Maoming, also known as the Southern Oil City, is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Province. Located on the coast of China's South China Sea, southwestern Guangdong Province, backed by the southwest of the motherland, mountains and the sea, the terrain is high in the north and low in the south, tilted from northeast to southwest. The city's administrative area has a total land area of 11,427.63 square kilometers, with two municipal districts and three county-level cities under its jurisdiction. As of the end of 2022, Maoming had a resident population of 6,238,200 people In the 18th year of Kaihuang of the Sui Dynasty (598), Maoming County was first named after Pan Maoming, and in the 18th year of Zhenguan of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty (644), the South Dangzhou was named after Pan Maoming, and on May 12th, 1958, Maoming Municipal Administration Preparatory Office was set up, and on March 22nd, 1959, the State Council decided to set up the city of Maoming (at the county level), and in 1975, it was upgraded to a prefecture-level city. Maoming is the birthplace and transmission place of more than 2,000 years of history of Gao Liang culture, Maoming provincial intangible cultural heritage for the Pan Maoming legend, Mrs. Xian's beliefs, Maoming yearly routine, etc., Maoming Gao Liang cuisine is an important carrier of Guangdong food culture. From the Tang Dynasty to the Republic of China, Gaozhou has been the political, economic, cultural and military center of western Guangdong. Maoming is located at the junction of three national economic zones, namely the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, the Beibu Gulf City Cluster and the Hainan Free Trade Zone. Maoming is a national important petrochemical base and energy base, a comprehensive hub city in western Guangdong and an important port along the coast; it builds a new pattern of urban development with an east-west coastal development axis, a north-south central development axis, and dual centers and four clusters. Maoming is an excellent tourist city in China with all-terrain features; it has five special tourism boards, including coastal vacation tour, Lady Xian culture tour, Pan Maoming recreation tour, beautiful countryside style tour and mountain sports and leisure tour; it is the birthplace of the important thought of "Three Represents", "Top 100 Cities of China's Comprehensive Strength", "Top 100 Cities of China's Comprehensive Strength", "Top 100 Cities of China's Comprehensive Strength" and "Top 100 Cities of China's Comprehensive Strength". China's Top 100 Cities", "National Garden City", "National Forest City", "China's Excellent Tourism City", "China's Famous Mooncake City". Famous Mooncake City". In 2023, the gross regional product of Maoming was 398.722 billion yuan, with a year-on-year growth of 3.7%.