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Replying to [Admin]:A good place for foreign investers to build their golden building here
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08 Oct 2007 02:36
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i am really nice to know about this city . i am coming for the canton fair for the first time and![[em12]](http://img.alibaba.com/images/eng/style/icon/emoticons_surprised.gif)
d its my pleasure to live for 4-5 days in that beautiful city .
thanks to china government for all this ......
i am really nice to know about this city . i am coming for the canton fair for the first time and
d its my pleasure to live for 4-5 days in that beautiful city . thanks to china government for all this ......
10 Oct 2007 07:07
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Replying to [Admin]: Quang Zhou city, the biggest city in the South. Can safely assume it is the biggest Cantonese speaking city in China.
In terms of economics, some people says the level of prosperity has surpassed Hong Kong already. In some places prices of merchandize exceeds those in Hong Kong. Electronics is one example, price for movie ticket is another example.
The fact that it is a big city gives rise to a lot of concern regarding it's safety and stability.
But regarding to wholesale and retailing, Guang Zhou is the best choice. You can always sell at price much higher than many other cities in the South.
Canton Fair is one of the most attended event of Hong Kong traders and traders around the world.
In terms of economics, some people says the level of prosperity has surpassed Hong Kong already. In some places prices of merchandize exceeds those in Hong Kong. Electronics is one example, price for movie ticket is another example.
The fact that it is a big city gives rise to a lot of concern regarding it's safety and stability.
But regarding to wholesale and retailing, Guang Zhou is the best choice. You can always sell at price much higher than many other cities in the South.
Canton Fair is one of the most attended event of Hong Kong traders and traders around the world.
31 Oct 2007 14:31
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Replying to [Admin]: Please write port and storage facilities in Guangzhou and any other cities. The more detail, the better.
29 Nov 2007 08:06
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Replying to [Admin]:
Guangdong cuisine is very famous in China. I'm looking forward to having a taste.
Guangdong cuisine is very famous in China. I'm looking forward to having a taste.
22 Jan 2008 22:14
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Replying to [member]:here are some more info, some are old but for references.
Guangzhou Urban District Statistics
Land Area (km2) 3,718.00
Population 1990 (1,000) 4,850.87
Population 2000(1,000) 5,666.80
GDP1990 (million RMB) 36,048.74
GDP2000 (million RMB) 216,511.25
Primary Industry 1990 (million RMB) 2,572.88
Primary Industry 2000(million RMB) 6,554.53
Secondary Industry 1990 (million RMB) 13,629.75
Secondary Industry 2000 (million RMB) 90,342.94
Tertiary Industry 1990 (million RMB) 15,756.89
Tertiary Industry 2000 (million RMB) 119,613.78
Value of Industry 1990 (million RMB) 29,474.21
Value of Industry 2000 (million RMB) 230,442.99
Value of Agruculture 1990 (million RMB) 30,426.70
Value of Agruculture 2000 (million RMB) 236,571.86
Total Retail Sale 1990 (million RMB) 14,346.53
Total Retail Sale 2000 (million RMB) 105,158.67
Wage of Staffs and Workers 1990 (RMB) 3,311.33
Wage of Staffs and Workers 2000 (RMB) 16,333.67
will update very soon.![[em1]](http://img.alibaba.com/images/eng/style/icon/emoticons_smile.gif)
Guangzhou Urban District Statistics
Land Area (km2) 3,718.00
Population 1990 (1,000) 4,850.87
Population 2000(1,000) 5,666.80
GDP1990 (million RMB) 36,048.74
GDP2000 (million RMB) 216,511.25
Primary Industry 1990 (million RMB) 2,572.88
Primary Industry 2000(million RMB) 6,554.53
Secondary Industry 1990 (million RMB) 13,629.75
Secondary Industry 2000 (million RMB) 90,342.94
Tertiary Industry 1990 (million RMB) 15,756.89
Tertiary Industry 2000 (million RMB) 119,613.78
Value of Industry 1990 (million RMB) 29,474.21
Value of Industry 2000 (million RMB) 230,442.99
Value of Agruculture 1990 (million RMB) 30,426.70
Value of Agruculture 2000 (million RMB) 236,571.86
Total Retail Sale 1990 (million RMB) 14,346.53
Total Retail Sale 2000 (million RMB) 105,158.67
Wage of Staffs and Workers 1990 (RMB) 3,311.33
Wage of Staffs and Workers 2000 (RMB) 16,333.67
will update very soon.
24 Jan 2008 03:29
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Replying to [Leosun]:Have a look about the Guangzhou history :
The first known city built at the site of Guangzhou was Panyu ( later simplified; Poon Yu in Cantonese) founded in 214 BC. The city has been continuously occupied since that time. Panyu was expanded when it became the capital of the Nanyue Kingdom (Vietnam) in 206 BC.
