The GDP of Guangzhou's Haizhu district was 240.52 billion yuan ($37.82 billion) in 2021, a year-on-year increase of 9.3 percent and an average increase of 6 percent in the past two years. Its growth rate was higher than the national growth rate of 8.1 percent, Guangdong province's 8 percent growth rate, and Guangzhou's 8.1 percent growth rate.

The added value of the primary industry in Haizhu district was 137 million yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 24.1 percent and an average decrease of 9 percent in the past two years, while the added value of its secondary industry was 42.37 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 13 percent and an average increase of 9 percent in the past two years. The added value of its tertiary industry was 198.01 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 8.6 percent and an average increase of 5.3 percent in the past two years.

The proportion of primary, secondary and tertiary industries in Haizhu was  0.1:17.6:82.3. Compared with 2020, the proportion of added value of its secondary industry increased by 1.2 percentage points.

Among them, the proportion of added value of industry and construction increased by 1 and 0.2 percentage points respectively, while the proportion of added value of the new generation information technology service industry increased by 1.5 percentage points.

In addition, the construction of Pazhou Artificial Intelligence and Digital Economy Pilot Zone has progressed quickly. A number of leading internet companies, such as Tencent, Alibaba, Toutiao, Vipshop, and Xiaomi, have gathered in the zone. In 2021, it attracted 23.77 billion yuan in investment, an increase of 17.7 percent, while the number of enterprises located in it exceeded 32,000, an increase of 13.5 percent, and its main business income was 366.85 billion yuan, an increase of 23 percent.

The operating income of its information technology service industry above designated size was 52.15 billion yuan, an increase of 23.9 percent, with the total operating income amount and growth rate ranking second in Guangzhou. The operating income of 528 digital economy core industry enterprises was 91.91 billion yuan, an increase of 16.4 percent.

An aerial view of Haizhu district. [Photo by Liang Zhiyuan/WeChat account: gzhzfb]