BEIJING (China Daily/ANN): In South China's Guangdong province, one of the country's major economic powerhouses, high-tech and new-industry sectors are powering economic growth, along with the upgrading of traditional manufacturing.

Zhou Zhen, founder of Guangzhou Hexin Instrument, ushered in the new year with a hectic schedule. The entrepreneur attended one meeting after another to lay out this year's development plan for his company, which is emerging as a leader in the mass spectrometry industry, producing devices used to detect microbes, pesticide residues and pharmaceuticals.