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Guangzhou, also known as the City of Rice Ears, the City of Fiver Goats andthe City of Flowers, is the capital of Guangdong Province, a sub-provincial cityand a national central city. Selected as one of the first coastal open cities,this mega city and international metropolis still hosts the Southern TheaterCommand and now also functions as an international trade center, aninternational comprehensive transportation hub and a national comprehensivegateway city. Lying on the northern corner of the Pearl River Delta insouth-central Guangdong, a stone’s throw from Hong Kong and Macao, and facingthe South China Sea, Guangzhou further serves as the southern gateway of Chinato the world, the core city of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area,the Pan-Pearl River Delta Economic Zone and the hub city of the Belt and RoadInitiative.

Guangzhou is a famous historical and cultural city in China, the land witnessingthe birth and prosperity of Ling-nan culture, and has been serving as theadministrative center for counties and prefectures as well as the focal point ofSouth China in politics, military, economy, culture, science & technology andeducation since the Qin Dynasty. Guangzhou is the only grand port in the worldthat has been prosperous for more than 2,000 years, which was demonstrated byits roles as the main port of the Maritime Silk Road since the 330s, the largestport in China during the Tang and Song Dynasties, and the only port for foreigntrade in China during the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Guangzhou covers a total area of 7,434 square kilometers and has jurisdictionover 11 municipal districts. Evergreen plants grow around the year in sufficientsunlight under the city’s warm and rainy maritime subtropical monsoon climate.

Guangzhou is rated as an Alpha-city by GaWC. The China Import and Export Fairheld in Guangzhou every year has attracted a large sum of investment from lotsof businesses at home and abroad including Fortune Global 500 enterprises. Thecity ranks among the top three in the country in number of national high-techenterprises (over 8,700) and ranks first in total number of college students.

Guangzhou ranks among the top three in China in total retail sales of consumergoods, total household deposits (saving deposits) and per capita householddeposits, and ranks first in Guangdong Province in per capita disposable income.According to the UN report, the city boasts the highest HDI in China. The 9cities in the Pearl River Delta headed by Guangzhou will join hands with HongKong and Macao to build the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and makeit one of the four major bay areas in the world.