The Central Business District in Guangzhou's Tianhe district is looking to maintain its rapid economic growth and enhance its influence on the Pearl River Delta and Southeast Asia through the financial industry.

Tianhe CBD produces one-eighth of the gross domestic product in the provincial capital of Guangdong.

As the most important CBD in South China, it has offices for 140 Fortune 500 companies and boasts annual merchandise sales of more than 1 trillion yuan ($154 billion) in dozens of shopping malls.