Foshan is located in the south-central part of Guangdong Province, China, in the hinterland of the Pearl River Delta, with Guangzhou in the east and Hong Kong and Macao in the south, with a superior geographical position. Foshan has a mild climate, abundant rainfall and spring-like seasons. It belongs to a subtropical monsoon humid climate and has been a land of plenty of fish and rice since ancient times. Xijiang River, Beijiang River and their tributaries in the Pearl River system run through the whole territory, alluvial out this rich land.
Foshan now governs Chancheng District, Nanhai District, Shunde District, Gaoming District and Sanshui District. The city has a total area of 38.4849 square kilometers and a permanent population of 5.923 million, including 3.611 million registered residents. Foshan is a famous hometown of overseas Chinese, with 1.48 million overseas Chinese and compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, including more than 8, compatriots from Hong Kong and Macao.
Foshan City is located at the intersection of East Asia and Southeast Asia, where the Asia-Pacific economy is active. It is geographically connected with Guangzhou, with the same history and the same culture. It is also located in the middle of the Pearl River Delta Economic Zone, which is one of the most economically powerful and dynamic areas in China. * * * Together, it will build a "Guangfo Economic Circle". With its unique geographical advantages, Foshan can fully accept the radiation and drive of Guangzhou, enjoy the resources of infrastructure, transportation network, financial capital, talent education, scientific and technological information and market services with Guangzhou, realize close ties, industrial linkage and complementary functions, and accelerate the process of regional economic integration and urbanization. The downtown area of Foshan is within one hour's drive from the three major transportation hubs in Guangzhou (Guangzhou New Baiyun Airport, Guangzhou Nansha Port and Guangzhou Railway Station). Foshan is adjacent to Hong Kong and Macao, 231 kilometers away from Hong Kong and 143 kilometers away from Macao, and the driving time is about 2 hours, which enables Foshan to make full use of the market advantages of Hong Kong and Macao and its status as an international metropolis, and promote Foshan's extensive participation in the world economy and internationalization.
[ A famous cultural city with the integration of history and modernity ]
Foshan, formerly known as Ji Hua Township, was named after Tang Dynasty with a long history and profound cultural heritage. According to textual research, the human history of Foshan originated from Lanshi Street in Chancheng District. About 4,5-5,5 years ago, Baiyue ancestors came here along Xijiang River and Beijiang River to thrive and create primitive civilization by fishing and pottery making. In the second year of Zhenguan in Tang Dynasty (AD 628), because three Buddha statues were excavated on Tapogang in the city, it was considered that this place was a place of Buddhism, so a stone list was set up to change Ji Hua Township to "Foshan".
During the Tang and Song Dynasties, Foshan's handicraft industry, commerce and culture were very prosperous. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it developed into an important town in Lingnan with a large number of merchants and developed industry and commerce. It was also known as the "Four Famous Towns" in China with Hankou Town in Hubei, Jingdezhen Town in Jiangxi and Zhuxian Town in Henan, and was also known as the "Four Big Gathering" in the world with Beijing, Hankou and Suzhou. The four major industries of ceramics, textiles, casting and medicine flourished in the south. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, Foshan became one of the cradles of modern national industry in China, and the first new reeling factory and the first match factory in China were born successively, and the "Bamboo Mouth Factory of Nanyang Brothers Tobacco Company" was established.
a long history has nurtured the unique charm of Lingnan traditional culture. Foshan is known as the hometown of pottery, Cantonese opera, martial arts, Guangzhou yarn center, Lingnan medicine center, southern casting center and folk art center.
Foshan is the "southern Tao Dou", with a long history of over 7 years, and it has the reputation of "Shiwanwa is the best in the world" since ancient times. Nanfeng ancient stove, built in Zhengde period of Ming Dynasty, is the oldest wood-fired dragon kiln in the world. It has been passed down from generation to generation for more than 4 years and is known as "living fossil of ceramics". In 25, Foshan won the title of "China Ceramic Capital".
