Zhaoqing is located in the central and western part of Guangdong Province, bordering Foshan City in the east and southeast, Yunfu City in the southwest, Wuzhou City and Hezhou City in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in the west and northwest, and Qingyuan City in the north and northeast. It has four districts, one city, and four counties under its jurisdiction. The entire area is located at latitude 22.47-24.24N and longitude 111.21-112.52E. The total administrative area of the city is 1.4891 million hectares, and the permanent population of Zhaoqing City in 2022 is 4.1284 million.
The regional gross domestic product in 2022 was 270.505 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 1.1%. Has won honors such as China's Best Leisure Tourism City and China's Top 100 Investment Environment Cities. Zhaoqing is rich in natural resources and is blessed with abundant natural resources. Not only does it have abundant land, agricultural and forestry resources, and hydropower resources, but it also has more than 50 types of mineral resources such as gold and jade, and is known as the "hometown of gold" and "capital of Chinese inkstones" in Guangdong.
As of February 14, 2023, Zhaoqing has built or expanded 22 public compulsory education schools and 10 public kindergartens, with 26000 and 3480 new school places respectively. The comprehensive education reform tasks such as the "double reduction" of compulsory education and standardized admission to ordinary high schools have been fully implemented. In 2022, Zhongshan Third Hospital Zhaoqing Hospital was selected as a national regional medical center construction unit, and 10 medical and health projects including Sihui People's Hospital New Campus and Zhaoqing Zhengguo Health Rehabilitation Hospital were completed and put into use. At the end of 2022, there were a total of 3218 medical and health institutions of various types.
Zhaoqing has a long history and profound cultural heritage. Formerly the political center and military stronghold of the Xijiang River Basin; It is not only the birthplace of Lingnan indigenous culture and Guangfu culture, but also the earliest intersection of Central Plains culture and Lingnan culture, Western culture and traditional Chinese culture. In January 1994, it was announced by the State Council as the third batch of national historical and cultural cities. Featuring tourist attractions such as Qixingyan, Dinghushan, and Piyun Tower
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