Shunde

Shunde District, also known as Shuntak, is a district of the city of Foshan, Guangdong province, placed in the Pearl River Delta. Once a traditional agricultural county, it has become one of the most affluent counties in Guangdong and mainland China. Since 2009, it's far administrated independently of Foshan city, answerable at once to the Guangdong provincial government. Situated in the fertile Pearl River Delta, its economy turned into once ruled by way of agriculture, fisheries and silk farming.

Since the implementation of regulations related to reform and openness began in 1978, the humans of this area were given full manage over their geographical position and way of life. This has allowed Shunde to step by step grow to be a present day business boomtown, especially the manufacturing of fixtures and electric powered home equipment. Some mainland Chinese product manufacturers like Kelon or Midea are made in Shunde.

Recently a new technology industrial park has additionally been opened on this vicinity, proposing car manufacturers including Toyota. Galanz, an appliance maker, has its headquarters in Shunde District. Shunde changed into authorised as a pilot metropolis for the complete reform of Guangdong in 1993, and additionally for taking the lead in engaging in modernization in 1999. From 2000 to 2003, Shunde become ranked first amongst China's top 100 counties for Basic Economic Competitiveness for 4 consecutive years. In 2005, Shunde's GDP changed into 2,170 billion yuan.