A worker is busy working on a semiconductor production line in Hezhou. [Photo by Yu Jing/China News Service]

Hezhou, in east Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, is located at the junction of Guangxi, Guangdong and Hunan, and has been positioned as a major corridor for Southwest China to access the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

The city has been speeding up the formulation of a distinctive modern industrial pattern that will integrate with and promote the pattern used in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

Workers transfer calcium carbonate powder in a Hezhou factory. [Photo by Yu Jing/China News Service]

The city's traditional industries such as calcium carbonate, metallurgical cycle and electricity have been gradually developed at a higher level, and emerging industries such as gold jewelry, electronic information, and new metal materials have become new growth poles for the local economy.

Currently, the city has attracted more than 700 projects from the Greater Bay Area and several enterprises on the Fortune Global 500 list or the top 500 Chinese enterprises list have settled or invested in Hezhou, including Amer Group and China Railway Signal and Communication.