In the thirty-third year of Qin Shi Huang (214 BC), Qin Shi Huang sent Ren Xiao and Zhao Tuo to lead their troops south to unify Lingnan. After Ren Xiao pacified Lingnan, he served as Nanhai County Lieutenant and built a city in Panyu County, Nanhai County as the county seat. It was named "Panyu City" (historically known as "Ren Xiao City") because it was located in Fanshan and Yushan Mountains.
The scope is west of today's Cangbian Road, the Children's Park to the west of Cangbian Road in Yuexiu District (the site of the Nanyue Palace Department in Guangzhou), the Guangzhou Municipal Cultural Bureau, and the Guangdong Provincial Department of Finance). At the end of the Qin Dynasty, Nanhai County Lieutenant Ren Xiao summoned Zhao Tuo, the Longchuan County Magistrate, when he was critically ill. He said that Panyu "had mountains and dangerous obstacles to block the South China Sea" and "could establish a country." He also appointed Zhao Tuo to act as the Nanhai County Lieutenant under the pretext of Qin's order.
In the third year of Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty (204 BC), Zhao Tuo proclaimed himself the King of South Vietnam and made Panyu his capital. Yuexiu Mountain in today's Guangzhou City was named after the King of Yue at that time. "Historical Records·Biography of Huozhi" says: "Panyu is also one of the largest cities" and was one of the nine largest cities in the country at that time.
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Panyu’s economic sources
Primary industry
In 2017, the added value of Panyu District’s primary industry was 2.956 billion yuan , a year-on-year decrease of 0.3.
In 2017, Panyu District completed a total agricultural output value of 5.234 billion yuan, an increase of 0.6 compared with 2016. Among them, the output value of planting industry was 1.728 billion yuan, a decrease of 15.1%; the output value of fishery was 2.687 billion yuan, an increase of 3.2%; the output value of animal husbandry was 505 million yuan, an increase of 10.4%.
Secondary Industry
In 2017, the total industrial output value of Panyu District was 244.529 billion yuan, an increase of 15.1% over 2016. The total industrial output value of enterprises above designated size was 204.142 billion yuan, an increase of 1.73%; among which: the total industrial output value of "foreign-funded" enterprises was 88.633 billion yuan, an increase of 15.5%; the total industrial output value of joint-stock enterprises was 112.444 billion yuan, an increase of 19.4%.
In 2017, among the industries above designated size in Panyu District, the five major industries: automobile manufacturing, general equipment manufacturing, electrical machinery and equipment manufacturing, agricultural and sideline food processing industry, and metal products industry completed a total industrial output value of 149.664 billion. Yuan, an increase of 30.7 compared with 2016, accounting for 73.3 of the total industrial output value above designated size. Among them, the output value of the automobile manufacturing industry was 78.236 billion yuan, an increase of 76.2%.
In 2017, the output value of private industrial enterprises above designated size in Panyu District was 60.289 billion yuan, accounting for 29.5% of the total industrial output value above designated size in the district, a decrease of 0.3% from 2016.
In 2017, industrial enterprises above designated size in Panyu District achieved total profits and taxes of 25.678 billion yuan, an increase of 28.0% over 2016, of which total profits were 15.457 billion yuan, an increase of 14.6%.
In 2017, the construction industry enterprises with qualifications and above in Panyu District completed a total output value of 8.957 billion yuan in the construction industry, an increase of 6.0% compared with 2016. Among them, the output value of construction projects was 7.595 billion yuan, an increase of 5.8%; the output value of installation projects was 1.268 billion yuan, an increase of 7.1%.
Reference source Baidu Encyclopedia-Panyu District