Detailed explanation of Guangzhou tour guide Part I: Introduction to Guangzhou.
Guangzhou is also known as Yangcheng, or simply Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong Province. Guangzhou is the political, economic, cultural, technological and transportation center of southern China. It is a famous coastal open city in China and a national comprehensive reform experimental zone. Guangzhou is evergreen all the year round, with beautiful scenery and flowers blooming all the year round, and is known as the "Flower City".
Guangzhou has a total area of 7434.4 square kilometers and a total population of 725 1.9 million. As a famous cultural city with a long history, Guangzhou is also a famous tourist city. Great changes have taken place in Guangzhou since the reform and opening up. In 2003, Guangzhou's comprehensive strength ranked third among the top ten cities in China.
In 2003, Guangzhou's gross domestic product (GDP) reached 346.663 billion yuan, an increase of 65.438+05% over 2002, reaching an eight-year high. The per capita GDP is 47,900 yuan; Guangzhou's general budget revenue was 27.475 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 65.438+05.5%; Investment in fixed assets11577.7 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 14.7%.
The rapid economic growth is brought about by the rapid development of various industries. A number of key productivity projects have been smoothly promoted, new economic growth points are gradually taking shape, and industrial competitiveness and development potential have been significantly enhanced. Urban agriculture has developed healthily, the role of consumption has been further enhanced, and foreign trade exports and utilization of foreign capital have continued to grow. Various reforms with institutional innovation as the core have been further deepened. Focusing on the reform of state-owned enterprises, a number of enterprises with strong competitiveness continue to grow and develop. Guangzhou Development Zone and Nansha Development Zone try out the administrative "no-charge zone" to reduce the city's operating costs. The non-public economy developed healthily. The total output value of private industries above designated size in the city was11576.4 billion yuan, up by 18%, and the number of private enterprises reached 78,604, up by 18%. The development of foreign trade and economic cooperation is strong. The total import and export value of Guangzhou in 2001 was US$ 34.94 billion, a year-on-year increase of 25. 1%. Among them, exports amounted to 654.38+06.89 billion US dollars, an increase of 22.6%. The total import and export value of Guangzhou municipal enterprises was US$ 28.568 billion, up 27.87% year-on-year, of which exports were US$ 65.438+04.033 billion, up 27.40% year-on-year. The city * * * approved 870 foreign direct investment projects, up by 12. 1% year-on-year, and newly approved contracted foreign investment was USD 4.022 billion, up by 27.04% year-on-year; The actually used foreign capital was USD 3.064 billion, up by 15.5% year-on-year, of which the actually used foreign direct investment was USD 258 1 billion, up by 13.0% year-on-year. Overseas investment contracts amounted to US$ 654.38+007 billion, a year-on-year increase of 37%. The turnover was $654.38+009 billion, up 654.38+09.79% year-on-year. 4080 laborers were sent abroad, an increase of 20.78%. At present, 1 15 of the world's top 500 multinational companies have entered Guangzhou with 204 investment projects with a total investment of 5.82 billion US dollars.
At the same time, urban infrastructure construction has been accelerated in an all-round way. The construction progress of major urban infrastructure such as subways, airports, highways and sewage treatment has been accelerated. The Sanyuanli-Pazhou section of Metro Line 2 has been put into operation, and the Guangzhou University Town dedicated lines of Metro Line 3 and Metro Line 4 have been promoted. The construction of three experimental sections of Guangfo Line has started. The first phase of the relocation of Guangzhou New Baiyun International Airport has entered the final stage. A number of high-grade roads and urban trunk roads, such as the south section of the north extension line of the new airport expressway, have been built.
The quality and management level of urban ecological environment have been significantly improved. The projects of "green hills and green land" and "blue sky and clear water" were started, and the forest coverage rate of the whole city reached 4 1.4%, and 45 kilometers of urban road green belts were newly built and renovated. 86% of the days in the whole year, the air quality remained at the excellent level stipulated by the state, and the noise pollution continued to decline for 9 years. The construction of the four major sewage treatment systems has been comprehensively promoted, and all urban domestic garbage has been disposed of in a harmless sanitary landfill. Vigorously promote the "Safe and Safe" project, earnestly strengthen urban management, further improve market order and social order, and constantly improve the urban and rural environment.
New steps have been taken to revitalize the city through science and education and strengthen the city through culture. Accelerate the construction of regional innovation system and further enhance the scientific and technological innovation ability and international competitiveness of central cities. In 2003, the output value of industrial high-tech products reached 1094.3 1, an increase of 37.6%, accounting for 23.3% of the city's total industrial output value. R&D in the whole society (R&; D) The fund reached 5.5 billion yuan, accounting for 1.6% of Guangzhou's GDP. The contribution rate of scientific and technological progress to industrial economic growth reached 5 1.6%, an increase of 2%. The number of patent applications and authorizations increased by 30.5% and 37.8% respectively, and the number of invention patent applications increased by 52.3%, ranking first in the provincial capital cities in China. Huanghuagang Information Park was officially approved by the Ministry of Information Industry as the first national "information service demonstration park". The scientific and technological research project of SARS took the lead in separating coronavirus from the secretion of SARS patients. The education reform with quality education as the core has been deepened, and the construction of demonstration ordinary high schools and the transformation of "poor schools" in the old city have achieved good results. It has achieved a breakthrough in the national key disciplines of municipal universities. The construction of Guangzhou University Town is advancing at full speed, and it is planned to formally enroll students in September 2004. Literary and artistic creation and mass cultural and artistic activities have flourished, and more than 300 literary and artistic works have won awards at or above the provincial level. New progress has been made in the protection of cultural relics and historical and cultural cities, and the cultural taste of cities has been further improved.
People's quality of life is constantly improving. Fully implement the principles and policies to promote employment and reemployment. We will continue to do a good job in connecting the five security lines, and the number of people participating in various social insurances and the number of retirees under socialized management will keep growing. To improve farmers' production and living conditions, the administrative villages in the city have access to water, electricity, telephone, cement roads and cable TV. We will continue to deepen the reform of rural taxes and fees, and the overall burden on farmers will be reduced by more than 80%. The average wage of employees in the city is 28,237 yuan, an increase of 10.4%. The per capita disposable income of urban residents is 15002.59 yuan, an increase of 12. 1%. The per capita net income of rural residents was 6 130 yuan, up by 5. 1%, and the per capita disposable income was 5,953 yuan, up by 4.6%. The balance of savings deposits of urban and rural residents was 3727.33, an increase of 19.0%.
New progress has been made in the construction of spiritual civilization and various social undertakings. In studying and implementing the spirit of the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the spirit of the important speeches made by Theory of Three Represents and Hu Jintao during their inspection of Guangdong, a new climax has emerged. New achievements have been made in competitive sports and mass sports activities, and the bid for the 20 10 Asian Games was approved by the State Council. The second China-ASEAN Entrepreneur Exchange Seminar and Guangzhou Culture Week, the Sino-French Cultural Year, were successfully held, and new progress was made in exchanges and cooperation between sister cities. At present, it has successively cooperated with Fukuoka, Japan, Los Angeles, Manila, Philippines, Vancouver, Canada, Sydney, Australia, Bali, Italy, Lyon, New Zealand, Guangzhou, Guangdong, Lin Xueping, Sweden, Bristol, South Africa, Yekaterinburg, Russia, Urumqi, Shenyang, Nanning, Harbin, Nanchang and other 14 cities. It has promoted the unity of the army, the government and the people, and won the honorary title of "National Double Support Model City" for five consecutive years.