Special Supplement: Guangdong plans to build on three decades of glory

South China's Guangdong province has achieved remarkable success in economic development since the country implemented the reform and opening-up policies in the late 1970s.

Over the past three decades, Guangdong's economy has grown 42-fold while its per capita gross domestic product (GDP) has grown 29 times, according to the province's official statistics.

The province's GDP rose to 3.06 trillion yuan in 2007.