The high-profile fifth session of the 13th Guangdong Provincial People's Congress opened today. As can be seen from this year's government work report, Guangdong's GDP will reach 12.4 trillion yuan in 2021, a year-on-year increase of 8%, accounting for 10.8% of the country. After carefully studying this report, we find that Guangdong has achieved two amazing developments in 2021—— One is that Shenzhen has become the third city in China with a GDP exceeding 3 trillion after Shanghai (2017) and Beijing (2018). The other is that Dongguan has become the fourth city in Guangdong Province to join the trillion club after Guangzhou (2010), Shenzhen (2011) and Foshan (2020). Since 2020, the global epidemic has been raging and the international community has changed. Under this complex and severe environment, Guangdong's GDP has reached a new historical height. Why does Guangdong's trillion cities continue to grow? What's behind it? Stabilize the "ballast stone" of manufacturing industry Guangdong's economic development benefits from a solid industrial foundation, especially its adherence to the "strong manufacturing province". In 2021, full of difficulties and obstacles, Guangdong has fought a hard battle by promoting the high-quality development of manufacturing industry. In particular, in July 2021, the people's Government of Guangdong Province issued the "14th five year plan" for the high-quality development of manufacturing industry in Guangdong Province, which comprehensively added weight to the development of manufacturing industry in Guangdong and achieved fruitful results in promoting the development of manufacturing industry in Guangdong. The data show that in 2021, the added value of industries above Designated Size in Guangdong increased by 9%, the fastest growth rate in recent five years, and a total of 20000 Industrial Enterprises above Designated Size have realized digital transformation. The supporting role of 20 strategic industrial clusters is prominent, and the added value accounts for about 1 / 3 of the regional GDP. In addition, it also ran a number of national leaders. —— The number of manufacturing enterprises above Designated Size in Guangdong province exceeds 50000, ranking first in China. —— The province has formed seven industrial clusters with an output value of more than trillion yuan, including a new generation of electronic information, green petrochemical, smart appliances, advanced materials, modern light industry and textile, software and information services, modern agriculture and food, and the scale of 5g industry and digital economy ranks first in China. —— Among the 41 major industrial industries listed in the national statistics, there are 40 in our province, and 25 industries with sales output value ranking among the top three in China. In terms of the quality of manufacturing development, from January to November 2021, industrial enterprises above Designated Size in Guangdong achieved an operating revenue of 15.14 trillion yuan and a total profit of 0.91 trillion yuan, accounting for 14.9% of the country. The number of manufacturing enterprises with an annual operating income of more than 10 billion yuan has exceeded 100, and there are 6 manufacturing enterprises among the world's top 500. It is worth emphasizing that the total labor productivity of manufacturing above designated size has increased from 18.5% per capita in 2015 90000 yuan has been raised to nearly 250000 yuan per capita. It can be said that Guangdong has always shown excellent manufacturing strength. Lead the overall development "ox nose" If we grasp scientific and technological innovation, we will grasp the bull nose that affects the overall development of our country. Guangdong has invested heavily in scientific and technological innovation. According to this year's government work report, the province's R & D expenditure is expected to exceed 380 billion yuan, an increase of 32 billion yuan over the previous year, an increase of 9.2%, and the RD investment intensity will reach 3.14%. According to the data analysis of R & D investment in Guangdong in recent five years, basic research is the key area of concern. In 2020, the province's investment in basic research reached 20.41 billion yuan, exceeding 20 billion yuan for the first time, an increase of 43.9% over the previous year, which is the fastest-growing activity type in Guangdong's R & D investment. So why did Guangdong invest so much money in basic research? Because we need to make up for shortcomings. According to the data, Guangdong has built 10 provincial laboratories in three batches, with a total of 16 prefecture level cities participating in the construction. Among them, the first batch of Pengcheng laboratory and Guangzhou Biological Island laboratory have successfully ranked among the national laboratories. Innovation "hardware" is more and more guaranteed, and the strategic leading role of the provincial laboratory system in emerging industries is gradually revealed. At present, a provincial laboratory cluster suitable for the layout of 20 industrial clusters such as modern agriculture, biomedicine and health, and new energy has been preliminarily built, leading more than 60 national major projects, undertaking 7 major provincial basic and application basic research projects, and 8 quick start emergency response projects such as 5g communication and autonomous chip. Of course, Guangdong attaches importance to scientific and technological innovation and dares to "invest" and "think" to bring many achievements. The study found that Guangdong's comprehensive regional innovation capability has ranked first in China for