The following are the editor’s pick of photographs, which were taken during the "Innovation-Driven Development in Guangdong" New Media Interview Series, hosted by Guangdong authorities in late July.
Shenzhen, a pilot city for China's reform and opening up, is poised to become a world-leading innovation hub.
Dongguan, a city known as "the world's factory" in China, seeks to upgrade its manufacturing base via technological innovation and the Internet, according to Mayor Yuan Baocheng.
The traditional southern manufacturing city of Foshan in Guangdong province is eyeing up something quite the opposite of traditional.
Guangzhou will launch more relaxed policies compared with Beijing and Shanghai to attract the settlement of makers.
Small and medium-sized enterprises in Guangzhou, will be allowed to apply for innovation vouchers, or small lines of credit provided by the local government to purchase scientific research services.
EHang, a drone start-up established only last year in Guangzhou, is well confident to put its smartphone-controlled drones into use on various fields and transform people's life.
South China, particularly Guangdong province, needs to move away from its traditional labor-intensive manufacturing growth model and focus on growth driven by high-tech industries if it wants to maintain its standing as the manufacturing center of the world, a new survey released on July 2 says.
The money will be raised between local government, culture and education organizations, financial institutions and leading education and financial enterprises in the province.
What was once a vast rural area five years ago is now a huge development site, with ofice buildings, research centers, shopping malls and highrise residential buildings in various stages of development.
As manufacturing costs surge and labor shortages increase, one of the industrial heartlands of China is turning to advanced technologies to stay competitive.
Traditional processing trade companies from Dongguan have achieved sustainable business growth due to increased focus on self-developed brands and spending on e-commerce.