Speaking fluent Cantonese and Mandarin, African-Chinese influencer Fan Zile has more than 400,000 followers on China's popular video-streaming app Douyin.

Fan was born to a Chinese mother and African father and raised in Guangzhou, capital city of South China's Guangdong province.

The 20-year-old model-turned-entrepreneur has started his own fashion brand in Guangzhou.

The city's African community, young people's penchant for street fashion, and pro-business environment have made Guangzhou the first choice for fashion entrepreneurship, said Fan.

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