GDP of Foshan had reached RMB 433.3 billion in 2008, increased by 15.4% year on year; per capital GDP is RMB 70,806. The Foshan Economy has take 1/70 of the national economy and it accounting for one-ninth of Guangdong's economy and has ranked third in the province.

Since Foshan has strong industry base it has from a development pattern of 10 vocations, which including household appliances, textiles, garments, ceramics and other building materials, metal materials and products, equipment manufacturing, electronic information, food and beverage, plastics, petrochemicals and pharmaceuticals, furniture industry.

Foshan is one of the most important business centers in south China. According to the situation of industry clustering Foshan has established a group of logistic trading and dispatching centers with considerable size and high radiating capacity. There are 129 wholesale markets of different types in Foshan, covering a total area of 5.67 million sq.m. Various international fairs have been held in Foshan every year, such as Ceramics Fair, Household Appliance Fair, Furniture Fair and Flower fair.

Foshan is a region with intensive foreign investment. There are more than 7000 foreign-invested enterprises (including the ones from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan) with a total foreign investment of more than USD 18 billion in Foshan. (The Global 500 enterprises symbol) Foreign-funded enterprises have significantly reduced the costs of manufacturing operation, successfully expanded the potential market in China, and have obtained expected investment yield.

Annual export and import volume exceeding USD 30 billion, of which the annual gross export value has reached USD 26.19 billion. Major Products Exported from Foshan, pls view the below Diagram for Commodity Types and Nations to know more.

Industrial Park

Foshan has 7 key science and technology industrial parks with almost 3000 registered enterprises.