It is estimated that Nansha district is set to lure more than 200 billion yuan ($30.46 billion) in investment during a special event held as part of the seventh Guangzhou Annual Investment Conference, which kicked off on March 30.
The main structure of the 150-meter Nansha International Trading Center in Nansha's Pearl Bay is scheduled to finish construction by August 2022.
Nansha locals will soon be able to travel to nearby cities such as Zhongshan, Foshan and Jiangmen by train, after Nansha Station, which started construction on the Nansha Port railway in early March, is completed.
Nansha Port added a total of six international shipping routes to Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership countries in March, after the SITC VTX4 route and the AS1 route operated by CMA-CGM and COSCO Shipping were launched on March 11.
Guangzhou Shipyard International, a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation Limited, signed a purchase contract with Guangdong Institute of Intelligent Unmanned System in Guangzhou's Nansha district on March 20.
A delegation led by Chen Shanrong, head of the China National Environmental Monitoring Center, visited the Guangzhou International Institute of Artificial Intelligence in Guangzhou's Nansha district on March 17.
Innovations made by Nansha district in areas such as public services, systems and business have provided new opportunities for companies, said Li Yan, vice president and chief operating officer of Guangdong Top Ideal SCM Service Group.
Lanhe town in Guangzhou's Nansha district had started to gain momentum in the improvement of its local water environment by the end of 2020.