A. There are several factors for charter city developers to consider when attracting investment and building out the city’s economy. These include the capacity of the industry to create jobs, establish linkages with local and global value chains, improve productivity, and attract additional investment over time. Given these considerations, as well as the economic opportunities that tend to exist in countries amenable to charter cities, medium- and large-scale manufacturing, natural resource processing, agricultural processing, and services are four broadly defined industries that charter cities would sensibly target. Nearly all industrialized countries first began to develop with a shift away from agriculture and to manufacturing, most notably and rapidly occurring among the East Asian Tigers (South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore) and China in the 20th century. This economic activity generated, among other benefits, significant improvements in productivity and income as the industries matured into producing more complex and higher value-added products. See our Industrial Strategy Guide for a more thorough discussion of this question.