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Brief Introduction to Guangzhou

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Guangzhou,the South Gate of China,is a prosperous metropolis full of vigor.Guangzhou is the capital city of Guangdong,and the center of its political,economic,scientific,educational and cultural life.Sui(Ears of Rice)is short for Guangzhou and the City of Ram(Yang Cheng)is also an alias of Guangzhou.The kapok is the city flower and the kapok tree is the city tree of Guangzhou.

Guangzhou is located in the middle south of Guangdong Province,north of thePear1 River Delta.It lies close to the South China Sea,Hong Kong,and Macao.

Zhujiang(The Pearl River),the third largest river of China,runs through Guangzhou and is navigable to the South China Sea.Situated in such an excellent geographical region,Guangzhou is called China’s South Gate.

Covering an area of 7434.4 square kilometers(2870 square miles),Guangzhou is home to more than 11 million people,including a 3.7 million transitory population With the opening of China to the outside world,a large number of people from other regions of China swarmed into Guangzhou,one of the first“open”cities in China.

This has accelerated its economic development.

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