Guangdong's GDP went up 6.5 percent year on year in the first half of 2019 to about 5 trillion yuan time, according to the Statistics Bureau of Guangdong. It is 0.2 percent higher than the national average.
Guangdong provincial Party committee and provincial government have released the Opinions on the Implementation of Outline Development Plan for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA).
On July 22, the 2019 Fortune Global 500 List was published listing a total of 129 companies from China.