---guangzhou has location advantage and good traffic network. guangzhou is the provincial capital of guangdong province, one of the most economically developed regions in china. as one of the five major key cities in china and china's “southern gate”, guangzhou is located in the central part of the pearl river delta. it is adjacent to hong kong and macau and near southeast asia. the distances between guangzhou and beijing, shanghai as well as singapore can be covered in 2 to 3 hours by air; the distance between guangzhou and taipei can be covered in 1 hour by air; the distances between guangzhou and tokyo, dubai as well as sydney can be covered in 4 to 5 hours by air. guangzhou is located in the geometrical center of these financial centers and entrepot ports. a powerful network of ocean, land and air transportations has been formed by modernized transportation hubs such as the guangzhou baiyun airport, guangzhou port and guangzhou south railway station. in XX, the number of incoming and outgoing passengers in guangzhou baiyun airport surmounted 40 million, helping guangzhou to become one of the top 15 air ports in the world; the volume of incoming and outgoing goods and standard containers respectively surmounted 400 million tons and 12 million. guangzhou was the no.5 in terms of goods and no.7 in terms of standard containers among ports in the world.
——廣州經濟繁榮，生活舒適。近5年來，廣州經濟總量每年以1000億元人民幣遞增，年均增長13%，XX年廣州gdp達到10604.48億元人民幣，折契約1600億美元。XX年，廣州進出口總值突破1000億美元，廣州商品出口到200多個國家和地區，形成對外開放的良好格局。廣州擁有獨特的“山、城、水、田、海”城市格局，素有“花城”美譽。XX年成功舉辦了第16屆亞洲運動會和首屆亞洲殘疾人運動會，城市環境面貌發生巨大變化，城市環境舒適宜人，更加適宜創業發展和生活居住，被評為中國最具幸福感的城市。
---guangzhou is characterized by economic prosperity and comfortable living conditions. in the recent 5 years, the increase of the economic aggregate of guangzhou has been rmb 100 billion yuan per annum and the average year-to-year growth rate has been 13%. in XX, the gdp of guangzhou reached rmb 1.060448 trillion yuan, which equals to about 160 billion u.s dollars. in XX, the total import and export volume of guangzhou surmounted 100 billion u.s dollars. commodities produced in guangzhou have been exported to over 200 countries and regions, forming a good model for china's reform and opening-up to the outside world. with the unique city pattern of “mountain, urban area, water, farmland and sea”, guangzhou has long enjoyed the good reputation of “city of flowers”. in XX, the 16th asian games and the 1st asian para games were successfully held in guangzhou. the city environment of guangzhou has gone through dramatic change and become comfortable and agreeable. becoming more and more suitable for living and business activities, guangzhou is ranked as the city with the greatest feeling of happiness in china.