General Information

Guangdong Province, "Yue" for short, is located at the southernmost end of China's mainland. Sharing land borders with Hong Kong and Macao and with Guangzhou as its capital, it covers a land area of 178,000 square kilometers and a costal line of 3,368 kilometers. The 2,122 km-long Pearl River, which runs across the province, is the third longest river in China. The Pearl River Delta and Han River Delta are well-known fertile lands of fish and rice.

GDP

317.976 billion yuan, up by 15.0% over the same period of  last year.

Foreign Trade:

Total Import and Export Value reached 72.74 billion US dollars, with an increase of 24.5%. The export value is 372.7, up 63.2%, and the import value 354.7 US dollars, up 26.9%.

Guangdong leads in import/export trade:  Customs statistics show that, Guangdong's export and import trade value hit 102.2 billion US dollars in the first four months, up 26 per cent compared with the same period last year, making Guangdong the No.1 in the country. In addition, the trade surplus reached 2.6 billion US dollars in the first four months.

Revenue:

The local budgetary revenue and expenditure respectively reach 33.822 billion yuan and 30.306 billion yuan, up 12.1% and 9.3%.

Pillar industries:

Household electric appliances, plastic products, foodstuff, garment, textile, electronics, electric power, and metallurgy.

Transportation

Railways: There are four railway companies in the province. Major railways running through the province include the lines of Beijing--Kowlong, Beijing-Guangzhou, Guangzhou-Meixian-Shantou and Sanshui-Maoming.

Highways: A total of 84,563 km of highways is in service, including 70,413 km of graded highways.
 
Waterways: There are more than 100 ports, including the Huangpu Port, Zhanjiang Port, Shekou Port and Chiwan Port.

Airports: The province has eight civil aerodromes. Its Baiyun Airport is one of the three major international airports in China that have the largest passenger handling capacities. There are 23 domestic flight routes and five international flight routes in service.

Editor: Donald