本《年鉴》正文内容分为21个篇章，即：1.行政区划和自然资源；2.综合；3.国民经济核算；4.人口；5.从业人员和职工工资；6.固定资产投资；7.能源；8.财政、银行和保险；9.价格指数；10.人民生活；11.农业；12.工业；13.建筑业；14.运输和邮电；15.国内贸易；16.对外经济；17.旅游；18.教育、科技和文化；19.体育、卫生、社会福利、环保和其他；20.区域经济主要指标；21.县（市）区主要经济指标。同时，附录有4个篇章：1.部分省(市)主要统计指标；2.中国香港特别行政区和中国澳门特别行政区主要统计欧亿·体育（中国）有限公司；3.中国台湾省主要统计指标；4.部分国家和地区主要统计欧亿·体育（中国）有限公司。

本《年鉴》在内容上主要做了如下修订：
1. 在《人口篇》增加2010年第六次全国人口普查欧亿·体育（中国）有限公司；
2. 在《能源篇》中调整了部分内容；
3. 在《财政经融篇》中银行资金分类有所调整；
4. 在《工业篇》中按新标准重新划分欧亿·体育（中国）有限公司分类和大中小型工业企业；
5. 在《运输和邮电篇》中增加运输量指数和城市交通欧亿·体育（中国）有限公司；
6. 在《国内贸易篇》删减了部分内容；
7. 在《体育、卫生、社会福利、环保和其他篇》中环保部分有所调整。

本《年鉴》欧亿·体育（中国）有限公司主要来自政府各级统计局、国家统计局调查总队的各种定期统计报表和抽样调查欧亿·体育（中国）有限公司；部分欧亿·体育（中国）有限公司来自中央部属单位和省直有关部门。附录欧亿·体育（中国）有限公司根据国家统计局有关欧亿·体育（中国）有限公司整理。

欧亿·体育（中国）有限公司中所使用的度量衡单位，除灌溉、播种面积照顾我国使用习惯继续用“亩”为单位外，其余均采用国际统一标准计量单位。

本《年鉴》中计算的平均每年增长速度，均用“水平法”。

本《年鉴》统计表中的符号使用说明：
“ … ”表示数据不足本表最小单位数；
“ # ”表示其中主要项；
“ 空格 ”表示该项统计指标数据不详或无该项数据；
“ ① ”表示本表下有注解。

本《年鉴》在整理编辑过程中，得到省直有关部门和单位的大力支持，在此表示感谢!
EDITOR'S NOTES
Guangdong Statistical Yearbook 2012 (hereinafter referred to as the Yearbook) is an annual statistical publication, which reflects comprehensively the economic and social development of Guangdong Province. It covers data for 2011 and key statistical data in some historically important years since 1978 at the provincial level and the local levels of city, county and district.
The Yearbook contains twenty-two chapters: 1. Administrative Division and Natural Resources; 2. General Survey; 3. National Economic Accounts; 4. Population; 5. Employment and Wages; 6. Investment in Fixed Assets; 7. Energy; 8. Government Finance, Banking and Insurance; 9. Price Indices; 10. People's Living Conditions; 11. Agriculture; 12. Industry; 13. Construction; 14. Transport, Postal and Telecommunication Services; 15. Domestic Trade; 16. Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation; 17. Tourism; 18. Education, Science, Technology and Culture; 19. Sports, Public Health, Social Welfare, Environmental Protection and Others; 20. Main Economic Indicators of Economic Regions; 21. Main Economic Indicators of Counties (County-level Cities) and Districts. Meanwhile, four chapters are listed as appendices: 1. Main Statistical Indicators of Some Provinces and Municipalities; 2. Main Statistics of Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions; 3. Main Statistical Indicators of Taiwan Province; 4. Main Statistics of Some Countries and Territories.
The following revisions have been made in the Yearbook in terms of the statistical contents and in editing:
1. the Chapter of Population, data of the 6th National Population Census are added.
2. In the Chapter of Energy, part of the data are adjusted.
3. In the Chapter of Government Finance, Banking and Insurance, new categorization is applied to items of bank fund sources.
4. In the Chapter of Industry, new classification of the size of industrial enterprises and new categorization of Large, Medium and Small industrial enterprises are adopted.
5. In the Chapter of Transport, Postal and Telecommunication Service, data on Indices of Passenger Traffic and Public Transportation in Cities are added.
6. In the Chapter of Domestic Trade, part of the data are cancelled.
7. In the Chapter of Education, Science, Technology and Culture, part of the data on Environmental Protection are adjusted.
The data in the Yearbook are mainly obtained from regular statistical reports and sample surveys conducted by the statistical bureaus of all levels of government and the Survey Office of the National Bureau of Statistics in Guangdong. Some data are collected from the departments of the central government and the provincial government. Data in the appendices are compiled from statistical publications published by the National Bureau of Statistics and other sources.
The units of measurement used in the Yearbook are internationally standard measurement units, except that the unit of cultivated land and sown areas uses“mu” with regard to the Chinese tradition.
Horizontal approach is used to calculate the average annual growth rates in the Yearbook.
Notations used in the Yearbook:
“ … ”indicates that the figure is not large enough to be measured with the smallest unit in the table;
“ # ” indicates a major breakdown of the total;
“ blank space ” indicates that the data are unknown or are not available;
“ ① ” indicates footnotes at the end of the table.
Acknowledgements: our gratitude goes to relevant departments and units under the provincial government, from which we have received tremendous support when compiling the Yearbook.