Shantou city belongs to Guangdong Province. Shantou is the earliest special economic zone opened in China, one of the five special economic zones in China; It is a provincial sub-central city positioned by the Guangdong provincial government, a regional central city in East Guangdong, a political, economic and cultural central city in East Guangdong, and an important part of the West Coast Economic Zone. Shantou, located in the eastern part of Guangdong Province, the southern end of the Hanjiang River Delta, an important node of the \"Greater Pearl River Delta\" and \"Pan-Pearl River Delta\" economic circle, is an important port city in southern China, an open coastal city and a famous hometown of overseas Chinese, an important transportation hub, a port of entry and exit and a commodity distribution center in East Guangdong, South Jiangxi and southwest Fujian, and a triangle area of Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Quan (Note: That is, Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Quanzhou coastal Economic open zone), the Pearl River Delta and the west coast of the Strait economic belt is an important connection point, with a unique geographical advantage of the Asia-Pacific gateway. It is known as \"the gateway of Lingdong, the key point of South China\