Huadu has once again been recognized by "national-level" authority

With two major cases included in the top 100 nationwide list

The 2026 "Typical Cases of Reform and Innovation in China's Development Zones" was released during the 26th edition of China International Fair for Investment and Trade. After more than half a year of solicitation and multiple rounds of expert evaluations and recommendations, the final list was officially released during the event, which was jointly organized by China Association of Development Zones and China Society of Administrative Reform. Two major service initiatives from Guangzhou Huadu Economic and Technological Development Zone —"Innovative Integration of Land Reserve and Renovation" and “Immediate Production upon Project Acceptance"—were successfully selected as one of the Top 100 case of development zones in China.

This is a list of outstanding practical cases finalized after multiple rounds of evaluation and selection of cases picked from various development zones in 27 provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities) of the country, including economic and technological development zones, high-tech industrial development zones, pilot free trade zones, new zones, and comprehensive bonded zones. The two cases from Huadu Economic and Technological Development Zone focus respectively on two key industrial development scenarios: quality improvement and renovation of existing village and town industrial cluster land, and completion and production operation of leading manufacturing projects, with the aim to embed business environment service reform into the entire industrial development chain, and form replicable, scalable, and practical reform models.

Project of ZF, a Fortune Global 500 company

Set a new record of Huadu speed thanks to the "Immediate Production upon Acceptance" model

In the course of providing services to a Fortune Global 500 project, the ZF (Guangzhou) Automotive Electronics Factor, Huadu District found a new path to achieve rapid production launch of major manufacturing projects. In the past, it was common for industrial projects to undergo multi-department joint acceptance inspections. After completing the final acceptance, enterprises had to go through a series of filing procedures before starting production, which easily led to the problem of "stopping work upon completion and waiting for long periods before production," which increased the company's time and capital costs.

Without compromising in whatsoever way the bottom line for quality and safety, Huadu District has innovatively implemented a dual-track mechanism for verification and preparation, where dedicated project team was formed to provide full-cycle on-site guidance, the mechanism of multi-department one-time joint inspections was introduced, and joint completion acceptance inspections and production filing were bundled for joint processing to be completed in 1 working day. As a result, the start of production of the Huadu ZF project was advanced by three months, which quickly filled the gap in the Greater Bay Area's automotive electronics industry chain and provided a reform model for the implementation of advanced manufacturing projects.

Wanyang Science and Technology City · Qishan Village

Innovative renovation system of "land preparation by state-owned enterprises + land reserve and renovation + property exchange"

The Wanyang Science and Technology City Industrial Cluster Renovation Project in Qishan Village is Guangzhou's first pilot project of "preparation of industrial land", in initiative exploration of a composite transformation path of "land preparation by state-owned enterprises + land reserve and renovation + property exchange".

To address practical pain points such as scattered land ownership, low-end and inefficient industries, and the difficulty of renovation in traditional village-level industrial parks, Huadu District sent state-owned enterprises to undertake preliminary land preparation, in which the land was offered for transfer after unified demolition and leveling through the "land reserve and renovation" model; and then Wanyang Group, one of China's top 500 private enterprises, was introduced to innovatively build an integrated renovation system of "land preparation by state-owned enterprises + land reserve and renovation + property exchange”, in which dedicated teams at four levels (District, street, village, and enterprise) were established to provide front-end services, and various measures were implemented, including the parallel dual-track mechanism of land reserve and renovation, one-time joint inspections, and closed-loop acceptance and production in one day, to solve bottlenecks and difficulties in village and industrial park renovation.

The project had acquired a total area of about 25.7 acres of land, which had a mere plot ratio of 0.6 before the renovation; and the number has been increased to 4.0 after it. The renovation delivers three-fold benefits, intensive land use, elevation of industry energy level, and increased collective income of the village, and offers a replicable and scalable model for revitalizing suburban village and town industrial clusters.

A world-class business environment

Reform empowers investment attraction effectiveness

Polish the "Invest Huadu" brand

Huadu District is located at the core node of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. As a rare large-scale air-rail dual hub in the Greater Bay Area, surrounded by Baiyun International Airport, Guangzhou North Station, and Huadu Port, it is an important traffic gateway of the Greater Bay Area. The District boasts of strong industrial foundation, and clusters of major platforms; the landing of Guangzhou International Commercial Port in the Airport-based industry area, with a planned total area of 9.86 square kilometers, aims to build a high-level hub-type commercial platform and expand broad new space for regional opening-up and industrial upgrading.

In implementing Guangzhou's "Year of Investment Attraction" initiative, Huadu continues to deepen reforms of the business environment. Adhering to the philosophy of "help entrepreneurs, befriend investors, and serve taxpayers", it builds and improve the "Park Steward" full-cycle enterprise service system, actively satisfy development needs of enterprises, promote rapid resolution and closed-loop implementation of enterprise demands, work effectively to alleviate difficulties and provide safeguarding for enterprise development, and continuously polish the "Invest Huadu" brand with effective reform results. A series of reform achievements, from Gokin Solar's "joint processing of five certificates to achieving production in 75 days after commencement" to the successful inclusion of the two major cases of "Innovative Integration of Land Reserve and Renovation" and “Immediate Production upon Project Acceptance” in the Top 100 case of development zones in China, have been replicated and promoted from single-point demonstration to multiple scenarios.

The efficient and pragmatic business environment ensures the rising trajectory of Huadu's investment attraction. From January to August this year, the District signed 239 new projects with a total investment of 99.29 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 36.6%, including 2 10-billion yuan projects, 15 1-billion yuan projects, and 133 100-million yuan projects.