Guangzhou City

Guangzhou, the capital city of Guangdong Province, is the province's political, economic and cultural center. Situated in southern Guangdong and northern Pearl River Delta, adjacent to South China Sea and in close proximity

Covering a total area of 7,434.4 square kilometers, Guangzhou administers 10 districts including Yuexiu, Haizhu, Liwan, Tianhe, Baiyun, Huangpu, Huadu, Panyu, Nansha and Luogang plus Conghua and Zengcheng, two county-level cities, with a total of 10 million residents including 7,607,720 permanent residents.

【History】Guangzhou is a well-renowned cultural city with a history of over 2,000 years. As early as the 9th century BC, the local Baiyue people had started their contacts with the people of Chu Kingdom living in the Yangtze River area. Guangzhou was called Chu Ting then, which is the earliest known name of this city. In 214 BC, the 33rd year of the first Emperor of the Qin Dynasty (221 BC-206 BC), Nanhai Prefecture was established with its official residence located in Panyu (present Guangzhou) after Lingnan was unified. In 226, Sun Quan, king of the Kingdom of Wu in the Period of the Three Kingdoms (220-280), divided Jiaozhou Prefecture into two administrative regions -Jiaozhou and Guangzhou- aiming to facilitate his rule, giving birth to the present name Guangzhou. In 1921, Guangzhou became the official name of the city when the Guangzhou Municipal Council was founded. Guangzhou is also known as the City of Rams. As the legend has it, in ancient times five immortals holding ears of paddy rice descended in Guangzhou on five rams together with five pieces of auspicious cloud from South China Sea. They gave the ears to the local residents with their best wishes for bumper harvest and to become well-off forever. Then they left behind the five rams which eventually turned into stone statues. Guangzhou had developed into a prosperous place as early as in the Qin and Han Dynasty (206 BC-220). As the starting port of the ancient Maritime Silk Road during the Han and Tang Dynasty (618-907), Guangzhou was China's first trading port open to foreigners. It is also the starting point of China's contemporary and modern revolution.

【Economy】

With two crops per annum, quality rice is the main grain crop in Guangzhou while its main cash crops include vegetables, flowers and fruits. Its flowers and bonsai enjoy great fame far and wide.

Numerous large projects with strong economic driving force and high growth rate have been created after years of economic development in Guangzhou. Three industrial chains in the east, west and south are in place together with four pillar industries consisting of auto, iron & steel, ship-building and petrochemical.

A hi-tech industrial cluster consisting of software, biopharmaceutical and electronic information industry is in place on account of the rapid hi-tech industry development.

With innovative platforms and national-level industry bases such as software, electronic information, biopharmaceutical and cartoon animation well established, a fairly complete incubation network for sci-tech enterprises has been instituted, greatly promoting the integration between education, industry and research.

Guangzhou's main industries include auto, electronic information, petrochemical, exhibition, tourism, among others.

【Transportation】

As the transport hub in South China, Guangzhou boasts a diverse and multi-level transport network composed of airway, railway, roadway, waterway, subway and public buses.

【Local Specialty】

Guangzhou is recognized as "Home of Fruits" featuring a great variety of fruits such as litchi, longan, banana, pineapple, papaya, star fruit, among others. Local specialties also include Guangzhou style color porcelain, Guangzhou style embroidery, Guangzhou style jade carving, Guangzhou style wood carving, Lingnan bonsai, among others.

【Climate】

Situated in the south of the subtropical zone, Guangzhou has a typical southern maritime subtropical monsoon climate. Facing sea southward while bordering mountain northward, Guangzhou's maritime climate is highly remarkable characterized with warm weather, abundant sunlight and rainfall, slight temperature differences, long summer and short frost period.

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Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport

Composed of 4 parts including main building, connection building, terminal concourse and elevated passage, Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport's 4-storied terminal covers a total floor area of 370,000 square meters with Floor 3 as departure hall, Floor 2 as arrival interlayer, Floor 1 as arrival hall, and underground Floor 1 as the connection to parking area and subway.

