On January 28, the Statistics Bureau of Guangdong Province and the Third National Economic Census Leading Group Office of Guangdong Province jointly released the Main Data Bulletin of the Third National Economic Census of Guangdong Province.

 

It is said that the two-year long national economic census had been concluded recently. The standard time point of this census is December 31, 2013 and the census covers data of 2013. The objects of the census include all legal entities, industrial activity units and self-employment ventures of the secondary industry and the tertiary industry of Guangdong Province. This is an important survey on the situation and resources of Guangdong in the critical stage for the realization of “three positions and two leading roles” and a large-scale social survey with wide use of modern information technology in the statistics history of Guangdong Province.

 

With comparison of main data between the second and the third national economic census, it is found that some indexes show positive changes in the third national economic census and Guangdong has enjoyed strengthening economic vitality and economic strength and further consolidated its position as the largest economic province of China. In the past five years, the economic changes of Guangdong can be summarized in three phrases, “increasingly enlarged economic aggregate, continuously optimized economic structure and accelerated transformation of driving force”. The increasing economic aggregate is reflected in the continuous increase of the quantity of basic units and growing economic aggregate; the structure optimization is reflected in the readjustment and optimization of the industrial structure, employment structure, ownership structure and regional structure; the accelerated transformation of driving force reflects that Guangdong’s economic driving force has changed from element-driven to the innovation-driven development.

 

Source: Nanfang Daily, January 29, 2015