At the end of 2012, the total population of Shantou City was 5.3288 million, of which the urban population of Shantou was 5.2543 million; the number of births in that year was 68,300, the birth rate was 12.82‰, and the natural population growth rate was 7.46‰.

As of December 2013, the city’s total population was 5,356,492, including 5,254,300 in Shantou urban area; the number of births in that year was 68,300, the birth rate was 12.82‰, and the natural population growth rate was 7.46‰. (Note: The above population figures are from the official website of Shantou Municipal Government, which is the same as the data of Shantou Bureau of Statistics; in the article on the official website of Shantou Propaganda Department on July 29, 2013, the data is "the total population is 5.4481 million")

In According to the main data of the Sixth National Census (referred to as the "Sixth Census") released in 2011, Shantou's population density ranks third in Guangdong Province, reaching 2,611 people per square kilometer. Among the seven districts (counties) in the city, Jinping District has the highest population density, reaching 7,457 people per square kilometer. The lowest is Nan'ao County, with a population density of 558 people per square kilometer. The former is 13 times the latter. The "Sixth Census" data is as follows: The Sixth National Census (Sixth Census) Shantou Population Main Data Table Regional Population Proportion () Population Density (person/square kilometer) City 5391028 100 2611 Longhu District 536102 9.94 5176 Jinping District 810606 15.04 7457 Chenghai District 798896 14.82 2314 Haojiang District 267597 4.96 1984 Chaoyang District 1626641 30.17 2437 Chaonan District 1290922 23.95 2164 Nan'ao County 60264 1.12 558 Note: This table comes from "Shantou Urban" Newspaper" reported on May 20, 2011, reference link Shantou List of Government Agencies Institutional Address Institutional Address Municipal Development and Reform Bureau No. 6, Municipal Party Committee Courtyard, No. 8 Haibin Road City Economic and Information Technology Bureau Building 47, Jintaozhuang East District, Changping Road, Shantou Municipal Education Bureau Building, Fengzezhuang Education Bureau, Longhu District City Science and Technology Bureau, No. 12 Haibin Road, Shantou City, Shantou Science and Technology Museum, Municipal Religious Affairs Bureau, Building 8, Jinyuan Park, No. 31 Bingang Road, Shantou City, 402 Municipal Public Security Bureau, No. 88 Huanghe Road, Shantou City, Municipal Supervision Bureau, 4th Floor, Shantou Municipal Party Committee Building, Shantou Municipal Civil Affairs Bureau, Shantou No. 78, Changping Road Municipal Justice Bureau No. 16 Huashan Road Municipal Finance Bureau Building, Block 11, Changping Road Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau No. 13 Jinxin Road, Shantou Municipal Land and Resources Bureau No. 101, Changping Road, Shantou Municipal Environment Protection Bureau Building 5, Fengzezhuangdong District, Longhu District Municipal Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau No. 213, Zhongshan East Road, Shantou City Municipal Transportation Bureau No. 5, Xinxing Road, Shantou City Municipal Water Affairs Bureau Municipal Agricultural Bureau, No. 189 Zhongshan Road, Shantou City, Guangdong Province

(Agricultural and Industrial Committee, Forestry Bureau) Municipal Bureau of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation (Port Bureau), Longhu District, Shantou City, Building 47, Foreign Economic and Trade Building, Jintaozhuang East District, Municipal Culture, Radio, Television, Press and Publication Bureau

(Copyright Bureau ) Municipal Health Bureau, Building 46, East District, Jintaozhuang Municipal Population and Family Planning Bureau, No. 9 Dahua Road, Shantou City, No. 28 Yuejin Road, Shantou Municipal Government Building, 8th Floor, Municipal Audit Director Ping Road, Building 3, Jade Garden, Jintaizhuang Municipal Foreign Affairs and Overseas Chinese Affairs Bureau

