Guangdong Province, an economic powerhouse in South China, ranked first in the country in terms of the volume of brand-name commodities.

Latest information provided by the Guangdong Provincial Statistical Bureau said that 165 kinds of commodities had won the titles of "brand-name product of China" by 2005, accounting for 17.8 percent of the national total.

The province is now home to 17 state-level industrial bases with special features and 159 specialized industrial towns.

Guangdong, which was chosen to pilot the country's reform and opening-up drive in the late 1970s, has benefited the most by the market-oriented campaign.

With unique geographic position of being the gateway to the outside world, Guangdong has grown into a global base for processing trade and one of China's leading foreign trade players.

Source: Xinhua