Chaozhou, a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Province, is one of the Chaoshan areas and one of the cities in eastern Guangdong. Chaozhou is connected to Meizhou in the north, Nanhai in the south, Zhangzhou in the east and Jieyang and Shantou in the west. It governs 2 districts 1 county (20 19), with a total land area of 3 146 square kilometers. By the end of 20021,the permanent population of Chaozhou was 2,574,600, achieving a regional GDP of1244,850 yuan, an increase of 9.3% over the previous year.