it is that exites us this way?
Trust me, the manufacturing industry will boom in the next decade in Ningbo. Geely and many manufacturers are already here but it will be taken up a notch or may be few notches! If anyone here doesn't know, Ningbo is the first pilot city in the 'Made in China 2025' strategy and the city is investing heavily into manufacturing. I am doing my PhD in Manufacturing Engineering here in Ningo (University of Nottingham) and I must say it is wayyy bigger, nicer and modern than I thought it would be. See you around Matt and glad that I found your channel.
I think this area is officially called the Hangzhou Bay New Town, one of the countless newly developed satellite cities of Ningbo, and probably 50 miles north of Downtown Ningbo(?) and the auto industry is definitely the core focus there with Geely and VW investing heavily on its future supply chain. Geely’ founder is from Ningbo I think...
Matt, I hope you do a follow-up video about Geely city after everything moved in and starts flourishing, pretty sure a lot of people think it will be another "Ghost Town" on their news. lol Looking forward to your Nanning vlogs!
You have a great skill at making videos in a manner that we who watch those from our homes feel like we are actually traveling there. That feeling is very similar to what I get when I actually travel to a place. I'm sure this requires a great skill to produce. Great video. Thank you very much.
Looks interesting. Never heard of Geely before so I looked it up. Apparently their vehicles are getting decent reviews, compared to other Chinese automakers.
@@theolich4384 I had no idea. That's pretty interesting. At first I was think that made some huge strides in design and technology in a short amount of time. But this makes more sense.
@@rifamycin All major Chinese car makers are making progress design wise in recent years since, well they suddenly realized at one point that cars actually have to look sharp in order to sell. And it's not expensive or particularly hard to hire former Mercedes or Audi designers (for a quick facelift) or train an inhouse design team from scratch (like what Geely and BYD had done) after they've figured that out. What made Geely stands out is its sharing of chassis and engine with Volvo and Lynk & Co (Geely's indigenous luxury marque) cars and its more consistent approach on quality control compared to some smaller players. In return Volvo now has 3 plants in China (plus an upcoming one for Polestar) pumping out cars not only for the Chinese market, but also for the home market back in Europe. It's their way of participating in the BRI.
haha, nice to watch you guys taking videos around my neighborhood, very impressive one! From my apartment, I can see the new areas in the north. I have been taking pictures at my windows from two years ago, a new city is being built on the mud flat.
foreigners and people from macau, hong kong, and taiwan can not check in most of smaller substandard hotels. all hotel computer check-in systems in china require customers' 18 digits national id number to check you in. without it, they cant take you in legally.but there are so many options for lodging in china. you can definitely find places to take you in legally or illegally....lol..... that's my years of experience traveling china from taiwan.
I like these kinds of videos , most TH-camrs shy away from this type of thing as it's not touristy.Much like your cycle vlogs , a good mix includes everything and if its China than its construction.
Great travel vlog Matt . i know what you mean about living in an automotive manufacturing town . I live in Oshawa the home of GM headquarters of Canada and a large plant and yes if you drive a GM you park at the front if not to the back you go ..
Many Chinese brands have English translations for their names that don't make any sense, the only point of those names and translations is they sound cool to Chinese ears :D
Detroit of old. Hope it can be sustained. Their cars are improving with better technical inputs from other acquired brands. Wonder whether Mercedes-Benz will be acquired next.
Ever since Geely took over Proton Malaysia, they have turned the national car manufacturer in Malaysia from money losing car manufacturer to a profitable company. Proton x70 has been one of the best seller and now x50 is coming out. Without Geely, Proton may be over, even the locals are looking elsewhere. Proton's poor performance had been largely attributed to it's poor and badly management, the car quality has been a joke due to the manufacturer sourcing cheap low quality parts. Geely came in and help turn things around.
Great footage, I love this type of video, BIG construction.
I thought you would like this. Maybe we can go there together one day and check out the Geely factory.
In Shenzhen, a similar thing is happening around the 2 BYD plants in SZ (Pingshan) and Huizhou (Huiyang/Dayawan). Despite the pandemic, construction is happening at lightning pace and I'm sure in 5 yrs down the road, a new sub city with quality living and jobs will be built, all connected with the SZ and soon Huizhou metro and nearby high-speed train stations. Now, still cheap to buy.
