Panyu has the longest history which leads far back to the year of 33 Qing Dynasty (214 B C), with 20 towns and an economic & technological development zone, about 1300 square kilometers in area and a population of 860 thousand people.

Panyu is a plain with the beautiful surrounding of Pearl River Delta and with crisscross rivers in the city. It's one of the most well-developed areas in economy and famous for her commercial grain, fruits, vegetables, sugar cane production base and has always been called "the land of fish and rice" as well as "a land of culture".