The spring is back, and we start a new journey with practical work. In 2025, in the face of the complex and changeable external economic environment, Huadu District thoroughly implemented the "12218" modern industrial system of the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government and the "12635" work deployment of the District Party Committee and the District Government; and centering on "Base the District on intelligent manufacturing and strengthen it with hubs" as the core, it moved forward against the head wind, and launched precise policies to promote the operation of the industrial economy to make steady progress in adversity. The annual output value of above-scale industries reached 235.097 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 3.6%; the added value of above-scale industries was 50.797 billion yuan, an increase of 3.9%. The District ranked first, tied with Nansha District, in terms of growth rate of added value, and second in terms of growth rate of output value, among the city's six major industrial districts; its industrial investment was 18.04 billion yuan, with a growth rate of 19.3%, ranking third in the city; and its investment in technological transformation was 7.32 billion yuan, an increase of 35.8%, ranking second in the city. Having successfully achieved the targets of industrial economy under the "14th Five-Year Plan”, the District delivered an impressive report card of solid achievements.

Above-scale industries have overcome adversity and demonstrated development resilience

Against the backdrop of challenging economic fluctuations at home and abroad, the above-scale industries of Huadu District have been on a trajectory of development featuring "steady progress and improved quality and efficiency". The growth rate of output value of above-scale industries turned from negative into positive in August 2025, and continued to rise since then; the overall growth rate from January to December was 5.8 percentage points higher than that of the first half of the year, achieving steady growth in the whole year for the first time during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period, which spoke of the resilience of regional industries. This achievement was the result of the precise policy of "grasping the leader, strengthening the chain, and improving the services", as well as the solid support of key industries.

The automobile industry has laid solid foundation for empowerment. Dongfeng Nissan's intelligent transformation of new energy has been accelerated; its new models, such as N6 and N7, delivered eye-catching market performance; it sold 7,494 Teana HarmonyOS cockpits in December, ranking first in HarmonyOS cockpit car sales; and its Sylphy model won the champion of fuel vehicle sales for six consecutive years. ZF's electronics factory and other key projects in the auto parts industry have been put into operation, which accelerates the formation and growth of the intelligent networked automotive electronics industry cluster. In 2025, the output value of the automobile manufacturing industry in the District rebounded from the bottom and recorded 111.216 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 2.6%.

Emerging industries are poised to rise. The construction of new energy and new energy storage industrial parks and low-altitude economic industrial parks has been accelerated; industries such as electrical machinery and equipment maintenance have achieved double-digit rapid growth; leading enterprises such as Guoguang Electric and Gokin Solar have led the digital economy and high-end manufacturing industry to grown by more than 10%, making them new engine of industrial growth.

Enterprise warming services work like precise drip irrigation. District leaders move forward to the front line to provide services, in which they visited enterprises, and solved more than 200 appeals related to employment and financing. More than 20 policy seminars and industry symposiums were held, which help above-scale enterprises to tap their potentials to realize 2.2 billion yuan increase in output value. By the end of 2025, there were 1,355 above-scale enterprises in the District, with 71 newly added to the group; and the vitality of market players have been continuously unleashed.

Industrial investment has risen both in quantity and quality, resulting in increased development stamina

Adhering to the principle of "project is the king", Huadu District resolutely implemented such investment mechanisms as "operation map", "technological transformation and upgrading", and "guarantee of factors", to opens up the "last mile" of project implementation, and to promotes the "improvement of both quantity and quality" of investment.

Operation maps were used for major projects. The construction of 40 key projects, including Wanyang Airport Science and Technology City and Lanhai Robot, has been accelerated. It is worth mentioning that the Wanyang project, being "commenced and included for statistical purpose in the same year", drove industrial investment growth by 10.7 percentage points.

The momentum of technological transformation and upgrading is surging. Efforts were made to promote the "equipment core replacement" and "production line change" in 59 enterprises. The technical transformation projects of Huashi Chemical, Fenhao Flavor and other enterprises have been completed and put into operation, which promoted the proportion of technological transformation investment in industrial investment to jump to 40.6% in 2025, an increase of 4.9 percentage points over 2024. This achievement places the District equal with the city's average level, and injects strong impetus into the digital and intelligent transformation and upgrading of industries.

Towns and streets coordinated to implement targeted policies, and the whole region competed to be the first

Focusing on the deployment of the District Party Committee and the District Government, all towns and streets formed a positive situation in which they tried to "compare, learn, catch up, and surpass, and to compete for excellence": Huadong Town, as the main place for the airport digital intelligence port, accelerated the construction of green energy valley, and successfully achieved a sprint of 2.8 billion yuan in industrial investment; Xiuquan Street, closely focusing on the goal of "building the best automobile industry base in the country", planed a new energy industrial belt, trying to build it into a cluster with an output value of 30 billion yuan, and managed to maintain the first place among the towns and streets of the District in terms of industrial output value; Huacheng Street, by deepening provision of enterprise warming services, and promoting high-quality economic development, achieved a growth rate of 12.6% in the total industrial output value of above-scale enterprises, significantly exceeding the 8% target set at the beginning of the year; and Xinya Street actively gave full play to the advantages of air-rail hubs to promote the rapid construction and production of key projects such as ZF and CETC Potevio Science & Technology.

Bear in mind the new goals of 2026 and draw a new blueprint for high-quality industrial development

Looking forward to 2026, Huadu District will focus on three major actions around the main line of "maintaining stable growth, making structural adjustments, and promoting innovations".

Industrial output value is steadily improving. Resolute actions were taken to consolidate the positive trend of the stabilized and rebounding growth of above-scale industries, maintain the strong development momentum of "quantity and quality improvement" in key industries, focus on "stabilizing Nissan and expanding exports" in the automobile industry, and promote parts companies to expand business with high-growth new customer groups such as BYD and Xpeng. Efforts were made to cultivate five major industrial clusters, including electrical machinery and electronic information, and the District had 50 new "specialized, refined, differentiated, and innovative" enterprises.

The investment engine continued to gain momentum. The District applied close attention and great mind power to promote projects and optimize services, made every effort to activate the potential of industrial investment, accelerated the investment and construction progress of key projects that hand been planned to start construction within the year, such as Phase III of Wanyang project in Xiuquan Street and Rihetang, followed up on key expansion projects, such as Tibet-Guangdong Ultra-High Voltage Direct Current (UHVDC) Transmission Project, with close services, established a full life cycle project management and service mechanism, and accurately implemented policies to promote the start of projects and the inclusion of investment projects in statistical report.

Industrial upgrading has been further advanced. The District has built an industrial Internet platform for the garment industry, and promoted the implementation of projects such as Benlier headquarters and TSPH to build a 100-billion-level fashion industry cluster; efforts were also made to deepen the coordinated development where "above-scale enterprises helped below-scale enterprises" to activate the growth potential of below-scale enterprises.

Guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, Huadu District will implement the work deployment of "integrate industry and technology, and optimize supply through reform", and with the courage to "break through", the wisdom to "create", and the responsibility to "perform", continue to consolidate the positive trend of industrial economic recovery, providing "Huadu Power" to the high-quality development of Guangzhou.