At a press conference on the "Achievements of Guangdong's 14th Five-Year Plan—Jieyang Session" on January 21, Qu Xiaojie, Deputy Secretary of the CPC Jieyang Municipal Committee and Mayor of Jieyang, used four photographs to showcase Jieyang's major development achievements over the past five years.
The images captured the city's transformation—from mudflats to a thriving petrochemical hub, from a remote town to an international learning center, from an ancient city to an emerging cultural and tourism destination, and from a city without local undergraduate institutions to one where higher education is now accessible.
Qu stated that during the 14th Five-Year Plan period, Jieyang's gross domestic product exceeded 250 billion yuan, with growth rates of major economic indicators ranking among the top in Guangdong for several years. The city's local general public budget revenue reached 13 billion yuan in 2025, with an average annual growth rate of 12% during the 14th Five-Year Plan period. Tax revenue at the city and county levels increased by 84% compared to the end of the 13th Five-Year Plan period, with growth rates ranking first in Guangdong for three consecutive years.
Aiming to build a "world-class green petrochemical industry base," Jieyang has seen the PetroChina Guangdong Petrochemical project achieve a cumulative output value of more than 300 billion yuan since its launch in 2023. A green petrochemical industrial cluster, featuring a "one leading player, many strong players" landscape, has begun to take shape, and the output value of large-scale industrial enterprises in the green petrochemical industry grew at an average annual rate of 36.2% during the 14th Five-Year Plan period.
Notably, the world's first industrial plant for deep cracking of mixed scrap plastics, developed by Guangdong Dongyue Chemical Technology Co., Ltd, has successfully completed trial production. This breakthrough offers Guangdong's expertise and a Chinese solution to tackle the "white pollution" problem, filling a gap in the industry.
Over the past five years, Jieyang has advanced 1,748 industrial investment projects with a total completed investment of 159.7 billion yuan. The city is accelerating the development of its "1+1+5" industrial cluster, driven by the emerging engines of green petrochemicals and the marine economy, and supported by five distinctive sectors, including garment and footwear manufacturing, hardware and electromechanical products, food processing, logistics and e-commerce, and the health industry. The total industrial scale is projected to reach 639.7 billion yuan by 2025, with efforts underway to surpass the one-trillion-yuan threshold by the end of the 15th Five-Year Plan period.
Reporter | Wu Caiqian
Photo | Wu Caiqian
Editor | Zheng Yiling (intern), Liu Lingzhi, James Campion, Shen He
