Technical tours

Route 1(Urban Construction): Garden Hotel-Flower City Square-Canton Tower

Flower City Square

Flower City Square

The Square, at the centre of Zhujiang New Town, serves as the new axis to the city, and starts at Xiancun Road in the east, to Huaxia Road in the west and borders on Huangpu Road in the north and Haixinsha in the south, with a planned area of 560,000 square metres and a construction area of about 500,000 square metres. It is the largest comprehensive underground project ever to be completed at one time in Guangzhou. Around the Square is planned to be built 39 buildings, with 8 already having been completed, with 28 under construction and the 3 remaining at planning stage. On this site there is located the Guangzhou Grand Theatre, the Second Children's Palace of Guangzhou, the Guangdong Provincial Museum, with less than five minutes walk away to the New Library of Guangzhou City.

Canton Tower

Canton Tower

As the tallest tower in the world, the 600-meter-high Guangzhou New TV Tower and Sightseeing Tower locates in the south bank of Pearl River, against the Pearl River New Town in the north bank. Completed in September 2009, it was put into use during the 2010 Asian Games. As a symbolic construction of Guangzhou, it has improved the city image of Guangzhou as a 21st century international city, and has been the new “landmark” and “Name Card” that embodies the overall new style and features of Guangzhou city.

Route 2 (Affordable Housing): Fanghe Community

Fanghe Community

Fanghe Community

Fanghe Community is the first affordable housing community project in Guangzhou that uses energy saving technology with an emphasis on the harmonious relationship between man and nature. Occupying a land area of 110,000 square meters, the total construction space is 470,000 square meters. Fanghe Community is consisted of three functional areas--- accommodation area, education area, and commerce and recreation area. The community was awarded Guangzhou Energy-Saving Model Project in 2009 and enlisted as Green Construction Model Project by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of China.

Cultural Visits

Ancestral Temple of the Chen Family 

Ancestral Temple of the Chen Family/ Chen Clan Academy

Chen is a very popular family name in China. This ancestral hall is set up by most of the Chen people in Guangdong province for worship of their ancestors. At that time, the children of the Chen families also study here temporarily to prepare for imperial examinations, so the building also serves as the Chen Clan Academy.

Construction of the Chen Clan Academy began in 1888 and finished in 1894. Covering a total area of 15,000 square meters, the Chen Clan Academy is a group house styled ancestral hall with a very open interior surrounded by a closed exterior. It consists of 19 independent buildings and six courtyards, and each building is facing one of the courtyards.

 Lychee Wan Chung

Lychee Wan Chung

Its history can be traced back to 206 B.C.in the Han Dynasty. Because of its beautiful scenery with a number of river branches and luxuriant Lychee trees, it was turned into a Royal Garden and a summer resort. In the Tang Dynasty when the fruit of Lychee was ripe, the emperor and his family members and high officials would come to stay there for a time enjoying the sweet fruit. The decline of Lychee Wan started in the 40s of the 20th century, the streams and river branches were seriously polluted. In 1999, the government of Liwan District put forward a plan to restore Lychee Wan Chung. By October 2010, the huge projection of its restoration was completed.