Guangzhou covers a total area of 7,435 square km, with an urban area of 1,444 square km. Administratively, it consists of 8 districts, 3 counties, and one municipality. The population is 6.3 million, of which 3.94 million live in the urban areas and 1 million are seasonal laborers.

With a history of over 2800 years, Guangzhou has always been a port for foreign exchanges and trade, and is still one of the largest ports in China. Here the China Export Commodities Fair is held every spring and autumn, which attracts business people from the world over.

Known as "City of Flowers", Guangzhou is famous for being a city with flowers all year round. The top four fruits of Guangzhou are lychees, bananas, pineapples and sweet oranges.

People in Guangzhou speak Cantonese, a spoken language quite different from Mandarin. The delicious Cantonese cuisine is noted for its freshness, tenderness, smoothness and crispiness. On the other hand, Cantonese people are notorious for eating everything: snakes, mice, cats, sparrows, and monkeys --- you name it. Hence the banter: "the Cantonese will eat anything that flies save planes and anything with legs save tables."

The points of historical interest include Zhen-hai Tower, the Guangxiao Temple, Liurong Temple, Huaisheng Mosque, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall and so on.