佛山市 Foshan

       佛山，一座传承千年文脉的国家历史文化名城，亦是享誉全球的全国先进制造业基地。佛山与广州共同构成粤港澳大湾区三大极点之一。佛山现下辖五个区，全市总面积3885平方公里，2025年常住人口为979万人。

       佛山是岭南广府文化的重要发源地，功夫名扬四海，粤剧悠扬婉转，醒狮欢腾跃动，粤菜精致鲜美，陶艺薪火相传，精益求精的工匠精神厚植于此、生生不息，彰显佛山人对传统的传承与创新。

       佛山实体经济蓬勃发展，2025年佛山实现地区生产总值超1.3万亿元（约1800亿美元）。工业规模稳居全国前列，装备制造、泛家居两大万亿级产业集群根基壮实，“有家就有佛山造”深入人心，支撑佛山在高质量发展中行稳致远。

       佛山已与美国斯托克顿市、德国因戈尔施塔特市、澳大利亚汤斯维尔市等30多个外国城市建立了国际友城和友好关系，并在经贸、教育、文化、科技等领域开展了形式多样的交流与合作。

Foshan, a nationally designated historical and cultural city, has emerged as a world-renowned advanced manufacturing powerhouse. The city enjoys a prime geographical location with Guangzhou to the east and Shenzhen, Hong Kong, and Macao nearby. Together with Guangzhou, Foshan forms one of the three major poles of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. It has five districts, with a total land area of 3,885 square kilometers and a permanent resident population of 9.79 million in 2025.

The city is the cradle of Lingnan Guangfu culture, home to many symbolic traditions such as kung fu, Cantonese Opera, the lion dance, Cantonese cuisine and ceramics. Its rich history has also nurtured a spirit of craftsmanship defined by relentless innovation and fidelity to tradition.

Today, Foshan is thriving as a hub of the real economy, ranking among the nation's top industrial cities with its GDP totaling 180 billion US dollar in 2025. It boasts two trillion-yuan industry clusters: equipment manufacturing and home furnishing. Together, they underpin the city's robust and sustained growth. "Where there is a home, there are Made-in-Foshan products" has become the city's defining slogan.

Foshan has established sister-city and friendly cooperative relationships with more than 30 cities around the world, including Stockton in the U.S., Ingolstadt in Germany and Townsville in Australia. Various exchanges and cooperation in the fields of trade, technology, education and culture have been carried out to improve mutual understanding and friendship.