1.Location Shaoguan City has the favorable location of connecting hinterland to Pearl River Delta, benefits from opening to the North and South. Highway: Shaoguan to Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, 90 minutes. High-speed train: Shaoguan to Guangzhou, 50 minutes, 117 round trips per day. Shaoguan to Shenzhen, 90 minutes, 90 round trips per day. Shaoguan to Hong Kong, 120 minutes. Shaoguan New Port is directly connected to Hong Kong and Macao. Shaoguan and Shenzhen Yantian Port have been connected by freight trains.
2.Transportation
Shaoguan has well-established transportation infrastructure and is constructing a three-dimensional transportation network of “eight highways, four railways, one airport and one port”.
T he“Eight Highways” includes highways of Beijing-Hong Kong-Macao, Nan Shao, Shaoguan North Ring, Lechang-Guangzhou, Wuhan-Shenzhen, Daguang, Kunshan and Shaoxin.
The “Four Railways” includes the Wuhan-Guangzhou high-speed railway, Beijing-Guangzhou railway, Shaoguan-Ganzhou railway and Shaoguan-Liuzhou railway.
The“One airport and one port” includes Beijiang Waterway and Danxia Airport.
Shaoguan has been integrated into the one-hour life circle of the cities of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
3.Resources
01.Land Resources
The land area of Shaoguan ranks second in Guangdong Province, with a large number of undeveloped land resources, giving the city huge development potential and space.
02.Ecological Resources
Shaoguan is one of the cities which have top ecological environment in Guangdong Province. Rivers are gathering in the city with excellent water quality. It is the first city that has set up pilot areas of ecological civilization construction in Guangdong Province. The city’s index of forest coverage, forest area and living wood area ranks first in the province, making it an important ecological barrier of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
03.Mineral Resources Shaoguan is known as the “Hometown of China's Nonferrous Metals”, and “City of Zinc ”. Mineral exploration has detected 55 kinds of minerals with proven reserves. The mineral reserves such as lead, silver and zinc rank among top in the country.
04.Tourism Resources
Shaoguan has 17 world-class and national-level scenic spots and over 100 scenic spots at the provincial level and below, perfectly showcasing the various landscapes of South China. The city has formed its tourism features of“Famous Mountains, Buddhist Temples, Hot Springs and Local Culture”.
05.Electric Power Resources Shaoguan is an important electric power generation and sales base in Guangdong Province. The annual sales of electricity is more than 15 billion kWh, with 100% of reliability of power supply.
4.Urban Area Guangdong Province is accelerating the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and creating a new pattern of coordinated development of the “Pearl River Delta Core Development Area, Coastal Economic Zone and Ecological Development Zone”. Under the new pattern, Shaoguan City aims to better protect its ecological resources and its central urban zone will develop into an ideal place for living, business and tourism. Shaoguan is striving to achieve this goal and build a core city of ecological development in northern Guangdong Province by implementing well-designed development strategy.
Shaoguan will moderately expand the scale of the central city and have a scientific planning of the functions of the district and strengthen its connection with other districts. It will also improve the functions of the city, enhance its quality and boost the internal development momentum, better develop its economy and enlarge its scale, extensively bring capitals, high-tech resources, talents and labor force into the central city.