Foshan (Chinese: 佛山), is a prefecture-level city in central Guangdong province, People's Republic of China. The area under the city's jurisdiction is about 3,840 km2 (1,480 sq mi) and currently has a population of 7.1 million of which 3.6 million reside in the city proper.
Today, many areas of Foshan are occupied mostly by migrants coming from other provinces in the country who speak only Mandarin, while the native dialect here is the Foshan variant of Cantonese.
Following Shenzhen and Guangzhou, Foshan is the third largest manufacturing base in the Pearl River Delta. Once home to a strong State-Owned Enterprises sector, its current economic strength lies in privates firms and Township and Village Enterprises in Shunde and Nanhai. In 2002, private firms contributed 56.12% of the industrial output and firms from Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan contributed 63.44% in exports.
Key industries in Foshan include:
Household electrical appliance and tool manufacturing
Furniture
Non-metal ore and manufacturing
Electronics and communications
Stainless steel products
Plastic products
Ceramics
Some well-known brands to come out of these pillar industries include Midea, Kelon, and Jianlibao. Foshan's furniture and lighting industry is known as the world's largest furniture wholesale market and the world's largest lighting wholesale market.
Foshan Hi-Tech Development Zone
Foshan Hi-Tech Development Zone was founded in 1992. Its total planned area is 7.55 square kilometers. The zone is very close to the national highway G325 as well as Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport. The major industries in the zone including automobile assembly, biotechnology and chemicals processing.
Foshan aims to become a manufacturing giant and the third largest city in Guangdong. To do this, it has pledged to make large-scale investment in the construction of the infrastructure such as transportation and energy. Urban development will focus on the central urban group and Shunde urban group, each with more than one million inhabitants.
Foshan has many tourist spots, including Chinese temples and other examples of Chinese architecture. The old Ancestral Temple in Foshan houses the city's guardian, where it has stood for hundreds of years. The temple still stands after enduring many wars and the Cultural Revolution. Much of its original architecture is still intact. The temple is now used to stage the traditional Cantonese opera in addition to veneration.
Another potential tourist site in Foshan is the old porcelain furnace in Shi Wan. It is said to have been in operation since the Tang dynasty, and the fire inside has never gone out. It is still producing some of the chinaware that made Foshan famous. Surrounding that site are many workshops of the local artists.
The countryside surrounding Foshan city retains much of its traditional south Chinese rural characteristics.
Foshan Ancestral Temple
Foshan Ancestral Temple
Dong Hua Li Alley (东华里巷)
Liang's Garden (梁园)
Qinghui Garden (清晖园)
Renshou Temple (仁寿寺)
Folk Arts & Crafts Center
Pottery & Ceramics Guild
Statue of Guan Yin on Mount Xiqiao
Ancient Nanfeng Kiln (南风古灶)
Central Television Nanhai Film Studio (南海影视城)
Wong Fei-hung Memorial Hall
Friendship cities
Canada Markham, Ontario, Canada
Sister cities
Japan Itami, Hyōgo, Japan
France La Possession, Réunion, France since 1989.
France Aix-en-Provence, France
France Port Louis, Mauritius
United_States Stockton, California, United States
Australia Townsville, Queensland, Australia
United Kingdom Medway, United Kingdom
Grenada St. George's, Grenada
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