Zhanjiang, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province, formerly known as "Guangzhou Bay", also known as "Port City", is located in the southern tip of mainland China, southwestern Guangdong Province, between 109 ° 31 ′ ~ 110 ° 55 ′ longitude, latitude 20 ° 12 ′ ~ 21 ° 35 ′ between the total area of 13225.44 square kilometers. Between the total area of 13225.44 square kilometers.
Zhanjiang belongs to the monsoon climate of the northern edge of the tropics, regulated by the oceanic climate all year round, with no severe cold in winter and no scorching heat in summer, and rich in subtropical crops and seafood resources. As of 2018, Zhanjiang City has four municipal districts, three county-level cities, and two counties under its jurisdiction, with the municipal government stationed in Chikan District. As of the end of 2018, Zhanjiang had a resident population of 7.332 million.
Zhanjiang is the deputy center city of Guangdong Province, the center city of western Guangdong and the Beibu Gulf City Cluster, the first batch of "One Belt, One Road" maritime cooperation pivot cities, the national comprehensive strength of the top 100 cities, national health cities, national garden cities, China's excellent tourist cities, the national model city of double embracing, and the Chinese characteristics of the charming city, Health City of Guangdong Province, Civilized City of Guangdong Province.
In 2018, Zhanjiang realized a gross regional product of 300.839 billion yuan, an increase of 6.0% over the previous year. Among them, the added value of primary industry was 53.361 billion yuan, up 4.5%; the added value of secondary industry was 108.661 billion yuan, up 5.2%; and the added value of tertiary industry was 138.816 billion yuan, up 7.2%.
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Zhanjiang won the title of Garden City in 1959. It has since received many more accolades. Comrade Deng Xiaoping said that Zhanjiang is "Qingdao in the north and Zhanjiang in the south". It was thus named "Qingdao of the South". Premier Zhou Enlai praised Zhanjiang as a "small Paris" with its "houses built in the woods, quiet and elegant".
Marshal Chen Yi praised Zhanjiang "winter is still warm, autumn is like summer, cool winds move, the hot atmosphere," is "the East Geneva". Bingxin master, the poet Ai Qing in Zhanjiang respectively left "Ten Days in Zhanjiang", "Zhanjiang, oleander" and other prose masterpieces. The world's third largest alliance cruise company - Star Cruises has arrived in Zhanjiang many times. The beautiful Zhanjiang is rich in tourism resources.
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