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28 STATION 2: EXPAND WITHIN GBA THE NEXT STOP FOR GBA I&T EXPANSION Within just four decades, Shenzhen has been transformed into a capital of innovation and creativity with global influence. The city has 17,000 state-level high-tech companies, among them Tencent, Huawei, DJI and Ping An. The output value of the high-tech industry reached 2,627.79 billion yuan, with a year-on-year growth of 10.08% (as of September 2020). POLICY SUPPORT The State Council plan on implementing pilot reforms in Shenzhen will build the city into a demonstration area of socialism with Chinese characteristics, through authorised reform measures such as: • greater autonomy in the reform of important areas and key links to advance higher-level reform and opening-up towards higher goals for the 2020-2025 period SHENZHEN GBA’S NATIONAL-LEVEL INNOVATION CITY I&T FOCUSES Biotechnology Internet New energy New materials New-generation information technology Marine Aerospace and aviation Robots Wearable devices Smart equipment GDP: RMB 2,692.7 BILLION POPULATION: 13.44 MILLION