Foshan is the birthplace of Cantonese opera "Southern Red Bean". The nickname of Cantonese opera artists-"Children of the Red Boat" and Qionghua Guild Hall, the earliest organization of Cantonese opera, were born. Folk spontaneous organization of Cantonese opera singing "Private Bureau" is a major feature of Foshan culture, which has been enduring ever since. The Qionghua Cantonese Opera Art Festival held every year makes Foshan present a grand occasion of "a red boat is moored in the sand at night, and ten thousand people see Qionghua".
Foshan is "the hometown of Lingnan medicine". The ancient Fangzheng medicine has a history of more than 4 years, and its products are complete, which can be divided into seven categories, such as cream, Dan, pill, powder, tea, oil and wine. It is an essential Chinese patent medicine for craftsmen, home and travel, and a number of old and famous medicines such as "Huangxianghua" Ruyi Oil, "Fengxing" Medicinal Liquor and "Yuanjilin" Ganhe Tea have emerged.
the foundry industry in Foshan started more than 2, years ago. In the Song Dynasty, the pots, pans, bells and towers cast by Foshan were famous all over the country. By the Ming Dynasty, Foshan's casting technology had reached a fairly high level and became the smelting center of South China. During the Opium War, the cannons cast in Foshan played an important role in resisting foreign invasion. Foshan is a famous hometown of martial arts, and the main birthplace of southern martial arts in China. In the early Ming Dynasty, Foshan Wushu was quite popular. At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, there were many martial arts schools in Foshan, and a number of internationally influential martial artists and martial arts organizations emerged, and they went to the world through various channels. Now, many boxing types and schools, such as Cai Lifo Boxing, Hong Boxing and Wing Chun Boxing, which are widely popular in the world, followed in Foshan, and the famous martial arts master Huang Feihong, martial arts star Bruce Lee and other ancestral homes and students were also in Foshan. In 24, Foshan was awarded the title of "Wushu City". Foshan is the "hometown of lion art" and the birthplace of southern lions. Dragon and lion dancing is not only a sports activity integrating martial arts, dance and music, but also one of the important events of Foshan Wushu. The annual "Lion King Competition" attracts the participation of martial arts lovers at home and abroad. Chancheng District is the "hometown of lion sports in loong", and Xiqiao Town in Nanhai District is the only "lion town in loong" in China.
Foshan is the cradle of folk art in the Pearl River Delta, which breeds and retains a large number of folk arts and folk customs that embody the essence of Lingnan culture, such as autumn scenery, lion dance, dragon dance, dragon boat rap and dragon boat race. Autumn colors, paper-cutting, woodcut New Year pictures, pottery sculpture, gray sculpture, brick carving and other traditional handicrafts are exquisite and unique. At present, 13 projects, such as lion dance, Cantonese opera, dragon boat rap, Foshan woodblock New Year pictures, Guangdong paper-cutting, Shiwan pottery sculpture skills, lion head, Xiangyun yarn dyeing and finishing skills, ancestral temple fair, autumn scenery, Shifan, dragon lion and lantern festival, have been selected into the national intangible cultural heritage list. The traditional custom of "promoting economic development", which began in the early Qing Dynasty and flourished on the 16th day of the first month of the Qianlong period, has been well continued to this day, and has been gradually endowed with modern colors. Now it is becoming increasingly vigorous, with hundreds of thousands of people participating every year. Foshan food culture has a long history and is the "hometown of food" in the Pearl River Delta. Foshan is one of the cradles of Cantonese cuisine, and is known as "Eat in Guangdong and learn from Foshan". Foshan has always been famous at home and abroad for its rich folk recipes, numerous restaurants and restaurants, and excellent cooking skills. In 24, Shunde was named "the hometown of chefs in China" by China Cuisine Association. In order to promote Foshan's food culture, the "Foshan Food Festival" held during the "Eleventh" period every year has become a grand tourism festival integrating food, tourism, culture and art.
since ancient times, Foshan has been rich in humanities and talented people. Since the Tang and Song Dynasties, there have been nine top scholars in Guangdong, and Foshan accounts for the fifth. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it was a "humanistic country with both gas and gas standards". In modern times, Kang Youwei, the leader of the Reform Movement, political activists Zhang Yinhuan, Dai Hongci, Tan Pingshan, He Xiangning, Luo Dengxian and Deng Pei, national industrialists Chen Qiyuan, Jian Zhaonan and Jian Yujie, scientists Zhan Tianyou and Zou Boqi, writers Wu Jianren, Guangdong opera stars Xue Juexian and Ma Shizeng, martial arts masters Liang Zan, Huang Feihong and Bruce Lee, and famous doctor Li Guanghai, were born.
