On July 2, Japanese housing and building material product company Lixil launched its International Competence Center in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, on Wednesday.
The Guangzhou (Nansha) Harbour Economy Global Investment Promotion Conference extends its global invitation. You will discover all the preferential policies and business opportunities hidden in this world-class port. It also looks forward to the arrival of more enterprises and talents. On June 30, welcome to Nansha!
Reinforcing its position as a premier global investment hub, Guangzhou, the provincial capital of Guangdong, is holding the 11th Guangzhou International Investment Conference from June 26-27, attracting multiple major foreign projects to settle in the city.
A premium shipping route from South China to the West Coast of the United States, the first direct point-to-point route of its kind, is expected to open in July, according to the route's operators.
From June 23 to 29, 2025, a media tour will bring journalists to the heart of Guangdong's innovation, where they will experience Pony.ai's driverless Robotaxi.
Guangzhou has launched its first dedicated freight train for cross-border e-commerce shipments to Europe. The X8186 service departed this week packed with household appliances, clothing, and consumer goods from the city's eastern transport hub. It will pass through Khorgos port and reach Europe in 13 days.
At 3 p.m. on June 18, Guangzhou's first China-Europe Railway e-commerce express, loaded with home appliances, apparel, and daily goods, departed from the Guangzhou Eastern Road-rail Intermodal Transport Hub and is expected to arrive in Italy in just 13 days via Khorgos in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
The 11th Guangzhou Annual Investment Conference China is scheduled to be held at the Guangzhou Baiyun International Convention Center from June 26 to 27. This year's event continues the theme "Investing in Guangzhou is investing in the Future," attracting over 800 guests and aiming to engage global investors in sharing the city's policy benefits and industrial opportunities.
Guangzhou (Nansha) Harbour Economy Global Investment Promotion Conference will be held at the Guangzhou Nansha International Convention and Exhibition Center on June 30.
Guangzhou, the capital of south China's Guangdong Province, has set its sights on a 200% surge in lychee exports by 2025, targeting 5,000 tons of shipments through technological advancements, according to the city's Science and Technology Bureau.
Foreign investment surges into Guangzhou's fashion and consumer sector, with wholesale and retail businesses experiencing explosive growth. New data shows that utilized foreign capital in these sectors jumped 50.4% year-on-year to 410 million yuan between January and April 2025.
Guangzhou's private economy continues to drive the city's growth, with the sector accounting for 43.5% of the city's GDP in the first quarter of 2025, its highest share in five years. According to data released by the Guangzhou Municipal Industry and Information Technology Bureau, the value added by the private sector rose 4.6% year-on-year during the period under review.
Fresh lychees produced in Zhanjiang, Guangdong province, will be delivered from farms to supermarkets in Guangzhou, the provincial capital, within 24 hours, following a push to promote the sales of the fruit.
A new air freight route has been launched to connect Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong Province, with Miami in the United States.
The 20th China International SME Fair (CISMEF) is set to take place at the China Import and Export Fair Complex in Guangzhou from June 27 to 30, 2025, coinciding with the 9th United Nations Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day.
On May 20, Guangzhou hosted a roundtable meeting with key foreign-invested enterprises to facilitate communication between the government and businesses, gather their opinions and suggestions, and promote the high-quality development of foreign-invested enterprises in Guangzhou.
Guangzhou's foreign trade posted significant growth in the first four months of 2025, reaching a total value of RMB 400.2 billion (approx. USD 55.3 billion), according to Guangzhou Customs. This marks a year-on-year increase of 17.6% and extends the city's streak of positive trade growth to 11 consecutive months.
Lychee, Guangdong’s signature summer fruit, is heading overseas in force. With 60 tons of freshly harvested lychee en route to North America, the province marked the official launch of its 2025 export season in Guangzhou on May 18.
Guangdong's foreign trade maintained steady growth in the first four months of 2025, with total imports and exports reaching 2.96 trillion yuan, up 4.9% year-on-year. This growth rate is 2.5 percentage points higher than the national average.
Guangzhou has introduced a set of measures to promote the high-quality development of service and digital trade. The 22 measures for service and digital trade aimto support local enterprises in optimizing structures, improving efficiency, and strengthening capabilities, with support of up to 1 million yuan for enterprises.
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