"Guangzhou Blue Book: Guangzhou Urban International Development Report (2026)" was released, demonstrating the city's resilience and growth momentum

China News Service, Guangzhou, September 14 (Reporter Cheng Jingwei) The "Guangzhou Blue Book: Guangzhou Urban International Development Report (2026)" press conference and the Global Urban Development and Trends Seminar under the APEC Framework were held in Guangzhou on the 14th. The blue book points out that in 2025, Guangzhou will perform well in major global city evaluations, with its rankings in the Global Financial Center Index and Scientific Research City Index steadily improving, and its rankings in the Global City Index and International Exchange Center City Index remaining stable.

The blue book shows that in 2025, Guangzhou has demonstrated strong resilience and growth momentum amid the slow recovery of the global economy. By maintaining strategic focus, Guangzhou has unswervingly deepened reform, expanded opening up, and promoted innovation, taking solid steps towards high-quality development and inclusive growth. It has also turned challenges into opportunities during the complex transformation period, laying a solid foundation for the new journey of the 15th Five-Year Plan.

During the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, Guangzhou's economic level continued to improve. In 2025, Guangzhou's GDP will exceed 3.2 trillion yuan.

In terms of aviation, in 2025, the T3 terminal and the fifth runway of Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport will be put into operation, marking the airport's entry into the era of ultra-large-scale operation of "five runways and three terminals" and joining the global "80 million passenger travel club".

As the largest comprehensive main hub port in South China, Guangzhou Port has opened 182 foreign trade liner routes, connecting more than 400 ports around the world. In 2025, the port's cargo throughput will reach 696 million tons, ranking sixth in the world.

The Blue Book recommends that Guangzhou expands its global city partnership network, deepens the "Hundred Cities+" international sister city action, expands friendly relationships such as international friendly ports, sister cities, sister city university alliances, sister city vocational education alliances, sister city vocational education alliances, sister cities libraries, and friendship museums, and consolidates the support for friendly relations.

The Blue Book also recommends that Guangzhou should promote the construction of international neighborhoods that are innovative and entrepreneurial, friendly to human settlements, and integrated with business, tourism, culture, and sports, promote the joint construction, sharing and integration of China and foreign countries, the gathering of high-end talents, and the integrated development of industry and city, so as to enhance the international quality of the city.