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Spotlight on China<br />
KEREN SU/GETTY IMAGES<br />
The Opera House in<br />
New City, Guangzhou<br />
for independent innovation, and a pilot city for trade<br />
circulation system reform, cross-border e-commerce<br />
and trade service innovation. It has trade ties with more<br />
than 220 countries and regions.<br />
Building an easy and commercial city<br />
Guangzhou has mountains, rivers, lakes, sea, urban<br />
areas and farmlands. In 2015, the number of days with<br />
standard air quality reached 312 days, the greening rate<br />
of the built-up areas was 41.5 per cent and the forest<br />
coverage rate was 42 per cent. Moreover, the city is<br />
reputed to be a pearl in the Tropic of Cancer. A number<br />
of health indicators, such as average life expectancy,<br />
are almost at the same level as developed countries.<br />
Guangzhou has claimed first place among Chinese cities<br />
according to livelihood development indices for two<br />
years in a row.<br />
Our work at present is guided by the State Council’s<br />
positioning and requirement of Guangzhou as “a<br />
national historical and cultural city, a major central city<br />
of China, an international commercial and trade centre<br />
and an integrated transport hub”. We are accelerating<br />
the development of Guangzhou as an international<br />
shipping hub, an international aviation hub, and<br />
an international science and technology innovation<br />
hub. We will build a new and modern industry<br />
system providing high-end, quality and high and new<br />
technologies in a high-quality and open economic<br />
landscape. It is also our goal<br />
to build a market-oriented,<br />
law-based and international<br />
business environment and<br />
a clean, tidy, peaceful and<br />
orderly urban environment.<br />
We aim to turn Guangzhou<br />
into a prosperous, liveable,<br />
eco-friendly, vibrant, unique<br />
and modern city. With the<br />
vision and consensus of the <strong>G20</strong><br />
Hangzhou Summit in mind,<br />
we will make greater efforts to<br />
promote urban innovation. We<br />
sincerely invite friends from<br />
home and abroad to visit our city and<br />
to create a blueprint for seeking common<br />
development with us. <strong>G20</strong><br />
Guangzhou has<br />
claimed first place<br />
among Chinese cities<br />
according to livelihood<br />
development indices<br />
G7<strong>G20</strong>.com September 2016 • <strong>G20</strong> China: The Hangzhou Summit 75
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