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About
Guangzhou |
Guangzhou (Canton), China
City Guide |
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Location:
located in the south part of China, at the mouth of
the Pearl River |
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Neighboring Areas:
Hunan, Jiangxi, Fujian, and Hainan provinces; Guangxi
Zhuang Autonomous Region, Hong Kong and Macao |
Population:
6.66 million
Urban
Population: 3.95
million
Area:
7,434 sq km |
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Nationalities:
Han, Li, Yao, Zhuang, Miao, Hui, Manchu and She |
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Lationalities:
Putonghua
(Mandrine) and Cantonese are widely spoken |
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Office Hours
(for government offices):
8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Mondays to Fridays.
All these offices are closed on
Saturdays and Sundays. |
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Banking Hours:
9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. Mondays to Fridays, 9:00 a.m.-3:00
p.m. Saturdays to Sundays.
In the period of the trade fair: 8:30 a.m.-7:00 p.m.
(undecided) |
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Currency
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Renminbi (RMB 8.27 to US$ 1) |
Electricity
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220V, 50~AC¡¡
The shapes of the general plug base are as following: |
Communications:
It is very convenient to communicate with outside
world. You can dial directly and communicate with more
than 500 cities at home and abroad, and in the region
of Hong Kong and Macao.
The bandwidth of the direct international outlet for
Internet is 400M. |
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Weights and
Measures:
Guangzhou uses the metric system. kilogram, meter, and
litre are most commonly used.
1 kilogram = 2.205 pounds
1 metre = 3.281 feet
1 litre = 0.220 gallon |
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Time Difference
(Take monday in GZ for example)
Guangzhou (Beijing, Hong Kong):
8:00 (0) (Monday)
New York:19:00 (-13) (Sunday)
London (Paris):0:00
(-8) (Monday)
Istanbul:02:00
(-8) (Monday)
Tokyo:9:00 (+1) (Monday)
Sydney:10:00
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Transportation:
Aviation service:Guangzhou Baiyun International
Airport provides 16 international airlines and
regional airlines, flying to more than 70 cities at
home and abroad.
If you take domestic flight, please go through the
formalities for boarding 90 minutes before the
departure time.
Airport tax:
(International flight) 90 yuan (RMB)
(Ordinary domestic flight) 50 yuan (RMB)
(Domestic feeder flight) 10 yuan (RMB)
The distance between airport and the trade fair:8 km |
Urban traffic:
Bus service: including motorbuses,
trolleybuses, and buses for special lines.
There is no conductor on these buses, and the price of
a ticket is 1 yuan (RMB), but the prices for some long
lines are 2-4 yuan (RMB).
Subway service: No. 1 subway line is made up of
16 stations. It begins from Guangzhou East Railway
Station in the east to Xilang in the west. The prices
are 2-6 yuan (RMB). The whole journey will cost 32
minutes.
Taxi service:
The original price is 7 yuan (RMB), 2.2~2.6 yuan (RMB)
for per kilometer. |
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History:
with a history of 2,200 years, regarded as the the
earilest among the international trade port cities in
the world; built as Chuting by the Chu people on the
middle reaches of the Yangtse River in the 9th century
B.C.; established as Nanhai Prefecture in the Qin
dynasty and became Nanyue Kingdom in the Western Han
dynasty; the starting point of the Silk Road on the
sea which links China with the Arabian and western
countries in trading; the China's only foreign trade
port at sea before the Qing dynasty. |
Climatic
Features: subtropical humid
monsoon climate, hot,
humid, & rainy in summer; cool, dry, &
less rain in winter.
Average Temperature: 21.4-21.9¡æ |
Average
Temperature:
21.7 C
annually with the highest of 38.7C
and lowest of 0C |
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Rainfall:
annual precipitation 1982.7 mm, with rainfall
concentrated in spring and autumn |
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Mountains:
Western Hills, which belong to the Taihang Range; Mt.
Jundushan, in the north, which is part of the Mt.
Yanshan |
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Rivers:
Pearl River (West River, North
River, East River), Nanhai, Liuhua Lake, Li Lake,
Dongshan Lake |
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Products:
paddy rice, potato, wheat, corn, jowar, silk,
sugarcane, earthnut and hemp
Tropical or Subtropical Fruits: banana, cirtrus,
lichee, and pineapple |
Local
Highlights:
Yue
Drama Famous Guangdong Folk Music: Bubugao and
Xiyangyang
Handcraft: Ivory Carving, Sandalwood Fan |
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