Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport brings infinite opportunities for local economic development, and enormously enhances the regional competitiveness of Huadu as international logistics center and New and High Technology Industrial Base in northern Guangzhou. In August, 2004, the CPC Committee and people's Government of Huadu District approved the establishment of Huadu Airport Economy management Commission, and raised the thought of "Relying on the Airport, Serving the Airport, and Developing Huadu", insisting on the development guideline that "airport boosts logistics, and logistics promotes industry", and planned Huadu Airport Economic Zone, which covers an overall planned area of 100 k㎡, including Supporting Industry Zone for FedEx Asia-Pacific Express Hub, Airport New and High Technology Industry Base, Airport Business District and Guangzhou Airport International Logistics Zone.

According to the thought of "relying on airport, serving airport, and developing Huadu", under the guideline of "airport boosts the logistics, logistics promotes other industries", and earnestly implementing the spirit of the "Circular of the District CPC Committee of Huadu, Guangzhou, and People's Government of Huadu, Guangzhou, on Promoting the Airport Economic Development", we, relying on Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport and taking large-scale enterprises as the leading forces, aim to put great emphasis on the development of new and high technology and modern manufacturing industry such as automobile manufacture, electronic information, biological pharmaceutical manufacturing, as well as airfreight, logistics, and warehousing; to set up a complete set of facilities for business, service, residence and living; through the construction of the peripheral area around the airport, to promote the adjustment of local industrial structure, optimize ecological environment, accelerate the progress of urbanization of Huadu, and build airport economic area into a new and high-class urban district.