Foshan attaches great importance to the inheritance and development of culture. In recent years, while strengthening the protection and utilization of cultural heritage, we have constantly improved the public cultural service system, comprehensively promoted the coverage of radio and television, the overall conversion of cable digital TV, the digital projection of rural movies, the enjoyment of cultural information resources (including the joint library) and the "farmer's bookstore" project, and other public cultural arts and cultural industries to build urban cultural brands. A series of cultural activities of "Charming Foshan" were launched. In 27, it successfully hosted the 14th National "Stars Award" for the rematch of music and quyi, and the comprehensive renovation project of the ancestral temple was officially launched. Established the "Foshan Excellent Achievement Award in Philosophy and Social Sciences".
[ A commercial city with strong economic strength ]
Since the reform and opening up, Foshan has been pioneering, taking Scientific Outlook on Development as the guide, constantly innovating ideas, changing the development mode, promoting the sound and rapid coordinated development of economic and social undertakings, and constantly improving the comprehensive strength of the city. Since 23, the city's GDP has grown at an average annual rate of 18.7%, and it is estimated that the city's GDP in 27 will be 358.85 billion yuan, an increase of 19.2%; According to the resident population, the per capita output value was 6,917 yuan (equivalent to 7,956 US dollars), an increase of 18%. According to "Blue Book of China's Urban Competitiveness in 27" issued by China Academy of Social Sciences, Foshan's comprehensive urban competitiveness ranks 9th in all major cities in China (including Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan). Foshan also ranks among the top ten "Best Business Cities in Chinese mainland in 27" published by Forbes in Chinese.
As early as the early days of reform and opening up, Foshan established the policy of accelerating the development of private economy, and successively formulated a series of specific measures to protect and promote private enterprises to become stronger and bigger. The city's private enterprise economy has developed rapidly, and the gratifying situation of promoting development has become an important force to promote the sustained and rapid development of Foshan's economy. Since 23, private industries above designated size have increased by more than 3% annually. In 27, the total industrial output value of private industrial enterprises above designated size was 4,833.79 yuan, an increase of 34.3%, accounting for 57.5% of the total industrial output value above designated size.
Foshan is one of the earliest commercial ports in China's history. Since the reform and opening up, it has become one of the earlier commodity export bases in China, and its products are exported to more than 1 countries and regions. At present, Foshan has achieved remarkable results in attracting foreign investment by innovating the mechanism of attracting investment and introducing preferential policies to reduce business costs. In 27, the actual foreign direct investment in the city was 1.573 billion US dollars, an increase of 38.3%; The total import and export value was US$ 37.85 billion, up by 22.2%, including US$ 26.19 billion, up by 23.9%, 87 projects with investment exceeding US$ 1 million were introduced, and 17 new Fortune 5 projects were added. Chi Mei thin film LCD, Invista spandex fiber and other leading projects with high technology content and strong driving ability have been introduced. At present, 39 Fortune 5 companies including DuPont, Tyco, Nortel, Siemens, Bosch, Aventis, Total, Dutch Shell, Stora Enso, Luxembourg Arcelor, Toyota, Aisin Seiki, Samsung, Posco and China Baosteel have invested in 77 projects in Foshan, and 73 domestic Fortune 5 companies have invested in 17 projects.
in recent years, Foshan has been actively building the Guangfo economic circle with Guangzhou. In 27, with the construction of Guangzhou-Foshan rail transit as a breakthrough, we actively promoted cooperation with Guangzhou in traffic road network and industry. Constantly strengthen economic and trade cooperation with Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan and other parts of the country. It has successively established economic and trade cooperation relations with Yanbian, Jilin, Hezhou, Guangxi, Wuzhong, Ningxia and Honghe, Yunnan. The local governments and people have active friendly exchanges with foreign countries, and have successively established sister cities with the Japanese city of Itan, the Mauritian city of Port Louis, the American city of Stockton, the French city of Poseidon in the province of Reunion, and the Australian city of townsville.
