1: Economy: Guangdong’s economy is highly developed and its industrial core competitiveness is the strongest
To measure the economic strength of a province, the most intuitive and currently the most popular calculation method is GDP. If measured by GDP alone, Guangdong currently ranks first. However, the author insists on one point of view: the level of GDP does not represent the economic strength of a province and cannot truly reflect the economic strength of a province. Just like the current GDP comparison between China, Japan and the United States, China has surpassed Japan to become the world's second largest GDP country. However, it is difficult to convince people to say that China's economic strength has surpassed Japan. In the near future, China will also surpass the United States. It will become the world's largest country in terms of GDP, but by then it will be difficult to convince the public that China's economic strength will surpass that of the United States. To put it simply, Western countries are the setters of industrial standards and the leader of new technologies, while China is a follower and imitator. who. In the same way, I believe that Guangdong’s number one GDP position will soon be surpassed by other provinces, but this does not prevent Guangdong from remaining the big brother of mainland China. The GDP of Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong is not that high, but if you say that they are not strong enough, I am afraid it will be a joke.
I have been thinking about a question, where is Guangdong’s core competitiveness? Personally, I think it is the innovation ability and the gathering power of industries and talents. I can say without exaggeration that if Guangdong claims to be second in provincial innovation capabilities, no one would dare to claim to be first.
As of the end of 2014, Guangdong ranked first in the number of invention patents in mainland China (111,878); in 2014, Guangdong occupied the top ten domestic (excluding Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) enterprises in terms of the number of invention patents granted in China. There are 5 companies, 4 in Beijing, 1 in Zhejiang, and Guangdong still tops the list. This is the embodiment of the core competitiveness of Guangdong's industries. (Data from the State Intellectual Property Office)
In the 12th China’s 500 Most Valuable Brands in 2015 released by the World Brand Lab, 80 brands from Guangdong Province were selected (the vast majority is a private enterprise), far surpassing the second-placed Shandong (42 brands), second only to Beijing (94 brands), ranking second at the provincial level in mainland China, and first among the provinces. Among the top ten most valuable brands in China, Huawei ranks fourth and is the only private company to make it into the top ten. The top three are all state-owned state-owned enterprises. What is competitiveness? Guangdong gives you the answer.
In the 1980s and 1990s, there was a popular saying: East, West, South, North, Central, get rich in Guangdong (Wanda Chairman Wang Jianlin mentioned it in his speech). Guangdong can be said to have the best entrepreneurial atmosphere and entrepreneurial results in mainland China. area. Tencent, Huawei, SF Express, BYD, China Merchants Bank, Gree and many other well-known Chinese brands are all made in Guangdong. No province has so many well-known enterprises that have profoundly influenced more than one billion people in China. What is creativity? Guangdong gives you the answer.
The China Import and Export Fair (Canton Fair), headquartered in Guangzhou, held every spring and autumn, is the largest and most influential commodity trading platform in mainland China. barometer. Guangzhou is also known as the commercial capital.
In a word, Guangdong’s economic status in China is like California’s status in the United States.