Achievements of 2018 Nansha

The economy has developed steadily with high quality.

• The number of newly added market entities was 42,000, and newly registered enterprises was 38,000.

• The number of newly established foreign-invested enterprises has increased by 3.3-fold.

• Thirty-six Fortune 500 companies were introduced and had invested in 135 projects.

• Nansha International Artificial Intelligence Value Innovation Park is among the first artificial intelligence industrial parks in the province.

• More than 130 artificial intelligence enterprises have settled inNansha.

• The output value of the automobile industry cluster exceeded 100 billion yuan($14.84 billion) for the first time.

• 2,967 wholly and related financial institutions (6,236 in total) were newly established.

• 100 financial leasing aircraft were delivered.

Accelerated the gathering of innovative resources

• The number of high-tech enterprises is expected to increase by 42% (173 new ones).

• Patent applications have increased by approximately 98.5% year-on-year (9875in total).

• The South China Sea Eco-Environmental Engineering Innovation Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences settled in Nansha.

• The Southern Marine Science and Engineering Provincial Laboratory started the construction of the Deep-sea Science and Technology Innovation Center.

• The three-year action plan for the development of the artificial intelligence industry was launched.

• 56 high-end talent teams entered into the Guangzhou International Artificial Intelligence Industry Research Institute.

• The Guangdong Maritime Silk RoadInstitute and Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao International Youth Innovation Workshop settled in Nansha.

• 83 Hong Kong and Macao Youth entrepreneurship teams settled in entrepreneurship workshop.

Nansha’s international shipping hub function has been improving

• Nansha Port Area achieved a container throughput of 15.66 million TEUs and a commodity vehicle throughput of over one million TEUs.

• The district's international cruise ship home port complex, the Nansha port railway and other port and shipping infrastructure are developing smoothly.

• The fourth phase construction of Nansha Port, the international logistics center and other projects are underway.

• The second phase of the bonded port area passed national acceptance.

• A total of 1921 shipping logistics enterprises were added for a new total of 6,723, and the first vessel, the“Nansha", was registered.

• Parallel import of 14,000 cars ranked second in the country.

• Inbound and outbound passengers increased by 19.3% (480,000), ranking third in the country.

New look of urban sub-center construction

• The construction of Metro No.18 and No.22 was accelerated.

• 11 municipal road and bridge projects such as Pearl Bay Bridge and Lingxin Avenue were started.

• The South China Railway Construction Center in the central area of Jiaomen River was completed.

• Phoenix Lake City Park was put into use, and the new library and the main construction of the archive information planning exhibition center were completed.

• 2.5 million square meters of illegal construction was identified.

• 302 district rivers were rectified.

• The air quality ranked second in the city.

• The CNBC Global Technology Conference was broadcast live in Nansha for 18 hours.

• The International Financial Forum (IFF) Global Annual Meeting and the Guangzhou International Artificial Intelligence Roundtable were successfully held.

Accelerated the development of people's livelihoods and social undertakings

• Ten work goals for improving livelihoods were achieved.

• SCNU No. 2 Middle School was put into use, and the primary school affiliated to Guangzhou Foreign Language School started formal enrollment.

• Kindergarten, primary and secondary school students numbering 5,490 were newly enrolled.

• Construction began on the Guangzhou Second Middle School,Tianyuan School, and the middle school affiliated to Guangzhou University.

• The follow-up project of the second phase of the Nansha District and Central Hospital of Guangzhou Women and Children Medical Center was accelerated.

• The first Hospital (Nansha) affiliated to Sun Yat-sen University started construction, and the Nansha Hospital of Guangdong Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine settled in Nansha.

• Construction of the only national health tourism demonstration base in the province was started.

• 22 elder-caredining halls were added.

• Full coverage of beautiful countryside in the district was attained.

• A series of cultural and sports events such as the Volvo International Sailing Festival and the International Cruise Ship Tourism Culture Festival was held.