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Shunde District

Shunde
顺德区
District
(with autonomous sub-provincial status)
Shunfengshan Park in Shunde
Coordinates: 22°50′11″N 113°15′09″E / 22.83639°N 113.25250°E / 22.83639; 113.25250Coordinates: 22°50′11″N 113°15′09″E / 22.83639°N 113.25250°E / 22.83639; 113.25250
Country People's Republic of China
Province Guangdong
Prefecture-level city Foshan
Area
 • Total 806 km2 (311 sq mi)
 
Population
 • Total 1,220,000
 • Density 1,500/km2 (3,900/sq mi)
Time zone China Standard (UTC+8)
Postal code 528300
Website (Chinese) www.shunde.gov.cn
Shunde District
Simplified Chinese 顺德区
Traditional Chinese 順德區
Cantonese Yale Seuhndāk Kēui
Cantonese Jyutping seon6 dak1 keoi1
Hanyu Pinyin Shùndé Qū
Alternative Chinese name
Simplified Chinese 顺德
Traditional Chinese 順德
Cantonese Yale Seuhndāk
Cantonese Jyutping seon6 dak1
Hanyu Pinyin Shùndé
Postal Shuntak

Shunde District is a district in the city of Foshan in the Pearl River Delta, Guangdong Province, China. Once a traditional agricultural county, it has become one of the most affluent counties in Guangdong and mainland China. Since 2009, it is administrated independently of Foshan city, answerable directly to the Guangdong provincial government.

Shunde was a county-level city until 8 December 2002, when it became a district of Foshan prefecture-level city. Shunde has direct jurisdiction over four subdistricts and six towns:

Unique as a district of any prefecture-level city in China, Shunde has been granted a degree of prefecture-level administrative autonomy over certain matters, notably, economic development. It is independent of Foshan city and has been answerable directly to the Guangdong Provincial government since 2009.

Since the implementation of policies related to reform and openness began in 1978, the people of this area were given full control over their geographical position and culture. This has allowed Shunde, once a traditional agricultural county, to gradually develop into a modern industrial boomtown. Shunde was approved as a pilot city for the comprehensive reform of Guangdong in 1993, and also for taking the lead in accomplishing modernization in 1999. From 2000 to 2003, Shunde was ranked first among China's top 100 counties for Basic Economic Competitiveness for four consecutive years (released by National Bureau of Statistics of China). In 2005, Shunde's GDP was 2,170 billion yuan.


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