Located in Floor 3 with a large flight information board right next to Gate 4, the 8-gated departure hall is easily accessible both by taxi and shuttle bus.

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Guangzhou Metro

Guangzhou Metro currently consists of 4 lines.

The 18.497-kilometer east-west running Line 1 including 2.048 kilometers aboveground was put into operation on June 28, 1999 with a total of 16 stations.

Intersecting Line 1, the Phase-1 Project of Line 2 from Wanshengwei to Sanyuanli was put into pilot operation in 2003, greatly promoting urban transport capacity.

The south-north running Line 3 includes a main and subordinative line with a total of 18 stations. The 36.33-kilometer Y-shaped Line 3 is the first urban planning and transit-oriented subway line in Guangzhou.

Starting from Guangzhou Science City East Station in the north and finishing in Nansha Station in the south with a total of 27 stations, the 68.96-kilometer Line 4 is the first elevated metro line in Guangzhou with a total of 22.28 kilometers elevated part.

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Guangdong Vtron Yutsun Electronics Co., Ltd.

Guangdong Vtron Yutsun Electronics Co., Ltd., a unit of Vtron Corporation, is the manufacturing base of Vtron Corporation in China, engaging in the design, manufacturing, sales and service of high-resolution digital display system. Vtron is a leading global brand in digital display industry.

The new factory building of the company was completed in August 2004 in Guangzhou Science City, a national-level hi-tech industrial development zone.

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Sun Yat-sen University

Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU) is a comprehensive university boasting multi-discipline such as humanities, social science, natural science, engineering science, medical science, pharmacology and management science. SYSU has 4 campuses with a total area of 6.17 square kilometers. Each of SYSU's campuses, namely Guangzhou South Campus, Guangzhou North Campues, Guangzhou East Campus and Zhuhai Campus, covers an area of 1.17, 0.39, 1.13 and 3.48 square kilometers respectively. Boasting exuberance of green trees, abundance of lawns and beautiful scenery, all campuses are ideal places for molding temperament, study and research.

Shangxiajiu Shopping Street

The 800-meter-long Shangxiajiu Shopping Street, built at the beginning of last century with a total of 238 Qilou buildings, is the first walking shopping street in Guangzhou authorized by the Ministry of Commerce. Qilou buildings are commercial arcade buildings with Lingnan characteristics suitable for the unpredictable weather conditions in South China. Qilou cannot only prevent rainfall and sunlight but also are ideal for businesses to showcase goods to the people walking through the arcade.

Shangxiajiu Shopping Street boasts plenty of time-honored brands such as Yong An Department Store, Guangzhou Garments Shop, He Ming Shoes & Hats Store, Continental Timepiece Shop, Women & Children's Department Store, Guangzhou Textile Store, Jin hua Bedding Goods Store. Shangxiajiu also highlights many renowned restaurants such as Qing Ping Restaurant, Guangzhou Restaurant, Tao Tao Ju, Lian Xiang Lou, among others, where you can taste various well-known Cantonese delicacies such as Boiled Wenchang Chicken, Qing Ping Style Stewed Chicken, Tao Tao Ginger and Shallot Chicken, Milk Ginger Pudding, Double Skin Milk, Ou Cheng Style Wanton Noodle Soup, Wu Zhan Style Porridge, Cantonese Style Mooncake, Chicken & Glutinous Rice, Wife Cake, among others.

www.guangzhou.gov.cn

Huangpu Military Academy

Located in Changzhou Island, Huangpu District, Huangpu Military Academy has been renamed many times over the years but is widely recognized in the present name. It was set up in 1924 by Dr. Sun Yat-sen with assistance from the former Soviet Union and the Communist Party of China as a new type of military school aiming to train revolutionary military officers.

