1. Difference in locational resources

To put it bluntly, the two provinces have different resource cards in their hands.

Although Guangdong is located in the south of the Five Ridges, the estuary of the Pearl River is a trump card resource, which makes it sit on a natural harbor and a fertile delta plain.

And with the Beijing-Guangzhou Railway, a major north-south artery, and adjacent to Hong Kong and Macao, radiating to Southeast Asia, Guangdong has really grabbed a good hand.

It is no exaggeration to say that only Shanghai can match such a geographical location.

In contrast, Zhejiang has been said to be "seven mountains, one water, and two fields" since ancient times. Except for the relatively fertile small area of ​​Hangzhou Bay, most of the other areas are hills and valleys.

Although there is the estuary of the Qiantang River, its shipping value is completely not at the same level as the Yangtze River and the Pearl River.

Some people will definitely say: But Zhejiang is close to Shanghai!

In fact, although Zhejiang is adjacent to Shanghai, it has not gained many benefits because Shanghai and Jiangsu are closer.

Not only that, Zhejiang is still being "sucked blood" by Shanghai.

Companies such as Alibaba, Pinduoduo, STO Express, and YTO Express, which grew up in Hangzhou, are all flocking to Shanghai, and many of them have even moved their headquarters to Shanghai.

In terms of natural resources, Zhejiang is inferior to Guangdong.

2. Different development models

If natural resources are given by God, then in terms of development model, Guangdong's "top-down" policy halo is more obvious.

In comparison, Guangdong is like a favored child of heaven, which has completely eaten the dividends of reform and opening up in the 1980s and has become the center of attention. Now there are many state-owned and foreign enterprises, and the leading enterprises are well developed.

Many people don't know that Guangdong has 47 of the top 500 Chinese companies (including state-owned enterprises), and the number of state-owned enterprises is second only to Beijing.

In recent years, Guangdong has been vigorously developing headquarters economy.

For example, Shenzhen has attracted more than 30 multinational corporate headquarters to settle in Shenzhen Bay and other areas.

For example, Guangzhou has directly issued a document to strive to introduce 100 new headquarters of Fortune 500 companies within three years, and will give 20 million yuan in rewards to companies that are shortlisted for the first time in the Fortune Global 500.

By introducing and strengthening leading enterprises, Guangdong has been firmly in the top spot of the national economy for two or three decades.

Zhejiang's development is a "wild way". Compared with Guangdong, which is led by the government and supported by policies, Zhejiang's developed private economy is more like a "grassroots hero".

For example, Yiwu, Wenzhou, and a lot of leather cities, fur cities, clothing cities, small commodity streets, etc.

According to data, although the number of commercial entities in Zhejiang is not the largest in the country, the number of bosses per capita is the largest in the country.

——88.9 out of every 100 enterprises are private enterprises, and there is an average of one boss for every 12 Zhejiang people.

In terms of "boss concentration", no province can compare with Zhejiang people.

One is the "headquarters" economy, and the other is the "boss" economy. The two develop vertically and horizontally, each with its own characteristics.

3. Difference in business atmosphere

Everyone knows that Guangdong and Zhejiang are both rich in entrepreneurs, but why do we think of Zhejiang first when we mention "boss"?

Perhaps it is because the business styles of the two provinces are different.

Jack Ma once said: Guangdong businessmen are more low-key and make money quietly, while Zhejiang businessmen are very high-profile and have their own Internet celebrity colors.

This is indeed the case. Entrepreneurs in Guangdong, such as Ren Zhengfei, Ma Huateng, and He Xiangjian, are not all steady and steady science and engineering straight men?

And entrepreneurs in Zhejiang, such as Jack Ma, Zong Qinghou, and Li Shufu, are all Internet celebrities with full personalities and bring their own traffic.

This is not to praise or criticize who is good or bad.

Just as we have the impression:

Zhejiang merchants are traveling merchants with a strong sense of expansion and travel all over the world; Guangdong merchants are sedentary merchants, local resources have been gathered from all sides, and business only needs to be sourced locally and sit down to talk.

If you have to say the reason, it may be inseparable from the geographical environment of the two places:

The ocean currents in the Yangtze River Delta flow outward all year round, while the ocean currents in the Pearl River Delta flow in during the summer and out during the winter, which may have affected the atmosphere of the business groups in the two places.

One is better at outward expansion and has a more adventurous spirit, while the other is better at inward aggregation and has a more tolerant temperament.

The difference in the atmosphere of the business groups also makes the economic structures of the two provinces unique and each has its own strengths.