When a thousand sails race through the spring tides, projects are pushed forward with unstoppable momentum. At the time when its first anniversary of the approval came, it has been clear that the national Huadu Economic and Technological Development Zone development has demonstrated its development energy in all aspects, and its ever-growing platform effect. The bugle has been sounded for Guangzhou to strive in 2026 as the “Year of Investment Promotion”. In thorough implementation of the important instructions of the main leaders of the Municipal Party Committee on the publicity of the Year of Investment Promotion, Huadu Economic and Technological Development Zone has set off a boom in centralized signing, commencing and completion of projects through the strong joint efforts of all-hands investment promotion in the whole region. In the first quarter, 50 projects were signed in the District, with a total investment of nearly 28 billion yuan and an annual output value of more than 67.3 billion yuan. 80 projects have been started or completed, with a total investment of nearly 19 billion yuan. Behind the dazzling data is the development potential released in all aspect after the successful upgrading of Huadu to a national economic and technological development zone, and the strong guide, care, and strong leadership of the provincial party committee, the provincial government, the municipal party committee and the municipal government. It is a telling result of the cohesion and hard work of the whole District, and injects surging momentum into the construction of the growth pole in northern Guangzhou.

Project construction is accelerated with more efficiency

Full-cycle service creates "Huadu speed"

Now is the hour to work hard and move fast, and all projects are gaining unstoppable momentum for breakthrough. In the first quarter, focusing on the core goals of quick commencement, quick completion, quick production, and quick results, Huadu District promoted many key industrial projects to be completed or accelerated to production, sending project construction speed to an upward trajectory. Six key projects, Meituan, Haihua, Guoguang, Yayi, Yelin, and Dasen, have been successfully completed and put into operation, with an estimated annual output value of more than 13.3 billion yuan, covering diverse fields including retail technology, headquarters economy, automotive electronics, auto parts, food consumption, cultural and tourism equipment, which comprehensively improves the industrial chain, strengthens industrial clusters, and activates new momentum for development.

The headquarters project of Yayi Group was once faced the urgent need for capacity expansion, and yet the new plant was haunted by such prominent problems as acceptance inspection and construction of supporting facilities. Huadu District took the initiative to provide front-line, full-process support. Multiple on-site visits were made to coordinate key infrastructure issues such as power supply, road construction, and communication base stations; instructions and guidance were given to the enterprise to improve fire protection, greening, and other internal projects, and two pre-acceptance inspections were organized to identify and rectify problems in advance, as a result the project completed the acceptance inspection and commissioning 20 days ahead of schedule, and shortened the time to achieve production results to mere four months. A person in charge of the company said that Huadu's efficient, attentive, practical and warm-hearted 'nanny-style' service significantly reduced the cost of doing business, and further strengthening the company's determination to take root and develop in Huadu.

Following four major lines, promoting commencement, promoting completion, optimizing supporting facilities, and strengthening service, Huadu District has launched an innovative mechanism of early "physical examination" pre-acceptance inspection for projects, in which multiple agencies, such as Bureau of Planning and Natural Resources, Bureau of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, etc., are teamed up to provide on-site services to accurately solve problems and difficulties that hinder the flow of the whole process from project approval, to construction and acceptance. Efforts were made to let enterprises run fewer errands, do things easily, and develop quickly, so that the golden signboard of "Invest in Huadu" may be polished more brightly, and more leading enterprises, high-quality projects, and high-end talents can be attracted to take root in Huadu for a brighter future. The full-cycle service greatly shortens the project lead time; and Huadu's signature efficiency, 'land acquisition upon contract signing and start of construction upon land acquisition' continues to demonstrate itself.

Relying on the advantages of the air-rail dual hub, five major business and tourism consumption projects broke ground simultaneously, with a total investment of over 2 billion yuan. Covering high-end business formats such as Huadu Jinbo Center, Intercontinental Hotel Cluster, and International Jewelry Industrial Park, they comprehensively fill the gap of high-end commercial supporting facilities in the air and rail hub. At the same time, the second phase of JD Intelligent Industrial Park has started successfully, which, after the opening and operation of the first phase to gather high-quality intelligent manufacturing enterprises, further expands and upgrades to strengthen the integrated development ecology of "industrial intelligent manufacturing + e-commerce". A number of key projects, such as the 177-meter Kedi City Center, the tallest Building of Huadu, and the Shiling ODIN Luggage Bag and Chain Technology Innovation Park, have also begun construction at the same time. Having set new records in terms of number of key projects signed and total investment of projects under construction, the District has formed a good investment promotion framework where flagship enterprises take the lead, different tiers work in synergy, and clustered development gains momentum.

The quality and efficiency of investment promotion have risen together

Flagship enterprises signed contracts to invest

In the first quarter, focusing on strengthening the flagship enterprises, supplementing the chain, and creating clusters, Huadu District accurately attracted a number of benchmark projects with large investment volume, high scientific and technological content, and strong driving ability, to realize a breakthrough in scale and quality in attracting investment.

The Wanyang South China Headquarters project group, with a total investment of 12 billion yuan, has made a landmark landing in the Huadu Lake Headquarters Cluster Area. With additional 313 acres of new cooperative development land, it aims to build a hundred-billion-yuan-level industrial platform integrating headquarters operations, intelligent manufacturing, and enterprise go-global services. This is the first ten-billion-yuan-level major project to be secured in the District in the Year of Investment Promotion. Contract has been successfully signed for Weilan New Energy Solid-State Battery Industrial Park and Greater Bay Area Research Institute, with a total investment of 2 billion yuan. Led by academicians and jointly built by flagship enterprises, the project is expected to generate an annual output value of 2.4 billion yuan after completion, and to help Huadu seize the commanding heights of new energy and new energy storage industries.

National economic development zone empowers and increases efficiency

All economic indicators are rising

One year after the approval of the national economic development zone, Huadu's development energy level has improved significantly, the business environment has optimized continuously, the industrial momentum has grown stronger, and various economic indicators have steadily risen. At present, the GDP of Huadu District has exceeded the 190-billion-yuan mark, the total output value of industrial enterprises above designated size has reached 235.097 billion yuan, with an added value of 50.797 billion yuan, topping the six major industrial districts of Guangzhou city in terms of growth rate of added value. The growth rate of major economic indicators continues to lead in the city; with ever increasing “gold content”, “new content” and “green content”, high-quality development is moving forward with steadier pace.

Stepping on the new starting point of the national economic development zone, the development momentum of Huadu continues to be released. The annual GDP is expected to cross the 200-billion-yuan mark, the total output value of industrial enterprises above designated size will reach 250 billion yuan, and the total economic volume, industrial scale, innovation energy level and level of opening-up will reach new heights.

The voyage is long and the wind is strong; with a heavy responsibility on our shoulders, we set sail again. The next step of Huadu District is to continuously deepen the action for all-hands, year-round investment promotion in the whole region, make every effort to provide guarantee of land, capital, talents and other elements, continuously improve the full-cycle project service system, and promote the quick landing, quick construction, and quick production of more investment projects with greater efforts, more practical measures and a better environment, so as to make a good start for the high-quality development of the "15th Five-Year Plan", and make every effort to build the core engine of the growth pole in northern Guangzhou.