In adherence to the philosophy of "create revolutionary army to save China in peril", it successfully trained a large number of excellent military talents. It was also one of the most prestigious military academies in the world. Most of the buildings in the original site were destroyed by Japanese air bombing in 1938. In 1993, it was restored once again by the cultural relics protection department to retrieve its original appearance after the reparation in 1965. The original site of the academy was listed as a "Provincial Level Cultural Relics" in 1963 while it was further promoted to a "National Level Cultural Relics" in 1988.

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Guangzhou Pearl River Piano Group Limited

Guangzhou Pearl River Piano Group Limited is a leading musical instrument maker in China. Recognized as the "Largest Piano Maker Worldwide", "China's Excellent Enterprise Regarding Quality Management" and "Hi-tech Enterprise" as well as one of the "16 Chinese Enterprises Going Global with International Competitiveness" respectively, Guangzhou Pearl River Piano Group Limited is also one of the 13 prioritized enterprises in Guangdong supported by the provincial government targeting at becoming world famous brands.

With a total of 1.5 billion yuan assets, Guangzhou Pearl River Piano Group Limited covers an area of 330,000 square meters with a workforce of 4,000 persons. With a total of 6 production bases including upright piano, grand piano, guitar, violin, accordion and lumber manufacturing, Guangzhou Pearl River Piano Group Limited boasts an annual production capacity of 120,000 pianos, 800,000 guitars and 100,000 violins. An accumulated total of 1 million pianos have been made by Guangzhou Pearl River Piano Group Limited as of the beginning of 2006, making it the first Chinese piano maker.

www.pearlriverpiano.com

Liede Sewage Treatment Plant

Liede Sewage Treatment Plant is the second major modernized sewage treatment project based on Guangzhou's urban planning. Located in the east of Liede Village, Tianhe District, and the northern bank of the Pearl River-crossing Huanan Bridge, the project covers an area of 390,000 square meters. Colleting sewage from most of Guangzhou's urban area in the northern fore waterway of Pearl River including Xihaochong, Donghaochong, Ersha Island, Yanjiang Road and part of Tianhe District, the project serves a total area of 150 square kilometers with a total of 2.15 million residents.

Guangzhou Shipyard Limited

Guangzhou Shipyard International Company Limited was incorporated in 1993 after reorganization based on Guangzhou Shipyard Limited, which was established in 1954. Based on its advanced heavy industry manufacturing equipment and solid technological strength, Guangzhou Shipyard Limited has set up two wholly-owned subsidiaries, namely Guangzhou Shipyard Guangda Industry Co., Ltd. and Guangzhou Shipyard Nanhai Casting & Forging Co., Ltd., in Guangzhou and Foshan respectively, which are two leading municipalities in the booming South China.

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If interested, you can visit following tourist spots after work:

Baiyun Mountain, Pearl River, Chen Clan Temple, Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Museum of Western Han Dynasty Mausoleum of the Nanyue King, Huanan Botanic Garden, Conghua Hot Spring, Guangdong Art Museum, Xinghai Concert Hall.

News Focus

The 16th Asian Games

The 16th Asian Games will be held in Guangzhou from November 12 to 27, 2010. All the relevant construction and preparation work is well under way.

The sports facilities construction of the Asian Games will mainly focus on revision and expansion based on the 49 facilities available at the moment, aiming to transform them into training and competition venues in conformity with the Asian Games. In addition, new venues for beach volleyball, squash and cycling competition will be built. Nansha Gymnasium and Guangzhou Development District Gymnasium will be constructed.

The construction of the Asian Games Village is expected to be officially launched on December 28, 2007 and will be finalized by the end of 2009.

Logo and slogan of the 16th Asian Games have been finalized.

The official slogan is "Thrilling Games, Harmonious Asian".

The soft and uplifting lines in the emblem design outlines a contour of the Five Rams that is identical to the shape of a torch. The design of the emblem, a combination of concreteness and abstractness as well as gracefulness and easiness, manifests the ever-burning sacred light of the Asian Games. The emblem also represents a perfect symbol of Guangzhou, the best wishes of its people, and the dynamics of the Asian Games.

