Located in the east of Guangdong Province, at the southern tip of Hanjiang Delta, it is an important node of the economic circles of "Greater Pearl River Delta" and "Pan-Pearl River Delta", an important port city in southern China, an open coastal city and a famous hometown of overseas Chinese, an important transportation hub, import and export shore and commodity distribution center in the areas of eastern Guangdong, southern Jiangxi and southwestern Fujian, and the Xiamen-Zhangquan Triangle (note: Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Quanzhou coastal economic open areas). Known as "the gateway of Lingdong, the hub of South China", "Zou Lu by the sea, the hometown of delicious food".