Kaiping (开平市), a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Province, administered by Jiangmen City, is located in south-central Guangdong province, southwest of the Pearl River Delta, with a total area of 1,659 square kilometers. As of October 2022, Kaiping had 2 streets and 13 towns, 42 communities, and 226 villages.In 2022, Kaiping had a household population of 682,500 people.
In the sixth year of the Shunzhi reign of the Qing Dynasty (1649), Kaiping County was established under the Zhaoqing prefecture.In 1993, Kaiping County was abolished and Kaiping City was established. As of October 2022, Kaiping City has 2 streets and 13 towns under its jurisdiction. Attractions include Kaiping Diaolou, Liyuan, Chikan Continental Street, etc. In 2007, Kaiping Diaolou and villages were officially included in the UNESCO World Heritage List, which is the first world cultural heritage project in Guangdong Province. Is the "Hometown of Chinese towers", "Hometown of Chinese opera", "Hometown of Chinese culture and art", "Hometown of Chinese photography "," National Advanced County of cultural relics "," the world's famous chef hometown ". It is a famous hometown of overseas Chinese, with 1.03 million overseas Chinese, Chinese, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan compatriots living abroad, distributed in 90 countries and regions in the world. The history and culture of Kaiping are from the same family and the same origin as the culture of Guangfu, which is an important part of the culture of Guangfu. As the most famous hometown of overseas Chinese, Kaiping has a large number of overseas Chinese who have gone out of the country from here and become an important force in the spread of Guangfu culture overseas.
In 2022, Kaiping realized a GDP of 45.607 billion yuan, a year-on-year growth of 2.8%. The city's three-industry structure ratio is 12.4:47.7:39.9. Among them, the added value of the primary industry is 5.650 billion yuan, an increase of 6.8%; the added value of the secondary industry is 21.757 billion yuan, an increase of 2.6%; and the added value of the tertiary industry is 18.199 billion yuan, an increase of 1.7%.