Shunde
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Foshan
Foshan is a city in central Guangdong province in southern China. The prefectural area under the city's jurisdiction over an area of about 3,840 km² and a population of 5.4 million of which 1.1 million reside in the city proper ....
prefecture-level city
Prefecture-level city
A prefectural level city , prefectural city or prefectural level municipality is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China, ranking below a province and above a county in China's administrative structure. Prefectural level cities form the second level of the administrative...
in the Pearl River Delta
Pearl River Delta
The Pearl River Delta , Zhujiang Delta or Zhusanjiao in Guangdong province, People's Republic of China is the low-lying area surrounding the Pearl River estuary where the Pearl River flows into the South China Sea...
, Guangdong Province, southeast China
China
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
.
Administration
Shunde was a county-level cityCounty-level city
A county-level city is a county-level administrative division of mainland China. County-level cities are usually governed by prefecture-level divisions, but a few are governed directly by province-level divisions....
until December 8, 2002, when it became a district of Foshan
Foshan
Foshan is a city in central Guangdong province in southern China. The prefectural area under the city's jurisdiction over an area of about 3,840 km² and a population of 5.4 million of which 1.1 million reside in the city proper ....
prefecture-level city
Prefecture-level city
A prefectural level city , prefectural city or prefectural level municipality is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China, ranking below a province and above a county in China's administrative structure. Prefectural level cities form the second level of the administrative...
. Shunde has direct juridiction over 4 subdistricts
Subdistricts of China
The subdistrict , is one of the smallest political divisions of China. It is a form of township-level division which is typically part of a larger urban area, as opposed to a discrete town surrounded by rural areas, or a rural townships known as a xiang .In general, urban areas are divided into...
and six towns
Town (China)
When referring to political divisions of China, town is the standard English translation of the Chinese 鎮 . It is a fourth-level administrative unit, i.e...
:
- DaliangDaliang, ShundeDaliang Subdistrict is a sub-district in Shunde, Foshan, Guangdong, China, located to the east of Shunde City. It is the seat of the Shunde municipal government. It has a resident population of 310,000 with its total area of ....
subdistrict (大良街道); - LeliuLeliuLeliu Subdistrict is a subdistrict of Shunde District, Foshan, Guangdong, China. It lies in central of Shunde, with a resident population of 120,000 with its total area of 92 square kilometres....
subdistrict (勒流街道); - LunjiaoLunjiaoLunjiao Sub-district is a sub-district in Shunde, Foshan, Guangdong, China, which is at the east of Shunde and a part of Shunde City Zone. It has a resident population of 100,000 with its total area of 59 square kilometres....
subdistrict (伦教街道); - RongguiRongguiRonggui Sub-district is a sub-district in Shunde, Foshan, Guangdong, China, which is at the southeast of Shunde and a part of Shunde City Zone. It was formed by the merging of Rongqi Town and Guizhou Town . It has a resident population of 310,000 with its total area of 80 square kilometres. It is...
subdistrict (容桂街道); - Chencun town (陈村镇);
- Jun'an town (均安镇);
- XingtanXingtanXingtan is a town, part of Shunde district, in Foshan prefecture-level city, Guangdong Province, southern China....
town (杏坛镇); - LongjiangLongjiang (Shunde)Longjiang is a town in west-central Guangdong province, Southern China. It is under the administration of Shunde District, Foshan City, which lies to the north-northeast. Bordering towns are Leliu to the east, Xiangtan to the south, Lecong to the north, and Jiujiang of Nanhai District to the...
town (龙江镇); - LecongLecongLecong is a town in Shunde District, Foshan City, Guangdong province, Southern China.-Geography:Lecong is situated in the hinterland of the Pearl River Delta, the northwestward of Shunde and the south of the central urban area of Foshan. There are less than 30 km from Lecong to Guangzhou and only...
town (乐从镇); - BeijiaoBeijiao (Shunde)Beijiao is a town, part of Shunde district, in Foshan prefecture-level city, Guangdong Province, southern China.Near Beijiao, there is the static inverter plant of HVDC TSQ....
town (北滘镇).
Economy
Since the economic reform, industrial manufacturing and development have been on the rise in Shunde, especially the manufacture of furniture and electric appliances. Some famous mainland Chinese product brands like Kelon (科龙) or Midea are made in Shunde, Shunde has also opened a new technology industrial park containing well known car manufacturers such as Toyota.Also with its excellent geographical position for agriculture, Shunde is becoming one of the wealthiest counties in Guangdong
Guangdong
Guangdong is a province on the South China Sea coast of the People's Republic of China. The province was previously often written with the alternative English name Kwangtung Province...
, and even in mainland China, or global terms, according to official information from the Chinese Government and the United Nations
United Nations
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.
The GDP reached 127.5 billion yuan in 2007, an annual increase of 18%, and GDP per capita reached 107,991 yuan (ca. US$14,200).
Tourism
Shunde boasts canalCanal
Canals are man-made channels for water. There are two types of canal:#Waterways: navigable transportation canals used for carrying ships and boats shipping goods and conveying people, further subdivided into two kinds:...
s still used by barge
Barge
A barge is a flat-bottomed boat, built mainly for river and canal transport of heavy goods. Some barges are not self-propelled and need to be towed by tugboats or pushed by towboats...
s and a street of restored colonial architecture named Hua Gai Lu.
Tourist attractions include the Qinghui Garden (清晖园) featuring fish ponds surrounded by osmanthus
Osmanthus
Osmanthus is a genus of about 30 species of flowering plants in the family Oleaceae, mostly native to warm temperate Asia but one species occurring in North America . It is sometimes included in Nestegis.They range in size from shrubs to small trees, 2-12 m tall...
, bamboo
Bamboo
Bamboo is a group of perennial evergreens in the true grass family Poaceae, subfamily Bambusoideae, tribe Bambuseae. Giant bamboos are the largest members of the grass family....
and mulberry
Mulberry
Morus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Moraceae. The 10–16 species of deciduous trees it contains are commonly known as Mulberries....
bushes and the Bruce Lee
Bruce Lee
Bruce Lee was a Chinese American, Hong Kong actor, martial arts instructor, philosopher, film director, film producer, screenwriter, and founder of the Jeet Kune Do martial arts movement...
memorial museum located in Jun'an Town.
Famous Residents
Martial artist Bruce LeeBruce Lee
Bruce Lee was a Chinese American, Hong Kong actor, martial arts instructor, philosopher, film director, film producer, screenwriter, and founder of the Jeet Kune Do martial arts movement...
's ancestral roots can be found in Gwan'on (Jun'an) in Seundak (Shunde). There is a street in the village
Village
A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...
named after Bruce Lee where his ancestral home is situated. The home is open for public access.
The Lord Mayor of Melbourne
Melbourne
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, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, John So
John So
John Chun Sai So JP is a Chinese-Australian businessman who served as the 102nd Lord Mayor of Melbourne, the capital of Victoria, Australia. He was the first Lord Mayor in the city's history to be directly elected by the people; previously, Lord Mayors were elected by the Councillors.First elected...
is from Shunde. Shunde is also known for its unique Cantonese food.
Lee Shau Kee
Lee Shau Kee
Lee Shau-kee GBM is a property developer and majority owner of Henderson Land Development , a property conglomerate with interests in properties, hotels, restaurants and internet services...
and Yang Guoqiang
Yang Guoqiang
Yang Guoqiang , is a Chinese entrepreneur, the founder and chairman of Country Garden Group, one of the largest real estate developers in Guangdong Province, Mainland China....
two of the many famous real estate developers from Shunde and one of the richest men in the world.