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2009 Guangzhou Municipal Government Work Report

On February 23, 2009, at the fourth meeting of the 13th Guangzhou Municipal People’s Congress

Municipal Mayor Zhang Guangning

Dear representatives:

On behalf of the Guangzhou Municipal People's Government, I would like to make a work report to the conference for review, and also invite members of the CPPCC and other non-voting participants to put forward their opinions.

1. Review of work in 2008

The past year was a very unusual and extraordinary year. Our city encountered low temperatures, rain, snow, ice and strong typhoons that were rare in history. Severe natural disasters such as heavy rainfall have been severely affected by the international financial crisis. Facing the severe situation, we adhere to the guidance of Deng Xiaoping Theory and the important thought of "Three Represents", conscientiously implement the Scientific Outlook on Development, closely focus on the strategic goal of building the province's "best district", unite and rely on the people of the city, and work together with one heart and one mind. After working hard and overcoming difficulties, the economy and society have maintained a good development trend, people's lives have continued to improve, and the goals and tasks set by the third session of the 13th Municipal People's Congress have been successfully completed.

(1) The economy maintained steady and rapid growth. In the face of the rapidly changing economic situation, we made scientific decisions and promptly adopted 18 policies and measures to expand domestic demand and support enterprise development to promote stable and rapid economic growth. The city achieved a regional GDP of 821.6 billion yuan, an increase of 12.3%. The per capita GDP was 81,233 yuan, an increase of 10%. Total fiscal revenue from Guangzhou reached 247.7 billion yuan, an increase of 17.1%; of which local general budget revenue was 62.2 billion yuan, an increase of 18.7%. The fixed asset investment in the whole society was 210.5 billion yuan, an increase of 12.9%. The total retail sales of consumer goods reached 314 billion yuan, an increase of 21%. Foreign trade has grown steadily, with the Guangzhou region's total import and export value reaching US$82 billion, an increase of 11.5%. Among them, exports amounted to US$43 billion, an increase of 13.4%. The city's actual use of foreign capital was US$3.8 billion, an increase of 10.6%. The structure of utilizing foreign capital has been continuously optimized, and large-scale projects have obvious characteristics. A total of 197 large-scale projects with a total value of more than 10 million US dollars have been approved. There are 169 Fortune 500 companies investing in Guangzhou. The private economy achieved an added value of 282.9 billion yuan, an increase of 12.5%, accounting for 34.4% of the city's GDP. In particular, the private industry bucked the trend. The output value of the city's private industries above designated size reached 154.3 billion yuan, an increase of 17.3%, which was 4.2 percentage points higher than the city's industrial growth rate. The consumer market continues to be prosperous, the excessive price rise has been contained, and the overall consumer price level of urban residents has increased by 5.9% year-on-year.

(2) Positive progress has been made in the construction of modern industrial system. It has established the construction of a modern industrial system with the service economy as the main body, the integration, interaction and coordinated development of modern service industry, high-tech industry and advanced manufacturing industry, focusing on promoting the "regional modern service industry center, international business exhibition center, Asian logistics center, South China Science and Technology Innovation Center and Domestic Advanced Manufacturing Base” construction. The "Decision on Accelerating the Development of Modern Service Industry" and the "Implementation Opinions on Accelerating the Industrial Transfer and Labor Transfer in Guangzhou" were issued, further adjusted and optimized the industrial layout, and completed the Pazhou Yuancun area, the city's new central axis area, and Baietan The planning of four key functional areas, including the economic circle and Baiyun New Town and surrounding areas, has accelerated the pace of "retreating from the second to the third" and "dual transfer" of industry and labor in the central urban area, and the development level of the service industry has been significantly improved. The city's tertiary industry achieved an added value of 484.9 billion yuan, an increase of 13.6%, accounting for 59.02% of GDP, and contributing 64.6% to the city's economic growth. Our city has been recognized by the State Council as a “China Service Outsourcing Demonstration City”. The establishment of Nansha Bonded Port Zone was approved by the State Council. The reform of local financial institutions has achieved phased results, historical issues have been gradually resolved, and the agglomeration effect of the Zhujiang New City Financial Business District has been further enhanced. The added value of the city's financial industry reached 38.4 billion yuan, an increase of 6.2%. The FedEx Asia Pacific Transshipment Center was completed and put into operation, and the passenger throughput of Baiyun International Airport reached 33.41 million, an increase of 7.9%. The cargo throughput of Guangzhou Port reached 347 million tons, an increase of 1%, ranking fourth among ports in the country. Among them, the container throughput reached 11 million TEUs, an increase of 18.9%, ranking among the top 10 container ports in the world. The second and third phases of the International Convention and Exhibition Center were put into use, further optimizing the development environment for the exhibition industry. The city's total wholesale and retail merchandise sales reached 1,342.8 billion yuan, an increase of 22.1%. Guangzhou's advantages as a "millennium commercial city" have been further highlighted. Total tourism revenue exceeded 80 billion yuan, and the number of tourists visiting Guangzhou continued to grow. Advanced manufacturing clusters such as automobiles, petrochemicals, shipbuilding, steel, and major complete sets and technical equipment have developed, and the industry has accelerated its transformation to high technology, high agglomeration, and high added value. The city's total industrial output value was 1.2639 billion yuan, an increase of 13.1%. Among them, the output value of the three pillar industries reached 450.9 billion yuan. The output of sedans reached 879,400 units, an increase of 12.3%, ranking first among the national sedan production areas; new progress has been made in the development of independent brand automobiles. The output value of the electronic information product manufacturing industry exceeded 100 billion yuan, with a growth rate of 17.7%.

