Guangdong successfully defended its title as the national GDP champion in the past five years, increasing its contribution to national GDP from 1/9 to 1/8. Meanwhile, the province made effort to switch to greener development track and has its energy consumption and pollution drop.
The provincial government put people's livelihood top of their work chart. And the whole province overcame the hard times of SARS, bird flu and several hurricanes as the public health system and crisis management were improved. Both rural and urban residents saw their income increased. And education of all levels saw growth of their enrollment rates.
Meanwhile, great progress have achieved in public service, culture and other social systems.
Through the following photos, we try to record the impressive moments of Guangdong's development in the past five years.
Part I: Economy (1)
A worker is checking a LCD screen in a Hi-tech enterprise
in Shanwei City. (Photo: Lang Shuchen, Nanfang Daily) |
Innovation: The Province saw new progress in innovation and R&D in 2006. The province finished 22 key technology R&D and innovation projects, including "Core chip design and manufacturing".
The province received 90,886 patent applications, including 21,351 inventions. Its enterprises made up over one fifth of China's patent applications. Its five projects won the national Patent Golden Award, taking one third of the total placements. The province's multi-channel digital video codec technique standard became the national standard.
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Industry: Guangdong, in its long-term strategy, is expected to be one of the largest petrochemical industrial bases in China and eyes the Asian market. It is estimated that Guangdong 's overall petrochemical production value will total 730 billion RMB in 2010, with an average annual increase of 20 percent in the next five years. |
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CNOOC-SHELL petrochemical project, one of the largest petrochemical projects in China, launched in Huizhou, eastern Guangdong in 2006. (Photo: Chen Ximing, Nanfang Daily)
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Urbanization: Guangdong is China's most urbanized province, with its urbanization rate climbing up to 60.68 percent by 2005. Guangdong's urbanization rate is also 17.69 percentage points higher than the country's average.
Urban population in PRD region rose most to 77.32 percent in 2005, reaching the level of a medium developed country. Leading Guangdong's urbanization process, the PRD region's per capita GDP reached 40,123 yuan (US$5,144) in 2005, which was 15,136 yuan and 26,179 yuan higher than the province's and country's average, respectively. |
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A section of Guangzhou Metro Line 3 completed. (Photo: Fu Chaojun, Nanfang Daily)
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Guangzhou Keyun Road express way system opens to public. (Photo: Wang Yan, Nanfang Daily)
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Editor: Yan
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