Zhaoqing is located at the central-western part of Guangdong Province, and has the largest area among the Mainland cities in the Greater Bay Area.
Zhaoqing has convenient transportation with eight external ports and multiple trunk roads, making it an important transportation hub connecting GBA cities with various southwestern provinces.
In recent years, Zhaoqing has been developing emerging industries, such as new energy vehicles industry, advanced equipment manufacturing, energy conservation and environmental protection, high-end new electronic information and biomedicine, etc.
Statistics (as of 2019, to be updated)
Area
14,891 km²
Population
4.187 million
Gross domestic product (GDP)
RMB224.88 billion
GDP per capita
RMB54,000
Construction industry GDP
RMB12.32 billion
Development and Planning of Related Policy
In 2017, the Guangning County Youth Innovation Entrepreneurship Base was established to provide a rent-free platform for university students and working youth to start their business.
In 2020, "Report on the Work of the Government" was issued, mentioning the development of electronic information and advanced equipment manufacturing in Shenzhen and Guangzhou; speeding up transport infrastructure connecting other GBA cities, such as highways and railways, etc., with a view to integrating into the "one-hour transport ring"; developing online vetting and approval of enterprises and registration of real estate, reforming the vetting and approval procedures of works and construction projects, so as to create a benefitial business environment.
