The fire refers to a very serious matter that led to the Shantou Welcome Guest House fire 20 years ago, which led to the investigation of the details of the tax case of the Discipline Inspection Commission investigators have casualties.

After that, the central government sent someone to personally supervise the investigation until the tax case was solved, and the official investigation result of that fire was because of the failure of the hot water kettle to overheat and cause the fire.

Shantou is an important port city on the southeast coast of China, an important gateway to the Maritime Silk Road, a sub-center city of Guangdong Province, an open port city on the coast of China, a famous hometown of Chinese overseas Chinese, a Chinese excellent tourist city, a top 100 city of China's investment environment, and a city of China's brand economy.

National Intellectual Property Work Demonstration City, National E-commerce Demonstration City, National Information Consumption Pilot City, National Model City of Double Embrace, China Stationery Production Base, National Transportation Hub City. It is also known as "the key to South China, Zulu on the seashore, and the hometown of food".