The 16th Asian Games Song Solicitation Campaign and the 16th Asian Games Promotional Poster Solicitation Campaign open to individuals and organizations home and abroad are under way.

The Campaign of "Welcome Asian Games, Be Civilized, Establish New Image and Promote Harmony" for local residents have been launched in Guangzhou. Guangzhou is aiming to welcome, serve and host successful Asian Games with its first-class resident civilization, first-class public order, first-class service quality, first-class urban and rural environment, and first-class social custom as well as to make it into harmonious, green and civilized Asian Games with Chinese characteristics in Cantonese style showcasing Guangzhou's fascination. Guangzhou has successfully hosted the 6th and 9th National Games, approximating the Asian Games, in 1987 and 2001 respectively.

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For further inquiries, please contact:

Zhao Nanxian: Deputy Secretary General of Guangzhou Municipal Government

Tel: (020) 83123066

Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center

Located in Xiaoguwei Island, Panyu District, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, borders Luoxi Island westward, Guangzhou International Bioisland northward, and Changzhou Island southward. It is the future information harbor of Guangzhou. With a total planned area of 43.3 square kilometers including Xiaoguwei Island located in Panyu District's Xinzhao Town, the west part of Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center is planned to be built into Guangdong Science Center, a provincial priority project and import supporting construction project with a total building area of 120,000 square meters.

Based on the principle of resource-sharing at various levels, the overall layout of Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center is characterized with "Axis Development & Functional Area" with the dimensional structure of "City-Area-Campus".

The layout on the axis is composed of Comprehensive Development Area, Information & Sports Area, and Exhibition & Culture Area, enabling a high-degree sharing and utilization of urban public resources, sports facilities, commercial service and transport network.

The Campus section is composed of five parts with each part consisting of teaching zone, living zone, resource sharing zone and green zone. At the moment, a total of 10 higher education institutions including Sun Yat-sen University, South China University of Technology, South China Normal University, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Xinghai Conservatory of Music and Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts have set up their campuses in Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center with a total of around 120,000 students.

The development planning of Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center also targets at maximizing educative resources allocation and promoting the integration of various disciplines among all the universities. With a total of over 80 faculties and schools established by the 10 institutions in place at present, wide-ranging disciplines including literature, law, technology, management, medicine, physical education, music, fine arts, among others, are available. It is aiming to gradually realize the integration between major and minor, interschool course selection and mutual credits recognition.

During the process of development, Xiaoguwei Island has preserved 4 local villages including Beigang, Shuishi, Nanting and Beiting in order to protect its historical and cultural heritage, which will be integrated with Guangzhou University City for common development after reasonable remolding in line with its master plan. The total planned population in Guangzhou University City is expected to reach 350,000 to 400,000.

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For further inquiries, please contact:

Wang Dong Deputy Secretary General of Guangzhou Municipal Government

Tel: (020) 83123063

Nansha Development Zone

Located in the geographic center of Pearl River Delta and central point of the A-shaped area covering Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Macau, Nansha is the linkage connecting all the cities around the Pearl River, the leading area regarding Guangzhou's strategy of "Southward Expansion", the strategic gateway of Pearl River Estuary, and the only sea-connecting passage in Guangzhou.

The brand new national level Nansha Economic and Technological Development Zone was officially established on July 8, 1993.

Guangzhou Headquarters of Nansha Development Zone was founded in August 2002, aiming to implement the strategy of "Southward Expansion" formulated by the CPC Guangzhou Committee and Guangzhou Municipal Government.

The State Council officially approved the establishment of Nansha District on April 28, 2005.

Nansha is abundant in water resource. Its Nansha Port, an excellent deepwater port, is well-positioned with its freight reaching main trading areas worldwide, including Europe, America, Southeast Asia, Middle East and Australia. Nansha Port will develop into an international port upon the completion of Phase-2 and Phase-3 Project as well as a modern and global leading harbor industrial zone.

