This is the 12th of a series of reports on expats sharing their stories with the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone, which celebrates its 40th anniversary this year.

Wang Jingli

wangjingli0715@163com

RUSSIAN Erdyneeva Marina  came to Shenzhen three years ago by accident. However, she said that she has been increasingly attracted to the city day after day and will surely stay in the city with solid reasons.

Marina is an official representative of the Eurasian Poultry Association and founder of Shenzhen New Logos Export and Import Co., which deals with agricultural products such as frozen chicken meat and seed oil from Russia.

Before this, Marina’s business was mainly based in Hong Kong. So she used to travel a lot between Hong Kong and Shenzhen.

Opportunity is the key word used by Marina when specifying the reasons she established a trading company in Shenzhen at the beginning of this year just as the COVID-19 pandemic emerged.

“I still see huge opportunities in the city’s agricultural product market, which is exactly what we are good at,” said Marina.

Her clients so far are from Shenzhen, Shanghai and Qing-dao, and they include Ele.me and Dazhang Group.

Marina said Shenzhen also provides a favorable and free environment for people with different backgrounds and passion to explore and achieve their ambitions. (Continued on P3)