Guangdong Province.
Foshan City is located in the center of Guangdong Province and the hinterland of the Pearl River Delta. Its center is located at 113°06′ east longitude and 23°02′ north latitude. It has a humid south subtropical monsoon climate, with a mild climate and abundant rainfall. Foshan is adjacent to Hong Kong and Macao, Guangzhou City to the east, and Zhongshan City to the south. Together with Guangzhou City, it forms the "Guangzhou-Foshan Metropolitan Area".
Promote the urbanization cooperation between Guangzhou and Foshan and create an international metropolitan area. Together with Zhongshan City, it forms the "China-Buddha City", and with Jiangmen City, it forms the "Jiang-Foshan Family". Foshan is an important node city in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, the Pearl River-Xijiang Economic Belt, the "Guangzhou-Foshan-Zhaoqing Economic Circle" and the "Guangzhou Metropolitan Area". It is one of the regions with the most developed private economy in the country and is in a leading position in the economic development of Guangdong Province. .
Science and Technology
As of March 2023, Foshan has cooperated with 78 scientific research institutions such as the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and Tsinghua University to establish the Jihua Laboratory and the Foshan Fairy Lake Experiment room and a number of technology platform carriers.
There are 8,700 national high-tech enterprises. It has 1,445 specialized and new enterprises at or above the provincial level, 29 provincial enterprise key laboratories, and 811 provincial engineering technology research and development centers. 121 technology business incubators and 92 maker spaces have been built. It has cultivated and introduced 240 provincial and municipal science and technology innovation teams, more than 6,000 PhDs, and a total human resources of 2.36 million people.
Foshan is one of the first batch of national intellectual property strong city construction demonstration cities in the country. It has the first batch of national intellectual property protection centers and the only Guangdong university scientific and technological achievements transformation center. The total number of patent authorizations in 2022 is 106,000. The number of valid invention patents is 41,000.
Reference for the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Foshan City