The establishment of Nansha Export Processing Zone founded in 2005 under the approval of relevant government departments, Nansha IT Park, a sub-park of Guangzhou Hi-tech Industrial Park, and the Category-B Nansha Logistics Free Trade Zone have further the comprehensive functions for Nansha Development Zone.

The establishment of Nansha District in April 2005 endows Nansha Development Zone with double advantages. Nansha Development Zone will continue to provide various preferential policy treatment and highly efficient services as a national level development zone. Guangzhou Municipal Government also has officially authorized Nansha as an "Administrative Fee Free District".

Hong Kong-based tycoon Henry Fok Ying Tung made large investment in Nansha for infrastructure projects out of his great expectation for Nansha years ago. At present, many renowned multinationals, leading domestic companies and large private companies have also invested in Nansha.

Nansha Development Zone is committed to the development of modern logistics, harbor industries, and electronic information industry based on the construction of priority projects and quality social service.

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For further inquiries, please contact

Wang Dong Deputy Secretary General of Guangzhou Municipal Government

Tel: (020) 83123063

Guangzhou Auto Industry

Guangzhou is increasingly well-known in China for its auto industry in recent years.

Guangzhou's auto industry witnessed rapid development during the 10th Five-Year Plan (2001-2005) with an average annual growth rate of over 50 percent regarding gross output and profit.

Guangzhou's auto industry is experiencing a transformation featuring technology-intensive, industrial clustering and reasonable orientation for heavy vehicle, further enhancing its industrial competitiveness. It has become one of the three-pillar industries in Guangzhou after its leap frogging development.

With Guangzhou Toyota project already in production and Hyundai commercial vehicle project under negotiation, the overall auto industrial layout will be more complete and the pillar role of auto industry will be further intensified.

At the moment, Guangzhou boasts an overall layout of auto manufacturing projects composed of Dongfeng Nissan in Huadu District in the north, Guangzhou Honda and vehicle export base for Honda Motor in Huangpu District in the east, and Guangzhou Toyota in Nansha District in the south.

Auto parts manufacturing enterprises have exceeded 250 in Guangzhou, featuring a "Three Chains & Four Clusters", namely Guangzhou Development District, Zengcheng and Huangpu in the east, Huadu in the north, Nansha in the south, along with the operation of Guangzhou Toyota, and Baiyun in the north.

Based on statistics from municipal government agencies concerned, gross auto output in Guangzhou is expected to reach 1 million units in 2008 while its production capacity to achieve 1.3 million units in 2010 with total annual output value exceeding 200 billion yuan. Auto part production in Guangzhou is also expected to accomplish half of gross output value of auto production exceeding 80 billion yuan as of 2010.

Guangzhou is becoming one of the leading auto manufacturing bases worldwide.

www.guangzhou.gov.cn

For further inquires, please contact:

Zhao Nanxian Deputy Secretary General of Guangzhou Municipal Government

Tel: (020) 83123066

China Import and Export Fair

China Import and Export Fair, also known as Canton Fair, is cosponsored by the Ministry of Commerce and Guangdong Provincial Government and organized by China Foreign Trade Center. The fair was originally known as Chinese Export Commodities Fair.

China Import and Export Fair is composed of participants including trading companies, manufacturing enterprises (including foreign-invested and private enterprises), and scientific research institutes with well-famed credibility, solid financial strength and technical patent, featuring on-site sales by sample.

The biannual Fair is held in spring and autumn sessions since it was inaugurated in the spring of 1957. It is recognized as the largest fair in China pursuant to its highest level, longest history, largest scale, most complete goods varieties, largest attendance and highest business turnover.

Aimed to meet the ever-increasing demand, reforms have been implemented in the original pattern of "One Session, Two Phases" since its 92nd session hosted in 2002. The new pattern "Two Complexes, Two Phases" have been in operation since its 95th session in 2004.

