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Manufacturing
Regions in China
Struggle to Meet
Growth Targets
Major cities in two of China’s strongest What does this data say about the prospects for
manufacturing regions struggled to hit their China’s traditional economic powerhouses – the Pearl
growth targets in 2018, as the country felt the impacts of River Delta (PRD) and the Yangtze River Delta (YRD) –
a decelerating economy and trade tensions with the US. in 2019?
Guangdong province in the south and Jiangsu province Economic growth in the PRD and YRD
in the east – two of China’s most important regions
for light manufacturing – both failed to hit their Guangdong was one of the first regions in China to
GDP growth targets for the year. Zhejiang, another open up to foreign investment, and since became the
economically vital eastern province, managed to hit its nucleus for the country’s manufacturing sector. The
target, but some of its key cities still missed theirs. province’s four biggest municipal economies – Shenzhen,
Guangzhou, Foshan, and Dongguan – are all based in the
Nationally, China’s GDP grew by 6.6 percent, hitting PRD region, close to the border with Hong Kong.
the target of “around 6.5 percent”, but still the slowest
growth since 1990. Overall, 17 of mainland China’s 31 Similarly, the YRD in eastern China has historically
regions failed to hit their growth targets for 2018. been among China’s most international regions and a
3 AmCham South China
Manufacturing
Regions in China
Struggle to Meet
Growth Targets
Major cities in two of China’s strongest What does this data say about the prospects for
manufacturing regions struggled to hit their China’s traditional economic powerhouses – the Pearl
growth targets in 2018, as the country felt the impacts of River Delta (PRD) and the Yangtze River Delta (YRD) –
a decelerating economy and trade tensions with the US. in 2019?
Guangdong province in the south and Jiangsu province Economic growth in the PRD and YRD
in the east – two of China’s most important regions
for light manufacturing – both failed to hit their Guangdong was one of the first regions in China to
GDP growth targets for the year. Zhejiang, another open up to foreign investment, and since became the
economically vital eastern province, managed to hit its nucleus for the country’s manufacturing sector. The
target, but some of its key cities still missed theirs. province’s four biggest municipal economies – Shenzhen,
Guangzhou, Foshan, and Dongguan – are all based in the
Nationally, China’s GDP grew by 6.6 percent, hitting PRD region, close to the border with Hong Kong.
the target of “around 6.5 percent”, but still the slowest
growth since 1990. Overall, 17 of mainland China’s 31 Similarly, the YRD in eastern China has historically
regions failed to hit their growth targets for 2018. been among China’s most international regions and a
3 AmCham South China