(Municipal Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Bureau) 11th Floor, Finance Building, Block 11, Changping Road Municipal Statistics Bureau, 6-7th Floor, Shantou Municipal Government Building, No. 28 Yuejin Road, Municipal Prices, 6/7th Floor, Finance Building, Middle Section of Changping Road Municipal Ocean and Fisheries Bureau No. 13 Haibin Road, Guoxin Building, Dongmen Foreign Economic and Trade Building, Work Safety Administration, Municipal Tourism Bureau, No. 28 Yuejin Road, 4th Floor, Municipal Government Building, No. 28 Yuejin Road, Municipal Legal Affairs Bureau, 12th Floor, Municipal Government Building, No. 28 Yuejin Road, Municipal Urban and Rural Planning Bureau, No. 32 Investment Building, Huangshan Road Fourth Floor City Comprehensive Administration Bureau, No. 213 Zhongshan Road, Shantou City, Jiulou City Food and Drug Administration, 1st Floor, Jinhua Building, No. 4, Rongjiang Road, Note: This table is compiled from the Shantou City Information Disclosure Platform website, and is entered according to the official order, with additions in brackets Listed or affiliated units.

During the Republic of China, Shantou had a large population but little arable land, and natural science was relatively backward. It was developed only after liberation. In the 1950s, the country's first black-and-white photo paper (AD Laboratory) was successfully trial-produced, and it developed rapidly after the reform and opening up. By 2003, it was twice rated as the "National Advanced City for Revitalizing the City through Science and Education" and was included in the "National Technological Innovation Project Pilot Area". In the same year, it achieved 450 scientific and technological achievements, of which 303 reached the domestic advanced level; 87 high-tech enterprises , including 14 at the national level.

In 2012, Shantou achieved 72 scientific and technological achievements, 71 of which reached or exceeded the domestic advanced level. There are 128 national high-tech enterprises. The number of patent applications was 10,388, a decrease of 18%, and the number of patent authorizations was 6,583, an increase of 50.6%. Won 6 provincial science and technology progress awards, a decrease of 57.1 points. There were 771 private science and technology enterprises, including 268 provincial-level private science and technology enterprises, an increase of 30.1%. It has three industry-leading scientific and technological innovation platforms: light industrial equipment innovation platform, toy technology innovation platform, and power transmission and distribution technology innovation platform. There are 17 independent scientific research institutions: Provincial Ceramics Research Institute, Municipal Environmental Protection Research Institute, Municipal Agricultural Machinery Research Institute, Municipal Machinery Research Institute, Municipal Forestry Science Research Institute, Municipal Testing Technology Research Institute, Municipal Optoelectronics Research Institute, Municipal Medical Science Research Institute Institute, Municipal Baisha Vegetable Original Species Research Institute, Municipal Fruit Tree Research Center, Municipal Baisha Poultry and Livestock Original Species Research Institute, Municipal Agricultural Sciences Research Institute, Ultrasonic Instrument Research Institute, Municipal Science and Technology Information Research Institute, Chaoyang District Agricultural Sciences Research Institute, Chenghai District Agricultural Science Research Institute, Nan'ao County Agricultural Science Research Institute. Culture has a long history, and the Xiangshan Cultural Site dating back more than 8,000 years has been excavated in South Australia. Shantou is a famous hometown of overseas Chinese, a special economic zone, and a coastal city. It is known as the coastal city and has a profound cultural accumulation. Especially after the reform and opening up, Shantou's cultural and educational undertakings have developed vigorously, laying a solid foundation for Shantou to move from building a cultural city to a culturally strong city.

By the end of 2012, Shantou had 6 professional art performance venues of various types, including 6 theaters and 7 art performance groups, with 1,244 performances and 1.4093 million audiences. There are 8 cultural centers and mass art centers, 8 public libraries, the total collection of public libraries is 1.279 million volumes, 5 museums, 10 archives, and 36,053 volumes (pieces) of various archives are open. There are 4 radio stations and 4 TV stations. The circulation of local newspapers throughout the year was 54.6 million, and the circulation of post office magazines (with unified national serial numbers) was 2.3332 million. The main cultural facilities in Shantou include: Shantou Museum, Shantou Library, Lin Baixin International Convention and Exhibition Center, Dongzhengjun Exhibition Hall; Chenghai Folk Art Exhibition Hall, Hanyuan Exhibition Hall in Longhu District, and the Guangdong Mobile Library Project has established mobile branches in Nan'ao, Chenghai, and Chaoyang library, farmhouse library, etc. Since its opening as a port in 1860, Shantou has truly begun the history of the introduction of Western medicine. The British, American, Japanese, and French churches all have medical institutions in Shantou, while traditional Chinese medicine is mainly privately operated. After liberation, the medical and health business was taken over and transformed, resulting in unprecedented development of the business. Shantou attaches great importance to health and medical work, and has basically formed a three-level medical and health prevention and treatment network with a relatively complete range of disciplines. The level of medical and health development remains at the forefront of prefecture-level cities in the province.

