Guangzhou: an important hub center on the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road

The provincial capital of Guangdong Province, a national historical and cultural city, an important central city in my country, an international trade center and a comprehensive transportation hub... In February this year, the State Council officially approved Guangzhou's position as a frontier city. In the future, Guangzhou will strengthen in-depth cooperation with Hong Kong and Macau and become an important hub on the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road. The Nansha area of the Guangdong Free Trade Zone will be built into a demonstration zone for in-depth cooperation between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau.

Focusing on the goal of building an important central city, Guangzhou's three major international "hubs" will support the future of the "center".

"International Shipping Hub" in Nansha New Area Set Sail

Nansha New District, located at the southern end of Guangzhou, is located at the estuary of the Pearl River. It is one of Guangzhou’s only sea passages and the geographic center and hub of the Greater Pearl River Delta City Group. On April 21 last year, Nansha New Area, together with Shenzhen Qianhai and Zhuhai Hengqin, ushered in the official listing of China (Guangdong) Pilot Free Trade Zone. Aiming at the international shipping hub, Nansha New Area set sail.

"I like Nansha, just like sharks like the sea, and goshawks love the sky." The former "coal boss" and Shanxi Jincheng native Long Xuesong registered cross-border commodity display, parallel imported cars, shipping financial leasing, etc. in Nansha New District. 34 A company (association) built a "Big Mac" platform called "Egret Headquarters". As of April 20 this year, 10,802 new enterprises have been established in Nansha New Area, with an increase of 111.3 billion yuan in registered capital, and 50 Fortune 500 companies have been stationed in succession. Shipping logistics, innovative finance, financial leasing, cross-border e-commerce and other industries have gradually become agglomeration. .

In terms of promoting investment facilitation and customs clearance and trade facilitation, more "Nansha models" were born: "Eleven Certificates and Three Chapters Joint Operation", the first government purchase inspection service, the first customs rapid inspection and release mechanism, and the first "intelligent inspection port" ", the first international trade "single window" version 2.0 is online...

To build an international shipping center, making the port bigger and stronger is the key. In just one year, the six 100,000-ton container berths of the third phase of the Nansha Port Area have been completed, which can berth the world's largest container ships; 28 inland dry ports have been built, and the total number of international liner routes has reached 74; the home port of cruise ships Construction started, and routes to and from Hong Kong, Sanya, Da Nang, and Miyako Island were opened successively. In 2015, the container throughput of Nansha Port reached 11.77 million TEUs, ranking 12th in the world. At the same time, the shipbuilding industry in Nansha New Area also has broad prospects. During the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" period, CSSC will invest 15 billion yuan in the construction of a marine equipment industrial base in Nanshalom Cave, with Guangzhou as its base, and further radiate Beibu Gulf and Southeast Asia.

Baiyun "International Aviation Hub" is about to emerge

Seafood caught from Australia can be transported to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport within 36 hours. After customs, border inspection, inspection and quarantine, it can be delivered to the seafood market near Guangzhou citizens within 12 hours. The Baiyun Airport Comprehensive Bonded Zone is a large-scale airport-type comprehensive bonded zone in the country. Currently, more than 260 enterprises of various types have settled in, and its business covers bonded logistics, warehousing and distribution, cross-border e-commerce, processing, customs declaration and other industries.

“For Guangzhou to participate in international competition, it must gather high-end elements in the global industrial chain, innovation chain, and value chain. The international aviation hub is an important resource, platform and carrier for building a central city.” said Ren Xuefeng, member of the Standing Committee of the Guangzhou Provincial Party Committee and Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee. .

The routes are getting denser and the logistics are getting more developed!

At 7:30 on May 7, the Finnair passenger plane departing from Helsinki successfully arrived at Baiyun Airport. So far, Baiyun Airport is currently operating 72 airlines, including 47 foreign airlines; more than 270 airlines have been opened, including more than 100 international airlines and more than 70 international destinations. The Airport Terminal 2 project and its supporting projects are being pushed forward. In addition, the Guangzhou-headquartered China Southern Airlines Group has a capacity of 180 aircraft in Guangzhou, and Guangzhou has 141 navigation points connected to the world. The Guangdong branch of China Eastern Airlines has also successfully settled in Baiyun. During the 13th Five-Year Plan period, it plans to operate 30 aircraft.

