Qingyuan City, Guangdong Province is a third-tier city.

Third-tier cities: The cities are relatively large in scale, with most of the non-agricultural population in the central urban area being more than 1 million. The urban infrastructure, commercial supporting facilities and transportation facilities are relatively complete. The residents have a certain spending power. The living standards of the residents are generally relatively wealthy.

The city has certain pillar industries and a relatively reasonable industrial structure, which is attractive to large enterprises in certain industries. However, the city's comprehensive competitiveness still needs to be further improved.

Third-tier cities are generally more economically developed prefecture-level cities in the eastern region, provincial sub-central cities, regional central cities or economically strong cities in the central region, and provincial capital cities in the western region.

As of September 2019, there are 70 third-tier cities, including 8 in Guangdong Province, namely: Shantou City, Jieyang City, Jiangmen City, Zhanjiang City, Zhaoqing City, Qingyuan City, Chaozhou City, and Meizhou City.

Extended information Qingyuan City: a prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province, located in the middle and upper reaches of Beijiang River.

The total area is 19,200 square kilometers, and the permanent population in 2018 was 3.874 million.

The regional GDP is 156.52 billion yuan (2018).

Administrative division: As of September 2019, Qingyuan City has jurisdiction over 2 counties, Fogang County and Yangshan County, 2 autonomous counties, Liannan Yao Autonomous County, Lianshan Zhuang and Yao Autonomous County, 2 county-level cities, Yingde City, and Liannan Yao Autonomous County.

Prefecture City, 2 municipal districts, Qingcheng District and Qingxin District.

There are 80 towns, 5 sub-districts, 1,371 villages (including 390 adjusted downwards), and 187 communities.

Location: Located in the north-central part of Guangdong Province, the middle reaches of the Beijiang River, the southern side of the Nanling Mountains and the juncture of the Pearl River Delta.

The whole territory is located between 23?26′56″～25?11′40″ north latitude and 111?55′17″～113?55′34″ east longitude. It is connected to Guangzhou and Foshan City in the south and Hunan Province and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in the north.

, it borders Shaoguan City in the east and northeast, and is adjacent to Zhaoqing City in the west and southwest.