In 2013, there were 1,260 health institutions (including individuals) in Shantou, including 38 hospitals, 33 health centers, 39 community health service centers, and 52 family planning technical service institutions. ; There are 14,667 actual beds, including 12,027 in hospitals, 1,480 in health centers, and 502 in community health service centers (stations). There are 24,440 health workers, including 8,516 practicing physicians and practicing assistant physicians, and 6,881 registered nurses. Shantou has a long history of folk sports activities. Traditional sports activities include martial arts, dragon boat, lion dance, English singing, tug of war, climbing, swing, chess, etc. After the opening of the port, basketball, football, volleyball, track and field and other sports were gradually introduced. In 1922, the Shantou Sports Association was established, and the first sports meeting was held in 1924. After liberation, it went through a period of solid development, destruction and recovery, and revival, but mass sports have always been booming.

Shantou is known as the "cradle of world champions" in Chinese sports. In 2013, Shantou athletes*** won 116 medals in major domestic and foreign sports competitions, including 25 gold medals in international and national competitions. and 14 silver medals. There were 52 graded athletes that year. It has the Chinese Diving Team Shantou Training Base, the Chinese Shantou Table Tennis Training Base, as well as the provincial windsurfing, boating, shooting and other training bases. It has successfully held more than 20 national and above sports competitions such as the "International Amateur Boxing Invitational Tournament" and the "National Windsurfing Championship". From 1978 to 2008, Shantou's GDP increased by 32.1 times, and local general budget revenue increased by 43.6 times. The private economy has developed rapidly and accounts for more than two-thirds of the city's total economy. The three industries have coordinated development, and the three industrial structures have been adjusted from 24.1:38.0:37.8 in 1978 to 5.4:54.3:40.3 in 2008. It has realized the transformation from an agricultural economy to a comprehensive development of modern industry and service industries, and from a closed and backward "provincial corner" to an open, prosperous and dynamic modern seaside city, and its economic and social development has achieved a historic milestone. sexual crossover.

Preliminary calculations show that the city’s GDP in 2014 was 171.60 billion yuan, an increase of 9.0% over the previous year. Among them, the added value of the primary industry was 9.341 billion yuan, an increase of 3.9; the added value of the secondary industry was 89.758 billion yuan, an increase of 9.7; the added value of the tertiary industry was 72.501 billion yuan, an increase of 8.6. The three industrial structures were adjusted from 5.6:52.2:42.2 in the previous year to 5.4:52.3:42.3. The proportion of the primary industry has declined, while the secondary and tertiary industries have increased slightly. Among the modern industries, the added value of the modern service industry was 27.403 billion yuan, an increase of 6.9%. In the tertiary industry, the wholesale and retail industry increased by 10.1, the accommodation and catering industry increased by 8.6, the financial industry increased by 8.0, and the real estate industry increased by 3.5. The added value of the private economy was 121.388 billion yuan, an increase of 10.0. The city's per capita GDP is 31,192 yuan, an increase of 8.2. The city's public fiscal budget revenue was 12.397 billion yuan, an increase of 10.6% over the previous year; public fiscal budget expenditure was 20.816 billion yuan, an increase of 11.2%. The overall level of consumer prices throughout the year increased by 2.3. There were 61,000 newly employed people in urban areas throughout the year, a decrease of 1.0%; the number of registered urban unemployed people in the city was 35,600, and the registered urban unemployment rate was 2.36.

