China News Service, Guangzhou, January 24 (Reporter Cheng Jingwei) The Fourth Session of the Thirteenth People’s Congress of Guangdong Province opened in Guangzhou on the 24th. The Governor of Guangdong Province Ma Xingrui stated in his government work report that during the "13th Five-Year Plan" period , Guangdong’s comprehensive economic strength has taken a big step, and the quality and benefits have been significantly improved. The province’s regional GDP in 2015 was 7.5 trillion yuan, and in 2020 it exceeded 11 trillion yuan, with an average annual growth rate of 6%. The total amount ranked first for 32 consecutive years. First in the country.

　　At the same time, Guangdong Province’s R&D expenditures increased from 180 billion yuan to 320 billion yuan, and its share in the region’s GDP increased from 2.4% to 2.9%, and its comprehensive regional innovation capability ranked first in the country; more than 55,000 industrial enterprises above designated size .

　　In 2020, in the face of the severe impact of the epidemic, Guangdong will do everything possible to ensure that the main players in the market ensure employment, and effectively stabilize the economic fundamentals.

In the whole year, Guangdong Province added 2.3 million new market entities, and the economy showed strong resilience. The province's GDP increased by 2.3%, and local general public budget revenue increased by 2.1%.

　　In addition, last year, Guangdong's foreign trade import and export scale and market share remained stable, and ASEAN became Guangdong's largest trading partner.

13,000 foreign direct investment projects were newly established, of which 43 projects exceeded 100 million US dollars.

The actual use of foreign capital throughout the year was 162 billion yuan, an increase of 6.5%, and the total amount hit a new high in recent years.

　　Ma Xingrui said that in 2021, Guangdong will adhere to the organic combination of normalized precision prevention and control and local emergency response to ensure that there is no large-scale epidemic input and rebound, and create good conditions for the stable and healthy development of the economy and society.

Guangdong's GDP is expected to grow by more than 6% this year.

　　According to reports, Guangdong will further promote the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and the Shenzhen Pilot Demonstration Zone, strengthen the linkage between Guangzhou and Shenzhen, and create high-quality development power sources.

Improve the Guangzhou-Shenzhen strategic cooperation mechanism, comprehensively promote the docking and cooperation in key areas such as technological innovation, modern industry, infrastructure, business environment, and public services, coordinate the layout of a number of major technological infrastructures, and jointly implement a number of major projects in strategic emerging industries , To jointly build a world-class industrial cluster and comprehensive transportation hub, and jointly enhance the core engine functions.

　　Guangdong will increase investment in infrastructure this year.

Start the construction of Hezhan high-speed railway projects, accelerate the construction of Guangzhan, Guangshan-Shantou, Shenjiang, Shenshan, Meilong and other high-speed railways and freight railways, and build Ganshen high-speed railway and Nansha Port railway.

New airports in Zhanjiang and Shaoguan were built.

Started construction of Lufeng and Lianjiang nuclear power plants.

　　In terms of promoting the high-quality development of the manufacturing industry, Guangdong will promote the construction of 20 strategic industrial clusters; fight for the upgrade and transformation of industrial clusters in villages and towns, and plan to build 3 large-scale industrial parks in Zhanjiang, Zhuhai-Jiangmen, Shantou and other regions; explore implementation The "chain length system" cultivates a number of chain-master and ecological-led enterprises with strong control and roots, opens up the industrial chain of R&D, design, manufacturing, and integrated services, and builds a whole-industrial chain ecology with independent and controllable core technologies. (Finish)