five consecutive years, the effective amount of invention patents and PCT international patent applications have ranked first in China, and the number of national high-tech enterprises has exceeded 60000. The national quality work assessment has been A-level for six consecutive years, and the comprehensive development index of intellectual property has been the first in China for nine consecutive years. Innovation from 1 to 100 can determine the present; Innovation from 0 to 1 will win the future. Guangdong is marching forward at full speed on the road of innovation and development. Bigger and stronger economy "pillar" Enterprise is the basic cell of economy, and if enterprise prospers, economy prospers. In recent years, Guangdong has made great efforts to reduce the pressure on enterprises. In 2021, Guangdong formulated ten measures to reduce the burden on enterprises, did a good job in ensuring the payment of small and medium-sized enterprises, increased tax cuts and fees by more than 140 billion yuan, promoted the balance of manufacturing loans to increase by 15.4%, and the balance of Pratt Whitney small and micro loans to increase by 32.7%. In fact, over the past four years, Guangdong has reduced taxes and fees for various market entities by more than 900 billion yuan, close to the regional GDP of Dongguan last year. Careful cultivation produces numerous fruits. In 2021, the number of domestic and foreign listed companies in Guangdong increased by 106, ranking first in China, with a total of 1102, becoming the only province in China with more than 1000 listed companies. At the same time, the scientific innovation ability is prominent. The data show that among the 92 new A-share listed companies in 2021, the gem and the scientific innovation board accounted for 81.52%, and 67 are strategic emerging industries, accounting for 72.83%. Most of them are high-tech industries such as new generation information technology, high-end equipment manufacturing, energy conservation and environmental protection, and new materials. More surprisingly, with the headquarters of China Electronics Group moved to Shenzhen in December 2021, there were 17 global Fortune 500 enterprises in Guangdong, an increase of 6 over five years ago. In recent five years, they have increased every year, and the revenue is about 7 trillion yuan, equivalent to more than half of Guangdong's annual GDP in 2021. In addition, small and medium-sized enterprises also show great vitality. Especially in recent years, Guangdong has increased the cultivation of "specialized and new" small and medium-sized enterprises to promote the great development of "little giant". According to the data released by the Provincial Department of industry and information technology, in 2021, there were 1459 "specialized and special new" small and medium-sized enterprises in Guangdong Province, covering a number of emerging industrial fields such as strategic emerging industries, core basic parts (components), key basic materials, advanced basic industries, industrial technology foundation, and basic software The innovation ability is very outstanding. Multi pronged education of "Qianlima" In the final analysis, the competition of comprehensive national strength is the competition of talents. At present, Guangdong's "intellectual engine" is surging. By the end of October 2021, a total of 566 post doctoral scientific research workstations and 177 post doctoral scientific research mobile stations had been set up, with more than 11000 post doctors in the province, and all indicators ranked among the top in the country. In Guangdong, the number of academicians of the two academies has exceeded 100. For a large manufacturing province, skilled talents are also very important. In this regard, Guangdong has also made great efforts. Up to now, the total number of professional and technical talents and skilled talents in the province has reached more than 21 million, ranking in the forefront of the country. We also found that Guangdong is seizing the development opportunity of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Bay area, and vigorously building a high-level university system through cooperation with Hong Kong and Macao universities. According to incomplete statistics, in the past two years, 20 new colleges and universities in 9 cities in the mainland of Dawan district have prepared or started construction, concentrated high-quality resources, built a number of high-level international first-class innovation platforms, and accelerated the formation of a talent wild goose array pattern. More importantly, the "new force" of Hong Kong and Macao innovative and entrepreneurial youth has also taken root in Guangdong. So far, Guangdong has built a "1 + 12 + n" Hong Kong and Macao Youth Innovation and entrepreneurship incubation base system with Dawan district (Guangdong) innovation and entrepreneurship incubation base as the leader, 12 key bases as the backbone and 57 characteristic bases in the Pearl River Delta as the basis, incubating 2394 Hong Kong and Macao projects and attracting 3455 young people from Hong Kong and Macao. Looking back on the past year, it is not only an extraordinary year, but also a milestone year. Behind Guangdong's particularly difficult achievements are the efforts to meet difficulties and the persistence to clench their teeth. The tide is flat, the shore is wide, and the wind is setting sail. In 2022, the external environment will become more severe and complex. Guangdong will continue to uphold the innovative spirit of being the first and pioneering, ride the wind and waves and move forward bravely! (Xinhua News Agency)