Guangzhou and shenzhen are leading the rise of world-class city clusters

Along the long coastline of guangdong, from the southwest to the northeast, a series of large projects are particularly eye-catching: basf (guangdong) integrated base construction is in full swing, the province's first mass production line of 12-inch chip "yuexin" has been put into production, and the petrochemical project of jieyang zhongwei has been fully launched...

New drivers are injecting new vitality into guangdong's economy. In 2019, guangdong's GDP reached 10,767.107 billion yuan, making it the first province in China to surpass 10 trillion yuan.

Expand the map of guangdong, where does ten trillion come from?

From the "dual-core linkage" -- "half of the ten trillion yuan contribution" from the two central cities of guangzhou and shenzhen; From the metropolitan area of the pearl river delta -- foshan has joined the ranks of cities worth one trillion yuan, while dongguan is approaching one trillion yuan. The economic aggregates of nine cities in the pearl river delta account for about 80% of the whole province. From the "one core, one zone" -- the eastern and western coastal economic belts have accelerated the formation of new growth points, and the northern ecological development zone has actively explored green development.

In the future, where is the breakthrough point for guangdong's development?

In the guangdong-hong kong-macao greater bay area -- relying on the vast hinterland of the east, west and north of guangdong and even the pan-pearl river delta, a world-class city cluster is accelerating to rise, led by the four central cities of guangzhou, shenzhen and Hong Kong.

