On March 27, after a plaque unveiling ceremony, Guangzhou Pharmaceuticals (Huadu) Co., Ltd was officially opened for business. Li Xiaodong, District Mayor, Lu Rixin, Vice Chairperson of CPPCC Huadu Committee, Cheng Ning, Executive Deputy General Manager of Guangzhou Pharmaceutical Holdings Limited (GPHL), Chen Guangyan, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and President of Guangzhou Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd, and heads of relevant agencies of the District attended the opening ceremony and unveiled the plaque.

　　According to Cheng Ning, Huadu District has been a model of the whole country in medical reform, and now pursuant to the plan of Huadu District for the biomedical industry, under the joint promotion of the Huadu District Party Committee and District Government and GPHL, Guangzhou Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd, a subsidiary of GPHL, has set up Guangzhou Pharmaceuticals (Huadu) Co., Ltd, a modern pharmaceutical logistics enterprise with independent legal personal status in Huadu District featuring cold chain logistics supply chain. "Huadu enjoys convenient transportation for it is home to Baiyun Airport. This subsidiary is positioned to mainly engage in medical devices and cosmetics, which is a perfect fit with the industrial layout plan of Huadu District. Guangzhou Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd is bestowed with geographic advantage in Huadu, where 40% of our business can be found; and we hope this advantage may help us develop bigger and better. ”

　　Guangzhou Pharmaceuticals (Huadu) Co., Ltd will take advantage of the airport logistics and the three-dimensional integrated logistics network in Huadu District to vigorously expand import and export business, to establish a modern traceable logistics system that integrates upstream and downstream of drugs and devices, and a one-stop cold chain pharmaceutical supply chain management platform, and to strive to be a leading commercial distribution enterprise in cold chain drugs and devices in South China. Besides, the company will also assist in the integration of hospital resources; it will take into consideration of the focuses of different entities of the health system in the District in high-quality development, and help medical institutions in the District in the construction of smart pharmacies, SPD systems, five major treatment centers, and smart wards, and in information transformation; and it will also leverage the advantageous airport policy to introduce foreign medical products with special characteristics.

　　GPHL, a Fortune Global 500 enterprise, is a large-scale group company integrating science, industry and trade, has been on the list of the 25 most valuable global pharmaceutical brands for two consecutive years, and has ranked first in the "Top 100 Chinese Pharmaceutical Industry" for many years in a row. The development of high-end pharmaceutical cold chain logistics in Huadu by Guangzhou Pharmaceuticals (Huadu) is in perfect match with the District’s plan to vigorously build a hub economy and to promote the integrated development of air and rail transportation, and will become a driving force for the high-quality economic development of Huadu. Adhering to the pro-business concept of "help entrepreneurs, befriend investors, and serve taxpayers", Huadu will pull all stops to support the expansion and development of GPHL in Huadu.

　　Now, Huadu is accelerating the construction of the northern growth pole of Guangzhou, adhering to the concept of "support it with intelligent manufacturing, strengthen it with transport hubs, beautify it with ecological system, and develop it with reform", and focusing on building a new pattern of industrial development featuring "One District, One City, One Port and One Bay". The flow of people, logistics and capital attracted by the international air and rail hub is fueling the transformation from transport hub into economic hub, where strategic emerging industries, typically the biomedicine industry, are flourishing. At present, Huadu District is home to a number of leading enterprises, such as GPHL, Sinopharm, Ali Health, and Equinox Biotech Co., Ltd, and to a bunch of facilities, including South China Biomedical Products Distribution Center in Airport Comprehensive Bonded Zone (Central) and Biomedical Special Cold Storage (R&F Logistics Park). Huadu has become a new commanding ground for the development of biomedicine and other airport related industries.