FILE: Foshan City, Guangdong Province, south China - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Various of machines, robots, workers in factories
2. 3D printing products
3. Various of machines, robots, workers in factories
4. Aerial shot of industrial park
5. Various of robots, workers in car factories

Foshan City, Guangdong Province, south China - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
6. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Ou Jing'an, secretary general, Industrial Internet Industry Alliance of Nanhai District (starting with shot 5):
"The manufacturing industry accounts for more than 55 percent of the GDP. This is a striking figure. I hope that the manufacturing sector can be upgraded to an even higher level and achieve its high-quality development."

FILE: Foshan City, Guangdong Province, south China - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
7. Aerial shots of industrial parks, city view

Foshan in south China's Guangdong Province will became the 17th city to join China's trillion-yuan club, according to the latest predictive data released by the city government.

Preliminary figures showed that the city's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2019 reached about 1.08 trillion yuan (about 157 billion U.S. dollars ) in 2019, a 6.8 percent growth year on year.

That made Foshan the third city after Guangzhou and Shenzhen in the province to join in the country's trillion-yuan club.

Although the final data is not out yet, preliminary figures indicate the city is on track to reach its goal.

Officials said the city's high level of GDP is owing to its robust industrial development and highly active private enterprises.

"The manufacturing industry accounts for more than 55 percent of the GDP. This is a striking figure. I hope that the manufacturing sector can be upgraded to a higher level and achieve its high-quality development," said Ou Jing'an, secretary general of Industrial Internet Industry Alliance of Nanhai District of Foshan City.