Page 18 - SCBJ-201509
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th China Business Journal Guangzhou
Key Development Baiyun Airhub
Area: 116 skm Bonded Area:
7.385 skm

II GADD Overview IV Key Development Industries

For over 30 years of rapid development since GADD is concentrated in high value-added
the reform and opening-up, Guangzhou has industries and focuses on such industries as
developed into an important international aviation maintenance & manufacturing, aviation
trade center, shipping center and logistics logistics, aviation headquarters, financial leasing,
center and built close economic and trade cross-border e-commerce, trading and exhibition,
ties with over 220 countries and regions. In so as to facilitate new breakthroughs in airport
2014, it was ranked first in terms of business economic industries.
environment and third in terms of human
resources in mainland China by the Forbes V Competitive Advantages
magazine.
• Transportation Advantages
Located in the north and middle part of the
city, Guangzhou Aerotropolis Development Baiyun International Airport, as one of the three
District (GADD) is developed around Baiyun hub airports of mainland China, is located in the
International Airport. Founded in 2011, the key development area of GADD. It is connected
overall planned area measures 439 sq km, by 7 expressways and 11 high-speed ways, rail
including 116 sq km as key development transits like Beijing-Guangzhou railway, Wuhan-
area and 68 sq km as core development area. Guangzhou railway and Guangzhou-Foshan Ring
Railway, and Metro Line 3, Line 9 and Line 14.
III Functional Area
The comprehensive transport hub is getting
Based on the industry development and mature. It takes only 20 minutes to get to
resources advantages of GADD and the downtown Guangzhou, an hour to other cities
ideas of city and industry integration, we in the Pearl River Delta, and 3 hours to any other
have outlined 9 functional areas including: cities in South China and Southeast Asia.
aviation maintenance & manufacturing area,
aviation logistics area, public service area, • Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport
high value-added manufacturing area, airline
headquarters & commercial area, Guangzhou As one of the three hub airports of mainland
Airhub Bonded Zone, ecological protection China, Baiyun International Airport serves as the
area, living & residential area and airport
control area.

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