Guangzhou boasts 345 Fortune 500 companies and over 40,000 foreign-invested enterprises. In 2023, Guangzhou's new energy vehicle exports surged 4.7 times year-on-year, and cross-border e-commerce flourished with import and export volume exceeding 200 billion yuan, up 45% year-on-year. On August 27th, the Guangzhou Academy of Social Sciences (GZASS) and Social Sciences Academic Press (China) jointly released the "Blue Paper on Guangzhou's Internationalization Development (2024)." The Blue Paper objectively analyzes Guangzhou's latest internationalization development level in 2023 from aspects such as urban competitiveness, foreign trade and investment, and international exchanges, and conducts research on future development paths.

The Blue Paper highlights that Guangzhou's international business environment continued to improve in 2023, attracting numerous high-end resources. The city currently hosts 345 Fortune 500 companies and over 40,000 foreign-invested enterprises.

In terms of foreign trade, Guangzhou achieved a total import and export volume of 1,091.43 billion yuan in 2023, with exports amounting to 650.26 billion yuan and imports to 441.16 billion yuan. "New trio" products like new energy vehicles, lithium batteries, and photovoltaic products shone brightly in exports, reaching 12.89 billion yuan for the year, a 1.3-fold increase year-on-year. Notably, new energy vehicle exports surged 4.7 times, providing strong support for Guangzhou's foreign trade.

The Blue Paper notes that Guangzhou's cross-border e-commerce import and export volume exceeded 200 billion yuan in 2023, up more than 45% year-on-year. Over the past decade, Guangzhou's cross-border e-commerce import and export scale has grown 136 times, with import scale ranking first in China for nine consecutive years, solidifying its reputation as a leading cross-border e-commerce hub.

Despite challenges like sluggish global economic recovery, high inflation, and a deteriorating international investment environment, Guangzhou's outbound investment maintained rapid growth in 2023. By the end of 2023, Guangzhou had invested in over 2,000 non-financial projects in 92 countries and regions worldwide, with a cumulative Chinese investment of nearly 27 billion dollars.

Guangzhou continued to drive key infrastructure construction for air, sea, and land transportation hubs in 2023. The East 4 and West 4 corridors projects of Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport officially commenced operations at the end of 2023, and significant progress was made in the third-phase expansion project, connecting T1 and T2, creating the world's largest single terminal.

In terms of passenger capacity restoration, Baiyun International Airport surpassed 63 million passengers in 2023, ranking first among domestic airports and achieving its fourth consecutive annual passenger throughput title. With an average daily passenger throughput of 224,000, it became the busiest domestic airport in terms of daily passenger flow in 2023. By the end of 2023, Baiyun International Airport had collaborated with airlines to restore, add, and increase the frequency of over 100 international passenger routes, with over 1,000 weekly international and regional passenger flights.

In international shipping, Guangzhou Port handled approximately 680 million tons of cargo in 2023, up 2.9% year-on-year, and 25.41 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of container throughput, up 2.2% year-on-year, ranking fifth and sixth globally in terms of throughput, respectively. Nansha Port has opened over 150 international liner routes, with over 120 routes along the "Belt and Road" routes.

Source :Lingnan on the Cloud

广州跨境电商进出口额超2000亿元！2024年广州蓝皮书“上新”了

广州聚集了345家世界500强企业、超4万家外商投资企业；2023年广州新能源汽车出口同比增长4.7倍；跨境电商增速迅猛，进出口额超2000亿元，同比增长45%……8月27日，广州市社会科学院与社会科学文献出版社联合发布了《广州蓝皮书：广州城市国际化发展报告（2024）》（以下简称《蓝皮书》）。该书从城市竞争力、外贸投资、国际交往等方面客观分析了2023年广州城市国际化最新发展水平，并就未来发展路径进行研究。

《蓝皮书》指出，2023年广州国际化营商环境不断优化，吸引了众多高端资源聚集。广州目前聚集了345家世界500强企业、超4万家外商投资企业。

在对外贸易方面，2023年广州实现外贸进出口总额10914.3亿元，其中出口额为6502.6亿元，进口额为4411.6亿元。新能源汽车、锂电池和光伏产品等“新三样”产品出口表现亮眼，全年实现出口额128.9亿元，同比增长1.3倍。其中，新能源汽车出口额同比增长4.7倍，给广州外贸带来强有力支撑。

《蓝皮书》指出，2023年，广州通过跨境电商实现进出口额超2000亿元，同比增长45%以上。近十年来，广州跨境电商进出口规模增长136倍，其中进口规模连续9年居全国首位，是名副其实的跨境电商之城。

《蓝皮书》指出，尽管面临全球经济复苏乏力、通胀水平高位运行、国际投资环境恶化的不利影响，2023年广州企业对外投资依然保持了较快增长。截至2023年底，广州在全球92个国家和地区累计投资非金融类项目超过2000个，累计中方协议投资额近270亿美元。

《蓝皮书》指出，2023年，广州持续推动空、海、陆交通枢纽重点基础设施建设。2023年底白云机场东四、西四指廊工程正式投入运营，三期扩建工程取得重大进展，实现了T1、T2两座航站楼的贯通，全球最大单体航站楼诞生。

在全力恢复客运能力方面，2023年白云机场累计旅客吞吐量突破6300 万人次，位居国内机场之首，实现国内机场旅客吞吐量“四连冠”；全年单日平均接送旅客22.4万人次，成为2023年国内机场单日客流第一。截至2023年末，白云机场已携手航空公司恢复、新增、加密国际客运航线超100条，每周国际及地区客运航班超1000架次。

在国际航运方面，2023年，广州港完成货物吞吐量约6.8亿吨，同比增长2.9%；集装箱吞吐量2541万标准箱，同比增长2.2%，吞吐量分别位居全球第5和第6。南沙港目前已开通国际班轮航线超150条，其中“一带一路”方向超120条。

文 | 记者 柳卓楠
图 | 通讯员穗社科宣
译 | 赵凡
英文审校 | 林佳岱