[Guangdong’s GDP increased by 4.6% year-on-year in the first three quarters, the highest growth rate in the same period in five years] On October 23, the Guangdong Provincial Bureau of Statistics released economic data for the first three quarters of this year. According to the unified accounting results of regional GDP, in the first three quarters, Guangdong achieved a regional GDP of 11,109.077 billion yuan. Calculated at constant prices, the year-on-year growth rate was 4.6%, 0.1 percentage point higher than the growth rate in the first half of the year. Generally speaking, Guangdong's economic growth in the first three quarters has been in sync with that of the country, and its economic aggregate continues to rank first in the country. Judging from recent data, this is the first time that Guangdong has matched the national growth rate since the third quarter of 2021, setting the fastest growth rate in the same period in five years. Analysis by the Provincial Bureau of Statistics pointed out that since the third quarter, the growth rates of Guangdong's agriculture, industry, consumption, import and export, residents' income and other indicators have accelerated compared with the first half of the year. The decline in investment has continued to narrow, the service industry has remained stable, prices have risen moderately, and the support for stable growth continues to be consolidated. Specifically, in the first three quarters of this year, the added value of Guangdong's primary industry was 394.061 billion yuan, an increase of 4.0%; the added value of the secondary industry was 4,157.179 billion yuan, an increase of 4.9%; the added value of the tertiary industry was 6,557.838 billion yuan, an increase of 4.5%. (Southern+)