Guangdong

Guangdong is a coastal province in southern China, known as a major economic hub and manufacturing center. It is a leading producer of electronics and other goods, and is a key region for trade and innovation.

Why it’s in the news: It is in the news due to its economic and technological prominence, highlighted by its showcase of tech ahead of the Apec summit and new agreements with Hong Kong.

Latest on Guangdong

• Hong Kong to open waters to Guangdong yachts under southbound scheme from October
• From BYD cars to DJI drones, Guangdong showcases tech prowess ahead of Apec summit
• How Guangdong migrants set up world's largest electronics market in China
• As typhoon risks grow, farmers in China’s Guangdong adapt to protect their livelihoods
• Hong Kong lawyers gain route to practise in 9 Guangdong cities under new law
• Hong Kong to assess typhoon warning as Tropical Storm Narra nears Guangdong coast
• Shanghai-born Zhu spent more than five decades in the southern province that neighbours Hong Kong.
• Zhu Senlin, a former Guangdong governor widely regarded as a key enforcer of the province’s economic transformation in China’s critical period of opening up in the 1990s, died on Monday aged 95, according to official media.

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