Guangzhou, referred to as Guangzhou and Flower City for short, is the capital of Guangdong Province. It is located in the south-central part of Guangdong Province, at the intersection of Dongjiang, Xijiang and Beijiang, at the northern edge of the Pearl River Delta, bordering on the South China Sea of China.
Guangzhou is a national historical and cultural city. Since the Qin Dynasty, Guangzhou has been the administrative center of counties, states and governments. For more than 2,000 years, it has been the political, military, economic, cultural and scientific and educational center of southern China. Guangzhou is the birthplace and one of the prosperous places of Guangfu culture, a branch of Lingnan culture.
Guangzhou has developed foreign trade. Due to its favorable geographical location, Guangzhou has been an important port city for China's foreign trade from Qin and Han Dynasties to Ming and Qing Dynasties. During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, China's fleet set out from Guangzhou and sailed to Southeast Asia and South Asia for trade. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Guangzhou was a particularly open port, and it was the only foreign trade port city in China for a long time.
The China Import and Export Fair (Canton Fair) held in Guangzhou every spring and autumn has established economic and trade ties with more than 200 countries and regions in the world, attracting a large number of merchants and investors.