After being listed among National Sanitation Cities and National Model Cities for Civilization, Guangzhou has won another title, i.e. the title of National Advanced Entrepreneurial City. It was learnt from the Bureau of Human Resources and Social Security of Guangzhou Municipality on August 15 that Guangzhou was listed among National Advanced Entrepreneurial Cities by the State Council as the only listed city in Guangdong Province.

From 2009 to 2011, Guangzhou's organizations of human resources and social security supported 27,785 people in starting businesses successfully, which helped 134,092 people get employed. In 2011, the city created 962,300 new jobs, accounting for nearly half of the new jobs created in Guangdong Province and 7.88 percent of the new jobs created in the country.

The city has appropriated a special fund of RMB 33.923 million to support business startup, and formulated some policies for canceling and reducing some administrative charges, thus easing the burden of enterprises by RMB 3.72 billion.