At its 101st session in 2006, the Fair was officially renamed as "China Import and Export Fair" from the previous "Chinese Export Commodities Fair", turning it into a platform both for import and export from the previous export-only pattern. As the window of China's export trade over the past 50 years, its original fair-goers were mainly domestic exhibitioners and overseas buyers. It will also attract numerous overseas exhibitioners and domestic buyers as a result of its renaming last year, which is in line with the development trend of international exhibition industry.

Hosted in April and October respectively, each of China Import and export Fair's spring and autumn sessions is composed of two phases.

Spring Session Phase One: April 25 - April 20

Spring Session Phase Two: April 25 - April 30

Autumn Session Phase One: October 15 - October 20

Autumn Session Phase Two: October 25 - October 30

Since its 95th session, Canton Fair has been staged simultaneously in both Pazhou and Liuhua Complex.

www.cantonfair.org.cn

For further inquiries, please contact：

Guan Zhijian Director General, Information Office of

Guangzhou Municipal Government

Tel: (020) 83105591

Guangzhou Science City

Situated in the east of Guangzhou, the ground-breaking ceremony of Guangzhou Science City was officially inaugurated on December 12, 1998 with a total planned area of 37.47 square kilometers. It is not only the core area of the Guangzhou Hi-tech Industrial Development Zone but also an important base, benchmark project and economic growth engine for future hi-tech industry development in Guangzhou.

Guangzhou Science City will be built into a multi-function and new modern urban area as well as a tourist attraction. It will prioritize the development of industries such as computer and software, biopharmaceutical, optical electronics, new material and environmental protection equipment manufacturing.

Guangzhou Science City will be composed of 6 different functional areas including micro-electronic information industry area, biopharmaceutical industry area, new energy & new material industry area, living area, administrative, service & scientific research area, and other areas. It is aimed to establish an organic decentralized functional structure through the separation among hill, forest and land.

Respecting the original landform to the largest extent, Guangzhou Science City is constructed on local natural conditions in order to prevent local ecological system from any destruction and make it a modern industrial zone with the characteristics of an ecological garden. The total area of a permanently-preserved ecological garden and a man-made green area accounts for half of the total planned area.

The investment for the development of Guangzhou Science City has exceeded 5 billion yuan to date.

Aimed to encourage investors home and abroad to participate in the development and construction of Guangzhou Science City, Guangzhou Economic and Technological Development District (GETDD) and Guangzhou Hi-tech Industrial Development Zone (GHIDZ) have stipulated that all the enterprises in Guangzhou Science City are qualified for not only various national preferential policies but also those regarding hi-tech enterprises prescribed by Guangdong Province, Guangzhou Municipal Government, GETDD and GHIDZ.

With a total of US$900 million investment, there are 31 manufacturing enterprises established in Guangzhou Science City to date.

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For further inquiries, please contact:

Ouyang Yongsheng Division Chief, Media and Information Division, General Office, Guangzhou Municipal Government

Tel: (020) 83123137

Info Service

Traffic Inquiry

Airlines

Air China www.airchina.com.cn

China Southern Airlines www.cs-air.com.cn

China Eastern Airlines www.ce-air.com.cn

Guangzhou Railway

Guangzhou Railway Station Enquiry Tel: (020) 61346222

Guangzhou East Railway Station Enquiry Tel: (020) 63745900

Long Distance Bus Service

Guangdong Provincial Bus Terminal

Address: 145 Huanshi Road West, Guangzhou Tel: (020) 86681297

Guangzhou Municipal Bus Terminal

Address: 158, Huanshi Road West, Guangzhou Tel: (020) 86684259

Tianhe Bus Terminal

Address: Shangyuangang, Tianhe District, Guangzhou Tel: (020) 37085070

Recommended Taxi Companies

Guangzhou GJ Tourism Vehicle Corp.

