Guangzhou, along with Zhuhai, Foshan, Huizhou, Dongguan, Zhongshan, Jiangmenand Zhaoqing in the Pearl Delta, were allowed as an independent national innovation demonstrations zone in 2015.
Guangzhou, along with Zhuhai, Foshan, Huizhou, Dongguan, Zhongshan, Jiangmen and Zhaoqing in the Pearl River Delta, were approved as an integrated national self-dependent innovation demonstration zone in 2015.