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2015: per capita GDP over 9,000 USD
Guangdong has set its annual GDP target at 6.5 trillion yuan in 2015. According to a government conference on the development plan between 2010 and 2015, the province aims to increase its GDP per capita to over 9,000 USD by 2015, an annual increase of 7% from now on.

2 passengers from GD died in Yihun Plane Crash
4 passengers from Guangdong are confirmed to have been on board the plane which crash landed in northeast China's Heilongjiang province yesterday (August 25). 2 have been confirmed dead. The plane's two "black boxes" were recovered on Wednesday, but it is still not known what caused the accident. The Henan Airlines plane carrying 91 passengers and five crew members burst into flames and exploded whilst landing about 2 km short of the runway. 42 were killed and 54 others were injured.

2010 Book fair's attendance reaches a high
The 2010 Guangzhou book fair comes to an end at the Pazhou International Convention and Exhibition Center today (August 25). The book fair lasted for one week and saw over 700,000 visitors. Our journalist Luosu has the report:
Over 600 publishing organizations attended the fair with over 250,000 different books being displayed. Visitors seemed to very much enjoy the fair:
"record" I think it's quite good. There are many choices of books here. What's more important, we enjoy discounts. It's not easy to get discount in other book shops.
This fair has attracted many more visitors than previous years. A professional for international exhibition agreed that this is a big success:
"record" the trend of the use of new media such as Internet and electronic books was clearly present on the fair. And the scale has reached a national level.