The foreign trade value of the nine mainland cities in south China's Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) hit 1.29 trillion yuan (about 178.2 billion U.S. dollars) in the first two months of 2025, customs data showed.
The GBA consists of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), the Macao Special Administrative Region (Macao SAR), as well as nine cities in Guangdong Province, namely Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Foshan, Huizhou, Dongguan, Zhongshan, Jiangmen and Zhaoqing.
In the first two months of this year, the exports of China's "new three" items in these cities, namely electric vehicles, lithium batteries and photovoltaic products, reached 22.89 billion yuan (about 3.2 billion U.S. dollars), marking a year-on-year increase of 30.7 percent.
Moreover, the exports of major goods including automatic data processing equipment and components, electrical equipment, and home appliances increased by 16.9 percent, 4.5 percent, and 3.5 percent, respectively, in the two-month period.
Notably, Guangdong is a major province of China's home appliance manufacturing and export, with its products becoming increasingly competitive in the global market.
A home appliance company in Foshan, one of the GBA mainland nine cities, has been striving for breakthroughs with continuous investment in research and development, and now holds over 2,300 patents.
"We have independently developed gas ovens and other home appliances suitable for outdoor camping, based on the demands of the overseas market. In January and February, the export value of our home appliances increased by 21 percent year on year," said Chen Bin, head of the company.
Mainland cities in Greater Bay Area see booming foreign trade volume in first 2 months