@@JaYoeNation All these high rise buildings are ok, BUT, when people
try to get away from the same concrete jungle abroad , they are trying to spend
some time in the nice , quaint, charming villages they used to enjoy and let their
hair down, upgrading is ok, but many lovely villages have been destroyed to make
way for these buildings, uprooting the farm folks who love farming, and destroying
their crops, China needs to balance more, especially since there is not much agriculture space
love your videos though
I love these two videos of Geely town! I really liked seeing that huge farris wheel. And Jim's box camera is great! I appreciate old cameras like that. Hope the two young men got lots of nice pictures too. The drone gives a view we'd never see in a picture so that is exciting! I never thought I'd see a whole city built like that! Thanks~
Geely bought Volvo years ago, if you don't know what Geely is
They also bough the London Taxi Cab company as well !
also 6% stock of Mercedes Benz ， the bigges shareholder
@C S LOW Tks goodness Proton was sold to them. The Chinese was serious about providing the brand a desperately needed boost and look at Proton now!
@C S LOW Well if there is one thing China is good at it's think win-win. Frankly they had brought in more than their share of of the bargain given that DRB HICOM still retains simple majority of shares. I've heard there's serious ongoing work for Proton to finally become a serious player in the ASEAN auto market too (which is potentially 20 times larger than Malaysia's!).
It's only the Volvo car business, not including their commercial vehicle business.
Geely is a HUGE company. Kinda like Volkswagen.
They also bought Volvo and lotus. They are also the largest shareholder of Mercedes Benz.
Geely also operates the Malaysian national car project factories. Through this investment, they also owns the English Lotus brand. Their latest offering under the Malaysian Proton brand attracted 20000 booking within the opening day. Everyone was happy.
Geely is actually owned by lndian company Tata, a well kept secret to save the Chinese face.
@@dimelo3027 perhaps Geeky is own by Indian firm but not Geely.
@@timeseeker-op8zg It is just normal that you didn't know. It is an insider secret but it is a fact nevertheless.
Nonsense diga Melo. Indian trying to save China's face! Hahaha.
@@dimelo3027 lol that's so stupid of you. You can always fact check before spitting shit.
I shared on Facebook, hope there will be more views. The world needs to see what is going on in China. Thanks Jayoe!
Hey Matt, I've been seeing this for the last ten years, I know exactly what you mean. It's kind of breath taking when you see the scale of it. The first time I came to Shanghai in 2011 I was actually breathless in the car from seeing how vast that city was, it was too much for my eyes to take in and i've been telling people for years, you just have to see it, those huge apartment blocks as far as the eye can see....... and it's not just the apartments is it? The roads, the bridges, the new metro tracks reaching out from the cities. Another great video dude :)
YOU HAVE SAID IT ALL ! 👏👏👏👏👏🥰
wrapping up my visit to this interesting city. thanks for joining me. I'd like to go back in a couple years.
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geely boss fully hold VOLVO now and 10% share of mercedes-benz
Great video! I am not surprised that they built the city so quickly...the Chinese workers worked tirelessly 24 hours per day. I have heard a story that a building of 30 stories was built, fully furnished in 15 days .
Lol maybe it was poured from 2 -30 but ko hope it was finished and furnish not a chance it’s at least 3 months unless you have 5000 people working on it and still trades have to avoid each other and allow setting time and painting etc. kitchens bathrooms tiling
This is one hell of the typical Matt’s videos that always go with stunning drone shots and fancy soundtracks. I was always wondering how the hell did you find those music/soundtracks?
I’ve been putting soundtracks to my life since I was a boy. The songs are from a website called epidemic sound.
City unfolding in front of our eyes.
Those construction & real estate office reminds me what an LSE. Assoc. Prof. Keyu Jin, a beautiful lady, my due, said to this effect: There are ppl who make the livings out of forecasting the collapse of China.
More than 10 yrs passed since. The good news is those "experts" got promotions for their failed analysis.
Collapsing? Who ?
Gordon Chang the old friend to well, whoever that happen to fancy some China doomsday story from time to time.
lol, China has been "collapsing" for 30+ years now, and still counting.
@@KK-xi7vh Mr. JaYoe comes from Detroit an American Automobile Capital once. Thanks for for the America rise, Detroit Real Estate value hit zero,. Zero is still better for the rise of USA, given the Interest rate is Negative. So, if the Fed can "achieve" Zero Interest Rate, it'd be a blessing.
I reckon that the whole Detroit residents, if any still there, wish dearly if their city "collapsed" in the China fashion, they'd laugh all the way to the banks & kept walking & laughing for 30 yrs & will walk & laugh to the banks this yr, nx yr while many part in the promise lands ravage by CV.19
You are right Matt, you won't see that again. Glad you did go there. Those pictures Jim took will also be in the history books. At least his history books.