Recent archaeological founding of her palace suggests that the city might have traded frequently with by foreigners by the sea routes. The foreign trade continued through every following dynasty and the city remains a major international trading port to this day.
The Han Dynasty annexed Nanyue in 111 BC, and Panyu became a provincial capital and remains so until this day. In 226 AD, the city however became the seat of the Guang Prefecture ( Guangzhou). Therefore, "Guangzhou" was the name of the prefecture, not of the city. However, people grew accustomed to calling the city Guangzhou, instead of Panyu.
Although the Chinese name of Guangzhou replaced Panyu as the name of the walled city, Panyu was still the name of the area surrounding the walled city until the end of Qing era.
Arab and Persian pirates sacked Guangzhou (known to them as Sin-Kalan) in AD 758, ² according to a local Guangzhou government report on October 30, 758, which corresponded to the day of Guisi (Chinese Calendar) of the ninth lunar month in the first year of the Qianyuan era of Emperor Suzong of the Tang Dynasty.
During the Northern Song Dynasty, a celebrated poet called Su Shi (Shisu) visited Guangzhou's Baozhuangyan Temple and wrote the inscription "Liu Rong" (Six Banyan Trees) because of the six banyan trees he saw there. It has since been called the Temple of the Six Banyan Trees.
The Portuguese were the first Europeans to arrive to the city by sea, establishing a monopoly on the external trade out of its harbor by 1511. They were later expelled from their settlements in Guangzhou (in Portuguese Canton or Cantao), but instead granted use of Macau (first occupied in 1511)[citation needed] as a trade base with the city in 1557. They would keep a near monopoly of foreign trade in the region until the arrival of the Dutch in the early seventeenth century.
source from :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guangzhou (part one)
The first known city built at the site of Guangzhou was Panyu ( later simplified; Poon Yu in Cantonese) founded in 214 BC. The city has been continuously occupied since that time. Panyu was expanded when it became the capital of the Nanyue Kingdom (Vietnam) in 206 BC.
Recent archaeological founding of her palace suggests that the city might have traded frequently with by foreigners by the sea routes. The foreign trade continued through every following dynasty and the city remains a major international trading port to this day.
The Han Dynasty annexed Nanyue in 111 BC, and Panyu became a provincial capital and remains so until this day. In 226 AD, the city however became the seat of the Guang Prefecture ( Guangzhou). Therefore, "Guangzhou" was the name of the prefecture, not of the city. However, people grew accustomed to calling the city Guangzhou, instead of Panyu.
Although the Chinese name of Guangzhou replaced Panyu as the name of the walled city, Panyu was still the name of the area surrounding the walled city until the end of Qing era.
Arab and Persian pirates sacked Guangzhou (known to them as Sin-Kalan) in AD 758, ² according to a local Guangzhou government report on October 30, 758, which corresponded to the day of Guisi (Chinese Calendar) of the ninth lunar month in the first year of the Qianyuan era of Emperor Suzong of the Tang Dynasty.
During the Northern Song Dynasty, a celebrated poet called Su Shi (Shisu) visited Guangzhou's Baozhuangyan Temple and wrote the inscription "Liu Rong" (Six Banyan Trees) because of the six banyan trees he saw there. It has since been called the Temple of the Six Banyan Trees.
The Portuguese were the first Europeans to arrive to the city by sea, establishing a monopoly on the external trade out of its harbor by 1511. They were later expelled from their settlements in Guangzhou (in Portuguese Canton or Cantao), but instead granted use of Macau (first occupied in 1511)[citation needed] as a trade base with the city in 1557. They would keep a near monopoly of foreign trade in the region until the arrival of the Dutch in the early seventeenth century.
source from :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guangzhou (part one)
24 Jan 2008 03:36
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Replying to [Leosun]: part 2
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an overview of Canton's defences during its heyday.After China claimed control of Taiwan in 1683, the Qing government became open to encouraging foreign trade. Guangzhou quickly emerged as one of the most adaptable ports for negotiating commerce and before long, many foreign ships were going there to procure cargos. Portuguese in Macau, Spanish in Manila, and Armenians and Muslims from India were already actively trading in the port by the 1690s, when the French and English British East India Company's ships began frequenting the port through the Canton System. Other companies were soon to follow: the Ostend General India company in 1717; Dutch East India Company in 1729; the first Danish ship in 1731, which was followed by a Danish Asiatic Company ship in 1734; the Swedish East India Company in 1732; followed by an occasional Prussian and Trieste Company ship; the Americans in 1784; and the first ships from Australia in 1788. By the middle of the 18th century, Guangzhou had emerged as one of the world's great trading ports under the Thirteen Factories, which was a distinction it maintained until the outbreak of the Opium Wars in 1839 and the opening of other ports in China in 1842. The privilege during this period made Guangzhou one of the top 3 cities in the world.[4]
Guangzhou was one of the five Chinese treaty ports opened by the Treaty of Nanking (signed in 1842) at the end of the First Opium War between Britain and China. The other ports were Fuzhou, Xiamen, Ningbo, and Shanghai.
