Boluo County in Huizhou, south China's Guangdong Province, recorded a gross domestic product (GDP) exceeding 100 billion yuan (about 14.3 billion U.S. dollars) in 2025, becoming the province's first county to reach this milestone, according to information released at the fifth session of the 14th Guangdong Provincial People's Congress on January 26.
The county's economic output has steadily expanded in recent years, rising from 74.15 billion yuan in 2021 to 95.22 billion yuan in 2024, before surpassing the 100-billion-yuan mark in 2025.
Manufacturing has played a central role in this growth. By strengthening industrial parks and supply chains, Boluo has developed eight industrial clusters, each valued at over 10 billion yuan, including electronic information and intelligent equipment manufacturing. Industrial investment has maintained double-digit growth, with 1,407 above-scale industrial enterprises operating in the county in 2025.
Beyond industry, the county has also expanded into culture, tourism, and agriculture, with landmark architectural projects, boutique homestays, and rural tourism helping to boost local incomes.
Boluo's development reflects Guangdong's broader push to narrow urban-rural disparities through its "High-Quality Development Project for Counties, Towns and Villages" launched in late 2022. Since then, 57 counties and county-level cities in the province have recorded average GDP growth faster than the provincial level, while the income ratio between urban and rural residents has narrowed to 2.27:1.
Author | Huang Xinying
Photo | Nanfang Plus
Editor | Liu Lingzhi, James Campion, Shen He
