Today's Guangzhou,as a center of human flow,material flow,f-unds flow and information flow,shows an infinite vitality. Chin-a's First Exhibition-Guangzhou Export Commodities Fair attracts numerous businessmen from all over the world every year;the wa-lking commerce streets such as Beijing Road and shangxiajiu can be called "shopping paradise"due to their characteristics and s-uperb collections of commodities.

guangzhou is also a famous town in South China for its rich and colorful folkways,local customs and conditions.All the year round,there are colorful traditional festivals,celebrations and large-scale tourism activities such as Flower Market at the New Year's Eve and the Lantern Festival during the Spring Festival, the Mid-autumn Festival,Lotus Flower Festival in Panyu,Litchi F-estival in Chonghua and Zengcheng,the Double Ninth Festival and Guangzhou International Good Food Festival,etc.Besides the abov-e-mentioned,there are the Grand Guangzhou New-year-greeting Str-oll held at every New Year's Day,Midautumn Lantern Meets as well as Guangzhou Tourism The atrical Festival held in October,all of which add beautiful splendor to this Flower Town and,what's mor-e,become the repertories attracting foreign tourists and thus b-ringing about a tide of millions a tide of travel in Guangzhou.