Wind and tourism put city of Shanwei on road to riches

Wealth of natural and historical resources sets once impoverished area up for prosperous future

Editor's Note: China Daily is running a series of stories on old revolutionary bases with profound history and heritage that are striving to lead local people on the road to prosperity in the new era.

A hundred years ago, people from Shanwei city, Guangdong province, often left their impoverished hometowns for the sea to make their fortune abroad.

Shanwei, which is one of southern China's old revolutionary bases, is now turning to its coastal advantages and marine resources to develop an offshore wind power industry to accelerate its economic development.