Climate

The mild climate, adequate rainfall, and evergreen seasons have made Foshan a renowned place of abundance ever since. It has humid subtropical monsoon climate with an average annual temperature of 22.1°C. In the river-woven area of the PRD, Foshan features Xijiang River and Beijiang River, branches of the Pearl River, running all the way through the city.

Divisions and population

At present Foshan governs five districts, namely, Chancheng District, Nanhai District, Shunde District, and Sansui District. The city covers a total area of 3848.49 k㎡and has a population over 5.923 million, including 3.611 million registered permanent residents.

Overseas Chinese

Being one of the most important emmigration homelands in Guangdong Province, Foshan is the hometown to 680 thousand overseas Chinese and 800 thousand Hong Kong and Macao citizens. The overseas Chinese from Foshan are now living in about 72 countries or regions, including Southeast Asian, Japan, USA, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Mauritius,etc. Foshan has 108 associations of Foshan overseas Chinese at abroad and in HK or Macao.

Transportation

Foshan is 231 kilometres away from Hong Kong and 143 kilometres from Macao. It is about two hours' drive from Foshan to Hongkong and Macao. The close connection between Foshan and Hong Kong, Macao enables Foshan to make full use of the market advantage and metropolitan position of the two cities, facilitating Foshan to get broader involvement in the global economy.

As located in the central part of the Pearl River Delta, Foshan and Guangzhou, with similar history and culture, put in place the "Guangzhou-Foshan Economic Circle". It is whthin one hour's drive from central Foshan to the three main transport hubs of Guangzhou (Guangzhou New Baiyun International Airport, Guangzhou Nansha Port, and Guangzhou Railway Station). Foshan and Guangzhou International Airport are connected with speedway, while it only costs 35 minute to drive from one place to the other. From Shunde District of Foshan, it also costs 30 minute drive to go to Nansha Port. Guangzhou-Foshan Metro connects the centres of the two cities, shortening the transporting time between the centres to 40 minutes.

Honours

Foshan is titled as: National Hygiene city, National Garden City, National Famous Historical and Cultural City, Outstanding Cities in Promoting Science and Technology, China's happiest city.

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