November 3 – The "Guangdong Province Implementation Plan for Expanding Consumption" proposes strengthening support for consumer infrastructure, promoting a virtuous cycle between consumption and investment, and expanding effective investment in consumer infrastructure, service-function improvement facilities, and new business forms and models. The plan calls for implementing an urban commercial quality improvement initiative, upgrading business formats in older commercial districts, and supporting eligible offline commercial facilities—such as commercial complexes, shopping centers, department stores, and large supermarkets—in renewing their equipment and facilities. It also calls for advancing the development of 15-minute urban convenient living circles; advancing the construction of national logistics hub carrier cities and national backbone cold-chain logistics bases; improving the three-tier logistics distribution system at the county, township, and village levels and supporting the construction and renovation of county-level logistics distribution centers and township express logistics stations; strengthening the renewal and renovation of facilities such as public parking lots, charging facilities, and expressway service areas; carrying out an initiative to strengthen foundations and revitalize tourist attractions; and encouraging the adaptive renovation of old factory buildings, historical and cultural buildings, and similar structures to create trend gathering areas and popular check-in spots. At the same time, the plan seeks to accelerate the large-scale commercialization of 5G-A mobile communication networks, advance the deployment and application of 10-gigabit optical networks, and comprehensively deepen "dual-gigabit" network coverage.
