Guangzhou, the capital city of Guangdong Province, is nicknamed the City of Goat. As a city of historic and cultural significance, it is the largest industrial and commercial city and the largest important and export port in South China. It enjoys a humid climate all year around, and flowers blossom in all four seasons, hence its another nickname "the City of Flowers". There are over 150 histrorical sites and places of interests in the city, plus various modern entertainment facilities. Here, the China Guangdong Export Commodities Fairs is held twice every year.

Location: Guangzhou is located in the middle south of Guangdong Province, north of the Pearl River Delta. It lies close to the South China Sea, Hong Kong, and Macau. Zhujiang (The Pearl River), the third largest river of China, runs through Guangzhou and is navigable to the South China Sea..

Area: Guangzhou covers an area of 7434.4 square kilometers (2870 square miles)

Climate: Guangzhou enjoys a subtropical monsoon climate. There is neither intense heat in summer nor severe cold in winter. It enjoys plenty rainfall and evergreen in four seasons. The average temperature is 22.8℃, the average relative humidity is about 68%, and the annual rainfall at the urban area is over 1,600 mm.

Time: Time used in Beijing and all over China is called Beijing Standard Time. It is 8 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT + 8), and 13 hours ahead of New York time.

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Industry: Industry economy moved well with optimized structure and good economic benefit. ￥574.948 billion of industrial output gross value was accomplished with a rise of 19.7% over the previous year, in which light industry has revenue of 267.95 billion with a rise of 15.1% and heavy industry has revenue of 306.998 billion with a rise of 23.0%. The proportion of light industry versus heavy industry is 46.60 : 53.40, and for the first time heavy industry surpassing light industry. Newly-added annual industry production value amounted to ￥162.711 billion, which is 39.53% of Guangzhou GDP with a rise of 18.6% and contribution rate to the city's economy is up to 49.6%. Three pillars industry such as automobile manufacture, petrochemical manufacture, electronics appliances manufacture, etc. realized ￥223.482 billion of industrial output value with a rise of 35.4% over the previous year. 7 products such as Liby detergent, Lonkey detergent, Doublefish table tennis goods, Wanli brand radial tyre, Hualing refrigerator, Wanbao refrigerator, Hengshan computer-controlled-tax fuel dispenser, etc. gained the title of 2004' China Top Brands, 28 products were awarded as Guangdong Province Top Brands. Till now, we have 17 China Top Brands and 102 Guangdong Province Top Brands.