Established on February 25, 2004, the Guangdong Airport Management Corporation (GAMC) is a large-scale State-run enterprise of air transport service directly under the administration of the Guangdong Provincial Government. It groups four airports — Guangzhou Baiyun, Shantou, Zhanjiang, and Meixian — among which the first three are approved by the central government as Category One airports opening to the outside world. At present, the four airports have set up business relations with 27 airlines and operated more than 110 routes to over 100 cities at home and abroad, and are able to serve with nearly 30 types of aircraft. The GAMC attached great importance to safety production in 2004 and increased the traffic volume by leaps and bounds. There were 201,563 aircraft movements recorded in 2004 with a passenger turnover of 21.6 million and a cargo turnover of 648,800 tons, which saw a year-on-year growth of 27.9%, 34.3% and 16.1% respectively. Year 2004 became the first Safety Year since the establishment of the GAMC.
　　On August 2, 2004, a grand ceremony was held at the new Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport to commemorate its relocation and completion. Zhang Dejiang, Member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Secretary of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee, and Yang Yuanyuan, Minister of the CAAC, were present at the ceremony. The relocation project of Baiyun Airport was one of the key projects in the Tenth Five-Year Plan of the State and the biggest one-time-investment infrastructure in the history of Chinese civil aviation. It is the first airport designed and constructed in the light of hub concept, which cost 19.8 billion yuan and took 46 months to build.
　　On August 4, 2004, Baiyun Airport succeeded in the seamless safe relocation, becoming the first domestic airport with a successful relocation of the largest scale. The old Baiyun Airport had gloriously completed its historic mission after 73 years of operation. Since its launch, the new Baiyun Airport has been running safely and steadily, with its facilities in good operation, business in robust development, and passenger turnover exceeding the 20-million landmark.
　　The second phase construction of the new airport has kicked off recently and Baiyun Airport will become a more sophisticated air hub with this further expansion.
　　In the light of the localization reform, the GAMC will, based on the Pan Pearl River Delta cooperation, build Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport into a comprehensive hub in the Asia-Pacific area connecting America, Europe and Oceania, and radiating Southeast Asia and the Middle East. It has an ambition to increase its passenger turnover to the world’s top 20. The GAMC will further develop branch air routes on the platform of Shantou, Zhanjiang and Meixian airports and build up a network that integrates hub, regional and branch air routes pivoting on Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport. This will expand and strengthen the airport industry in Guangdong Province and greatly contribute to the economic development in this region.