This photo taken on July 27, 2026 shows a restroom with a guitar-shaped decoration in Zheng'an, in southwestern China's Guizhou Province. The town of Zheng'an in the southwest province of Guizhou produces one in every seven of the instruments sold worldwide -- but a decade ago, it had no guitar-making industry to speak of at all. (Photo by Jade GAO / AFP via Getty Images) / To go with AFP story 'China-Economy-Trade-Manufacturing-Music', Reportage by Rita QIAN

This photo taken on July 27, 2026 shows a machine drilling in a guitar on a production line at a factory of Shenqu musical instrument manufacturer in Zheng'an, in southwestern China's Guizhou Province. The town of Zheng'an in the southwest province of Guizhou produces one in every seven of the instruments sold worldwide -- but a decade ago, it had no guitar-making industry to speak of at all. (Photo by Jade GAO / AFP via Getty Images) / To go with AFP story 'China-Economy-Trade-Manufacturing-Music', Reportage by Rita QIAN

This photo taken on July 27, 2026 shows employees working on a guitar production line at a factory of Shenqu musical instrument manufacturer in Zheng'an, in southwestern China's Guizhou Province. The town of Zheng'an in the southwest province of Guizhou produces one in every seven of the instruments sold worldwide -- but a decade ago, it had no guitar-making industry to speak of at all. (Photo by Jade GAO / AFP via Getty Images) / To go with AFP story 'China-Economy-Trade-Manufacturing-Music', Reportage by Rita QIAN

This photo taken on July 27, 2026 shows various guitars displayed at Natasha guitar company in Zheng'an, in southwestern China's Guizhou Province. The town of Zheng'an in the southwest province of Guizhou produces one in every seven of the instruments sold worldwide -- but a decade ago, it had no guitar-making industry to speak of at all. (Photo by Jade GAO / AFP via Getty Images) / To go with AFP story 'China-Economy-Trade-Manufacturing-Music', Reportage by Rita QIAN

This photo taken on July 27, 2026 shows an employee working on a guitar production line at a factory of Shenqu musical instrument manufacturer in Zheng'an, in southwestern China's Guizhou Province. The town of Zheng'an in the southwest province of Guizhou produces one in every seven of the instruments sold worldwide -- but a decade ago, it had no guitar-making industry to speak of at all. (Photo by Jade GAO / AFP via Getty Images) / To go with AFP story 'China-Economy-Trade-Manufacturing-Music', Reportage by Rita QIAN

This photo taken on July 26, 2026 shows vegetable vendors waiting for customers next to installations of musical notes at the Guitar Cultural Plaza in Zheng'an, in southwestern China's Guizhou Province. The town of Zheng'an in the southwest province of Guizhou produces one in every seven of the instruments sold worldwide -- but a decade ago, it had no guitar-making industry to speak of at all. (Photo by Jade GAO / AFP via Getty Images) / To go with AFP story 'China-Economy-Trade-Manufacturing-Music', Reportage by Rita QIAN

This photo taken on July 26, 2026 shows a street vendor preparing games next to a giant installation of guitars at the Guitar Cultural Plaza in Zheng'an, in southwestern China's Guizhou Province. The town of Zheng'an in the southwest province of Guizhou produces one in every seven of the instruments sold worldwide -- but a decade ago, it had no guitar-making industry to speak of at all. (Photo by Jade GAO / AFP via Getty Images) / To go with AFP story 'China-Economy-Trade-Manufacturing-Music', Reportage by Rita QIAN

This photo taken on July 27, 2026 shows an employee working on a guitar production line at a factory of Natasha guitar company in Zheng'an, in southwestern China's Guizhou Province. The town of Zheng'an in the southwest province of Guizhou produces one in every seven of the instruments sold worldwide -- but a decade ago, it had no guitar-making industry to speak of at all. (Photo by Jade GAO / AFP via Getty Images) / To go with AFP story 'China-Economy-Trade-Manufacturing-Music', Reportage by Rita QIAN