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Guangzhou is the capital of Guangdong Province in southern China and has a population of over 10 million (The official registered population is 7.3 million, with over 3 million unregistered residents). It is adjacent to Hong Kong and Macau. In the era of tea clippers, Guangzhou was known in the West as "Canton". The food and the language of the area are still known as "Cantonese."
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The city is famous for foreign trade and business, and holds China's largest trade fair, the Canton Fair. However, in between the seemingly endless skyscrapers, shopping malls and building sites there is a lot of culture and history, and while Guangzhou is not usually high on the list of Asian tourist destinations, it is amazing how much the city actually has to offer.
Top Attractions
Guangxiao Temple
Liurong Temple
Shamian Island
Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall
Chen Clan Academy
Landmark Buildings
Guangdong Olympic Stadium (广东奥林匹克体育场)
CITIC Plaza (中信广场)
Guangzhou TV & Sightseeing Tower (广州电视观光塔)
Guangzhou TV Tower (广州电视塔)
Pearl River Tower (珠江城)
West Tower / Guangzhou International Finance Centre (西塔/广州国际金融中心)
Universities
Sun Yat-sen University (中山大学)
South China University of Technology (华南理工大学)
South China Normal University (华南师范大学)
Jinan University (暨南大学)
Guangdong University of Foreign Studies (广东外语外贸大学)
South China Agricultural University (华南农业大学)
Canton Fair
The Fair, comprehensive in nature, has won its renown of “China’s No.1 Fair” for the longest history, the highest level, the largest scale, the most complete exhibit variety, the biggest buyer attendance, the broadest buyer distribution, the greatest business turnover, and the best credit standing in China.
Forty-eight Trading Delegations, being composed of thousands of China's best foreign trade corporations (enterprises) with good credibility and sound financial capabilities, take part in the Fair, including foreign trade companies, factories, scientific research institutions, foreign invested enterprises, wholly foreign-owned enterprises, private enterprises, etc.
Besides traditional way of negotiating against samples, the Fair holds Canton Fair online. The Fair leans to export trade, though import business is also done here. Apart from the above-mentioned, various types of business activities such as economic and technical cooperations and exchanges, commodity inspection, insurance, transportation, advertising, consultation, etc. are also carried out in flexible ways. Business people from all over the world are gathering in Guangzhou, exchanging business information and developing friendship.
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