GD's GDP Grows by 8.6% for First Three Quarters
The latest data provided by the Guangdong Bureau of Statistics indicates that in the first 3 quarters of the year, Guangdong's GDP grew 8.6% from the same period in 2008. This year, Guangdong's goal was to realize a GDP growth of 8.5%; and now it seems that if the province doesn't suffer any set backs in the forth quarter, it should easily reach that target. The bureau's analysts also claim Guangdong has seen the worst of the crisis and is now slowly returning to normal.
                  
Taiwanese High-Tech Entrepreneurs Visits Dongguan
This morning (Oct 23rd) at Songshan Lake industrial Park in Dongguan, the Guangdong CPC Committee Secretary, Wang Yang, met with a delegation of high-tech entrepreneurs from Taiwan. Wang said that after the first delegation of high-tech entrepreneur from Taiwan visited Guangdong in June, cooperation between the two sides has been advancing smoothly. This time, the delegation has expressed their confidence in Guangdong's business and industrial prospects, especially when it came to restructuring and upgrading. They said they wish to strengthen their communication with Guangdong in the future.

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Air China Opens Lines of "Air Express"
Starting this Sunday (Oct 25th), passengers traveling with Air China and holding the new "Air Express" tickets will no longer have to worry if they miss their flights. The new "Air Express" ticket enables people flying on one route to be able to board any plane flying the same route and on the same day, as long as course, if it is an Air China flight. That gives passengers leaving Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hanzhou, Shanghai and Beijing a choice of 18 flights in all. All Air Express flights take off on the hour, every hour during the day.