The Burning of the Imperial Envoy case refers to a serious incident in which a fire at the Shantou Guest House 20 years ago resulted in the casualties of the Discipline Inspection Commission investigators who were investigating the details of the tax case.

After that, the central government specially sent people to personally supervise until the tax case was solved. The official investigation result of the fire was that the fire was caused by an overheating failure of the hot water kettle.

Shantou is an important port city on the southeastern coast of China, an important gateway to the Maritime Silk Road, a sub-central city in Guangdong Province, an open port city along the coast of China, a famous hometown of overseas Chinese in China, an outstanding tourist city in China, and one of the top 100 investment environment cities in China. Best City, China Brand Economic City.

National Intellectual Property Work Demonstration City, National E-commerce Demonstration City, National Information Consumption Pilot City, National Double Support Model City, China Stationery Production Base, and National Transportation Hub City. It is known as "the hub of South China, the coastal city of Zoulu, and the hometown of gourmet food".