The main difficulties and problems existing in the city's economic and social development are: insufficient power and stamina for sustained and rapid economic growth, great pressure for the transformation and upgrading of traditional industries, and modern industries that have not yet formed new growth points; education, medical care The development of public institutions such as housing and social security is relatively lagging behind, and people's livelihood protection is not yet in place. There is a long way to go to improve people's livelihood; traffic order, city appearance, and ecological environment have not been fundamentally improved, and the level of social management needs to be improved urgently. Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Shantou's agriculture has been famous for its intensive farming and has the reputation of "farming is like embroidery". In 2000, Shantou became the first in the country to achieve the title of "Tongu City" for ten consecutive years in grain production. According to incomplete statistics, in the 1950s and 1960s alone, more than 2,000 Chaoshan veterans were sent to various provinces and regions across the country to support agricultural production. Entering a new era, traditional agriculture is accelerating its transformation and upgrading to modern agriculture. In 2009, the city's total output value of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery exceeded the 10 billion mark for the first time, reaching 10.471 billion yuan, and the total rural economic income was 27.65 billion yuan. In 2012, the main agricultural products, output and growth data of Shantou City are as shown on the right side of this catalog.

In 2013, Shantou's total output value of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery was 15.815 billion yuan, an increase of 3.9%. Among them, the agricultural output value was 7.87 billion yuan, an increase of 4; the forestry output value was 41 million yuan, an increase of 1.04%; the animal husbandry output value was 2.995 billion yuan, an increase of 5.4%; the fishery output value was 4.617 billion yuan, an increase of 3.6%; the agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery service industry output value was 292 million yuan, a decrease 8.3. In that year, the city's township enterprises achieved operating income of 252.806 billion yuan, an increase of 12.7%; total profits were 14.801 billion yuan, an increase of 55.4%; workers' remuneration received 16.326 billion yuan, an increase of 7.9%.

After the reform and opening up, Shantou's industrial dominance has been increasingly strengthened. By 2008, it had 13 well-known trademarks in China and 188 famous trademarks in the province, ranking second among prefecture-level cities in the province; the average annual increase in patents was 25, which was 6.5 percentage points higher than the average annual increase in Guangdong Province. The number of patent applications , the number of authorizations ranks fourth among prefecture-level cities in Guangdong. In 2012, Shantou completed an industrial added value of 66.784 billion yuan. The approximate data and the output of major products of industrial enterprises above designated size are as shown on the right side of this catalog.

In 2013, Shantou achieved an industrial added value of 75.193 billion yuan, an increase of 12.6%, accounting for 48% of GDP, and the industrial contribution rate to economic growth reached 62.1%; the total industrial output value above designated size was 250.417 billion yuan, an increase of 1.43% , accounting for 75.2% of the total industrial output value. Shantou's financial industry started early and has gradually prospered since its opening. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, especially after the reform and opening up, it has generally developed in a stable direction.

As of the end of the third quarter of 2011, the balance of deposits and loans in domestic and foreign currencies of Shantou financial institutions were 192.819 billion yuan and 70.974 billion yuan respectively, and direct financing exceeded 14 billion yuan; the insurance industry continued to develop rapidly, becoming one of the top five insurance companies in the country. It is one of the first prefecture-level cities to launch a pilot branch of the Insurance Regulatory Commission. As of the end of the third quarter, the cumulative insurance premium income was 3.903 billion yuan. Shantou has gradually played the role of "leader" in the financial sector in eastern Guangdong, and some financial institutions established in Shantou have become management agencies in the eastern Guangdong area.

By the end of 2013, the balance of domestic and foreign currency deposits of Shantou’s financial institutions (including foreign capital) was 253.016 billion yuan, an increase of 24.453 billion yuan, an increase of 10.7% from the beginning of the year; of which the balance of personal deposits was 176.178 billion yuan, an increase of 16.639% from the beginning of the year. billion, an increase of 10.4. The balance of domestic and foreign currency loans of financial institutions (including foreign capital) was 97.193 billion yuan, an increase of 15.998 billion yuan from the beginning of the year, an increase of 19.7%. Shantou has always attached great importance to the operation of fixed asset investment. After 2009, the scale of Shantou's key project investment plans has increased year by year. In 2009 and 2010, it was 14.11 billion yuan and 17.67 billion yuan respectively, and in 2011 it reached 32.3 billion yuan. During the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" period, 72 major projects in 12 categories were planned and constructed, with a total investment of approximately 689.7 billion yuan. In the first half of 2012, the fixed asset investment amount was 26.033 billion yuan, an increase of 42.1%, ranking second in Guangdong Province in terms of growth rate.

