Guangzhou Introduction

As the National Central City, Guangzhou has been considered to be “the South Access” to China

Release time : 2016-05-12 08:57:53

source : WTCF

City Introduction

As the National Central City, Guangzhou has been considered to be “the South Access” to China. Guangzhou is one of the cities of the first group of “Famous Chinese Historical and Cultural cities” publicized by the State Council of China with a history of over 2,200 years. Guangzhou is the original location of the old Maritime Silk Road of China, the central place of Lingnan Culture, the cradle of China’s modern revolution, as well as the forerunner of China’s reform and opening to the outside world. Guangzhou has an interesting nickname-the City of Rams. The city also enjoys the name of “the City of Flowers.”

Guangzhou is one of the most economically developed regions in China, boasting abundant tourism resources and a solid foundation of tourist sources. In recent years, the Guangzhou Municipal Government has launched an ecological-oriented urban construction program and carried out a series of selected tour routes on themes of mountains, water, urban landscape, flowers, and lakes. The main tourist attractions and scenic spots are as follows: Baiyun Mountain, Conghua Hot-spring Tourist Resort, Huacheng Square, Guangdong Provincial Museum, Canton Tower, Haixinsha Island (location of the opening ceremony of the 16th Asian Games), Yuntai Gadern, Nansha Wetland Park, and Chimelong Tourist Resort.

Guangzhou is not only a commercial metropolis with over 2200 years’ history, but is also known as shopping paradise and gastronomic capital. As the host city of Canton Fair, Guangzhou boasts its rich resources and sophisticated supporting facilities for MICE. Currently, Guangzhou has five major professional exhibition centers: Pazhou International Exhibition Centre, Guangzhou Baiyun International Convention Center, Poly World Trade Expo Center, Nanfung International Convention & Exhibition Center (NICEC), Zhongzhou International Business Exhibition Center; 204 star hotels among which 23 are