On July 30^th, the Global Cross-Border Trade Industrial Cluster Ecosystem Conference held at the Nansha International Convention and Exhibition Center featured no speeches by government leaders—from presentation sessions to interactive discussions, the stage and microphones were handed entirely over to entrepreneurs, innovators, and investors across the cross-border trade chain.

Multiple cross-border trade practitioners at the venue noted that establishing the cluster in Nansha was a logical choice driven by multiple factors.

Geographically, Nansha sits at the geometric center of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA). With a total area of 803 square kilometers, its current land development intensity is only 27%, leaving over 100 square kilometers as strategic space—making it a crucial strategic hub in fostering China's dual-circulation economic pattern.

Policy-wise, the "Nansha Plan" issued by the State Council of the People's Republic of China in 2022 positioned Nansha as a "major strategic platform based in the GBA, collaborating with Hong Kong and Macao, and facing the world," tasking it with pioneering institutional opening-up.

On the market front, strong momentum is equally evident: cross-border e-commerce import and export value in the Nansha Comprehensive Bonded Zone has led the nation for six consecutive years. In the first half of this year, Nansha’s GDP growth hit 11.5%, ranking first in Guangzhou, reflecting an increasingly urgent demand among enterprises for a stronger launchpad for global expansion.

Chong Quan, former Deputy Representative for International Trade Negotiations of the Ministry of Commerce, remarked that from the "Nansha Plan" to the "Five-Port Linkage," and on to the global cross-border trade industrial cluster, Nansha is not following a single-dimensional path of policy incentives, but building a premier hub for resource integration. Integrating eight major services built on national-level blockchain and AI foundations marks a fundamental shift for Chinese manufacturing—from "going global with products" to "going global with ecosystems".

广州南沙这个“五港联动”开放样板间，为何“出道即好评”？

7月30日，广州南沙国际会展中心的一场跨境贸易生态大会全程没有设置政府领导致辞——从推介分享到互动交流，舞台与话筒完全交给了跨境贸易链条上的企业家、创业家和投资家。

多名跨境贸易从业者在现场表示，集聚区落子南沙有其多层面的必然性。

地理上，南沙地处粤港澳大湾区几何中心，803平方公里土地开发强度仅27%，战略留白超100平方公里，是构建双循环格局中的重要战略支点。

政策维度上，2022年国务院出台的《南沙方案》赋予其“立足湾区、协同港澳、面向世界的重大战略性平台”定位，要求在制度型开放上先行先试。

市场端同样提供了强劲支撑：南沙综保区跨境电商进出口额连续六年领跑全国，今年上半年GDP增速达11.5%领跑广州，企业对更高能级出海入口的需求已然迫切。

商务部前国际贸易谈判副代表崇泉评价，从《南沙方案》到“五港联动”再到全球跨境贸易产业集聚区，南沙走出的不是单一维度的政策洼地路径，而是要素集成高地。以国家级区块链和AI为底座集成八大服务，标志着中国制造出海模式从“产品出海”向“生态出海”的根本性跃升。

文 | 记者 江皓轩 通讯员 南宣
图 | 南宣提供
译 | 徐芷晴
审校 | 曾敏