Overview
Chinese Name: 贵阳
English Name: Guiyang；Kuei-yang；Kweiyang
Other Name: Lincheng林城；Zhucheng筑城
Abbreviation: 筑 Zhu
Zip Code: 55 00 00
Population: 6.102 million
Brief Introduction
Guiyang 贵阳 is a prefecture-level city and provincial capital of Guizhou Province, approved by The State Council as one of the important central cities in southwest China, an important regional innovation center, and an important ecological leisure and tourism city in China.
Guiyang is the political, economic, cultural, science, and education in Guizhou, the transportation center, important transportation and communication hub in southwest China, the industrial base and business travel service center, one of the national comprehensive railway hubs, is also a state-level big data industry agglomeration area, call center, and service outsourcing agglomeration area, big data exchange, data center cluster areas.
By 2020, The city has jurisdiction over 6 districts, 3 counties, and 1 county-level city, with a total area of 8,034 square kilometers. By the end of 2021, Guiyang had 6,102,300 permanent residents. In 2021, Guiyang’s GDP will reach 471.104 billion yuan.
Famous Attractions in Guiyang
Guiyang is located in the “Golden Triangle” 金三角 tourism area of Guizhou province, with rich and colorful tourism resources. It has developed 32 scenic spots involving mountains, rivers, canyons, lakes, karst, caves, waterfalls, hot springs, primitive forests, culture, ancient city pavilions, and other tourist resources.
Some special scenic spots in Guiyang
- Hongfeng Lake Scenic Spot 红枫湖风景名胜区
- Guizhou Lingshan Park 黔灵山公园
- Baihua Lake Scenic Spot 百花湖风景名胜区
- Huaxi Scenic Spot 花溪风景名胜区
- Xifeng Scenic Spot 息烽风景名胜区
- Xiuwen Yangming Scenic Spot 修文阳明风景名胜区
- Xiangzhigou Scenic Spot 香纸沟风景名胜区
- Acacia River Scenic Spot 相思河风景名胜区
- Qingzhen Undercurrent Scenic area 清镇暗流风景名胜区
- Kaiyang Scenic Spot 开阳风景名胜区
- Qing yan town 青岩古镇
- Nanjiang Grand Canyon Scenic area 南江大峡谷景区
- Hongfeng Lake Scenic Spot 红枫湖旅游风景区
- Tian he tan Scenic Area 天河潭景区
Famous Universities in Guiyang
Guiyang is the education center of Guizhou province, the most colleges, and universities in the province, Guiyang has 18 higher vocational colleges, 11 public colleges, the independent colleges 7, 538 primary schools, 260 junior high schools, high schools 75, 33 secondary vocational schools, 10 special education schools, 2 work-and-study schools, 2 adults higher schools, 35 of common colleges and universities.
List of universities and colleges in Guiyang
- Guizhou university 贵州大学
- Guizhou Normal University 贵州师范大学
- Guizhou Medical University 贵州医科大学
- The Guizhou University of Chinese Medicine 贵州中医药大学
- Guizhou University for Nationalities 贵州民族大学
- Guizhou University of Finance and Economics 贵州财经大学
- Guiyang institute 贵阳学院
- Guizhou Institute of Technology 贵州理工学院
- Guizhou Business School 贵州商学院
- Guizhou Police College 贵州警察学院
- Guizhou Normal University 贵州师范学院
Diet of Guiyang
The essence of Guiyang cuisine lies in affordable and delicious food, which truly meets the needs of the public and allows every ordinary person to enjoy the most real wealth given by food to human beings. A variety of hot pots, stir-fried dishes, noodles, and barbecues will give visitors a taste of the Guiyang people’s enthusiasm.
Some specialty snacks in Guiyang
- Sausage noodle 肠旺面
- Huaxi beef powder 花溪牛肉粉
- Silk doll 丝娃娃
- Tofu Mariko 豆腐圆子
- Roasted brain flower 烤脑花
- Roasted loin 烤大排
- Hot and sour hot 酸辣烫
- Bean rice pot 豆米火锅
- Sautéed Diced Chicken with Chili Pepper 辣子鸡
- Yellow Jialing 黄粑
- Bean paste nest 豆沙窝
- Cake Jialing porridge 糕粑稀饭
Transportation in Guiyang
Aviation: Guiyang has an international airport: Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport贵阳龙洞堡国际机场. The airport is located in the eastern suburbs of Guiyang, 11 kilometers away from the city center. Guiyang Longdongbao International Airport is currently a 4E level airport.
Port: Guiyang has three wharves 码头, namely Kaiyang Port开阳港, Luo Wang He洛旺河, and Long Shui龙水. Luo Wang He has two 500-ton cargo berths and Longshui has one 500-ton passenger berth. Xifeng Port is invested by enterprises to build a freight terminal, designed annual cargo volume of 500,000 tons.
Walking Guiyang City
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