postgres Foshan is a prefecture-level city in Guangdong (code 440600) and a manufacturing and rail-transit hub in the Pearl River Delta. /en/places/foshan/relation/mentions.html place_foshan place foshan 佛山市

Foshan is a prefecture-level city in Guangdong (code 440600) and a manufacturing and rail-transit hub in the Pearl River Delta.

published category-transit category-geography tag-metro tag-admin-division cptond https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.29377427.v2 Foshan/foshan_metro_routes.shp; city_cn=佛山; city_en=Foshan mca2023 https://www.mca.gov.cn/mzsj/xzqh/2023/202301xzqh.html 代码 440600 佛山市 wikidata https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34412 zhwiki https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BD%9B%E5%B1%B1%E5%B8%82 enwiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foshan gz-gov-2023 https://www.gz.gov.cn/zlgz/whgz/content/post_8814877.html 佛山“肇迹于晋，得名于唐”；唐贞观二年（628年）塔坡岗掘得三尊铜佛；明清“四大名镇”；1920年南海县府迁佛山 gz-plan-2021 https://www.gz.gov.cn/zwgk/fggw/sfbgtwj/content/post_8527281.html 广州、佛山地处珠江三角洲核心区域 bayarea-foshan https://www.cnbayarea.org.cn/city/foshan/dtxw/content/post_1046327.html 南海、顺德、高明、三水等县级市撤市设区，形成“一市辖五区”格局 foshan-gov-2024 https://www.foshan.gov.cn/page1/index.html 2024年地区生产总值13362亿元；常住人口969.89万人；城镇化率95.64%；三次产业结构1.8:50.3:47.9；高速公路560公里（2023年底） mct-2024 https://zhuanti.mct.gov.cn/2022ycrgdhd_detail_g7yU_944/6959.html 国家级非遗15项、省级56项、市级155项；禅城区设广东粤剧博物馆 foshan-gov-yongchun-2021 https://www.foshan.gov.cn/gzjg/fswenhua/wltdt/content/post_4844171.html 2021年6月10日国务院公布第五批国家级非遗代表性项目名录 foshan-gov-wushu-2026 https://www.foshan.gov.cn/gzjg/fswenhua/wltdt/content/post_7211532.html 佛山是“中国武术之城”、南派武术重要发祥地 unesco-shunde https://www.unesco.org/zh/creative-cities/shunde Member since: 2014; Creative field: Gastronomy foshan-gov-intangible-2026 https://www.foshan.gov.cn/zwgk/zwdt/bmdt/content/post_7322969.html 陶艺、香云纱、醒狮武术、顺德美食、叠滘龙船等非遗资源 gh-metro-2025 http://fsdr.foshan.gov.cn/fsfgj/fhj/fzgg/gzwq/content/post_6926813.html 2010年11月3日通车，国内第一条地下城际轨道交通线路 foshan-metro-3 http://sino-german.foshan.gov.cn/xwzx/yw/content/post_7179581.html 佛山西站2017年开通运营；2024年广佛环线佛山西站至广州南站段通车；3号线串联佛山西站与沙堤机场 2026-10-25 2026-10-28 user:admin 20 ## History Foshan is said to have “originated in the Jin dynasty and taken its name in the Tang”[^gz-gov-2023]. In 628, the second year of the Zhenguan era, villagers of Jihua township in Nanhai County unearthed three bronze Buddha statues at Tapo Hill and renamed the township “Foshan”; the name has been recorded ever since[^gz-gov-2023]. In the Ming and Qing dynasties the town of Foshan was counted, together with Hankou in Hubei, Jingdezhen in Jiangxi and Zhuxianzhen in Henan, among the “Four Great Towns” of China[^gz-gov-2023]. In 1920 the seat of Nanhai County moved to Foshan[^gz-gov-2023]. In December 2002 the county-level cities of Nanhai, Shunde, Gaoming and Sanshui were converted into districts, giving Foshan its “one city, five districts” structure[^bayarea-foshan]. ## Geography Foshan is a prefecture-level city of Guangdong[^mca2023], located in the core of the Pearl River Delta and adjoining Guangzhou[^gz-plan-2021]. The city covers 3,797.72 km²[^wikidata]. ## Subdivisions 5 county-level or higher divisions[^mca2023]: - [[place_cn_440604|Chancheng District]] (district, 440604) - [[place_cn_440605|Nanhai District]] (district, 440605) - [[place_cn_440606|Shunde District]] (district, 440606) - [[place_cn_440607|Sanshui District]] (district, 440607) - [[place_cn_440608|Gaoming District]] (district, 440608) ## Population At the end of 2024 the city had 9.6989 million residents, and the urbanisation rate stood at 95.64%[^foshan-gov-2024]. In 2020 the population was 9.499 million[^wikidata]. ## Economy In 2024 the city's GDP was 1.3362 trillion yuan, with the three sectors accounting for 1.8%, 50.3% and 47.9%[^foshan-gov-2024]. GDP grew by 6.1% a year on average between 2013 and 2024, and per-capita GDP reached the 130,000 yuan level in 2024[^foshan-gov-2024]. The number of industrial enterprises above designated size passed 10,000 in 2024, and advanced manufacturing made up 52.5% of their value added[^foshan-gov-2024]. The private sector generates more than 60% of GDP and more than 90% of market entities; by 2024 the city had 1.71 million market entities[^foshan-gov-2024]. ## Culture Foshan has 15 national, 56 provincial and 155 municipal intangible cultural heritage items (2024)[^mct-2024]. Cantonese opera (Yueju) is inscribed on UNESCO's intangible cultural heritage list, and Chancheng District hosts the Guangdong Cantonese Opera Museum, built around Cantonese opera, Shiwan ceramic sculpture and related traditions[^mct-2024]. Wing Chun was added to the fifth national list of intangible cultural heritage items in 2021[^foshan-gov-yongchun-2021]. Foshan is known as “China's City of Martial Arts” and as a major birthplace of southern martial arts; kung fu, lion dance and dragon boat racing are signature cultural symbols[^foshan-gov-wushu-2026]. Shunde District is one of the birthplaces of Cantonese cuisine and was designated a UNESCO City of Gastronomy in 2014[^unesco-shunde]. Shiwan pottery, xiangyunsha (gambiered Canton silk), lion dance and martial arts, Shunde cuisine and the Dijiao dragon boat are representative intangible heritage assets[^foshan-gov-intangible-2026]. ## Transport The Guangfo Line opened on 3 November 2010 as China's first underground intercity rail line and Foshan's first metro line[^gh-metro-2025]. Foshan West railway station opened in 2017, and the Foshan West–Guangzhou South section of the Guangfo intercity loop opened in 2024[^foshan-metro-3]. Metro Line 3 links Foshan West station and Foshan Shadi Airport with the wider network[^foshan-metro-3]. In 2024 the Pearl River Delta Hub (Guangzhou New) Airport was approved and Foshan Shadi Airport opened the world's first modular terminal building; by the end of 2023 the city's expressway network reached 560 km[^foshan-gov-2024]. 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