Address: 2, Feier Road, Baiyun District, Guangzhou

Tel: (020) 86233963 86232853

Guangzhou Baiyun Taxi Group

Address: F/2 129-137, Taisha Road, Haizhu District, Guangzhou

Tel: (020) 86397891

Guangzhou Transportation Group Taxi Company

Address: F/4, 5052, Hedong Road, Fangcun District, Guangzhou

Tel: (020) 81561288 96122 Fax: (020) 81550408

Recommended Hotels

Guangzhou has a total of 212 hotels including 7 five-star, 30 four-star

and 98 three-star hotels.

Garden Hotel (Five Star)

Address: 368, Huanshi Road East, Guangzhou

Tel: (020) 83338989 Fax: (020) 83350864

Dong Fang Hotel (Five Star)

Address: 120, Liuhua Road, Guangzhou Tel: (020) 86669900 Fax: (020) 86018979

Shangri-La Hotel (Five Star)

Address: 1, Huizhan Road East, Haizhu District, Guangzhou Tel: (020) 89231188

Baiyun Hotel (Four Star)

Address: 367, Huanshi Road East, Guangzhou

Tel: (020) 83333998 Fax: (020) 83336498

Liuhua Hotel (Four Star)

Address: 194, Huanshi Road West, Guangzhou

Tel: (020) 86668800 Fax: (020) 86668800-6165

Golden Bridge Hotel (Four Star)

Address: 93, Shiyouxinma Road, Guangzhou Tel: (020) 83918868 Fax: (020) 87382633

New Tianhe Hotel (Three Star)

Address: 178-188, Tianhe Road, Guangzhou

Tel: (020) 85595888 Fax: (020) 85595996

Parkview Square Hotel (Three Star)

Address: 960, Jiefang Road North, Guangzhou

Tel: (020) 86665666 Fax: (020) 86671741

Recommended Travel Agencies

Guangzhou has a total of 181 travel agencies composed of 62 international travel agencies including 33 with outbound tour business and 119 domestic travel agencies.

China International Travel Service, Guangdong

Address: F/15 Fuqiang Building, 618-620, Jiefang Road North, Guangzhou (510030)

Tel: (020) 22013300 Fax:(020) 22013304 www.citsgd.com.cn

China Travel Service, Guangdong

Address: Yangjiang Building, 195-197, Yangjiang Road Central, Guangzhou (510115)

Tel: (020) 83336888 Fax: (020) 83332247 www.gdcts.com

CYTS Tours Guangdong

Address: F/1-2, 23, Zhongshan 1st Road, Guangzhou (510600)

Tel: (020) 38865093 Fax: (020) 38860057 www.gdcyts.com

GZL International Travel Service

Address: 1-13, Lejia Road, Jichang Road West, Guangzhou (510403)

Tel: (020) 86338880 Fax: (020) 86338808 www.gzl.com.cn

Guangdong Tieqing International Travel Service

Address: 94, Zhongshan 1st Road, Guangzhou (510080)

Tel: (020) 61251119 Fax: (020) 61251198 www.tieqing.com

Frequently Used Telephone Numbers

Police & Traffic Accident Tel: 110

Fire Tel: 119

Traffic Accident: 122

China Mobile Customer Hotline Tel: 10086

China Unicom Customer Hotline Tel: 10010

China Telecom Customer Hotline Tel: 10000

Climate

Midsummer in July and August with strongest sunlight have average monthly temperature at 28.4-28.7 degrees centigrade.

Need assistance in news coverage, contact following departments:

Zhao Nanxian Deputy Secretary General of Guangzhou Municipal

Government Tel: (020) 83123066

Wang Dong Deputy Secretary General of Guangzhou Municipal

Government Tel: (020) 83123063

Guan Zhijian Director General of Information Office of Guangzhou

Municipal Government Tel: (020) 83105591

Ouyang Yongsheng Division Chief, Media and Information Division,

General Office, Guangzhou Municipal Government

Tel: (020) 83123137