Guangzhou: On February 5, 2025, the first working day of the Year of the Snake, Guangdong held a provincial high-quality development conference in Guangzhou to conduct in-depth exchanges and discussions on accelerating the construction of a modern industrial system.
According to Lao News Agency, for three consecutive years, Guangdong’s “first meeting after the Spring Festival” has focused on high-quality development, demonstrating not only the importance of high-quality development to the province’s modernization but also the province’s strategic determination to advance high-quality development in a down-to-earth manner. Huang Kunming, Secretary of CPC Guangdong Committee, delivered a speech at the conference. Guangdong Governor Wang Weizhong presided over the conference. Huang Chuping, Director of the Standing Committee of the Provincial People’s Congress; Lin Keqing, Chairman of the Provincial Committee of the CPPCC; Yang Yinkai, Deputy Director of the Central Finance Office; and Meng Fanli, Deputy Secretary of the CPC Guangdong Committee and Secretary of the CPC Shenzhen Committee, attended the conference.
Huang Kunming emphasized the essential role of building a modern industrial system to advance Chinese-style modernization. He highlighted Guangdong’s mission to pioneer the modernization of the industrial system, aiming to establish a powerful new image with greater international competitiveness. Guangdong’s industrial system has evolved through open cooperation and continuous transformation and upgrading. In the face of a new round of sci-tech revolution and industrial transformation, the province aims to lead in optimizing and upgrading its industrial system comprehensively.
Guangdong plans to move away from low-end industrial sectors, aiming to seize commanding heights and present a rising and booming new image based on a modern industrial system. The province possesses a complete industrial system, strong industrial support, and sufficient development space. It has built a solid industrial foundation and unique competitiveness over its long-term development. Huang stressed the importance of turning positive factors into development achievements, using a modern industrial system to boost Guangdong’s economy, society, and vitality. He called for consolidating traditional industries while nurturing emerging sectors like AI and robotics, aiming to build new industrial pillars characterized by high-tech, high-growth, and large scale.
Wang Weizhong highlighted the need to drive the upgrading of the industrial base and modernize the industrial chain, accelerating the construction of a modern system with greater international competitiveness. He advocated for a real economy-oriented and manufacturing-dominated development concept, aiming to consolidate and upgrade 20 strategic industrial clusters while expanding emerging industries like AI and robotics. The focus is on promoting mutual development between industries and sci-tech, accelerating innovation, and strengthening research on key technologies. The goal is to build industrial sci-tech innovation centers with global influence.
