Shaoguan City, ancient name Shaosu, prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Province, located in the north of Guangdong Province, the city's total area of 18,400 square kilometers, ranking second in Guangdong Province, with an urban area of 2,870.66 square kilometers. As of the end of 2022, Shaoguan City has a resident population of 2,861,800, of which 1,675,400 are urban, with an urbanization rate of 58.54%. Shaoguan City is the gathering place of Hakka culture, the birthplace of Guangfu culture, the hometown of the Maba people, the birthplace of Shixia culture, the ancestor of Zen culture, and the hometown of Zhang Jiuling, a famous prime minister. Three Kingdoms, two Jin Dynasty and the North and South Dynasties period, began to set up counties and states in northern Guangdong. Ming dynasty shaozhou province, nanxiong province 2 state jurisdiction 8 counties. Qing Dynasty along the Ming system, the establishment of Shaosu Prefecture has been unchanged, led by 6 counties. Nanxiong Prefecture in the Qing Dynasty was reduced to Zhili Prefecture (Baochang attached to Guo), led by 1 county. In 1949, Shaoguan Municipal People's Government was established with the jurisdiction of Shaoguan City, and in January 1977, Shaoguan City was upgraded to a provincial municipality and separated from the regional system, with 13 counties under Shaoguan District and 1 county under Shaoguan City.In June 1983, Shaoguan District was merged with Shaoguan City and was united to be known as Shaoguan City (a prefecture-level city). As of October 2022, Shaoguan City has 3 districts, 4 counties, and 1 autonomous county under its jurisdiction, and is in charge of 2 county-level cities. The city government is located at No. 75, Fengdu North Road, Zhenjiang District. In September 2019, Shaoguan City was selected as the second batch of national industrial transformation and upgrading demonstration zones. In 2023, the gross regional product of Shaoguan City was 162.083 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 4.6%.