For me, what is noteworthy about this story is that these governmental entities have the feel of public-private partnerships, effectively mixing the strategic planning of entrepreneurial government agencies with aggressive economic development and a healthy orientation toward profit and efficiency.

FORBES: Thoughts on China

He was an icon of the Thatcherite entrepreneurial culture, knighted by the Conservative government in 1983, and now finds himself held in even higher esteem by New Labour.

ECONOMIST: Terence Conran

Four years ago his mix of artistic and entrepreneurial credentials won him an invitation from the government to run the beleaguered national opera.

ECONOMIST: Food for fun