Tianhe District, a municipal district of Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, is located in the eastern part of the city of Guangzhou, and was formed in 1985 by splitting off from Guangzhou's suburban districts. It is connected to Huangpu District in the east, Haizhu District across the Pearl River in the south, Yuexiu District to Guangzhou Avenue in the west, and Baiyun District in the north, and has a total administrative area of 137.38 square kilometers. As of the end of 2022, Tianhe District had a resident population of 2,221,700. As of June 2023, Tianhe District has 21 streets under its jurisdiction, with the district people's government stationed at No. 1 Tianfu Road, Tianyuan Street. Tianhe District is the new city center district of Guangzhou, located on the new central axis of the city, bearing the west and starting the east, connecting the north to the south, and is the intersection of the eastward axis and the southward axis of Guangzhou. It is the intersection of Guangzhou's eastward axis and southward axis. The district has a multi-level urban transportation system, including subway, bus rapid transit (BRT) system and railway station. Important cultural facilities such as Guangzhou's landmark CITIC Square, Guangzhou International Finance Center (West Tower), Chow Tai Fook Financial Center (East Tower) and Guangzhou Grand Theater and Guangdong Provincial Museum are all located in the district. The area around Shipai to Wushan is home to a number of institutions of higher learning, including South China University of Technology, South China Normal University, Jinan University and South China Agricultural University. Tianhe District is the venue for the Sixth National Games, the Ninth National Games, and the main stadium and opening and closing ceremonies of the 2010 Guangzhou Asian Games and Asian Para Games, as well as the home stadium of Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao Football Club. In 2022, the gross domestic product (GDP) of Tianhe District was 621.572 billion yuan, an increase of 2.4% over the previous year.