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PROFILE DID YOU KNOW? . Next to Kong, was the first Special Economic Zone in established in th Capital: . While is the 15 largest province in 1980. It has been a touchstone for China's China in size, it has the largest population, with Population: 109.99 million (2016) reform and opening-up policy. With roughly the approximately 109,990,000 people (2016). (8 per cent of China’s total population) same GDP as Guangzhou in 2016, Shenzhen has been a center of innovation and . Guangdong has the highest GDP in China, at Major Cities in 2015: Guangzhou (13.9 million); tops the world in information technologies approximately USD $1.2 trillion (2016), or just Shenzhen (12 million); (8.3 million); related hardware manufacturing. Shenzhen (8.2 million); (1.7 million); and over USD $11,000 per capita. has the highest per capita GDP in mainland (5.3 million) . Guangdong has China’s largest middle class, China and its GDP has passed that of Hong Language: is the official and is considered the most internationally Kong. language. is widely used and other oriented and globally linked province. local dialects such as Hakka, Teochew are used . Though Mandarin is more widely used in in specific regions. . Guangdong has the most consumption and Guangdong because of mass migration to the affluent province, the local people are proud of Government: services-based oriented economy in China, and has the highest proportion of Chinese their Cantonese language and culture. Over Head of Government: Xi is Party Secretary; private sector actors. half of the population is Governor Xingrui represents the executive originally from the Guangdong region, making it branch. . Guangdong is home to the Delta the largest source of Chinese diaspora. (known as “the world’s factory” for the past two Currency: CAD $1 = 5.21 (2017 decades and is now gradually being upgraded . Approximately 20 per cent of ’s exports average) to services and high-tech industries), one of the to China go to Guangdong. Key Industry Sectors: Communication most heavily populated and industrialized areas RELATIONSHIP OVERVIEW equipment, computers and other electronics, in China. electrical machinery & equipment, automobiles, . Alberta opened an international office in chemical materials and products, metal,non- . With a population of over 14 million, Guangzhou in 2016, though the Guangdong metal mineral and plastic products, Garments Guangzhou is the capital of Guangdong. About and footwear, petroleum refining, coking nuclear market had been covered by the Alberta Hong 120 km north of , it is the fuel processing Kong Office since the office was founded in transportation and communication hub of South 1980 Sources: China. Guangzhou's GDP has ranked third Bank of Canada, Guangdong Bureau of among China’s mainland cities since 1989. In . On April 24, 2017, Guangdong and Alberta Statistics, Guangdong Statistical Yearbook 2016, its GDP reached 1.9 trillion RMB and signed a sister province relationship accounted of a quarter of Guangdong’s GDP. agreement. This agreement marks Alberta’s December 2018 | Input provided by Alberta Ministries of: Agriculture and Forestry; Education; Energy; Economic Development and Trade; Culture and Tourism; Advanced Education second sister province in China, the first, signed . The Canadian International High School in . Concordia University of Edmonton has signed in 1979, is with in northeastern Guangzhou has achieved Tier 3 accreditation two cooperation MOUs with the University of China. status. The high school delivers Alberta’s K-12 Foshan, and the University of Shenzhen in curriculum through Alberta certified teachers 2012. TRADE AND INVESTMENT and provide students the opportunity to . Advanced Education supports several graduate with Alberta high school credentials. . In May 2016, the Alberta Ministry of Economic programs that enable post-secondary Development and Trade signed a . Alberta superintendents participated in an institutions to develop study and research memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the education leadership exchange mission to collaborations in China. This includes Campus Guangdong Department of Commerce, with a Guangzhou in 2014 and a group of Guangzhou Alberta Grant for International Learning focus on sharing economic and trade expertise educators visited as a part of the reciprocal (CAGFIL) and MITACS Globalink. CAGFIL and promoting commercial development exchange in May 2015. supports Alberta students to study in China, between the two provinces. while Globalink provides scholarships for . In 2014, as a part of the third High Level undergraduate Chinese students to pursue Consultation between Council of Ministers of . Guangdong’s rapidly growing middle class and research in Alberta during the summer. demand for energy, agriculture and forestry Education, Canada (CMEC), Alberta Education resources make Guangdong and Alberta signed an MOU with the Guangdong . Since 2012, Advanced Education, Economic natural partners for