Guangdong excels in decade of development

Provincial powerhouse builds on prowess in manufacturing, science, technology

The largest provincial-level economy of the country, Guangdong province has made big steps in high-quality development in the past 10 years, the provincial governor said.

Guangdong's gross domestic product surged by about 7 trillion yuan ($1.01 trillion) in 10 years to 12.4 trillion yuan last year, said Governor Wang Weizhong at a news conference in Guangzhou on Wednesday.

The cities of Foshan and Dongguan have joined Guangzhou and Shenzhen in the province to become trillion-yuan economies. Shenzhen ranked fourth among Asian cities in terms of economic size last year.