I see you guys are as exited as I would be if I found a place like that. Wonder just what it is that exites us this way?
Thank You It was wonderful trip, I'm learning a lot about China.
Trust me, the manufacturing industry will boom in the next decade in Ningbo. Geely and many manufacturers are already here but it will be taken up a notch or may be few notches! If anyone here doesn't know, Ningbo is the first pilot city in the 'Made in China 2025' strategy and the city is investing heavily into manufacturing. I am doing my PhD in Manufacturing Engineering here in Ningo (University of Nottingham) and I must say it is wayyy bigger, nicer and modern than I thought it would be. See you around Matt and glad that I found your channel.
We need people like you these
days. keep up the good work.
Fascinating. It would be loevely to see the progress in 2021. Thanks for sharing. Jayoe!
Great to see this I had a factory in Beilun and have seen this happen in lots of places around China since 2000. It is truly awesome!
I think this area is officially called the Hangzhou Bay New Town, one of the countless newly developed satellite cities of Ningbo, and probably 50 miles north of Downtown Ningbo(?) and the auto industry is definitely the core focus there with Geely and VW investing heavily on its future supply chain. Geely’ founder is from Ningbo I think...
Matt, I hope you do a follow-up video about Geely city after everything moved in and starts flourishing, pretty sure a lot of people think it will be another "Ghost Town" on their news. lol
Looking forward to your Nanning vlogs!
Geely is a Chinese auto-maker based inTaizhou, which is about 100 mile south of Ningbo.
They also own Volvo and Lotus among others.
and they are rank 220 in world top 500 company
Just came from the ghost town video
Amazing content mate
So did I.
Another great episode! Thanks Matt!
You have a great skill at making videos in a manner that we who watch those from our homes feel like we are actually traveling there. That feeling is very similar to what I get when I actually travel to a place. I'm sure this requires a great skill to produce. Great video. Thank you very much.
Incredible drone shots. Yes that fish skeleton bridge looks out of the ordinary. Great post Matt!
Cool and fascinating video. Geely also sponsored the CGTN "AMAZING XINJIANG" documentary series.
Wow! It looks unreal
Thank you Matt. Amazing video.
The Swedish Volvo Cars is owned by Geely now.
Really an amazing building right,and the most impresif is the video from the drone footage.can't wait to see your video with gweilo60 Matt 😁
Foreigners are free to travel around in the ciries? That is different from what the US press say.
Looks interesting. Never heard of Geely before so I looked it up. Apparently their vehicles are getting decent reviews, compared to other Chinese automakers.
Ever since they bought Volvo and got a fair share of technology transfer. Still, it was the Chinese capital that kept the Swedes afloat.
@@theolich4384 I had no idea. That's pretty interesting. At first I was think that made some huge strides in design and technology in a short amount of time. But this makes more sense.
They have owned Volvo (you know, THE Volvo from Sweden) since 2010.
@@rifamycin All major Chinese car makers are making progress design wise in recent years since, well they suddenly realized at one point that cars actually have to look sharp in order to sell. And it's not expensive or particularly hard to hire former Mercedes or Audi designers (for a quick facelift) or train an inhouse design team from scratch (like what Geely and BYD had done) after they've figured that out. What made Geely stands out is its sharing of chassis and engine with Volvo and Lynk & Co (Geely's indigenous luxury marque) cars and its more consistent approach on quality control compared to some smaller players. In return Volvo now has 3 plants in China (plus an upcoming one for Polestar) pumping out cars not only for the Chinese market, but also for the home market back in Europe. It's their way of participating in the BRI.
Geely was just rubbish 10 years ago, now it's a proper auto maker.
Amazing! Build. Build. Build. Non-stop.
It’s nice to see guys like you post these footages from my hometown.
Love this video I miss my home so much
haha, nice to watch you guys taking videos around my neighborhood, very impressive one! From my apartment, I can see the new areas in the north. I have been taking pictures at my windows from two years ago, a new city is being built on the mud flat.
Some hotels don't have the system to register in foreigners. Find some bigger ones.
foreigners and people from macau, hong kong, and taiwan can not check in most of smaller substandard hotels. all hotel computer check-in systems in china require customers' 18 digits national id number to check you in. without it, they cant take you in legally.but there are so many options for lodging in china. you can definitely find places to take you in legally or illegally....lol..... that's my years of experience traveling china from taiwan.
2:10 Geely:" there is an imposter among us!" Buick Regal:"........"
and for some countries, it's been 10 years and the roads still being fixed.
