Guangzhou is the Los Angeles of China

Guangzhou (formerly Canton) is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province with a population of 12.8 million, making it the 3rd largest city in China (behind Shanghai and Beijing).  "Guangzhou is the main manufacturing hub of the Pearl River Delta, one of mainland China's leading commercial and manufacturing regions. In 2009, the GDP reached ¥911.28 billion (US $133.5 billion), per capita was ¥89,498 (US $13,111)."  "As the largest city in one of China's wealthiest provinces, Guangzhou attracts farmers from the countryside looking for factory work."  "The elevation of the prefecture generally increases from southwest to northeast, with mountains forming the backbone of the city, and the ocean comprising the front. Tiantang Peak (天堂顶, meaning Peak of Paradise in Chinese), which stands 1,210 m (3,970 ft) above sea level, is the highest mountain in Guangzhou."  "Summers are wet with high temperatures, high humidity and a high heat index. Winters are mild and comparatively dry."



Los Angeles is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City, with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621 "The city is the focal point of the larger Los Angeles–Long Beach–Santa Ana metropolitan statistical area and Greater Los Angeles Area region, which contain 12,828,837 and nearly 18 million people respectively as of 2010, making it one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world and the second largest in the United States."  "Nicknamed the City of Angels, Los Angeles is a global city, with strengths in business, international trade, entertainment, culture, media, fashion, science, sports, technology, education, medicine and research and has been ranked sixth in the Global Cities Index and 9th Global Economic Power Index." "The Los Angeles combined statistical area (CSA) has a gross metropolitan product (GMP) of $831 billion (as of 2008), making it the third largest in the world, after the Greater Tokyo and New York metropolitan areas."  " The highest point in the city is 5,074 ft (1,547 m) Mount Lukens, located at the northeastern end of the San Fernando Valley. "

Guangzhou and Los Angeles are sister cities.

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Foshan is a neighboring city to Guangzhou and part of the same metropolitan area.  It has a population of 3.6 million in the city proper, and is a manufacturing and industrial base.


The Riverside-San Bernadino metropolitan area, also called the "Inland Empire", has more than 4 million people in its urbanized area and is adjacent to Los Angeles. "Some of the nation's largest manufacturing companies have chosen the Inland Empire for their distribution facilities".