Jiangmen, the rich and legendary Capital of Overseas Chinese
CreateDate:2021.09.08

On the vast coast of the South China Sea, the flowing West River (Xijiang River) and Tanjiang River are surrounded by a rich and legendary land.

Known as the“Capital of Overseas Chinese", this is where the World Cultural Heritage of Kaiping Diaolou and Villages locates. Over the years, countless villagers traveled across the Pacific to look for their fortune overseas and served their homeland. Chinese and Western architectural treasures embellish this vast land, shining in the world cultural heritage books; more than 4 million overseas Chinese from Jiangmen area have traveled all over the world, creating a miracle in the history of immigration around the world.

Jiangmen is an important node city in the Guangdong- Hong Kong- Macao Greater Bay Area,with prominent geographical advantages and vast hinterland for development. Jiangmen is also an important transportation hub with outstanding environmental advantages, connecting the Pearl River Delta, Hong Kong, and Macao with western Guangdong. The Guangzhou- Zhuhai Intercity Light Railway incorporates Jiangmen into the Pearl River Delta One-Hour Economic Circle, enhancing its trade relations with Guangzhou. Jiangmen station, which has been put into operation, has become the fourth largest railway passenger transport hub in the province. A number of major transportation infrastructure projects, such as Jiangmen Avenue, Jiangshun Bridge, Jiangmen Branch Line between Guangzhou and Zhuhai, JiangZhan Railway, Shenjiang Railway and ZhuZhao High- speed Railway, have been accelerated or successively completed. Jiangmen's transportation network is in the area has been improving. Jiangmen is also the only prefecture- level city in the Guangdong- HongKong-Macao Greater Bay Area with large-scale land for development.This place has abroad space for development, and the obvious advantages of land carrying capacity.

Jiangmen, with a long history, is a charming city for living, business and travel. It is the native land of many renowned historical figures, such as Chen Baisha, the great Ming Dynasty Confucian scholar; Liang Qichao, China’s modern reform pioneer; and Chen Shaobai, China’s“National Uncle”. As a famous“hometown of performing stars”, it also gives birth to more than 100 well- known performing stars, including Li Minwei,“Father of Chinese Films”, the first person of Hong Kong films; Hu Die, the first queen of Chinese films; Dai Ailian, Mother of Chinese dance; Hung Sin- nui, Cantonese opera master; and internationally renowned superstars Zhou Runfa, Liu Dehua, Liang Chaowei, Zhen Zidan,etc. Besides, Jiangmen also boasts famous tourist attractions of Birds’Paradise, which was greatly appreciated by the renowned writer Ba Jin; the famous Guifeng Mountain of idealistic Confucianism in Lingnan area; Shangchuan and Xiachuan Islands, which are among the“Top Ten Beautiful Islands”in Guangdong Province, etc. In addition, the innovative“one- door”government service, the pioneering“1+3+ N”open list system in Guangdong Province and even China,since April 2018, Jiangmen has been winning the State Council's supervision and incentive for deepening the reform of the commercial system, strengthening the supervision during and after the event, and achieving remarkable results. In August 2020, for the reform of "multiple certificates in one" and "separation of certificates and licenses" became the first batch of "National demonstration projects for the construction of government under the rule of law", the reform of the commercial system was again commended by the state-owned brand.

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