In 2021, the total retail sales of consumer goods and the total import and export of goods in Guangzhou are expected to exceed the trillion yuan mark, and enter the third city of "double trillion" after Beijing and Shanghai. Guangzhou continued to enhance the momentum of foreign trade, the scale of market procurement ranked second in the country, and cross-border e-commerce imports ranked first in the country for 7 consecutive years.
Source: Guangzhou Information Office
Guangzhou actively embraces economic globalization
On January 19th, the sharing and exchange activity of "Together to the Future - In Guangzhou, Read Davos" was successfully held. A number of key enterprises in Guangzhou have also deeply integrated with the forum platform. GAC Group, Yuexiu Group, Guangzhou Pharmaceutical Group, Cedar Holdings, EHang Intelligent, Jifei Technology and other enterprises have participated in the activities held by the World Economic Forum. At the scene of this event, a number of enterprises made speeches, saying that they would innovate and develop, serve the overall economic situation, pay attention to people's livelihood projects, and strengthen social responsibility.
According to Luo Zheng, a member of the party group and deputy director of the Guangzhou Municipal Bureau of Commerce, the total retail sales of consumer goods and the total import and export of goods in the city are expected to exceed the trillion yuan mark in 2021, and after Beijing and Shanghai, they will enter the third city of "double trillion", and the actual use of foreign capital will exceed 50 billion yuan for the first time.
In terms of actively embracing economic globalization, Guangzhou has made remarkable achievements - actively participating in and successfully completing 70 tasks of the last round of participating in the national "Belt and Road" three-year action plan, successfully holding the Guangdong 21st Century Maritime Silk Road International Expo; the number of China-Europe (Central Asia) train openings increased by 73.9% and the value of goods increased by 91.5%; actively seized the opportunity of RCEP entry into force, took the lead in holding RCEP opportunity seminars in the country, and issued the country's first RCEP cross-border e-commerce policy. The country's first RCEP investment guide; continue to enhance the momentum of foreign trade, the scale of market procurement ranked second in the country, and cross-border e-commerce imports ranked first in the country for 7 consecutive years.
Intelligent transportation and unmanned driving have attracted much attention
At the sharing and exchange activities, Tu Hongzhe, a first-level researcher of the Municipal Foreign Affairs Office (Municipal Management), focused on the cooperation process between Guangzhou and the forum on future automobile projects, and said that the cooperation has reached the depth of specific project landing.
At the World Economic Forum China Future Automotive and Transportation Conference successfully held in Guangzhou last month, a total of 7 cooperation agreements were implemented in two cooperation projects, including the settlement of the global terminal logistics autonomous driving unmanned distribution demonstration zone in Huadu; and the signing ceremony of the tripartite strategic cooperation and investment agreement held by GAC Group, Wenyuan Zhixing and Ruqi Chuxing, announcing that they would join hands to promote the design, research and development, mass production and commercial operation of self-driving taxi frontload models.
For the Huadu Terminal Logistics Autonomous Driving Unmanned Distribution Demonstration Zone Project, Xie Yingjun, Secretary of the Party Committee of Shiling Town, Huadu District, Guangzhou City, made a detailed introduction.
It is reported that Huadu District is an important automobile and intelligent equipment industry research and development and manufacturing agglomeration area in Guangzhou. With the strong support of various functional departments, logistics companies such as Jingdong Group have taken the lead in launching the demonstration application of unmanned distribution of terminal logistics autonomous driving, so that the autonomous unmanned logistics distribution vehicle can replace the "express delivery brother" and perform the "last kilometer" distribution for users, which is more environmentally friendly and efficient.
In order to ensure safe and standardized operation, Huadu District has also drafted the corresponding "Construction Plan for the Demonstration Area of Automated Unmanned Distribution of Terminal Logistics" to promote the smooth demonstration and application of unmanned distribution of autonomous driving of terminal logistics.
Coincidentally, in terms of driverless delivery, at the beginning of this year, Wenyuan Zhixing also opened the operation service of driverless minibuses on Guangzhou International Biological Island, providing free travel for corporate employees and tourists on the island.
The Foreign Affairs Office of the Municipal Party Committee said that under the guidance of the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government, it will further closely cooperate with the forum, further grasp the implementation of the results of China's Future Automobile and Transportation Conference, ensure that the global terminal logistics autonomous driving unmanned distribution demonstration zone project is settled as scheduled, and actively build an intelligent and connected vehicle industry ecosystem.
Aoyi news reporter Liu Jie