BriefIntroductiontoGuangdongProvince(YueforShort)
GuangdongislocatedinthesouthernpartofthesouthChinaSea,encompassingatotal179,766squarekilometres.Fromnorthtosouth,thealtitudesoflandformsdecreases.ThehighestmountainistheShikengkongpeakwithaheightof1902mabovesealevel.ThemountainandhillareascovermostofGuangdongwithoutmanyplains.TherearemanyriverssuchastheZhujiangRiver(PearlRiver),whichiscomposedoftheXijiangRiver,theBeijiangRiver,theDongjiangRiver,theHanjiangRiver,theRongjiangRiverandtheMoyangjiangRiver.Guangdonghasacurvedcoastallineof3368.1kmandmanyestuariesandmorethan651offshoreislets.TheTropicofCancerrunsthroughGuangdong,thesouthwestpartofwhichandtheLeizhouPeninsulaareinthetropicalzone,andotherpartsinthesubtropicalzone.Itiswarmandrainyalltheyearround,theaveragetemperaturerangesfrom19to26centigradedegree,theaverageannualrainfallismorethan1500mm,therainyseasonisfromApriltoSeptember.Abort130,000yearsago,theHomesapiens,theBeijingRiver"Mabaren",evolvedintotheXijiangRiver"Fengkairen"about12,000yearsago,andthentoBaiyuerenabout4,000yearsago.In214B.C.thefirstemperorinQingDynastybroughttheLinnanunderhiscontrol,anddivideditintothreeparts:theHanPeoplemovedintotheseregionsandtheCounty.Sincethattime,theHanPeoplemovedintotheseregionsandtheBaiyuePeoplebecamethemembersofChinesenation.BynowtherearealsomanyethnicminoritiessuchastheMiao,theYao,theHui,theManandtheSheintheGuangdongProvince.In1989thepopulationwasestimatedat60,240,000.Besides,therearealargenumberofGuangdongpeoplewhohaveemigratedabroad.GuangdongProvincewasfirstsetupin1370A.D.withGuangzhouasitscapital.PeopleinGuangdongProvincehaverevolutionarytraditions.ThefirstpageofChinesemodernhistorybeganinGuangdong(theAnti-imperialism'sOpiumWar),whichisalsothestartingpointofChineseDemocraticRevolution.AstheSouthGateofChina,Guangdonghasbeenopiningtotheoutsideworldforalongtime.Sincetheadoptionofopeningandreformingpolicyin1978,threespecialeconomiczones,ShenZhen,ZhuhaiandShantou,havebeenestablished,Guangzhou,Zhanjiang,theZhujiang(PearlRiver)Deltaareasandthewholecoastalregionshavebeenopened.Morethan100portshavealsobeenopened.SoGuangdong'stransportationisconvenient.Itsindustryisdevolopingandagriculturalproducts(rice,fruits,fishing,etc)areabundant.Itseconomyisdevelopingrapidly.
ThetransportconditionsinGuangdongProvincearefairlygood.Sofar,thewatertransportationhasbeenplayingaveryimportantrole.TheoceanshopsgofromGuangzhouorZhanjiangtoSouthEastAsia,Africa,EuropeandAmerica,andmorethan40portsinShanghai,Dalian,Tianjin,Qingdao,Nantong,Ningbo,Yantai,Fuzhou,Xiamen,Wenzhou,Beihaiandetc.GuangdongisalsooneoftheprovincesinChinawherethehighwayshavebeendevelopedintothenetworksallovertheprovince.Andtherearefourrailways:BeijiangtoGuangzhou,GuangzhoutoJiulong,GuangzhoutoMaomingandLitangtoZhanjiang.Theairtransportservicesaredevelopingrapidly.BesidesanairportinGuangzhou,therearesomeotherairportsinZhanjing,Shantou,Zhuhai,Shenzhen,Foshan,Huizhou,Wuhua,Meixian,Yangjiangetc.whichconnectwithallthelargecitiesinChina.Therearemor