South Korea and Guangdong are close in economic strength. Who is more developed?

With the enhancement of China's comprehensive strength, the economies of many cities in China are becoming more and more developed. In recent years, Guangdong's economic strength has advanced by leaps and bounds, and it is close to South Korea. However, the economic development space of cities is always inferior to that of countries. In my opinion, South Korea's economy is more developed for the following reasons. One reason is that South Korea has more export industries than Guangdong. South Korea is now the world's 12 largest economy. Among the top 500 enterprises in the world, South Korea accounts for a much larger proportion than Guangdong, and all of them are exported. Samsung galaxy, automobile, Hynix and other well-known industries all export to China. As a developed city in China, Guangdong's export industry is far from comparable to that of South Korea. As we all know, China is a big manufacturing country with relatively weak creativity. So many times, these developed cities in Guangdong can't get the core technology of South Korea's export industry, but just imitate manufacturing and help South Korea. South Korea is the dominant country, so most of the economy has been taken away by South Korea, not Guangdong. Reason 2: Guangdong's per capita income is much lower than that of South Korea. On the surface, Guangdong's economic aggregate is not much different from that of South Korea. However, Guangdong has a large population base and a large gap between the rich and the poor. It is often that the poorer the poor, the richer the rich. Therefore, it is unreasonable to look at the economic aggregate alone. The economic aggregate can only reflect the overall economic level of a country or a city, and cannot represent individuals. If Guangdong wants to surpass South Korea, it must solve the problem of backward per capita income. The third reason: the brain drain of scientific and technological talents in Guangdong. Although China has attached great importance to personnel training in recent years, many scientific and technological talents still choose to go abroad for further study, resulting in the loss of some scientific and technological talents in Guangdong. South Korea has always been regarded as an industrial power, with more scientific and technological talents and more core technologies than Guangdong, so its economy is more developed. Generally speaking, Guangdong's economy still lags behind South Korea's. Guangdong should increase personnel training, master core technologies and strive to catch up with South Korea.