On December 23, the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the CPC held a press conference to brief the 15th Plenary Session of the 12th CPC Provincial Committee (15th Plenary Session) which was held in Guangzhou on December 21 to 22. It is also the first press conference held by the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the CPC.

"In the coming five years, Guangdong's marine production value will stay ahead in China and the province will establish five marine industrial clusters, each of which will be worth at least 100 billion yuan (about $15.7 billion)," Qu Jiashu, deputy director general of the Department of Natural Resources of Guangdong Province, said at a press conference on December 14.

On December 15, the Information Office, People’s Government of Guangdong Province held a press conference announcing that Guangdong will establish a five-level(provincial, city, county, town, and village) forest chief scheme by the end of this year. At present, the "Implementation Opinions Regarding the Implementation of the Forest Chief Scheme" has been issued.

Guangdong is to build an observation network for earthquakes that cover land and waters off shore with monitoring capacity significantly increased, according to the province’s earthquake prevention and disaster reduction plan for the 14th five-year period (2021-2025).

On November 1, Guangdong issued a temporary measures to expand the Qualified Domestic Limited Partnership (QDLP) scheme from Shenzhen to the whole province. The program allows foreign and domestic asset managers to raise RMB from high net worth and institutional investors in China for the purposes of overseas investments.

The Canton Fair is still the world's largest physical exhibition even under the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Chu Shijia, deputy head and secretary-general of the fair's organizing committee, at a press conference on Wednesday.

Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macao will join hands to implement measures for developing Hengqin and Qianhai, said Guangdong governor Ma Xingrui.

A national-level quick report system of earthquake intensity is scheduled to be finished in Guangdong by 2022 to improve earthquake warning capabilities and enhance efficiency in disaster mitigation.

The 13th China International Aviation and Aerospace Exhibition is scheduled for September 28 to October 3 in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province.

The national college entrance exam in China, also known as Gaokao, will be held from June 7 to June 9 this year. Guangdong will adopt strict epidemic prevention measures for 636,000 examinees .