Why can't Chaoshan develop? The most fundamental reason is official corruption. I think most Chaoshan people know this, and even some non-Chaoshan people have heard of it. Official corruption in Chaoshan, like a problem left over from history, has a long history, and Chaoshan people living in it are getting used to it. I am from Chaoshan, and my village is also very corrupt, but its development lags behind the surrounding villages. When I was young, I witnessed street uprisings in the middle of the night in the village for several days. A group of people beat gongs and drums in the village, shouting to overthrow a corrupt official. At that time, corrupt officials did step down, but to be honest, what can be done to make up for it? Money has been greedy, some of the land in his village was sold by corrupt officials, and then the corrupt officials did not come out for a few days, and they continued to be alive and kicking after crossing the street.
Speaking of the problem of the rich, although there are many rich people in Chaoshan, few of them stay in Chaoshan, most of them go out to develop, and some will go back to Chaoshan to donate money to build schools and roads, but it will not promote much development.
Another reason may be that Chaoshan is not close to the Pearl River Delta. Now the Pearl River Delta is a better place for Guangdong's development. Most people who want to get better development in Chaoshan also go to the Pearl River Delta, which leads to the lack of better development of Chaoshan's industrial chain.