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Guangdong is a province on the southern coast of China. It overtook Henan and Sichuan to become the most populous province in China in January 2005, registering 79 million permanent residents and 31 million migrants who lived in the province for at least six months. The provincial capital of Guangzhou and economic hub Shenzhen are among the most populous and important cities in China.

Guangdong is the country's richest province with the highest total GDP among all provinces. Its nominal GDP for 2003 was US$165 billion, increased to US$265 billion in 2005 (about the same size as Denmark). In 2006 that number increased to US$329.07 billion and by 2007 its GDP has grown another 14.5% to reach 3.06 trillion yuan (US$422 billion). Guangdong contributes approximately 12.5% of national economic output.

The province was the homeland and base of operations of Sun Yat-Sen, the widely accepted founder of modern China.

In recent years, the province has seen extremely rapid economic growth, aided in part by its close trading links with Hong Kong, which borders it. It is now the province with the highest gross domestic product in China.

Colleges and universities
Foshan University (Guangzhou, Foshan)
Jinan University (Guangzhou, Zhuhai, Shenzhen)
Shantou University (Shantou)
South China University of Technology (Guangzhou)
Sun Yat-sen University (Guangzhou, Zhuhai)
Shenzhen University (Shenzhen)
South China Normal University (Guangzhou)
Dongguan University of Technology (Dongguan)
Shunde University (Shunde)
South China Agricultural University (Guangzhou)

Tourism:
Notable attractions include Danxia Mountain, Yuexiu Hill in Guangzhou, Star Lake and the Seven Star Crags, and Dinghu Mountain.

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