Guangzhou is located in the center of Guangdong province. She is not only the capital of Guangdong, but also the central city with strong attraction and influence in South China. She has jurisdiction over 10 districts and 2 county-grade cities. They are Yuexiu, Haizhu, Liwan, Tianhe, Baiyun, Huangpu, Huadu, Panyu, Luogang, Nansha Districts, and Conghua, Zengcheng Cities. Guangzhou covers an area of 7434.4 km2 and has a total population of some 10,000,000. Affected by the subtropical marine monsoon climate, Guangzhou is green and has flowers all the year around, and is known as “the Flower City”.
广州汽车展Guangzhou is one of the first 24 national historic cultural cities of China. She has a history of over 2200 years, and is the cradle of the South Five Ridge Culture. There is a folklore about Guangzhou’s another name, “Goat City” and “Spike City”. Long long ago, five immortals, riding five goats holding spikes in their mouth, arrived in Guangzhou and presented the spikes to the people. They also wished the people no more famine. And then the five goats became five goat-shaped stones.
Guangzhou was known as one of the starts of the ancient Marine Silk Road of China and on
e of the sources of modern China revolution. Now she has become the frontline of the reform and opening-up of China. She has been making brilliant achievements in developing economy and improving urban aspects. Guangzhou, one of the important ports of foreign trade and financial centers, has become the focus of foreign investment. She is also an important hub of sea, land, and air transportation. Several expressways radiate from here. Guangzhou Port, Guangzhou Railway Station and Baiyun International Airport are always busy. Guangzhou is the paradise of sightseeing, dining and shopping. There are many beautiful and attractive scenic spots; such as Chen Clan Temple, Baomo Garden, Guangxiao Temple, Zhehai Tower, Original Site of Huangpu Military Academy, the White Cloud Mountain, Xiangjiang Safari Park, Sunflower Gardens, Guangdong Olympic Sports Center, Nightscape along the Pearl River, and Metro, etc. You can have authentic Cantonese food and many kinds of foreign food everywhere. You can also buy inexpensive but elegant goods. Guangzhou, the wonderful and ardent city, is holding out her friendly hands. Welcome to Guangzhou.
广州市位于广东省中部，是广东省省会，更是华南地区具有强大吸引力和辐射力的中心城市，
有中国“南大门”之誉。她辖10区——越秀、海珠、荔湾、天河、白云、黄埔、花都、番禺、萝岗、南沙和2市——从化、增城，人口约1000万人，面积为7434.4平方公里。广州属亚热带海洋性季风气候，年平均气温20℃～22℃，终年常绿，鲜花常开，素有“花城”之称。被列入中国首批24个国家历史文化名城的广州已有2200多年悠久历史，是岭南文化的发祥地。她又有“羊城”、“穗城”的雅称，这源于一个古老传说：远古时，有五位仙人骑着五只口衔谷穗的仙羊降临广州越秀山，把谷穗赠与百姓，祝愿五谷丰登，永无饥荒，随后五羊化为仙石。
广州是中国古代海上丝绸之路的起点之一，又是近现代革命的策源地之一。今天的广州，借改革开放的春风取得了辉煌的经济成就，成为中国重要的对外贸易口岸和金融中心。广州和200多个国家与地区建立了贸易关系，在广州的外商投资企业达8000多家，成为外商投资的热土，形成了以优势企业为支柱、门类齐全、轻重并举的大工业雏形。广州的汽车制造业、造船业、石化业、钢铁业、机械装备制造业、医药业、电子信息制造业、物流业、会展业等在未来的数年将会更迅猛发展：南沙开发区的建设，将使广州的经济总量翻一番。广州大学城将使广州的教育事业和高新技术产业更上一台阶。近年，广州“一年一小变，三年一中变”工程的开展，使广州城市面貌焕然一新，相继获得“国际花园城市”荣誉称号、“中国人居环境范例奖”和“联合国改善人居环境最佳范例（迪拜）奖”。广州正按照“南拓、北优、东进、西
联”的发展战略，建设以“山、城、田、海”自然生态特征的适宜创业发展、适宜生活居住的现代化中心城市。新荔湾区将成为广佛都市圈的核心区。
广州已经成为中国重要的海、陆、空立体交通枢纽城市。广州港跨入了国际亿吨港行列，远洋航线可达世界各地；广州火车站是全国最繁忙的火车站之一，京广、广九、广湛、广梅汕铁路交会于此；广州地铁已有1号线和2号线、3号线、4号线的部分路段通车营运，预计到2010年将有9条地铁线开通；以广州中心辐射全省的高速路和快速路正在不断建设，使广州作为全省的交通中心的地位不断加强，也使珠江三角洲形成方便快捷的大都市圈；白云机场是中国三大国际机场之一，开通有30多条国际航线。目前，广州正在番禺区建设一个亚洲最大的新火车站，使广州成为全国四大铁路客运中心之一。
悠久的历史、发达的经济和创新的精神使广州旅游景点不断增加，旅游业迅猛发展。广州既有陈家祠、余荫山房、宝墨园等岭南建筑精品，又有光孝寺、镇海楼、西汉南越王墓博物馆、孙中山大元帅府纪念馆、黄埔军校旧址、广州农讲所、洪秀全纪念馆等文物古迹，还有白云山、越秀山、莲花山、香江野生动物世界、广州海洋馆、华南植物园、流溪河国家森林公园、百万葵园等自然野趣以及广东奥林匹克体育中心、广州体育馆、广州国际会展中心、
珠江夜、地铁、中信广场等城市建筑风光。广州歌剧院、广东省博物馆、双予塔、广州图书馆、电视观光塔等的建设将成为广州旅游业的新亮点。食在广州、玩在广州、购物在广州，您既可以在各种档次的酒楼茶馆品尝到富有特的传统粤菜和各种外来风味菜肴，也可以到上下九路、北京路、江南西路、农林下路、天河城、中华广场、流行前线以及各大型超市和专业市场尽享休闲购物之乐。在这里，您还可以参加各种规模盛大的节日和活动，如新年音乐会、迎春花市、中国出口商品交易会、端午龙舟节、荔枝节、美食节、旅游艺术节、汽车展、一年一度的中国音乐金钟奖、两年一度的广东国际旅游文化节等。美花城五彩缤纷，南中国魅力之都，欢迎您到广州来！
Guangzhou Dining  食在广州
Except the plane and the stool, Guangzhou people eat everything in the sky and on the earth.' From this common saying, we can get some idea of the variety of Guangzhou's delicacies.
常言道广州人除了飞机和凳子，天上飞的地上跑的什么都吃。由此可知粤菜的丰富多彩。
Cantonese Cuisine 广东菜
Guangzhou delicacies are the main representatives of Yue Cai (Cantonese Cuisine), which includes Guangzhou dishes, Chaozhou dishes and Dongjiang dishes and enjoys great popularity all over the country. Guangzhou cuisine uses a wide range of ingredients from the sky, the earth, and the water. They also use seasonings sparingly. Compared with other Chinese cuisines, Guangzhou dishes use few thick spicy dressings in order to keep from masking the original taste of the food.