On a compact island in Guangzhou, 100 headquarters thrive｜Vibrant Guangdong

On March 31st, Douyin Group, owned by ByteDance, secured a site in Pazhou, Guangzhou for its innovation basein South Chinaat 1.214 billion yuan. With Douyin joining Alibaba and Tencent in Pazhou, a new "BAT" alliance is emerging. The original "BAT" - Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent - once dominated China’s internet sector.

Pazhou, a 9.66-square-kilometer digital economy island, has attracted more than 36,000 digital enterprises and 160,000 digital professionals, creating a "rainforest-style" innovation ecosystem. It is now home to 100 large-scale corporate headquarters, including the global headquarters of 37 Interactive Entertainment and Vipshop.

Since 2016, Guangzhou has introduced multiple policies to develop Pazhou into an innovation hub for "internet + exhibitions + headquarters." Planning documents such as the "Master Plan for the Pazhou Artificial Intelligence and Digital Economy Pilot Zone" have been successively rolled out, drawing a steady influx of enterprises. In the first half of last year, the main business revenue of the Pazhou Pilot Zone reached 195.3 billion yuan, up 5.8% year-on-year.

Meanwhile, livestream e-commerce, AI, and digital cultural and creative industries are thriving in Pazhou. The livestream e-commerce sector in Guangzhou has formed a 100-billion-yuan-level ecosystem, with nine of China's top 100 livestream e-commerce companies headquartered in the city, the highest number nationwide. Companies like Douyin and Xiaohongshu have integrated deeply into Guangzhou’s industrial chain, accelerating the fusion of local supply chains and the digital economy.

The "Pazhou Algorithm Valley" project is advancing rapidly, positioning Guangzhou as a central hub for AI technologies and applications. In the AI industry, the prevailing strategy for startups is: "Go to Beijing or Hangzhou for tech, and to Guangzhou for application scenarios." Pazhou is becoming a critical stepping stone for startups on their path to becoming unicorns.

Source: Lingnan on the Cloud

广州不足10平方公里的小岛聚集100家总部企业

3月31日，抖音集团以12.14亿元竞得广州琶洲中二区AH041101地块，正式落地华南创新基地。自此，抖音、阿里、腾讯在琶洲会师，新“BAT”格局浮现。

琶洲，这座9.66平方公里的数字经济岛，已吸引超3.6万家数字企业、16万数字人才，形成“热带雨林”式创新生态。琶洲现已有100家大型总部企业，包括三七互娱全球总部、唯品会全球总部等。

自2016年起，广州出台多项政策，推动琶洲打造“互联网+会展+总部”创新基地。《琶洲人工智能与数字经济试验区建设总体方案》等规划相继落地，吸引企业纷至沓来。数据显示，去年上半年，琶洲试验区主营业务收入达1953亿元，同比增长5.8%。

同时，琶洲的直播电商、人工智能、数字文创产业也在蓬勃发展。广州的直播电商产业已形成千亿级生态圈，全国直播电商百强企业广州独占9席，排名第一。抖音、小红书等企业深度绑定广州产业链，推动本地供应链与数字经济融合。

“琶洲算谷”项目加速推进，推动广州成为AI技术与应用的核心聚集地。业内流传的AI创业路径是“在北京杭州找技术，在广州找应用场景”，琶洲正成为初创企业迈向独角兽的重要节点。

文丨记者 杭莹

图丨记者 王丹阳 陈秋明

译丨曾敏

英文审校丨林佳岱