Table 1 List of the main economic upgrading plans in PRD.

From: Do workers benefit from economic upgrading in the Pearl River Delta, China?

Number

Government documents

Issued date

1

Guangdong’s 10th Five-Year Plan for Social and Economic Development (2001–2005)

February 2001

2

The Integrated Plan for the Pearl River Delta Metropolitan Area (2004–2020)

April 2004

3

Decision to Jointly Promote Industrial Transfer by the Pearl River Delta Region and the Other Regions of Guangdong

March 2005

4

Guangdong’s 11th Five-Year Plan for Social and Economic Development (2006–2010)

March 2006

5

Guangdong’s 10th Five-Year Development Plan for High- and New-Tech Industry

June 2006

6

Plan to Speed Up Industrial Development and Key Projects Construction for the Eastern Region

April 2007

7

Outline of the Development Strategy on Intellectual Property Rights

December 2007

8

Outline of the Plan for the Reform and Development of the PRD Region (2008–2020)

January 2009

9

Comprehensive Strategic Plan for Cooperation Between Guangdong Government and China Academy of Science (2009–2015)

May 2009

10

Integrated Plan of Industrial Layout in the Pearl River Delta (2009–2020)

June 2010

11

Guangdong 12th National Economic and Social Development Five-Year Plan (2011–2015)

January 2011

  1. Source: Adapted by the authors from Yu (2014).