Which city in China has both outer and inner seas?

Shantou is the only city in China with an inland sea. Because it is divided into islands by rivers and seas, it is also called Tuodao, Shumeiwutong, Jin Fenghua, and orchids are exquisite and elegant ... First, it is the only big city in the Tropic of Cancer that intersects with the mainland coastline! Shantou is the only city in China with an inland sea, both inland and offshore.

Shantou City is located in the southeast of Guangdong Province, China. At present, it has jurisdiction over five districts, namely Longhu, Jinyuan, Shengping, Dahao and Hepu, and Nan 'ao County, and is in charge of Chaoyang City and Chenghai City. Shantou is one of the five special economic zones in China and an open port city on the southeast coast of China. Adjacent to Hongkong, Macau and Taiwan Province Province, close to the international golden waterway of the Western Pacific. It is a maritime gateway to eastern Guangdong, southwestern Fujian and southeastern Jiangxi. After the establishment of the SAR, the economy has developed rapidly.

As early as 186 1, Shantou was officially opened as a foreign trade port, and it was one of the earliest port cities in the coastal areas of modern China. In 1930s, Shantou Port ranked third in China in throughput and seventh in China in trade prosperity. Eight countries, including the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Japan, Russia, the Netherlands and Belgium, have set up consulates in Shantou. Shantou is an important port for China's import and export trade, a commodity distribution center and a hub for commerce, finance, information and transportation along the southeast coast of China. Nowadays, Shantou is playing a more and more exemplary role in promoting the radiation of special economic zones and central cities in eastern Guangdong.

Shantou is a famous hometown of overseas Chinese in China. After the mid-Qing Dynasty, the number of people going abroad in Shantou ranked first among all ports. There are 2 1.6 million overseas Chinese and nearly 800,000 compatriots from Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao. Overseas Chinese in Chaoshan are spread all over more than 40 countries and regions in the world, which makes Shantou closely connected with the world and has a strong sense of opening up and market economy. Rich overseas Chinese capital, foreign capital and private capital are playing an active role in promoting Shantou's economic and social development.

I crossed the sea by boat in Shantou Seaside Plaza, but I saw that there were five continents merchant ships moored in the harbor, and there were many urban buildings, and the famous Niu Tianyang levee surrounded ten thousand mu of man-made fertile land. The scenic area is known as the "Pearl of the South China Sea" because of its rugged rocks, lush forests and fragrant flowers. There are 43 peaks and valleys in the scenic area. It is said that the earthquake of magnitude 8 caused the cave and stone forest to overlap here.