Back in the days, we had a Geely
Wow Nice and Amazing.
Looking forward to your visit to a Russian town in China
Is there a Russian town?
There is a small Russian town in Heilongjiang, China. It’s very cold and you need to wear cold clothes
Young Thomas I feel like blondie in China went there 🤔
@@user-if1sf9dl2g Yes i watch her videos
Good Job and Support !
I like these kinds of videos , most TH-camrs shy away from this type of thing as it's not touristy.Much like your cycle vlogs , a good mix includes everything and if its China than its construction.
Great video Matt!
Thank you for sharing your passion of China
Fascinating, especially that old camera. Overall, I did enjoy this video a lot with all the drone shots as well. Nice mix!
Great travel vlog Matt . i know what you mean about living in an automotive manufacturing town . I live in Oshawa the home of GM headquarters of Canada and a large plant and yes if you drive a GM you park at the front if not to the back you go ..
Wow, Jim's camera is really cool, it's real optical & mechanical & chemical combination, not cheap electronic thing.😍
I love the fast food in Lawson😹😹
Awesome work
Very Interesting video
Hahaha....meeting up the "Brewlow":)
City infrastructure on a different level. Really liked d vid content. Waiting for d next one. Jayoe 👍
please make another visit next year and show us the changes.
I wonder if "Link & Co" as a prestige branding might be a word-play on "Lincoln Continental". 😀
Many Chinese brands have English translations for their names that don't make any sense, the only point of those names and translations is they sound cool to Chinese ears :D
@@付宽-x2q Yeah, I can remember during the PC boom in the 80's, one company marketed the "Miki mouse"
Awesome video.
That is really interesting. We haven't pay a visit to this city, but we've been in several other cities in China.
Greely is quite a good and famous of manufacturing car company. Their stock no 175 still rising.
Such a great travel vlog! Keep safe there! :)
Jim‘s camera is like a big cannon, so cool, but in gray scale?
Any chance to access the factories?
Barrett have a video for it just last week, but now i counld not find it. basically the car was build 90% by robot.
this is some crazy or normal to china thing going on... where is all these ppl come from in just two years, how close is the next township.
from around the country by bullet train. yeah, build the train first.
Where is Geely town located? Zhenjiang province? Near which city? Thanks.
Cixi... in Ningbo.... to the east of the Hangzhou Bay Bridge before it leaves to head over the bay to Shanghai.
its in the middle on know where they will be the same as VW in the future...
Detroit of old. Hope it can be sustained. Their cars are improving with better technical inputs from other acquired brands. Wonder whether Mercedes-Benz will be acquired next.
home of tsingtao beer/青島啤酒廠 (german root)...
Nice cameras!
How far is this city from Shanghai or Ningbo ?
one hour driving to Ningbo downtown, two or two and a half driving to Shanghai downtown.
Oh no, I missed the premier!
Lots of laundries, fully occupied... wow .. where are the residents ?
Cool to live!
Vocal music title and artist ?
Cool!
Nice video, I hope there will be a new home for the birds and other wild animals and insects, as well.
Amazing😍😍😍
Ever since Geely took over Proton Malaysia, they have turned the national car manufacturer in Malaysia from money losing car manufacturer to a profitable company. Proton x70 has been one of the best seller and now x50 is coming out. Without Geely, Proton may be over, even the locals are looking elsewhere. Proton's poor performance had been largely attributed to it's poor and badly management, the car quality has been a joke due to the manufacturer sourcing cheap low quality parts. Geely came in and help turn things around.
The cars look like exact copies of Landrovers
Because they hired top designers from Landover. Other chinese car companies hired top ones from other European companies.
Cool
Kurt is there too?
China challenging Nature
Not their Volvo that's for sure:)
It is good investment in Ningbo’s housing.
Jia you 👍
0：23 BGM？
吉利Jeely means good luck or good fortune
Looks nicer than Detroit.
租金$1600-$2500,感覺不錯~ 而我看單位都是百多萬...😏有點心動
新房1.3w左右
i’m from ningbo❤️
China speed!
How come these Americans are not arrogant but realists and respectful of other country's success?
No idea... maybe we’re brainwashed. ;)
the roads look kinda empty
U.S.A needs to step up to the ball game
sure i know this guy
👍
I prefer to buy a unit there then to loan my money to the banks that pay near-zero interest.
Hope they do not neglect greenery
大吉利！
Every car being produced in China as of January 2020 is electric !
Why, nowadays, some Chinese corporations are going so fast, so optimistic and so bullish?