In the new pattern of regional development of "one core, one belt and one region" -- the core area of the pearl river delta plays a leading role, the coastal economic belt creates a new growth pole, and the northern ecological development area realizes "green rise" -- guangdong's economic development will be pushed to a new level. "Dual-core linkage" provides strong engine power The Merck guangdong innovation center has been put into use on biota, guangzhou. Merck, the world's leading technology company, will combine local research efforts to develop innovative and industrial projects in three areas: biomedicine, life sciences and high-performance materials. In shenzhen, the guangming science city is under construction in full swing. At present, the Thomas lindarno Nobel scientist laboratory of zhongshan no.7 hospital has been officially inaugurated. A number of projects such as optoelectronic information science and technology research facilities and industrial Internet innovation infrastructure are expected to be implemented at a faster pace. Along the guangzhou-shenzhen-hong kong-macao technology innovation corridor, guangzhou and shenzhen are only 100 kilometers apart. In the process of guangdong's GDP breaking through 10 trillion yuan, the two central cities have become the engines of economic leap-forward development, just like the "twin cores". In terms of GDP, the combined GDP of guangzhou and shenzhen is more than 5 trillion yuan, accounting for half of the province's GDP. In terms of population, population growth in the two cities also supports "half the sky". In 2018, the increase of permanent residents in the two cities accounted for 51.09 percent and 60.11 percent of the provincial and pearl river delta core areas in the same period. As an important central city, an international business center and a comprehensive transportation hub in China, guangzhou has concentrated medical, educational and cultural resources, influencing and radiating the whole south China. As a special economic zone, shenzhen, relying on the manufacturing and financial sectors with outstanding innovation capabilities, has achieved "curve overtaking" in economic development. In addition, deepening cooperation and joint efforts are defining the new connotation of the "dual-core" relationship: Since 2019, the two cities have had frequent interactions. In September, a party and government delegation from shenzhen visited nansha to investigate the unmanned driving industry. In October, a party and government delegation from guangzhou paid a "return visit" to shenzhen and inspected major innovation platforms such as guangming science city and shenzhen-hong kong science and technology innovation cooperation zone. Cooperation between the two cities is going deep into the project and platform level. At present, guangzhou nansha guangdong-hong kong-macao comprehensive cooperation demonstration zone and shenzhen qianhai shenzhen-hong kong modern service industry cooperation zone have deepened cooperation. Guangzhou development zone and shenzhen qianhai have jointly built the "reform and innovation collaborative development demonstration zone". The signing of the framework agreement on deepening strategic cooperation between guangzhou and shenzhen further accelerated the complementarity of the two cities' advantages... "Taking a global perspective, the competitiveness of urban agglomerations is crucial to regional development, and world-class urban agglomerations must have 'leading geese'." Wei jianguo, vice chairman of the China center for international economic exchanges and former vice minister of commerce, said that guangzhou and shenzhen are just like the "leading geese" flying side by side, giving full play to the "dual-core" linkage advantage and leading the rapid rise of world-class city clusters in the guangdong-hong kong-macao greater bay area. The flow of high-end elements accelerated within the bay area In the pearl river delta economic circle, guangdong has added a new member of the "trillion club" : in 2019, the GDP of foshan, on the west bank of the pearl river, is expected to grow by around 6.8%, exceeding one trillion yuan, making it the third city in guangdong with GDP exceeding one trillion yuan, after guangzhou and shenzhen. On the east bank of the pearl river, dongguan's GDP was 827.859 billion yuan in 2018 and is expected to grow by 7 percent in 2019, laying a solid foundation for the trillion yuan mark. Cities in the pearl river delta account for about 80 percent of guangdong's 10 trillion yuan economic map. Guangfo zhaozhao, shenzhen-dongguan-huizhou and zhuhai-zhongjiang metropolitan areas are gradually constructing a development pattern of city clusters with reasonable division of labor, complementary functions and dislocation development. Here, the one-hour cycle speeds up to form: -- it only takes one hour to travel from downtown foshan to tianhe by guangfo subway. More than 700,000 people in guangzhou live in the south China sea of foshan. -- the opening of nansha bridge has shortened the journey from guangzhou to dongguan by 10 kilometers and half an hour, opening up a new connectivity artery for the pearl river delta city clusters. -- on the guangzhou-zhuhai urban railway, dongguan-huizhou urban railway and guangzhou-fozhou-zhaocheng urban railway, passenger flow has been steadily increasing, and the number of trains has become increasingly frequent. "In regional economic development, important cities along the route are linked together by means of important traffic arteries, which promote the aggregation of economic factors along the route, forming a new traffic axis, and becoming a strong support for optimizing the distribution of regional productivity." Zhang yan, deputy research fellow at the national development and reform commission's institute of land development and regional economics. The one-hour living circle gives birth to a stronger industrial circle, and the collaborative advantage of "manufacturing + service" industry supports the rapid economic development. Guangfo zhaozhao economic circle, guangzhou and foshan blend, "service + manufacturing" "innovation + transformation" collision sparks. In 2008, before the two cities signed the cooperation framework agreement on urbanization, their economic aggregate exceeded 1.25 trillion yuan. Eleven years later, the total economic output of the two cities is expected to exceed 3.3 trillion yuan. Now, the two cities are focusing on advanced equipment manufacturing, automobile, new-generation information technology, biomedicine and other industries, and jointly building a trillion-level industrial cluster, which makes the "internal contribution" of the real economy stronger. In shenzhen-dongguan-huizhou economic circle, the flow of industries, technologies and talents in shenzhen and dongguan is endless, and the interpretation of openness and innovation is incisively and vividly. Since 2011, huawei has established huawei university, huawei machinery, huawei terminals, and huawei r&d laboratory in songshan lake, dongguan, where tens of thousands of "huawei people" work. In 2015, dji launched the headquarters construction in songshan lake. In 2017, lansi technology and kangjia group successively expanded their military presence in dongguan. Separated by a mountain, the neutron science city in dongguan is only 7 kilometers away from the guangming science city in shenzhen. In the future, it will be connected by a tunnel to jointly create a high-tech innovation highland in the guangdong-hong kong-macao greater bay area. The hong kong-zhuhai-macao bridge will accelerate the transfer of quality resources from Hong Kong and Macao to the west bank of the pearl river. The guangdong-hong kong-shenzhen high-speed railway will bring the guangdong-hong kong-macao greater bay area closer together. The guangdong-hong kong-macao greater bay area has become an important platform for high-quality development. "One belt" and "one zone" provide a vast hinterland for "one core" In February 2019, the outline of the development plan for the guangdong-hong kong-macao greater bay area was released. In August, the opinions of the central committee of the communist party of China and the state council on supporting shenzhen to build an early demonstration zone of socialism with Chinese characteristics were released. The guangdong-hong kong-macao greater bay area and the pilot demonstration zone "double zone drive" have become a major new opportunity for guangdong's development and will serve the overall development of the country. "The guangdong-hong kong-macao greater bay area, the Yangtze river delta and the beijing-tianjin-hebei metropolitan area will more effectively gather and allocate resources to improve economic efficiency across the country." Liu shijin, vice chairman of the China development research foundation and deputy director of the economic committee of the Chinese people's political consultative conference (CPPCC), said the two national strategies will accelerate the formation of a regional economic pattern featuring complementary advantages and high-quality development. How can guangdong give full play to the "double-zone driving effect"? Strengthening the "dual-core linkage" between guangzhou and shenzhen is the key. "The development of guangzhou and shenzhen has its own advantages." Chen guanghan, chief expert at the guangdong-hong kong-macao development institute at sun yat-sen university, said shenzhen leads the country in scientific and technological innovation, while guangzhou is the political, economic, cultural and commercial center of southern China. In addition, the new pattern of regional development of "one core, one belt and one region" is reconstructing the economic spatial layout of guangdong, greatly expanding the development hinterland of the guangdong-hong kong-macao greater bay area. Nuclear area in recent years, in promoting the "a zone" in the process of development, guangdong continuously promote the free flow of production factors and focus to advantage area and coastal economic belt and agglomeration in the pearl river delta core more industries and population, in the northern ecological priority, ecological development zone insists on green development, build up match the high quality development space layout. The Internet, big data, artificial intelligence and the real economy are deeply integrated. Strategic emerging industries such as next-generation information technology, high-end equipment manufacturing, green and low-carbon development, biomedicine and new materials are booming... The pearl river delta core area will play a leading role in promoting high-quality development. Zhanjiang iron & steel, sinochem, maoming petrochemical, zhanjiang basf, exxonmobil huizhou chemical complex, cnooc huizhou refining phase iii... The coastal economic belt gathers many heavy industry projects. East island of zhanjiang, maoming petrochemical and south China sea of jieyang will beading into a chain with daya bay of huizhou, accelerating the building of a new economic growth pole of the whole province. Green and low-carbon new industry, digital economy, cultural and ecological tourism, health preservation, green food, biological medicine, sports and leisure, modern agriculture and forestry... The northern ecological development zone is trying its best to build a green industrial system compatible with regional development functions and explore "green rise".

From shenzhen the first demonstration of socialism with Chinese characteristics to connect "dual-core linkage", to a large bay area of guangdong, from in the mouth of the pearl river delta core area to the sea and the coastal economic belt, then to the prosperity of mountainous ecological development area, northern guangdong exceeding RMB ten trillion total economy, urban agglomeration is a world class be vividly portrayed.