Currently, from the perspective of my country's population distribution, rural populations continue to flow to cities and towns, and the urbanization rate continues to increase; at the same time, populations continue to gather in economic circles such as the Pearl River Delta and the Yangtze River Delta.The Pearl River Delta has become a growth pole with a young population.

China Business News reporters combed through public data and found that the total resident population of the nine cities in the Pearl River Delta exceeded 80 million for the first time in 2025, reaching 80.1961 million, an increase of 872,600 from the previous year, and continues to become a highland for population inflow.

Among the top 10 cities with the largest population increase in the country in 2025, 6 cities are located in the Pearl River Delta, namely Shenzhen, Dongguan, Guangzhou, Foshan, Zhongshan and Huizhou.Among them, the top three cities in terms of population growth are all located in Guangdong.

Shenzhen's permanent resident population at the end of last year was 18.2485 million, an increase of 259,000 from the end of the previous year, leading the country's major cities in population growth.At the end of 2025, Dongguan's permanent population will be 10.8004 million, an increase of 229,600 from the end of the previous year, ranking second in increase.At the end of 2025, Guangzhou's permanent population was 19.101 million, a net increase of 123,000 from the end of the previous year.

There are three cities in the Pearl River Delta region that rank among the top ten in terms of population growth.At the end of 2025, Foshan's permanent population was 9.7919 million, an increase of 93,000 over the previous year; at the end of 2025, Zhongshan's permanent population was 4.5723 million, an increase of 77,700 over the previous year; at the end of 2025, Huizhou's permanent population was 6.193 million, an increase of 76,200.

Led by the two first-tier cities of Guangzhou and Shenzhen, and the deep industrial chains of manufacturing towns such as Dongguan, Foshan, Zhongshan, and Huizhou, Guangdong has become one of the most attractive regions in terms of population in the country.

For a province, population growth includes natural growth and mechanical growth (i.e. "net population inflow").In 2025, Guangdong Machinery's population growth will remain high, with a net new inflow of approximately 500,000 people.In recent years, the development and upgrading of local industries have promoted the concentration of talents and population.

On the other hand, in 2025, the birth population in Guangdong Province will be 1.003 million.The province's birth population accounts for approximately 12.7% of the country's birth population.This is equivalent to 1 out of every 8 newborns in the country being born in Guangdong.Guangdong has been the only province in the country with more than one million births for six consecutive years and the province with the most babies for eight consecutive years.

According to media reports, on the one hand, Guangdong has a strong family concept and the cultural tradition of marriage and childbirth that values intergenerational inheritance. On the other hand, Guangdong continues to promote the construction of a "birth-friendly society" and has successively implemented supporting policies such as childcare, housing, employment, and medical care, covering almost every aspect of giving birth and raising children, effectively reducing the worries of childbearing families.

On July 21 this year, Dadu Village, Chencun Town, Shunde, Foshan, Guangdong, passed a member meeting vote to incorporate the childbirth and marriage reward policy into the "Articles of Association of Dadu Village Joint Stock Economic Cooperative, Chencun Town, Shunde District, Foshan City", becoming the first village in Shunde to systematically implement the marriage and childbirth reward system.The policy is clear. Newlyweds can receive a one-time reward of 2,500 yuan, a reward of 3,000 yuan for having a child, and appropriate subsidies for preschool care fees for preschool children.

In recent years, many village communities in Guangdong, Dongguan, and Foshan have launched measures to encourage childbirth.From a national perspective, Guangdong accounts for a large proportion of the village communities that currently have measures to encourage childbirth.

Jiang Quanbao, a professor at the School of Labor Economics at Capital University of Economics and Business, analyzed China Business News that many village communities in Guangdong, especially in the Pearl River Delta, have strong collective economic strength, with high land rental income and village-run enterprises, and have strong economic strength to encourage villagers to have children.