The most populous province in China.

1. Guangdong is the most populous province in China. At the end of 20 16, the permanent population of Guangdong was 10999 million, a net increase of1500,000 over the previous year, with an increase of 1.38% and an increase of 0.2 1 percentage point over the previous year. There are 57,634,800 males and 52,355,200 females, the sex ratio (female: 100) is 1 10.08, and the population density is 6 12 persons per square kilometer.

Second, the introduction:

Guangdong, whose name evolved from Lingnan East Road and Guangnan East Road, is called "Guangdong" for short. Guangzhou, the provincial capital, is a coastal province at the southern tip of Chinese mainland. Located in the south of Nanling and on the coast of the South China Sea, it borders Hong Kong, Macao, Guangxi, Hunan, Jiangxi and Fujian, and faces Hainan across the sea. It has jurisdiction over 2 1 prefecture-level cities (including 2 sub-provincial cities) and 9 county-level administrative regions (60 municipal districts, 20 county-level cities, 36 counties and 3 autonomous counties).

Since the Qin Dynasty, there have been immigrants from the Central Plains in Guangdong, gradually forming three major ethnic groups: Guangfu, Hakka and Chaoshan, and forming a unique Lingnan culture. Cantonese, Hakka and Min dialects are widely used in Guangdong, and the centers of Cantonese and Hakka dialects are in Guangdong. Guangdong is also the most populous province in China at present.

Guangdong had a high degree of civilization in the Neolithic Age and Bronze Age in the pre-Qin period, and was one of the cradles of Chinese civilization. Guangdong is the southern gate of China and the shipping hub in the South China Sea. Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, Cantonese people have embarked on the road of communication with other countries through the sea and become the earliest birthplace of the Maritime Silk Road. After the reform and opening up, Guangdong has become the frontier of reform and opening up and the window to introduce western economy, culture and technology, and has made remarkable achievements.

Since 1989, Guangdong's GDP has been ranked first in the country, becoming the largest economic province in the country, accounting for 1/8 of the total national economy, reaching the level of upper-middle-income countries and moderately developed countries. The comprehensive competitiveness of Guangdong's regional economy ranks first in the country. In 20 16, the number of high-tech enterprises in Guangdong reached 19857, ranking first in the country. The number of PCT international patent applications has been ahead of the national 15 years.

Nine cities in Guangdong Pearl River Delta will join hands with Hong Kong and Macao to build Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and become one of the four largest Greater Bay Area cities in the world alongside new york Bay Area, San Francisco Bay Area and Tokyo Bay Area. Guangdong should form a world-class coastal metropolitan belt with the Pearl River Delta world-class bay area urban agglomeration as the guide and Shantou Chaojie urban agglomeration and Zhanmao Yangcheng urban agglomeration as the support.

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