How does Guangzhou safeguard "super individuals"? A single person armed with AI tools can now complete the entire commercial loop from product development to market launch.
Recently, a 2026 Guangdong Province fair competition policy outreach event themed "Breaking Down Barriers, Bay Area Unity, Fairness for All" was held in Guangzhou. A roundtable forum titled "Promoting Business Formats: Government Guidance—Park Support—Enterprise Innovation Collaborative Dialogue" focused on the closely watched "one-person company" new business format, discussing how government should guide, how parks should support, and how enterprises should innovate collaboratively. The event drew attention from government, academia, investment institutions, and entrepreneurs.
The "one-person company," abbreviated as OPC, refers to a limited liability company with a single natural person as its sole shareholder that deeply applies artificial intelligence technology in its business activities. According to the "China OPC Development Trend Report (2025–2030)" by the Zhongguancun Talent Association, as of June 2025, the number of one-person limited liability companies nationwide had exceeded 16 million, with 2.86 million newly registered in the first half of 2025, a year-on-year increase of 47%. Since the start of this year, more than 50 cities across the country have密集 introduced special support policies for OPCs, making this year widely regarded by the industry as the year with the most intensive OPC policy supply. The wave has arrived. In Guangzhou, from provincial-level policies to district-level supporting measures, from ecological communities to sandbox regulation, an institutional system to safeguard "super individuals" is accelerating into shape.
Helping entrepreneurs move in with just their brains
In March this year, the Guangdong Provincial Development and Reform Commission issued the "Guangdong Province Action Plan for Supporting AI OPC Innovation and Development (2026–2028)," becoming the nation's first provincial-level special policy supporting AI OPC innovation and development. The plan proposes that in 2026, 10 leading AI OPC ecological communities will be cultivated first, forming a batch of high-quality enterprises with annual operating revenue exceeding 10 million yuan. By 2028, 100 ecological communities will be built, 1,000 benchmark enterprises will be cultivated, and 10,000 innovation and entrepreneurship talents will be gathered.
What can entrepreneurs enjoy? Low-cost independent office areas, flexible shared workstations, and smart office equipment help entrepreneurs "move in with just their brains"; a "computing power voucher" system reduces computing power expenditure costs; and intelligent processing for the entire enterprise registration process enables "completion in one day, all online." "The end of artificial intelligence is computing power." The plan makes clear that Guangdong will build a green collaborative computing power "one network" to help OPCs obtain inclusive computing power resources with cross-regional flexible scheduling. At the same time, it will build an AI OPC "scenario pool," focusing on key areas such as short dramas and short videos, e-commerce, knowledge payment, digital cultural creativity, and software development, and dynamically release application scenario supply and demand lists.
Guangzhou districts race ahead
After the provincial plan was issued, Guangzhou's districts responded quickly, forming development paths with their own characteristics. Since the provincial plan was released, Nansha has built a full life-cycle service system integrating simplified enterprise establishment, comprehensive cross-border empowerment, smooth cross-border data flow, and strong ecological community support. Nansha launched an "OPC One-Person Company Service Zone," enabling enterprise registration to be completed in as fast as 0.5 days. On March 24, Guangzhou's first "OPC + OpenClaw" themed ecological community supported by 10-gigabit optical broadband—the Nansha International OPC Ecological Community—was unveiled. As of now, Nansha's intelligent computing power scale has exceeded 11,000 P, and is expected to exceed 20,000 P within two years.
Haizhu District pioneered the SOPC industrial ecosystem nationwide, centered on the 4S core of Smart, Solution, Save, and Scene. At present, it has built multiple distinctive incubation carriers such as Pazhou Mofang, X-HUB Digital Innovation Port, and Digital Intelligence Workshop. Panyu District released Guangzhou's first district-level policy draft soliciting opinions focused on OPC entrepreneurship, proposing support measures around space carriers, talent introduction and cultivation, and entrepreneurship services, and publicly seeking opinions. Huangpu District's state-owned enterprise park released "Token 8 Measures," providing entrepreneurs in the park with Token gradient services, pre-installed development tools, imported scenario needs, and other computing power and tool support. Tianhe District launched the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area's first OPC Hong Kong and Macao service community, introducing nine support measures of "seven free and two low," providing OPC entrepreneurs with resource matching and facilitation services such as entrepreneurship space, basic services, and network access.