trade and investment. Department of Education. This MOU included Development and Trade, a number of Alberta provisions for international education activities, post-secondary institutions, health-related SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY such as student mobility, summer camps and professional associations and Alberta health- scholarships. related organizations have been developing . Alberta has an MOU with the Guangdong relations and advancing cooperation in health Department of Science and Technology that . The Alberta School of Business at the UAlberta education-training, research and health was renewed in 2016. This agreement focuses offers a Master of Financial Management industry opportunities with the Guanghua on collaboration in facilitating new industrial program in Shenzhen through collaboration International Education Association. research and development opportunities in the with Xi'An Jiao University. two provinces. . During 2015-16, there were 6,613 visa students . The Faculty of Engineering at the UAlberta has from China enrolled in Alberta’s publicly-funded FORESTRY connections with University of post-secondary institutions Science and Technology. . Since 2014, the Forestry Division has . Each year, the Chinese Government provides supported a Canada Wood Pavilion booth at . The Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry at the five full and ten partial scholarships enabling the annual Interzum Guangzhou, Asia’s largest UAlberta has connections with residents of Alberta to study in China. International Furniture Industry Fair. University Medical College under the of the UAlberta Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology. . The Premier of Alberta signed an MoU on . Dongshun Timber, based in Shunde , Activities include a collaborative PhD program Cooperation in the Field of Health and Care of Guangdong is a leading manufacturer of and participation in the East West Alliance, an the Elderly relating to education, professional container flooring. Alberta has been working international network of top Asian and Western development and research on behalf of the with this company to commercialize OSB in medical research institutions supported by the Ministry of Advanced Education with the core container flooring, introducing new Li Ka Shing Foundation. Guanghua International Education Association products into China. during her Mission to China in April 2017. . Since 2012, MacEwan University School of AGRICULTURE Business faculty has had a relationship with the CULTURE AND TOURISM . In September 2018 Alberta Agriculture and Guangdong University of Foreign Studies. . In April 2017, the Alberta Media Production Forestry lead a trade mission to participate at Asia-Pacific Management students have Industries Association (AMPIA) signed an the China International Pet Show in Guangzhou carried out their internships in Guangzhou. In agreement with the Administration of Press, 2015, MacEwan faculty tour visited 2 . In November 2017 Alberta Agriculture and Publication, Radio Film & TV of Guangdong universities in Guangzhou. One business Forestry provided support for an Alberta Province, for collaboration in narrative digital faculty member was awarded the Yunshan themed BBQ night at the Crowne Plaza hotel in screen content in the areas of film, television Scholar from 2017-2019 by the Guangdong Guangzhou featuring Alberta beef and pork and interactive media. University of Foreign Studies. products . In September 2016, a cultural industries . The University of Calgary (UCalgary) has . In 2014, the Minister of Alberta Agriculture and delegation, led by Mr. Shen Haixiong, (Senior several academic agreements with institutions Forestry’s (AF) led a trade and investment Adviser to the People’s Government of in Guangdong: the Cumming School of mission to Asia which included a visit to Guangdong and President of Association for Medicine collaborates with Sun Yat-Sen Guangdong. In Guangzhou, Alberta hosted an International Cultural Exchanges of University for student exchanges and research investment seminar. Guangdong), visited Alberta and took part in a collaboration in precision medicine, the media roundtable. EDUCATION Schulich School of Engineering offers a Group Study Program on innovation and . The Guangdong government is aiming to have . Alberta Education has led five recruitment entrepreneurship in renewable energy and the its service industry account for more than 50 missions to China since 2010. Faculty of Social Work collaborates with the per cent of the total provincial Gross Regional . January 2018: Wolf Creek Public Schools was Guangdong Institute of Public Administration, Product, and it is targeting the development of the first K-12 school district in Alberta to sign a Sun Yat-Sen University and South China financial services, tourism, and cultural formal MOU with a school district in Guangdong Agricultural University on transforming social industries. Guangdong has expressed interest Province. welfare and social work in China.

