Chaoyang District (Teoyall), a thousand-year-old county in China, is an administrative district of Shantou, Guangdong Province, situated on the east coast of Guangdong Province, with geographic coordinates between 23°19'~23°33'N and 116°17'~116°43'E. It is connected with Haojiang District in the east and Nanhai District in the southeast, bordered by Lianjiang River in the south and Jieyang City and Jiedong District in the north and northeast. East of Haojiang District, southeast of the South China Sea, south of the Lianjiang River and Chaonan District, west of Pu'ning City, north to northeast of the Rongjiang River and Jieyang City, Jie Dong District. The total area of the district is 665.74 square kilometers. As of the end of 2022, Chaoyang District had a resident population of 1,666,500. As of June 2023, Chaoyang District has 4 streets and 9 towns under its jurisdiction, with the district people's government stationed at 136 Zhonghua Road, Wenguang Street.
During the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods, Chaoyang District belonged to the Lingnan Baiyue. on January 29, 2003, Chaoyang withdrew from the city and divided into Chaoyang District and Chaonan District, which became the precincts of Shantou City. in August 2021, the "Chaoyang flute set of music" of Chaoyang District, the "Chaoyang Ying Song and Dance" of Chaoyang District, the "Chaoyang Ying Song and Dance" of Chaonan District, and the "Chaonan Song and Dance" of Chaonan District. "Chaozhou Music" of Longtian Town, Chaonan District was selected as one of the "Hometowns of Folk Culture and Art of Guangdong Province" announced by Guangdong Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism for the year of 2021-2023.
Chaoyang rich cultural deposits, known as "Seaside Zulu", Ying song and dance, paper-cutting, flute set of music is the "three treasures" of culture and art in Chaoyang, there are wood carving, stone carving, tin carving, incense script end of the molding and other traditional crafts, Chaozhou Opera, "double Chung" culture, "double Chung" culture, and "Chaozhou music" was selected by the Department of Culture and Tourism of Guangdong Province announced 2021-2023 annual list of "folk culture and art township of Guangdong Province". Shuangzhong" culture, "Mazu" culture, "Dafeng" charitable culture and Guiyu "street shed" and other folk cultural activities, Chaoyang humanities. Over the centuries, Chaoyang has nurtured many celebrities, such as the famous director Cai Chusheng, the contemporary calligraphy and painting artist Chen Dayu, the famous economist Xiao Zhuoji, the famous red scholar Guo Yushi, the famous psychologist Guo Renyuan, and the academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences Ma Dayou, etc. In 2023, Chaoyang District will achieve the goal of becoming the largest city in the world.
In 2023, Chaoyang District realized a GDP of 55.570 billion yuan, a year-on-year growth of 4.2%.