Regulation creates a "safety test zone"
Entrepreneurship needs vitality and also order. In April this year, the Guangzhou Municipal Market Supervision Administration issued the "AI OPC Sandbox Regulation Implementation Plan," tailoring a full-cycle regulatory service system for "one-person companies" in the AI era. This is one of the earlier special plans in China to systematically promote "OPC + credit + sandbox" integrated regulation. What is the biggest highlight of the plan? "No application required, no recommendation required, automatic sandbox management"—new OPC entities are directly included in the sandbox regulation database, while existing entities are admitted according to credit classification, allowing high-quality innovation entities to achieve "frictionless admission and light deployment."
Sandbox regulation was originally a term in the computer security field, meaning testing code in an isolated environment so that even errors will not affect external systems. Guangzhou introduced this concept into regulation, delineating a "safe zone" where "one-person companies" can trial and error and grow. The plan makes clear that the sandbox regulation period is generally one year, and immediate exit occurs if risk levels become abnormal. In regulation, it highlights inclusiveness, prudence, and no disturbance unless necessary: apart from three statutory circumstances—complaints and reports, special inspections, and clue verification—no on-site inspections are conducted. It implements no penalty for first violations and exemption from punishment for minor violations. Relying on digital platforms for intelligent risk monitoring, it replaces rigid punishment with early warnings, reminders, and compliance guidance, leaving ample room for innovation trial and error. The plan also provides one-on-one policy dissemination and compliance guidance, covering the entire field of registration, regulation, intellectual property, and fair competition. It joins with the "Xinyidai" platform to create exclusive financing products, turning credit into capital and enabling light-asset companies to obtain loans.
Regulation escorts one-person companies
With policies, space, and regulation in place, entrepreneurs are voting with their feet. In Pazhou, Guangzhou, the Pazhou Yuanchuang OPC Community received 50 startup project applications within one month of opening. "Feiye Intelligence," founded by South China Normal University teacher Zhong Weisen, became one of the first batch of admitted projects. "The three parties have clear division of labor: the government builds an open application scenario matching platform, the park is mainly responsible for venue services and commercial services for OPC enterprises, and investment institutions are mainly responsible for formulating daily community rules, receiving incubation applications, as well as incubation guidance, subsequent financing plans, and daily ecosystem building," introduced Wang Wei, operations head of the Pazhou Yuanchuang OPC Community. As of now, 232 OPCs have applied for incubation, and 34 have passed. After enterprises graduate from incubation in six months, the community still provides lifelong services.
In Nansha, the Nansha Bay Digital Culture OPC Community focuses on the "AI + micro short drama" track. Entrepreneur Gan Zhanyuan, relying on Nansha's industrial ecosystem and special subsidies, expects the company's profit this year to reach the million-yuan level. Shuanghong Technology, focused on human-computer interaction technology research and development, is deeply engaged in diversified scenarios such as reception and guide service robots and smart car cockpits. "From practice, what we need most now are two types of resources, namely early-stage investment and real scenarios," proposed Tian Weiyang, founder of Guangzhou Kumi Technology Co., Ltd. In terms of investment, he hopes there will be more investment funds oriented toward OPC enterprises and understanding AI application commercialization, helping small teams cross the key stage from product validation to scaled operations; in terms of scenarios, he hopes Guangzhou will further open resources such as cultural tourism and museums, using small-scale pilots to let enterprises quickly verify demand, optimize products, and then replicate and promote mature models.
Li Song, Party member and chief engineer of the Haizhu District Market Supervision Administration of Guangzhou, introduced that the Haizhu District Market Supervision Administration precisely focuses on emerging business entities such as OPCs and assisted the Guangzhou Municipal Market Supervision Administration in compiling the "Guangzhou OPC Competition Compliance Companion Manual," covering the full-process needs of startups from registration and establishment, daily operations, to rights protection. From one person to a group of people, from one workstation to an ecosystem, OPC is redefining "entrepreneurship." Fair competition is the cornerstone of the market economy and the soil on which one-person companies depend for growth. The Guangzhou sandbox regulation plan clearly incorporates "fair competition" into full-cycle services, covering the entire field of registration, regulation, and intellectual property. From a national trend perspective, many places have clearly incorporated OPC-related policy measures into fair competition review, safeguarding OPC entities' lawful access to resources and fair participation in market competition. Do not let scale become a threshold, do not let identity become a barrier. From provincial plans to district-level policies, from ecological communities to sandbox regulation, from computing power subsidies to fair competition safeguards, Guangzhou is paving the way for "super individuals" with a whole set of institutional innovations. One person can also fairly participate in market competition, and a one-person company can also grow in the sunlight. One person is an entire team; a city is escorting this team.
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