1888 German map of Hong Kong, Macau, and GuangzhouIn 1918, the city's urban council was established and "Guangzhou" became the official name of the city. Panyu became a county's name to the southern side of Guangzhou. In both 1930 and 1953, Guangzhou was promoted to the status of a Municipality, but each time promotion was cancelled within the year.
Japanese troops occupied Guangzhou from October 12, 1938 to September 16, 1945, after violent bombings. In the city, the Imperial Japanese Army conducted bacteriological research unit 8604, a section of unit 731, where Japanese doctors experimented on human prisoners.
Communist forces entered the city on October 14, 1949. Their urban renewal projects improved the lives of some residents. New housing on the shores of the Pearl River provided homes for the poor boat people. Reforms by Deng Xiaoping, who came to power in the late 1970s, led to rapid economic growth due to the city's close proximity to Hong Kong and access to the Pearl River.
As labor costs increased in Hong Kong, manufacturers opened new plants in the cities of Guangdong including Guangzhou. As the largest city in one of China's wealthiest provinces, Guangzhou attracts farmers from the countryside looking for factory work. Cantonese links to overseas Chinese and beneficial tax reforms of the 1990s have aided the city's rapid growth.
In 2000, Huadu and Panyu were merged into Guangzhou as districts, and Conghua and Zengcheng became county-level cities of Guangzhou.
source from :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guangzhou
Wikisource has original text related to this article:
an overview of Canton's defences during its heyday.After China claimed control of Taiwan in 1683, the Qing government became open to encouraging foreign trade. Guangzhou quickly emerged as one of the most adaptable ports for negotiating commerce and before long, many foreign ships were going there to procure cargos. Portuguese in Macau, Spanish in Manila, and Armenians and Muslims from India were already actively trading in the port by the 1690s, when the French and English British East India Company's ships began frequenting the port through the Canton System. Other companies were soon to follow: the Ostend General India company in 1717; Dutch East India Company in 1729; the first Danish ship in 1731, which was followed by a Danish Asiatic Company ship in 1734; the Swedish East India Company in 1732; followed by an occasional Prussian and Trieste Company ship; the Americans in 1784; and the first ships from Australia in 1788. By the middle of the 18th century, Guangzhou had emerged as one of the world's great trading ports under the Thirteen Factories, which was a distinction it maintained until the outbreak of the Opium Wars in 1839 and the opening of other ports in China in 1842. The privilege during this period made Guangzhou one of the top 3 cities in the world.[4]
Guangzhou was one of the five Chinese treaty ports opened by the Treaty of Nanking (signed in 1842) at the end of the First Opium War between Britain and China. The other ports were Fuzhou, Xiamen, Ningbo, and Shanghai.
1888 German map of Hong Kong, Macau, and GuangzhouIn 1918, the city's urban council was established and "Guangzhou" became the official name of the city. Panyu became a county's name to the southern side of Guangzhou. In both 1930 and 1953, Guangzhou was promoted to the status of a Municipality, but each time promotion was cancelled within the year.
Japanese troops occupied Guangzhou from October 12, 1938 to September 16, 1945, after violent bombings. In the city, the Imperial Japanese Army conducted bacteriological research unit 8604, a section of unit 731, where Japanese doctors experimented on human prisoners.
Communist forces entered the city on October 14, 1949. Their urban renewal projects improved the lives of some residents. New housing on the shores of the Pearl River provided homes for the poor boat people. Reforms by Deng Xiaoping, who came to power in the late 1970s, led to rapid economic growth due to the city's close proximity to Hong Kong and access to the Pearl River.
As labor costs increased in Hong Kong, manufacturers opened new plants in the cities of Guangdong including Guangzhou. As the largest city in one of China's wealthiest provinces, Guangzhou attracts farmers from the countryside looking for factory work. Cantonese links to overseas Chinese and beneficial tax reforms of the 1990s have aided the city's rapid growth.
In 2000, Huadu and Panyu were merged into Guangzhou as districts, and Conghua and Zengcheng became county-level cities of Guangzhou.
source from :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guangzhou
24 Jan 2008 03:38
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