2. Zhanjiang, formerly known as "Guangzhou Bay" or "Port City", is a prefecture-level city and sub-central city under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Province, an important port city in the southeast coast, a Beibu Gulf urban agglomeration and a central city in western Guangdong, and a modern emerging port industrial city with tropical scenery. Zhanjiang is located at the southern tip of Chinese mainland, southwest of Guangdong Province, with a tropical monsoon climate. Zhanjiang has a total area of 13263 square kilometers, and governs 4 municipal districts, 2 counties and 3 county-level cities. According to the data of the seventh census, as of 0: 00 1 1 on June 2020, the resident population of Zhanjiang was 698 1236.
Zhanjiang was named after Shenchuan County in history, and the Shenchuan Inspection Department is located here. 1September, 1983, the system of merging cities and counties was implemented, and Zhanjiang was a prefecture-level city directly under the provincial government. Zhanjiang, located at the junction of Guangdong, Qiong and Guangxi provinces, is the main seaport of China's southwest provinces and the shortest sea passage from Chinese mainland to Southeast Asia, Africa, Europe and Oceania.
4. Zhanjiang is the first batch of "One Belt, One Road" maritime cooperation fulcrum city, marine economic demonstration zone, national comprehensive transportation hub, national top 100 comprehensive strength city, national health city, national garden city, excellent tourist city in China, national double-support model city, charming city with China characteristics, health city in Guangdong Province and civilized city in Guangdong Province.
In 5.202 1 year, Zhanjiang achieved a regional GDP of 355.993 billion yuan, up 8.5% year-on-year.