Ganzhou City, abbreviated as "Pious", also known as "Pious City" and "Gannan", is a prefecture-level city in Jiangxi Province, a provincial sub-center city, a Type II large city, and a third-tier city, located in the southern part of Jiangxi Province, with a humid monsoon climate in subtropical hilly mountains. Located at the southern edge of the central subtropics, it has a humid monsoon climate in the subtropical hilly and mountainous region, with a topography dominated by mountains, hills and basins, and the Zhangjiang River and the Gongjiang River merging into the Ganjiang River in Ganzhou, with a total area of 39,379.64 square kilometers. As of October 2022, the city has 3 municipal districts, 13 counties, and 2 county-level cities under its jurisdiction. As of the end of 2022, the city had a resident population of 8,988,100.
In December 1998, Ganzhou District was abolished and changed into a city. Ganzhou is an important node city of "One Belt and One Road", a national comprehensive transportation hub, a regional modernized central city in the four provinces of Gan, Guangdong, Fujian and Xiang, an old revolutionary area, a demonstration area for the revitalization and development of the former Central Soviet Area, and an innovation area for the inheritance of the red culture, and the State Council's support for the revitalization and development of Ganzhou has been incorporated into the national major regional strategies. Ganzhou is a waterfront city in Jiangxi Province that preserves the most cultural relics and monuments, especially those of the Song Dynasty, and has the reputation of "Song City of Jiangnan". It is the first stop for the Hakka ancestors to migrate southward in the Central Plains, and is the birthplace of the Hakka folk lineage and one of the major settlements of Hakka people, with more than 90% of the population of Hakka people in the city, and is known as "the cradle of Hakka". Cradle of Hakka", there are still more than 600 Hakka houses, known as "the ancient Rome of the East", was named "National Famous Historical and Cultural City", "China's outstanding tourist city It is named "National Famous Historical and Cultural City" and "China Excellent Tourism City", and has formed six tourism brands, namely "Red Capital, Cradle of Hakka, Jiangnan Songcheng, Eco-Home, Orange Hometown of the World, and Sacred Land of Geomancy". Within the city, there are Ruijin Cradle of the Republic Scenic Spot, Three Hundred Mountains Scenic Spot and other attractions.
In 2023, the GDP of Ganzhou City was 460.62 billion yuan, calculated at constant prices, an increase of 5.3% over the previous year. Among them, the added value of primary industry is 45.67 billion yuan, up 5.1%; the added value of secondary industry is 180.42 billion yuan, up 8.8%; the added value of tertiary industry is 234.53 billion yuan, up 2.8%.
