Brief history

Guangzhou, part of China since the 3d century.

Became the first Chinese port regularly visited by European traders.
In 1511, Portugal secured a trade monopoly, which was broken by the British in the late 17th century. In the 18th century the French and Dutch were also admitted.
Still, trading was restricted until the Treaty of Nanjing (1842) following the Opium War, which opened the city to foreign trade. Following a disturbance, French and British forces occupied Guangzhou in 1856.

The city was the seat of the revolutionary movement under Sun Yat-sen in 1911; and it was here the Republic of China was proclaimed.

In the 1920s the Nationalist armies of Chiang Kai-shek marched from Guangzhou northward to establish a government in Nanjing. In 1927, Guangzhou was briefly the seat of one of the earliest Communist communes in China.

The fall of Guangzhou to the Communist armies in late October 1949, signaled the Communist takeover of all China. Under the Communist government, Guangzhou was developed as an industrial center and a modern port, with a great trade to and from Hong Kong.

Location:
At the north of the Pearl River delta.

Serves as:
An important trading center, a busy port and the capital city of the Guangdong province.

Area:
16,000 square kilometers

Population:
Approx. 6.5 million

Climate:
Sub-tropical

Temperature:
22 celcius average year-round

Rainy season:
April and August

City nick names:
Goat Town from a saying that five Gods once came to town riding on five goats bringing the first grain to the city.
City of flowers since there is always flowers in bloom due to the warm weather all year.

Monuments
Guangzhou
- Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall - Tomb of 72 Martyrs
- Memorial Hall of Chen Family - Six-Banyan Temple
- Conquering the Sea Tower - Tomb of Nanyue Prince
- Guangxiao Temple - The Mosque
- Yuexiu Park - Guangzhou Zoo
- The Orchard Garden - Trade Fair

Guangzhou, neighboring Hong Kong and Macao, is the capital of Guangdong Province, and the largest city in South China as well.
The city has eight districts and four counties, with a population of 6,290,000 people. Guangzhou has been listed in China's 24 historic and cultural cities. It has long been one of China's ports of foreign trade and friendly exchanges.
The past decade has seen great economic achievements in the city thanks to the policy of reform and opening to the outside world which was first carried out in Guangdong. Now the city has become a well-known industrial city.

* Former Thomas -/Uber Cups:
Thomas -/ Uber Cup, Malaysia 2000

Thomas -/ Uber Cup, HongKong 1998

* Latest Worldranking from IBF

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