In January this year, the "Guangzhou Airport Economic Zone Management Measures" was promulgated, and an area of 116 square kilometers in Baiyun District was designated as a key development zone in the Airport Economic Zone. In the future, the Airport Economic Zone will accelerate the development of airport industry clusters, with the first to promote the construction of China-Australia-New Zealand-Korea Free Trade Industrial Park, Guangzhou Airport Cross-border E-commerce Cluster, and Valuables Distribution and Trading Center. At present, FedEx Asia Pacific Transit Center, Postal Express South China Processing Center, R&F Logistics and other projects have successively settled in, and the annual international cargo handling capacity of Baiyun Airport will also be increased to 1.5 million tons. "In the future, the airport can reach the central city in 20 minutes and cover the Pearl River Delta in 1 hour, greatly enhancing the regional radiation." Sun Xiuqing, director of the Guangzhou Airport Management Committee, introduced.

Air travel is faster, and ground traffic is not far behind. At present, Guangzhou is planning to build Guangzhou to Hainan, Shaanxi, Guangxi, Yunnan (Southeast Asia), Beijing, Shanghai, Macau, Hong Kong, etc. on the basis of the existing 9 subways, 13 railways, high-speed rails and intercity rails. Railways in three directions, and 11 subways totaling 303 kilometers. At that time, with Guangzhou as the center, a strategic channel will be built to connect the east, west and north of Guangdong, connecting Beibu Gulf, southwest, southeast, and Yangtze River Delta.

Yangcheng "International Science and Technology Innovation Hub" chants

In the huge welding workshop, rows of intelligent robot arms bucked and tuned, and smart rail cars moved or stopped, loaded or unloaded... On April 18, the annual production of 160,000 Jeep Freeman GAC’s Fick plant was officially put into production, with an investment of 1.08 billion yuan in research and development, which represents the highest level of domestic car production GA8 GA8.

"Under the background of global overcapacity of automobiles, we rely on independent innovation to sell at least 4 models every year. All models have been awarded the C-NCAP five-star safety crash evaluation by China Automotive Technology Center. Major components and vehicles Core technologies such as control and new energy are in our own hands." Wu Song, general manager of GAC Passenger Vehicle Co., Ltd., said proudly. As the city's leading pillar industry, Guangzhou Automobile is expected to contribute 500 billion yuan in output value this year.

Traditional industries are rejuvenated, and emerging industries are developing in full swing. In 2015, there were as many as 879 cross-border e-commerce companies in Guangzhou, with a total import and export volume of 6.85 billion yuan for cross-border e-commerce. The "Tianhe No. 2" supercomputer located in Guangzhou University Town has the world's six consecutive top computing speeds and provides typical application services for more than 660 users. The city's industrial robots and intelligent equipment industries have gathered more than 20 production, R&D and integrated application enterprises, with an output value of nearly 40 billion yuan. Shangpin Home Delivery, Sophia, Oupai, Kumanju, etc., have grown into the benchmark of the national custom furniture industry.

"This year, the district's financial funds for scientific and technological innovation will reach 1 billion yuan, double that of last year." said Chen Zhiying, member of the Standing Committee of the Guangzhou Municipal Party Committee, Secretary of the Party Working Committee of Guangzhou Development Zone, and Secretary of the Huangpu District Party Committee, Guangzhou Development Zone (Huangpu District) To be the main engine of Guangzhou's construction of an international scientific and technological innovation hub and the core area of the Pearl River Delta Independent Innovation Demonstration Zone. At present, the Guangzhou Development Zone (Huangpu District), which covers an area of less than 500 square kilometers, has four innovative development platforms: Sino-Singapore Guangzhou Knowledge City, Guangzhou Science City, Guangzhou International Biological Island, and Huangpu Lingang Economic Zone. The Pazhou Internet Innovation Cluster, which is close to the Canton Fair, has also sprung up. It has successfully introduced a number of leading Internet companies such as Tencent, Alibaba, and Xiaomi Technology. On May 27th, the 2016 China Innovation and Entrepreneurship Achievement Exchange Conference opened, exhibiting more than 1,700 innovation and entrepreneurship achievements projects. In order to inspire entrepreneurship and innovation, the China Association for Science and Technology has decided to settle in Guangzhou for a long time and hold it once a year.

"The construction of a central city is inseparable from a high-quality talent team. At the beginning of the year, we have launched a strong innovation and entrepreneurial leadership talent support program. We believe that entrepreneurship is in Guangzhou, innovation is in Guangzhou, and development is in Guangzhou." For the future, Guangzhou Mayor Wen Guohui is full of confidence .