On March 8^th, during the 63^rd executive meeting of the 16^th Guangzhou municipal government, the "Guangzhou Northern Growth Pole (including Guangzhou Airport Economic Zone) Industrial Development Plan (2023-2035)" was deliberated and approved. ThePlanaimsto iterate the upgrade of the Northern Growth Pole from a "traffic hub" to an "economic hub" and further to an "open hub," aiding Guangzhou's maritime growth and aviation strength.

In terms of development goals, thePlanproposes phased targets for 2030 and 2035. By 2030, Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport strives to achieve 10-minute air-rail passenger intermodal transport, 30-minute direct access to the central urban area of Guangzhou, Foshan, Qingyuan, and Zhaoqing, and one-hour coverage of the Greater Bay Area's rail transit. The radiation capacity of the Northern Growth Pole will cover the central-southern and southwestern regions, and the capacity of the international aviation open hub will be significantly improved.

By 2035, the passenger throughput of Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport is expected to reach 140 million and the cargo and mail throughput is expected to reach 5 million tons. The passenger traffic of both Guangzhou North Railway Station and Guangzhou Baiyun Railway Stationareexpected to exceed 40 million, while the container throughput of Guangzhou International Port is expected to reach 13.8 million tons. A comprehensive modern air-rail hub industrial system will be formed, establishing an industrial cluster depending on the aviation industry with a scale of over 300 billion yuan. The Northern Growth Pole's GDP share in the city's total is expected to increase to about 20%.

In terms of spatial layout, the Northern Growth Pole takes "Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport - Guangzhou North Railway Station - Guangzhou International Port" as the fulcrum, leveraging the synergistic benefits of the air-rail hubs, and strives to build an air-rail fusion economic demonstration zone. This fulcrum is expected to become the core engine driving the rapid development of the Northern Growth Pole. Meanwhile, the coordinated development of industries in the east and west will be promoted to consolidate the growth of the real economy for the rapid development of the Northern Growth Pole.

The Planpoints out that, with the Northern Growth Pole as the core, efforts will be made to establish the east-west Guangzhou-Foshan-Zhaoqing advantageous industry linkage development axis and the north-south Guangzhou-Qingyuan-Shaoguan industry transfer and collaborative development axis, which will drive the rapid development of the northern part of Guangdong Province. When the two development axes enjoy the spillover benefits of the central urban areas,theycan strengthen the supply chain cooperation with the Guangzhou Knowledge City, Eastern Center (the area connecting Guangzhou Huangpu and Zengcheng), and Nansha New District, promote the construction of the Pilot Free Trade Zone and Linkage Development Zone, and improve the development level of the industrial open platform.

Taking the airport as the leader, the railway port as the feature, the seaport (including river port) as the extension, and the digital port as the link, the Northern Growth Pole will be built into a comprehensive service information platform integrating the four ports. It can promote the construction of key transportation and logistics hubs, and build an open, interconnected, efficient, green, and intelligent "four-port" interconnected development pattern.

Source :Yangcheng Evening News

广州北部增长极将建成国际开放枢纽

3月8日，广州市通过《广州北部增长极（含空港经济区）产业发展规划（2023—2035年）》（以下简称《规划》），推动北部增长极从“交通枢纽”向“经济枢纽”、再向“开放枢纽”迭代升级，助力广州向海而兴、向空而强。

在发展目标方面，《规划》分阶段提出到2030年和2035年的目标值。到2030年，广州白云国际机场力争全面实现10分钟空铁旅客联运、半小时直达广州中心城区、佛清肇以及一小时湾区轨道交通全覆盖，北部增长极辐射能力覆盖到中南、西南地区，国际航空开放枢纽能级显著提升。

到2035年，白云机场旅客吞吐量力争达到1.4亿人次、货邮吞吐量力争达到500万吨，广州北站、白云站客流量均突破4000万人次，广州国际港集装箱到发运量1380万吨。建立完善现代化空铁枢纽产业体系，形成超3000亿级的临空产业集群，北部增长极GDP占全市总量比重力争提升到20%左右。

在空间格局方面，北部增长极以“白云机场-广州北站-广州国际港”为支点，充分发挥空铁枢纽叠加的乘数效应，全力打造空铁融合经济示范区，成为引领北部增长极快速发展的核心引擎。同时，统筹推进东、西两翼产业协同发展，筑牢北部增长极快速发展的实体经济支撑。

《规划》指出，以北部增长极为核心枢纽，构建东西向广佛肇优势产业联动发展轴和南北向广清韶产业转移协作发展轴，带动粤北地区快速发展，积极承接中心城区功能外溢，加强与知识城、东部中心、南沙新区供应链合作，强化自贸区联动发展区建设，提高产业开放平台发展水平。

北部增长极将以空港为龙头、铁港为特色、海港（河港）为延伸、数字港为纽带，搭建四港联动综合服务信息平台，强化重点交通物流枢纽建设，构筑开放互通、一体高效、绿色智能的“四港”联动发展格局。

文｜记者 李焕坤
译｜邹晓华