The "Decision on Vigorously Promoting Independent Innovation and Accelerating the Development of High-tech Industries" and supporting measures were issued to vigorously support a number of major scientific and technological projects such as software animation, electronic information, environmental protection and energy conservation, and biomedicine, and accelerate the construction of high-tech industrial parks and high-tech industries. The industry is accelerating its development. The output value of high-tech products of the city's industrial enterprises above designated size was 398.1 billion yuan, an increase of 18.8%, which was 5.6 percentage points higher than the growth of the city's industrial enterprises above designated size. At the end of the year, the proportion of the three industries was 2.04:38.94:59.02. The continuous adjustment and optimization of the industrial structure has enhanced the city's economic ability to resist risks and played an important role in maintaining growth.

(3) New progress has been made in urban construction and management. The overall urban development strategic planning will be deepened, and the preparation of a new round of urban overall planning and land use overall planning will be fully launched. The construction of major infrastructure with a focus on transportation is progressing rapidly, and projects such as the second phase of Baiyun Airport, the third phase of Nansha Port Area and the third phase of sea channel dredging, the Guangzhou New Passenger Station and the Wuhan-Guangzhou Passenger Dedicated Line are progressing smoothly. The construction of 34 roads, tunnels, bridges and other projects as well as 7 subway lines has been accelerated, and the construction of the experimental section of the rapid transit system has begun. The largest round of bus line network adjustment and optimization in the city’s history has been completed, making travel easier for citizens. Since last year, the government has invested 463 million yuan in three years to subsidize bus companies each year; it has invested 1.8 billion yuan in three years to subsidize bus and subway fares. Eight measures were introduced to standardize the management of the taxi industry. More than 60,000 new parking spaces were added. A number of electricity, water supply, gas supply, sanitation and civil air defense engineering facilities have been built. The construction of the second phase of the "Green Mountains and Green Spaces" and "Blue Sky and Clear Waters" projects has achieved new results. The city's forest greening rate reached 44.4%, the forest coverage rate reached 38.2%, and the per capita public green space area was 13.01 square meters. It won the title of "National Garden City" and "National Forest City" title. In order to improve the quality of the water and air environment that the people are concerned about, the "Work Plan for Comprehensive Sewage Treatment and River Surge Improvement" has been formulated, and efforts will continue to increase efforts to promote large-scale water environment control actions, including sewage treatment systems and water diversion from the Xijiang River, water replenishment in the northern water system, etc. The construction of projects of great significance has made positive progress. The "2008-2010 Comprehensive Air Pollution Control Implementation Plan" was formulated to implement 50 pollution prevention and control measures in seven aspects, especially to strengthen the prevention and control of exhaust pollution from industrial enterprises and motor vehicles, and to promote the continued improvement of air environment quality. The proportion of days with good air quality throughout the year reached 94.3%, an increase of 3 percentage points from the previous year. The number of haze weather days monitored by the meteorological department decreased from 131 days in 2007 to 110 days, a decrease of 16%. We conscientiously implemented the energy conservation and emission reduction target responsibility system and assessment system, focused on energy conservation and emission reduction work in 100 key energy-consuming industrial enterprises, shut down 13 small fuel-fired thermal power plants, 66 small cement enterprises and 140 listed enterprises that illegally discharged pollutants. The city's energy consumption per 10,000 yuan of GDP is expected to drop by 4.35%, completing the province's annual task of reducing the total emissions of major pollutants sulfur dioxide and chemical oxygen demand by 0.5 million tons, with total emissions falling by more than 4.8% and 3.7% respectively. We strengthened the management of land resources, developed and replenished 66.2 square kilometers of cultivated land, achieved a balance between occupation and compensation of cultivated land, and achieved significant results in rectifying illegal land use. Further rectify and standardize the market economic order, and severely crack down on illegal activities such as the production and sale of counterfeit and shoddy goods, pyramid schemes, commercial fraud, and unlicensed operations. In particular, we will increase the supervision of the dairy market and handle the "problem milk powder" incident efficiently and securely. It ensures product quality and local food and drug safety, and also ensures the safety of food supplied to our city for the Beijing Olympics. Explore the establishment of a long-term mechanism for urban management, launch activities to create star-rated sanitary streets, and further improve city appearance and environmental sanitation. We continued to promote the comprehensive improvement of community living environment, accelerated the renovation of "urban villages" and old urban areas, and completed the renovation of 139,000 square meters of dilapidated houses, benefiting more than 1,800 households. Comprehensive management of social security has been further strengthened, the construction of "six good" safe and harmonious communities has been fully promoted, 256,000 surveillance cameras have been installed, and security video surveillance has achieved full coverage in the city, and the social security situation continues to improve. Last year, criminal cases dropped by 13.9%, of which "two robberies" and "two thefts" dropped by 25.5% and 17.3% respectively. People's satisfaction with social security continues to rise. We vigorously carried out the "Year of Hidden Hazard Control" activities for production safety and further strengthened safety supervision and fire safety work in key industries and areas. The production safety situation remained stable, with the number of accidents and deaths falling by 16.7% and 13.5% respectively throughout the year.

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