Shantou, referred to as "Shantou", is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Province. Approved by the State Council, it is the China Special Economic Zone, an important gateway to the Maritime Silk Road, a central city in eastern Guangdong and an important port city in the southeast coast. Located at the southern tip of Hanjiang Delta, it is connected to Chaozhou in the north, Jieyang in the west, South China Sea in the south, Taiwan Province Province across the sea in the east, and Hanjiang, Rongjiang and Lianjiang enter the sea. It is the only city in Chinese mainland with an inner bay. Shantou six districts 1 county, with a total area of 2 199 square kilometers. According to the data of the seventh national census, as of 0: 00 on June 65, 2020, the permanent population of Shantou was 550203 1 person.
Shantou is a sub-central city in the province, one of the four cities in Chaoshan, a core city in Shantou-Chaoshan metropolitan area, an open coastal port city, a famous hometown of overseas Chinese in China, an excellent tourist city in China, a top 100 city with investment environment in China, a brand economy city in China, a national intellectual property work demonstration city, a national e-commerce demonstration city, a national information consumption pilot city, a national double-support model city, a China stationery production base and a national transportation hub city. Shantou is one of the important ancestral homes and settlements of Chaoshan people and one of the important birthplaces and prosperous places of Chaoshan culture.
Shantou Chaoshan culture is a branch of Chinese excellent traditional culture, which has the characteristics of compatibility between Chinese and foreign cultures. Represented by Chaoshan dialect, Chaoshan song and dance, Chaoshan drama, Chaoshan cuisine, Chaoshan embroidery, congou, Chaoshan craft, Chaoshan embroidery, Chaoshan folk houses, Chaoshan mountain ponds, Chaoshan merchants, Chaoshan woodcarving, welcoming the old, leaving the garden and Sanshanwang. Shantou has more than 5 million overseas Chinese and compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, all over the world 100 countries and regions.