Overview of Foshan City
Foshan City, located in the mid-south of Guangdong Province and the hinterland of the Pearl River Delta area, is one of the most economically vibrant cities in China. The city enjoys a unique geographical location, with Guangzhou to the east, Hong Kong and Macau to the south. Covering a total area of 3798 km2, Foshan governs five districts, namely, Chancheng, Nanhai, Shunde, Gaoming and Sanshui. A population of 9.5 million inhabitants reside in the city.
Foshan, "founded in Jin Dynasty and named in Tang Dynasty", is a city famous for her rich historical and cultural heritages. The long history of Foshan nourished its unique traditional Lingnan culture. Foshan is reputed as the capital of ceramics, capital of Canton Opera, hometown of Martial arts, hometown of patent Chinese medicine in southern China, center of foundry in the South, hometown of folk arts, and city of gourmet food.
As one of major cities to have adopted the reform and opening-up policy, Foshan has maintained a rapid economic growth in recent years and become one of the cities with the most rapid economic development and strongest comprehensive strength. In 2020, Foshan’s GDP totaled 1081.6 billion RMB. The industrial output was recorded at 2.33 trillion RMB, ranking the 6th in the country. Foshan is home to Midea and Country Garden, two Fortune 500 companies valued at over 100 billion RMB, and more than 20 home-grown companies valued at over 10 billion RMB.
After years of development, Foshan has shaped its industrial complex integrated with several major sectors including home appliances, furniture, ceramics, building materials, food and beverage, robotics, new energy vehicles, electronic information, and new materials.
Foshan is an inclusive and open-minded city and boasts 17 friendship cities in the world, including Itami, Japan, Stockton, USA and Ingolstadt, Germany,etc. Various exchanges and cooperation in the fields of economy, trade, education, culture etc have been carried out between Foshan and the sister cities to improve mutual understanding and friendship.
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