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Guangzhou Living Blog

Housing tips, travel guides and honest local advice from the SinoGo team.

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2021 South China Book Festival Coming Soon

2021 South China Book Festival Coming Soon

The annual culture feast in Guangzhou, the South China Book Festival, will open on Aug 17 and lasted till Aug 23 at the Canton Fair Pazhou Complex with most books sold at discount prices and many famous writers from home and abroad giving lectures to cater for book lovers.

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To rent apartments in guangzhou with SinoGo Service Co.,Ltd---the best choice!

To rent apartments in guangzhou with SinoGo Service Co.,Ltd---the best choice!

There are hundreds of Real Estate business in the Guangzhou area. Located street side they are easy to find. They list the prices not only for apartments rent, but also for purchase. It is advised when searching for an apartment to bring along a Chinese and or Chinese speaking person. This will ensure that the language barrier will be crossed and that you will also get a fair price.

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Living in Guangzhou—Education on Schooling for Foreigners

Living in Guangzhou—Education on Schooling for Foreigners

The Chinese education system provides six years of primary school, followed by six years of secondary education. At higher-education institutions, junior college programs take two to three years, bachelor's programs take four to five years, and master's and doctoral programs take two to three years. Each school year consists of two semesters, with each semester about 21 weeks long.

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Expat Guide-Moving to Guangzhou

Expat Guide-Moving to Guangzhou

As the capital and business centre of the wealthy Guangdong Province, Guangzhou expats will experience a city at the adrenalin-fuelled heart of Chinese industry. Guangzhou is well poised to become as well known as its towering skyscrapers, expat communities, and many international cultural centres would already suggest.

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Foreign Consulates in Guangzhou

Foreign Consulates in Guangzhou

Being one of the five cities that have the distinction of being called the Northern Central Cities, Guangzhou is always filled with foreign nationals who come here for various purposes, the main ones being tourism and business. Therefore, it will be quite normal to find more than one foreign consulates in Guangzhou. In fact, all the major countries have opened their consulates in Guangzhou, China. Here is a list of all the foreign consulates' names, locations, and services.

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Supermarkets -- buy foreign foods in Guangzhou

Supermarkets -- buy foreign foods in Guangzhou

SAFE MAX, which is said to be the first 24 hour supermarket in China, was opened in Zhujiang New Town on December 29th. The supermarket is located on the 3rd floor of the podium buildings of Zhonghai Jinghui Huating on Liede Avenue. With a size of 2800 square meters, the supermarket serves all kinds of products ranging from daily-use commodities to various foods including fresh food, Japanese cuisine and all sort of cooked Chinese and Western foods.

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Guangzhou Investment Guide

Guangzhou Investment Guide

If your company is ready for investing in China, You need firstly to know the China market situation and learn about the investment policies by Chinese government. The Chinese government has divided its industrial projects for investment into four categories classified as encouraged, permitted, restricted and prohibited. They are indicated in the Industry Category Guide for Foreign Investors . Secondly, the scale of the investment amount is also worth noting. For large investment projects of USD 30million or above, the approval authority rests on central government (State Council ministries); for projects under USD30million, in the unrestricted category or quota free, or license free, the approval authority goes to local government departments.

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