Strong growth in the creative industry

The creative industry has become a strategic growth point in Guangdong due to planning and policy support from the local government, an official said.

"This is evident not only in scale, but also in industrial structure, quality, profits and competitiveness," Lai Bin, deputy director-general of the provincial publicity department, told Economic Daily.

Press and publications, broadcasting and TV, equipment manufacturing and culture-related tourism have all become advantageous industrial clusters, he said.