In which province is Zhaoqing City, Guangdong Province located?

Zhaoqing City, Guangdong Province

Huaicheng Wenge

Deqing Sanyuan Pagoda

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Zhaoqing Ancient City Wall

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Zhaoqing City is located in the central and western part of Guangdong Province, China. It is a national historical and cultural city, one of the first batch of China's outstanding tourist cities, and a national advanced city for scientific and technological progress. National Garden City, National Sanitary City, National Advanced City for Creating Civilized Cities, and Guangdong Province Civilized City. Zhaoqing currently governs eight counties (cities) and districts, including Duanzhou, Dinghu, Sihui, Gaoyao, Guangning, Deqing, Fengkai and Huaiji, as well as the Zhaoqing High-tech Industrial Development Zone. The total area is 15,000 square kilometers and the population is 3.98 million.

Zhaoqing is located at the junction of the Pearl River Delta and the mountainous areas of western Guangdong. The urban area is less than 100 kilometers away from Guangzhou, more than 200 kilometers away from Shenzhen, 180 kilometers away from Macau, and 142 nautical miles away from Hong Kong waterways. It is the gateway to the southwest from developed coastal areas. An important transportation hub for various provinces.

Zhaoqing has convenient transportation, with expressways, national highways, railways, and waterways extending in all directions, forming a land and water transportation network that connects water and land, connects rivers, and supports passengers and cargo. Guangxi, Hunan, Guizhou and Yunnan are all extremely convenient.

Zhaoqing is a national historical and cultural city, known as Duanzhou in ancient times. It has a history of more than 2,100 years and is the birthplace of Lingnan culture. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it was the political, economic, cultural and military center of the Xijiang River Basin, with a history of more than 180 years. The seat of the Governor-General of Guangdong and Guangxi; Mo Xuanqing, the number one scholar in Lingnan, Li Yong, a writer in the Tang Dynasty, Rongrui, a Japanese monk who studied in the Tang Dynasty, Huineng, the sixth ancestor of Zen Buddhism, Bao Zheng, a famous minister in the Northern Song Dynasty, Matteo Ricci, the first person to bridge Chinese and Western cultures, Revolutionary pioneer Sun Yat-sen and many other historical celebrities have left their footprints in Zhaoqing. The city has more than 360 cultural relics and scenic spots with historical scientific research value. At present, Zhaoqing is actively building and building a cultural city with a focus on Song Dynasty culture, Bao Gong culture, Guangxin culture, ecological culture, revolutionary culture, folk culture, and popular science culture; promoting the treasures of Chinese culture, establishing the Duan Inkstone cultural brand; and pursuing people. In harmony with nature, develop leisure ecological culture to create new glory of history and culture.

Zhaoqing is one of the first batch of outstanding tourist cities in China, with rich tourism resources, numerous cultural relics and unique natural landscapes. Star Lake, which has the beauty of Yangshuo and West Lake, is a national AAA-scenic spot and one of the top ten civilized scenic spots demonstration sites in the country; Dinghu Mountain has a rare primitive sub-forest on the Tropic of Cancer, a first-class ecological environment, and the highest negative ion content in the country , known as the "natural oxygen bar", the "gene repository" of biological species in South China and the "living natural museum". At present, it is centered on Xinghu and Dinghu, connected by the 500-kilometer ring road, and connected by Deqing Yuecheng Longmu Temple, Fengkai Longshan, Huaiji Yanyan, Guangning Zhuhai, Sihui Zhenshan, Gaoyao With ecological parks and golf courses as the main supporting outlets, the modern large-scale tourism network "Thousand Miles Tourism Corridor" integrating vacation, recuperation, conferences, shopping, culture, entertainment, business and other functions has become quite large.

Zhaoqing is a natural treasure with rich resources. It is the "Hometown of Gold" in Guangdong; the traditional handicraft Duan Inkstone ranks first among the "Four Famous Inkstones" in China; Gaoyao and the counties in the mountainous area are known as the "Hometown of Gold in Guangdong", "Hometown of Bamboo in China" and "Home of Cinnamon in China". "Hometown of Chinese Citrus", "Hometown of Chinese Rosin" and China's Southern Medicine Raw Materials Base.

In April 2021, Zhaoqing City ranked 86th in the 2021 National City Communication Popularity Ranking (prefecture-level cities).

In March 2021, Zhaoqing City ranked 103rd in the 2021 China City Comprehensive Strength Ranking List.

In January 2021, the "2020 China City Science and Technology Innovation Development Index Ranking" was released, and Zhaoqing ranked 75th.

In December 2020, Zhaoqing ranked 14th in the 2020 list of China's most distinctive tourist cities.

In December 2020, the 2020 China's Most Beautiful Cities Ranking was released, with Zhaoqing ranked 11th.

In December 2020, the 2020 Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area City Competitiveness Ranking was released, with Zhaoqing ranked 10th.

In December 2020, the 2020 China City Business Environment Ranking was released, with Zhaoqing ranked 127th.

In December 2020, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development named Zhaoqing City as a national barrier-free environment demonstration city, county, village and town.

In November 2020, the Central Civilization Office released the list of cities selected for the 6th National Civilized City, and Zhaoqing City was rated as the 6th National Civilized City.

In October 2020, Zhaoqing City won the title of National Double Support Model City (County) in 2020.

In October 2020, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment awarded Zhaoqing the title of the fourth batch of national ecological civilization construction demonstration cities and counties.

In October 2020, the "2020 China Blue Sky Top 100 Cities List" was released, with Zhaoqing ranked 32nd.

In July 2020, "China Customs" magazine released the list of "China's Top 100 Foreign Trade Cities in 2019", with Zhaoqing ranked 99th.

In June 2020, the "Ranking of China's Best Cities for Studying in 2019" was released, and Zhaoqing ranked 149th on the list (representative university: Zhaoqing University).

In 2020, the 2019 GDP ranking of cities in Guangdong Province was released, with Zhaoqing ranking 12th with 224.88 billion yuan.

In 2019, Zhaoqing City was selected into the Top 100 Chinese Cities with Development Potential in 2019, ranking 97th.