Gaozhou is a county-level city managed by Maoming City, Guangdong Province. It is located in the southwest of Guangdong Province, with the South China Sea in the east, Jianjiang Plain in the south, Guangxi in the west and Yunkai Mountain in the north, at the crossroads of six counties and cities in Guangdong and Guangxi, Yang Chun and Dianbai District in the east, Maonan District in the south, Xinyi City in the north, Huazhou City in the southwest and Beiliu City in Guangxi in the northwest. Gaozhou, formerly known as Maoming County and Gaozhou County 1, evolved from Gaozhou County in Yuan Dynasty. The place name "Gaozhou" evolved from "Gao Liang". Before Sui Dynasty, Gaoliang County was under the jurisdiction of Enping and Yangjiang. Since the Sui and Tang Dynasties, it has gradually developed to the western regions, and the political center has also moved to today's Gaozhou territory. By the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, roads, prefectures and county capitals were all located in Maoming County (now Gaozhou City), and Maoming County became the political, economic and cultural center of western Guangdong. During the Republic of China, he withdrew from the government and stayed in the county. Maoming County has successively belonged to the seventh administrative region, the thirteenth administrative region, Gao Lei Road and Lu Nan Road. Shortly after the founding of the People's Republic of China, Maoming City was established, and most of the remaining areas of Maoming County and Xinyi County were changed to Gaozhou County (later separated from Xinyi); 1993 County-level city was established in Gaozhou. 12 Gaozhou is a famous historical and cultural city in Guangdong Province, the birthplace of Theory of Three Represents theory, the hometown of folk art (puppets) in China (Gaozhou puppet show was named as the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage) and the Couplet Cultural City in China. It is rich in three famous fruits in Lingnan-banana, longan and litchi, and is known as "the first fruit county (city) in China". (Note: There are two concepts about Gaozhou, one refers to the present Gaozhou City and the other refers to Gaozhou Prefecture. For details of the latter, please refer to the entry of Gaozhou Prefecture. )