Yangjiang is a prefecture-level city.
Guangzhou, referred to as "Sui" for short, was called Renxiaocheng, Chuting and Panyu in ancient times. It is the capital, sub-provincial city, national central city and megacity of Guangdong Province. Guangzhou is located in south-central Guangdong Province, at the intersection of Dongjiang River, Xijiang River and Beijiang River, in the northern part of the Pearl River Delta, near the South China Sea of China, and is the seat of China Southern Theater Command.
Since the Qin Dynasty, Guangzhou has been the administrative center of counties, states and governments. For more than 2,000 years, it has been the political, military, economic, cultural and scientific and educational center of southern China. Guangzhou is a national historical and cultural city, and it is also the birthplace and one of the prosperous places of Guangfu culture, a branch of Lingnan culture.
Guangzhou is an international metropolis determined by the State Council and one of the three comprehensive gateway cities of China. It is also called "Northern Guangzhou" with Beijing and Shanghai.
Guangzhou became the main port of the Maritime Silk Road in 1930s and the largest port in China in the Tang and Song Dynasties. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Guangzhou became the only foreign trade port in China, the most important port in the history of China's Maritime Silk Road, and was known as the "Millennium Capital". Coupled with a large number of foreigners, it is also known as the "Third World Capital".
Yangjiang, a city under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Province, 1988 was a prefecture-level city approved by the State Council in February. It is located in the southwest coast of Guangdong Province, adjacent to the Pearl River Delta and bordering on the west of Guangdong. It is adjacent to enping city and Taishan in the east, luoding city, Xinxing County and Xinyi City in the north, Gaozhou City and Dianbai District in the west and Nanhai in the south. Enjoy local legislative power.
Yangjiang is a famous seaside tourist city in China. It has the honor of being a safe city, the best eco-tourism city, a national garden city and the hometown of kites in China. Weifang in the north and Yangjiang in the south are known as the hometown of kites in the south.
Yangjiang is rich in resources and products. Yangjiang is rich in fish, shrimp, crab, shellfish, three birds, rice, sugar cane, rubber and sea salt. Seafood includes fish, shrimp, crab, shellfish, algae and so on. , rich in precious seafood, such as shrimp, lobster, pomfret, mackerel, grouper, sea cucumber and abalone. Yangjiang native products are most famous for "Yangjiang Three Treasures" and "Yangchun Three Treasures", which refer to Yangjiang Douchi, Yangjiang Knife and Yangjiang Lacquerware. "Three Treasures in Yangchun" refers to Amomum villosum wine, snake whip gecko wine and three snake wine produced in Yangchun. In addition, Dongping shrimp sauce, Dabayi and Yangchun Mashuiju are also famous specialties.
Yangjiang's per capita GDP ranks first in Guangdong, East and West, and it is also the first prefecture-level city in the Pearl River Delta region of Guangdong, East and West that exceeds the national average.