China News Service, Beijing, March 29 (Reporter Liu Liang) "Last year, Guangdong's GDP (gross regional product) was 13.57 trillion yuan, accounting for one-tenth of the country's total, ranking first in the country for 35 consecutive years." Guangdong Provincial Governor Wang Weizhong said at a press conference on the theme of "Promoting High-Quality Development" held by the State Council Information Office on the 29th.
Wang Weizhong emphasized that as a major economic province, Guangdong must truly shoulder its responsibilities and build a solid foundation for high-quality development. "For two consecutive years, we have held the province's high-quality development conference on the first day of work after the Spring Festival to seize the major opportunities of the new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation, and regard accelerating the mutual promotion of industrial science and technology and the development of new productive forces as Guangdong's strategy We will work hard to 'rebuild a new Guangdong' with our own actions and long-term strategies." Wang Weizhong said.
He introduced that the added value of Guangdong's manufacturing industry accounts for one-eighth of the country's. Guangdong invested 460 billion yuan in R&D last year, accounting for 3.39% of GDP. When it comes to developing new productive forces, Guangdong has the conditions, capabilities and confidence to do so, and it is even more responsible.
As a major foreign trade province, foreign trade and foreign investment play an important role in Guangdong's development. Wang Weizhong introduced that Guangdong’s foreign trade import and export reached 8.3 trillion yuan last year, and the cumulative actual utilization of foreign investment exceeded 578 billion US dollars, accounting for one-fifth of the country. The utilization of foreign investment has stabilized at more than 20 billion US dollars for nine consecutive years, and 350 of the world’s top 500 companies have Many are located in Guangdong. In the first two months of this year, 2,982 new foreign-funded enterprises were established in Guangdong, an increase of 38.1%.
Guangdong Province’s economic growth target this year is 5%. He said that Guangdong has confidence and confidence in this. In the first two months of this year, Guangdong's economic performance continued to rebound and improve. "We will seize every favorable opportunity, take advantage of all favorable conditions, work as hard as we can, and do more if we can, so as to consolidate and enhance the positive trend of economic recovery." (End)