Shantou is a tier 3 city located within Guangdong Province in South China.
In China's administrative hierarchy, Shantou is classified as a "Prefecture-level City", meaning it is governed under Guangdong province control.
The official name of Shantou in simplified Chinese characters and pinyin is:
汕头
Shàntóu
In Chinese it is common to add the character for "City" (市) to the name. In such case Shantou would be written:
汕头市
Shàntóu shì
The following high tech zones are located in Shantou:
The Shantou Special Economic Zone (汕头经济特区), was established in 1980 to encourage overseas investment.
Shantou is served by the following airports:
The following Chinese companies are headquartered in Shantou:
N.B. English names provided are based on automated translations and may not be consistent with those used by the companies
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