GUANGZHOU: Authorities in Guangdong province will introduce measures to boost employment, trade and economic development this year to ward off the global financial crisis, officials said on Friday.

In a government report to the provincial people's congress, which opened on Friday, Guangdong Governor Huang Huahua said 200 key projects, double the number from last year, would be implemented this year to boost domestic consumption and local economic development.

"Under the global economic downturn, boosting domestic consumption through introducing the key projects is of great importance to the province's economy," said Li Miaojuan, director of the provincial development and reform commission.