Shantou, referred to as "Shantou" for short, is also called Tuocheng and Tuodao. Guangdong Province is a prefecture-level city, a sub-central city in the province, a China Special Economic Zone approved by the State Council, a national comprehensive reform experimental zone (Overseas Chinese Experimental Zone), one of the central cities in the economic zone on the west side of the Taiwan Strait, an important gateway to the 2 1 century Maritime Silk Road, a central city in eastern Guangdong and an important port city in the southeast coast. By the end of 2020, the city will have 6 districts, 1 county, with a total area of 2 199 square kilometers.
By the end of 20021,Shantou had a permanent population of 5,530,400, with a population density of 25 15 people per square kilometer, ranking seventh in the national cities. In 20021year, the city achieved a regional GDP of 292.987 billion yuan? .
Shantou is located at the southern tip of Hanjiang Delta, bordering Chaozhou in the north, Jieyang in the west, South China Sea in the south and Taiwan Province Province across the sea in the east. Hanjiang River, Rongjiang River and Lianjiang River flow into the sea, which is the only city in Chinese mainland with an inner bay.
Shantou is a livable and suitable city in China, a city with excellent business environment in Guangdong Province, a national health city, a national forest city, and a tourist city with the most investment value in China. It has won the National Double Support Model City for seven times? The first China this beautiful city Demonstration and National Intellectual Property Demonstration City? , national e-commerce demonstration city, national information consumption pilot city (county, district), national innovative city and national comprehensive transportation hub.
Shantou is one of the important ancestral homes and settlements of Chaoshan people and one of the important birthplaces and prosperous places of Chaoshan culture. ? There are more than 5 million overseas Chinese and compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan all over the world 100 countries and regions. Chaoshan culture is a branch of the excellent traditional culture of the Chinese nation, represented by Chaoshan dialect, Chaoshan song and dance, Chaoshan opera, Chaoshan cuisine, Chaoshan embroidery, congou, Chaoshan craft, Chaoshan embroidery, Chaoshan folk house, Chaoshan mountain pond, chapman, Chaoshan woodcarving, welcoming the elderly, staying in a garden, king of the three mountains and so on.