Recently, Guangzhou Municipal Economic and Trade Commission released the statistical report on industrial and commercial economic operation in 2011. The report indicated that, in terms of industry and commerce, the planned objectives issued by the CPC Guangzhou Municipal Committee and the People's Government of Guangzhou Municipality at the beginning of 2011 have been respectively achieved, and there is a growing tendency for the effect of the new economic models to spread in Guangzhou.

Compared with the other eight cities of the Pearl River Delta, the aggregative index number of Guangzhou reached 289 in terms of industrial economy benefit in the first 11 months of 2011, 80% higher than the average level of the whole province, ranking the first among the nine cities of the Pearl River Delta. It achieved a tax amount of RMB 62.7 billion yuan with respect to the large-scale industries in the city, ranking the third among central cities of China. The large-scale industries respectively realized the total output value and added value of RMB 1,580.7 billion yuan and RMB 414.8 billion yuan throughout 2011, up 12.9% and 12.0% year on year respectively, exceeding the expected growth objective of 11.5% issued by the People's Government of Guangzhou Municipality at the beginning of 2011. The city produced 1.5 million automobiles with a year-on-year growth of 10.6%, 8.0% higher than the national average level. In addition, its production volume of passenger cars ranked the second, following Shanghai.

In 2011, Guangzhou obtained remarkable achievements in commercial field. It firmly held the third place in terms of annual social retail sales, which successfully reached RMB 500 billion yuan. Its added value of modern service industry increased by 12.8%, 1.8% higher than the GDP growth rate of the whole city. At the end of 2011, the number of chain stores was approximately more than 25,000, a year-on-year increase of about 30%; in addition, the gross sales of retail chain enterprises made up more than 60% of the total amount of social retail sales, ranking high among major cities.