Situation Chaozhou is located in the eastern part of Guangdong Province.

A prefecture-level city was established in 1991.

In 2020, it has jurisdiction over Xiangqiao District, Chao'an District, Raoping County, and another Fengxi Functional Zone.

The land area is 3146 square kilometers, of which the urban area is 1413.9 square kilometers.

At the end of 2020, the registered population was 2.7593 million; the permanent population was 2.5666 million, of which the urban population accounted for 64.2%.

There are 2.7 million overseas Chinese, Chinese and compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan originally from Chaozhou.

In 2020, Chaozhou City's basic farmland area was 28,200 hectares, the grain sowing area was 42,600 hectares, and the grain output was 275,600 tons.

The city's forestry land area is 182,600 hectares, including 156,500 hectares of woodland and 182,700 hectares of forest. The forest coverage rate is 59.48%, and the forest stock volume is 6.7487 million cubic meters.

The total aquaculture area is 12,900 hectares, including 7,335 hectares for marine aquaculture and 5,590 hectares for freshwater aquaculture.

The total output value of aquatic products was 4.2 billion yuan, and the total output of aquatic products was 200,800 tons, an increase of 0.38% over the previous year, including 148,200 tons of seawater products and 52,500 tons of freshwater products.

26 types of minerals and 87 mineral deposits have been discovered, including 2 types of energy minerals and 11 mineral deposits.

There are 13 kinds of metal minerals and 45 mineral deposits; 10 kinds of non-metallic minerals and 22 mineral deposits; there is 1 kind of water and gas and 9 mineral points.

It is rich in plant resources, including South subtropical monsoon evergreen broad-leaved forest, South subtropical evergreen coniferous broad-leaved mixed forest, artificial fruit trees, bamboo forests, etc.

It constitutes a rich and diverse vegetation gene pool, mainly including masson pine, Chinese fir, cedar, yew, etc.

Southern yew, astragalus, etc.

There are more than 600 species of terrestrial vertebrates, 47 of which are listed as key protected animals at or above the provincial level, belonging to 4 classes, 17 orders and 23 families.

The first-level protected wild animals are clouded leopards and pythons, and the second-level protected wild animals are pangolins and tiger frogs.

There are many kinds of aquatic wild animals, including 18 species, belonging to 6 classes, 10 orders and 11 families, such as squids, eels, etc.

, listed as a national first-level protected aquatic wildlife.

Specialties include Chaozhou cuisine, Chaozhou snacks, Fenghuang Dancong tea, Lingtou Dancong tea, Chaozhou preserves and various preserved fruits, etc.

Traditional handicrafts mainly include ceramics, trendy embroidery, embroidery, wood carvings, grass paintings, etc.

There are currently 1,345 immovable cultural relics, including Guangji Bridge (Xiangzi Bridge), Xu Xu Mansion, Kaiyuan Temple, Jile Huanggong Temple, Bijiashan Song Kiln Site, Han Wengong Temple, Daoyun Tower, Congxi Temple, and Chaozhou Ancient Town

22 sites, including 9 ancient residential buildings, are national key cultural relics protection units.

Chaozhou Street Yixingjia Lane is a famous historical and cultural street in China.

The main attractions include Guangji Bridge, Hanwengong Temple, Anneke Kusongsala, West Lake Park, Hongshan Forest Park, Green Island Tourist Villa, Qinglan Geopark, Dongshan Lake Hot Spring Resort, etc.

Chaozhou has successively won the titles of National Historical and Cultural City, China's Excellent Tourism City, National Garden City, China's Porcelain Capital, China's Wedding Dress City, China's Famous Overseas Chinese Hometown, China's Hometown of Chaozhou Cuisine, China's Food City, China's Key Arts and Crafts City, and China's Arts and Crafts City.

Capital of China, Capital of China’s Folk Craft Heritage, and China’s Hometown.

It is a national characteristic industrial base for daily ceramics, an export base for Chinese ceramics, a transnational procurement base for Chinese clothing, and a national new industrialization demonstration base for ceramics.

In 2020, there was one general university with 19,200 students; 8 secondary vocational schools with 8,900 students; 141 general middle schools with 137,500 students; and 593 primary schools with 203,200 students.

There are 4 cultural centers, 4 public libraries, 6 state-owned museums and memorial halls, and 6 non-state-owned museums.

In 2020, Chaozhou City was rated as a national demonstration city for cultural and tourism integration, and was selected into the second batch of municipal-level social governance modernization pilot cities in the country.

The Chaozhou section of Hanjiang River has successfully created the only national-level demonstration river and lake in the province.