in collaborating closely with Alberta in the Taobao.com and most of them are interested . In April 2017, the Premier of Alberta and the cultural industries sector. in importing from abroad. Minister of Economic Development and Trade visited Guangdong, signing a sister province . Guangdong is home to many large, global ENVIRONMENT agreement with the province, and meeting with Chinese firms including , which . In July 2013, Environment and Parks officials Guangdong Governor to discuss reported USD $25.9 billion in annual revenue participated in an environmental exchange cooperation on trade and investment in a in 2016, as well as BYD, the Shenzhen-based workshop and made a range of presentations to number of different sectors. manufacturer of electric cars and components. a Guangdong Environmental Delegation, Others include ZTE, Tencent, (owner of introducing Alberta’s environmental policy . In November 2016, the Minister of Economic WeChat, and China’s largest internet content framework in managing environmental quality Development and Trade visited Guangzhou provider), DJI (the world’s largest consumer of air, water and soil remediation and renewed an agreement between Alberta drone manufacturer), and Midea (the world's and the Guangdong Department of Science EMERGING OPPORTUNITIES largest producer of electrical appliances). and Technology. Huawei and BYD already have existing . With the largest and fastest growing middle partnerships with Alberta and others are also . In March 2016, the Minister of Economic class of China and as the largest consumer of considering Alberta in their going global Development and Trade visited Guangzhou natural resources in China, the Guangdong strategies. and signed an agreement between Alberta and market is important for Alberta. the Guangdong Department of Commerce. He . Guangdong is an attractive destination for also officially inaugurated the new Alberta . Guangdong’s proximity to Hong Kong, with its Albertan firms looking for venture and growth Guangzhou Office. business-friendly environment makes it a good capital. Albertan firms are attractive to starting point for Albertans who are looking to Chinese investors who are looking to bring in . In May 2014, the Minister of Agriculture and do businesses in . With foreign intellectual property. Shenzhen is one Forestry led a trade and investment mission to Guangdong being one of the most important of the two major financial centres in China Asia which included a visit to Guangdong. The regional export/imports centres, there are (besides ) and there are many Minister met with key industry and government opportunities for Alberta companies to gain venture capital and private equity firms stakeholders. market access into mainland China through seeking promising projects abroad. the 2003 Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA) between Hong Kong . Guangdong is also an important partner for and mainland China. educational partnerships with Alberta and source of foreign students. There are 106 . With the agenda for transformation of low- universities and post-secondary institutions in value (especially polluting) factories, Alberta’s Guangdong, many of which have existing ties environment sustainable and clean or are interested in developing ties and technologies-related business can find partnerships with institutions in Alberta. The abundant opportunities in the Guangdong affluent middle class are looking to Alberta as a market. Through new regulations, the destination for their children’s high-quality Guangdong provincial and municipal level education. governments are eager to remediate land and currently Guangdong is short of related home- . Wood construction is an established and grown technologies. Alberta’s expertise in soil expanding sector in much of Guangdong, remediation can fill this vacuum in the providing significant opportunities for Alberta’s Guangdong market. wood producers. In China, a movement towards increasing the use of wood products in . The agri-food sector is a major focus for buildings has been gaining momentum in Alberta’s market development initiatives in recent years. China’s 13th five year plan for Guangdong. China State Statistics Bureau 2015-2020 provides direction for both provincial said in the past five year, the average growth and municipal governments and industry rate of China’s imported food volume is 15 per players on their development in terms of energy cent. Opportunities exist for food safety saving and green building. The Pearl River technology, livestock genetics, seeds and Delta is the leading area to adopt higher green forage products, grains and oilseeds, raw build standards from the current national hides and skins, equipment, high quality beef, standards processed canola and other food products. This is especially true with the ever growing . Three cities within a one-hour’s drive of one health-conscious middle class who are willing another, Guangzhou, Dongguan and Foshan, to spend extra on healthy agri-food products. have formed an industry cluster for wood-based furniture manufacturing, including lumber . With the latest cross-border electronic- importers, distributors, wholesalers, and commerce policies, there are abundant manufacturers. opportunities for Alberta’s agri-food and consumer products industries in Guangdong RECENT VISITS and other neighboring provinces in South China. In Guangdong, there are over 20,000 . In May 2018, the Minister of as attended the commerce-related companies and Guangdong-Alberta Science and Technology approximately 95,000 online agri-shops on Partnership seminar in Guangzhou.

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