The northern land plot for the first development stage of Guangzhou International Commercial Port was officially listed for transfer, marking the project’s entry into a key stage of preparation for implementation. Tasks are being carried out in an orderly and phased manner, with the aim to drive the upgrading and efficiency improvement of the commerce and trade sector, so as to inject strong momentum into revitalizing the time-honored commercial city in the new era.

Prominent geographic advantages

For a New opening-up high ground in the Greater Bay Area

Guangzhou International Commercial Port, with a total planned area of 9.86 square kilometers, is located in an area northwest to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport in Huadu District of Guangzhou, which is a core zone around the airport, with ample land reserves, complete development space, and outstanding development potential. The area has a well-developed multi-dimension transportation network. In it there is Huashan Town Station of the Guangzhou East Ring Intercity Railway, a network of expressways consisting of Daqing-Guangzhou Expressway, Pearl River Delta Ring Expressway, and Beijing-Hong Kong-Macao Expressway intersecting the area; It offers direct connection to Baiyun International, which is only one stop away, and to Guangzhou North Station, which is two stops away; and you can reach key business districts of the city like Zhujiang New Town and the Financial City in 30 minutes, and arrived in major cities in the Greater Bay Area in 100 minutes. The location is ideal for the development of large-scale circulation and commerce.

The northern plot in listed this time is a core land parcel of Guangzhou International Commercial Port, zoned for commercial and business use, covering an area of 26.72 hectares with a capacity building area of 570,351 square meters. The official listing of the land plot for the first development stage is a key milestone marking the project’s movement from "planning blueprint" to "construction drawings," and provides a solid land foundation for building a high-level commercial platform.

Implementing the deployment strategy

Leading industrial upgrades with high-end commerce and trade

Commerce and trade, as the connector between production and consumption and between domestic and international markets, plays a significant role in driving industrial upgrades, improving people’s livelihoods, and promoting economic development. The building of the International Commercial Port is a major move to optimize the commercial development pattern of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, enhance the energy level of Guangzhou as an international trade center, and breathe new vitality into this historic commercial city. By benchmarking world-class standards, and integrating deeply with Canton Fair and other premium platforms, the project will be built into a specialized, smart, one-stop, hub-type large-scale commercial platform, which will use high-end commerce and trade to drive industrial upgrades, play the role of circulation hub to empower the real economy, lead the city in reform of business formats, innovation of business models, and elevation of business energy level, and promote the formation of a high-quality development pattern where commerce promotes the development of industries, industries promote the development of the city, and industries are integrated with the city integration, in short, build stronger industries and a stronger economy on a stronger base of commerce.

Planning for diversified business formats

Integrating production and living ecosystems in accordance with local conditions

With the substantial move of the first development area, the vision of a new Maritime Silk Road business hub, where "thousands of sails return to the port, and countless merchants gather," is rapidly coming to life. The next step of Guangzhou International Commercial Port is to focus on five major development features, namely, sea-land-air integration, industry-trade integration, new-old integration, exhibition-trade integration, and cultural-commerce-tourism integration, to strengthen strategically planned investment attraction in the world, plan and coordinate the development of various sectors, such as exhibition trade, digital commerce, headquarters economy, cross-border trade, and cultural-commerce-tourism integration, and to go all out to build a world-class business and travel destination with Lingnan characteristics, Chinese charm, and international style, enabling people to do good business and enjoy good life right at their doorstep, promoting Guangzhou’s comprehensive transition towards platform-based, branded, high-end, and internationalized commerce and trade industry, and providing strong support for the city’s ambition to build an international trade center and an international consumption center by pursuing industry and commerce simultaneously and by integrating advanced manufacturing and modern services.