[ Beautiful Lingnan Water Town] Foshan has profound historical and cultural heritage and rich tourism resources. Foshan Ancestral Temple, Xiqiao Mountain, Nanfeng Ancient Stove, Qinghui Garden, soap screen hill, Nanguo Taoyuan, Chencun Flower World and Sanshui Lotus World were rated as "New Eight Scenes of Foshan". Among them, Foshan ancestral temple is known as the "Palace of Oriental Art", which integrates ancient ceramics, wood carving, casting and architectural art; Xiqiao Mountain is a national-level scenic spot, with the reputation of "two famous mountains in southern Guangdong"; Shunde Qinghui Garden and Foshan Liangyuan are the four famous gardens in Guangdong in Qing Dynasty. Gaoming soap screen hill is the highest peak in Foshan; Chencun Flower World is the largest flower production and trading base and flower culture theme park in southern China. Sanshui Lotus World is a large-scale lotus ecological garden with rich variety resources in the world. There are Donghua Li, Kang Youwei's former residence, Baolin Temple, Lubao Ancestral Temple, Huang Feihong Memorial Hall and Bruce Lee Memorial Hall, which allow visitors to appreciate the unique Lingnan culture. At present, Foshan's characteristic tourism with the themes of history and culture, southern martial arts, business exhibitions, industrial sightseeing, leisure and vacation, shopping and food, and beautifying the home is in the ascendant. In 27, the city's major tourist attractions (spots) * * received 22.2 million tourists, and the tourism revenue reached 15.978 billion yuan.
Foshan is a unique Lingnan water town with dense river networks and beautiful ecological environment. This year, Foshan has implemented the project of "green hills, green land, blue sky and clear water" with the goal of "promoting change in three years", unified planning of roads in the city, unified greening standards, constantly strengthened environmental improvement, infrastructure construction and urban management, comprehensively improved the living environment, built Foshan into a garden city more suitable for living and entrepreneurial development, and created a "blue sky, clear water and green space" for the city. At present, the water quality compliance rate of drinking water sources in the city is 1%, and the days when the ambient air reaches good (API is less than or equal to 1) are 351 days. In 27, Foshan established a national environmental protection model city and passed the examination and acceptance of the State Environmental Protection Administration. The city has established 18 national health towns, 3 provincial health towns, 44 provincial ecological demonstration towns, 1 national ecological village and 2 towns with beautiful environment in China.
Chancheng District: Located in the middle of the city, it is the residence of Foshan Municipal People's Government, with a total area of 154.2 square kilometers and a population of 597,. It has one town (three streets) under its jurisdiction. In 27, the GDP of the whole region was 68.384 billion yuan, an increase of 19.2%. Chancheng District actively implements the strategy of "Excellent Two Enters Three", constantly promotes the development of urban economy and boutique economy, improves the comprehensive competitiveness of the central city, and takes on a new look. Chancheng District is an important ceramic exhibition, research and development, logistics information center and ceramic art and culture tourism center in China. It has a number of large ceramic enterprises and famous ceramic brands leading the country, such as Eagle Brand, Dongpeng, Xinzhongyuan, New Pearl, Diamond, Golden Rudder and Shangyuan, and the distribution capacity of China Ceramic City and Huaxia Ceramic Expo City ranks among the top in the country. In 27, the construction of China ceramic industry headquarters will promote the development of ceramic industry to a higher level, such as brand, R&D, logistics, exhibition and headquarters economy. Pillar industries such as machinery, electronics, plastic products, knitting, children's wear and non-ferrous metals have developed steadily, and the headquarters economy and creative industries have developed rapidly.
Nanhai district: located in the middle of the city, with an area of 1,74.5 square kilometers and a population of 1.143 million, it has jurisdiction over 8 towns (streets). In 27, the GDP of the whole region was 121.697 billion yuan, an increase of 2.8%. Nanhai District ranked fifth among the top 1 counties (cities, districts) in China in 25. Nanhai District always adheres to the concept of "development wins", firmly grasps the development theme, vigorously develops industries, builds a modern manufacturing base, develops traditional industries such as household appliances and non-ferrous metals to the high end, and accelerates the gathering of emerging industries such as LCD TV, auto parts and electronic information, financial services, animation online games and software services.