Guangzhou, also known as Yangcheng and Huacheng, is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Province, the capital of Guangdong Province, a sub-provincial city, a national central city, a megacity and a core city of Guangzhou metropolitan area.

The State Council approved China as an important central city, international business center and comprehensive transportation hub. As of 202 1, there are 1 1 districts in the city, with a total area of 7434.40 square kilometers and a permanent population of 18870600.

Guangzhou is located in the south of China, at the lower reaches of the Pearl River, bordering the South China Sea, Boluo and Longmen counties in Huizhou in the east, Sanshui, Nanhai and Shunde districts in Foshan in the west, and Qingyuan, Fogang and Xinfeng counties in Shaoguan in the north.

It borders Dongguan and Zhongshan in the south and faces Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions across the sea. Guangzhou belongs to the south subtropical monsoon climate, with mild climate and remarkable maritime climate characteristics.

Guangzhou is one of the first national historical and cultural cities and the birthplace of Guangfu culture. Guangzhou is the headquarters of China Southern Theater, a national logistics hub and a national comprehensive gateway city.

As an international comprehensive transportation hub, the first batch of coastal open cities are the south gate of China to the world, the central city of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and Pan-Pearl River Delta Economic Zone, and the hub city of the Belt and Road Initiative.