0 1. First, Guangzhou's industrial structure has fallen behind.
We all know that the capital city of Guangdong Province is Guangzhou. For a long time, Guangzhou's economy dominated, and no city in Guangdong could surpass it. However, with the passage of time, Guangzhou's economic disadvantage is becoming more and more obvious, and it feels that it is not as good as Shenzhen's development.
We should know that Guangzhou's current economic development model is still manufacturing, and Shenzhen has successfully transformed into industries with good commercial development potential such as high technology and Internet. Even if Guangzhou is determined to catch up, it's not that easy. That is to say, a person is already in primary school, and suddenly you want a kindergarten student to overtake him. That's not as difficult as usual.
Comparing the fiscal revenues of Guangzhou and Shenzhen, we can see that Shenzhen's economy has surpassed Guangzhou for many years, more than double that of Guangzhou, which shows that Guangzhou's industrial structure has lagged far behind Shenzhen.
The second reason is that Shenzhen is many steps ahead of Guangzhou in scientific and technological innovation.
Another important reason why Guangzhou's economy lost to Shenzhen is that Shenzhen's technological innovation is really powerful. Do you know Shenzhen? PCT patent applications can be far away from Guangzhou. And then what? The more PCT patent applications, the more competitive the city will be. It also means that the city is more dynamic and has great development potential.
Even if Guangzhou takes itself as the capital city to suppress Shenzhen, it will not work. We should know that Shenzhen is a special zone, and some policies are not subject to checks and balances by the provincial capital. So in a short time, Shenzhen's economic development is definitely better than Guangzhou's. However, in the long run, Guangzhou's economy may not surpass Shenzhen's. After all, Shenzhen is facing a very serious problem that there is no land to develop, while Guangzhou has a lot of undeveloped land.