Under the initiative, Guangdong's achievements have underscored its leadership — the province's GDP reached 13.5 trillion yuan ($1.87 trillion), securing its status as the top province for a 35th consecutive year

In response to the United States' economic and technological sanctions, China has been emphasizing the importance of high-quality development and "new quality productive forces" to promote advanced manufacturing and green development, creating strategic high-tech industry clusters, next-generation information and communications technologies, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, new energy, new materials and advanced manufacturing equipment.

Under the initiative, Guangdong's achievements have underscored its leadership — the province's GDP reached 13.5 trillion yuan ($1.87 trillion), securing its status as the top province for a 35th consecutive year. Guangdong also led the nation in research and development, with R&D spending accounting for 3.4 percent of regional GDP.

"In the pursuit of cultivating new quality productive forces, Guangdong remains steadfast in fortifying the resilience and security standards of its industrial and supply chains," said Zou Yongbing, chief economist of Guangdong's department of industry and information technology. This approach aims to safeguard the autonomy, controllability, safety and reliability of the province's industrial ecosystem, he said.

"Shenzhen is leading the way as the first city in China to promote development of the HarmonyOS native application at the municipal government level," Lin said, adding that this effort will strengthen Shenzhen's reputation as a top software city, an innovation hub and a major export center in China.

"Meanwhile, by doing so, Shenzhen also aims to build a model ecosystem for the HarmonyOS operating system, thereby boosting the global competitiveness of Chinese tech companies," Lin added.

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