The capital and business centre of the wealthy Guangdong Province, expats moving to Guangzhou will experience a city at the adrenalin-fuelled heart of Chinese industry. Guangzhou is well poised to move in the same direction as its towering skyscrapers – UP!

Though often overshadowed by Beijing, Shanghai, and Hong Kong, Guangzhou is less often recognized internationally, but is among the most economically significant metropolises in the nation. As South China's largest seaport and one of the first economic free zones in China, Guangzhou has quietly developed a solid and growing manufacturing and commercial industry.

The growing economy and the job opportunities that have ensued have lured waves of inland migrants to Guangzhou, and expats will find a city still settling into its own skin. Big plans for new infrastructure and development are on the books.
 
Roughly 10 million people make Guangzhou only the third largest metropolitan area in main land China, but a Guangzhou expat community of nearly 30,000 has etched some international flare into the downtown districts.