On August 16, the 2023 China Digital Economy Innovation Development Conference kicked off in Shantou, an eastern city in Guangdong known as the "hometown of overseas Chinese". Sixteen world-leading scholars, including Shing-Tung Yau, Fields Medal winner, and Joseph Sifakis, Turing Prize winner, participated and shared insights on the digital economy.

The 2023 China Digital Economy Innovation Development Conference kicks off in Shantou, an eastern city in Guangdong province known as the "hometown of overseas Chinese", on August 16. A forum on the development of new digital economy infrastructure will be highlighted during the conference.

On August 15, the launching ceremony of the “Trade Bridge” matchmaking events was held in the Canton Fair Complex.

The Annual General Meeting of the World Furniture Confederation & World Furniture Industrial Clusters Conference kicked off in Guangdong’s Dongguan on August 17, after which the Dongguan International Design Week 2023 & International Famous Furniture Fair will be held from August 18 to 21.

In the first half of this year, the number of China-Europe freight train trips departing from Guangdong surged by 60.35 percent year on year to hit 635, according to the China State Railway Group Co, Ltd. recently.

On August 14, the "Support Measures for the Development of Cultural and Tourism Industries in the Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin" were issued, with a total of 25 policies to provide specific financial support in terms of the creation of brands, activating the consumer market, promoting cooperation between Hengqin and Macao, and developing new business forms, etc.