In 2012, Shantou City completed fixed asset investment of 61.192 billion yuan, an increase of 39.7% over the previous year. Among them, urban investment was 51.920 billion yuan and rural investment was 9.272 billion yuan, an increase of 43.4 and 21.8 respectively. In terms of investment economic types, the investment in the state-owned economy was 12.039 billion yuan, an increase of 42.6%; the investment in the private economy was 45.513 billion yuan, an increase of 45.6%. Looking at the three industries, the investment in the primary industry was 421 million yuan, an increase of 10.2%; the investment in the secondary industry was 32.571 billion yuan, an increase of 39.2%. Among them, industrial investment was 32.316 billion yuan, an increase of 40.8%; investment in the tertiary industry was 28.200 billion yuan, an increase of 40.7%. Among them, the investment in real estate development was 8.335 billion yuan, an increase of 13.4%; the investment in the transportation industry was 3.614 billion yuan, an increase of 70.2%; the investment in the modern service industry was 22.593 billion yuan, an increase of 28.4%. There were 1,871 unit investment and construction projects (excluding real estate) throughout the year, an increase of 25.5%. The sales area of ??commercial housing was 1.8994 million square meters, an increase of 19.4%, of which the residential sales area was 1.6976 million square meters, an increase of 22.3%. Shantou is located in the core Chaoshan area and is the core carrier of Chaoshan culture and Chaozhou culture. Chaoshan has a long cultural tradition and profound cultural accumulation. It was known as "Seaside Zoulu" in the Song Dynasty. Traditional cultures such as Teochew opera, Teochew music, Teochew cuisine and Gongfu tea are rich in local characteristics and are well-known at home and abroad. Shantou folk customs are the legacy of Chinese folk culture and are the result of the integration of Han culture, Baiyue folk culture and foreign culture.

Teochew opera is one of the 10 major opera types in China. It originated from a branch of Southern Opera in the Song and Yuan Dynasties. It was formed in the Ming Dynasty. After liberation, more than 1,000 traditional operas were discovered and compiled.

Popular in eastern Guangdong, southern Fujian and Southeast Asian countries. Simple and elegant Chaozhou music is a local music system formed by the long-term fusion of ancient music from the Central Plains and folk tunes from Chaoshan. The performance forms include string poetry music, fine music, temple music, ancient flute music, gong and drum music, etc. Chaozhou music string poetry There are more than 1,000 tunes on the album, and it enjoys a high reputation at home and abroad. Chaozhou gongs and drums won the gold medal at the World Youth Festival. Ying Ge Dance is a folk dance art spread in the Chaoshan region of eastern Guangdong. It is an emotional square dance of the Han ethnic group. It is a folk dance composed of 107 men wearing legendary costumes. It is known as the "root of Chinese folk dance". Chaoyang is the area where English singing and dancing are most popular. In November 1996, Chaoyang City was awarded the title of "Hometown of Chinese Folk Art (English Song Art)" by the Ministry of Culture. In 2005, the Teochew opera "The Prime Ministers of the Six Kingdoms" won the 7th China Folk Literature Shanhua Award; the Teochew opera "Princess Soochow" won 6 first prizes at the 9th Provincial Art Festival. At the 2006 CCTV Lantern Festival Gala, the performance of Shantou Chaoshan Daluogu Art Troupe demonstrated the unique charm of Chaoshan culture to audiences across the country and the world. The "Nanao No. 1" Ming Dynasty shipwreck site was selected as one of the top ten new archaeological discoveries in the country in 2010. There are many folk customs in Chaoshan, such as eating "seven kinds of soup" on the seventh day of the first lunar month and eating "Winter Festival Pills" on the winter solstice; there are wedding customs such as asking Qing Niangmu to make "four sentences"; there are "eating Dingjiu", " There are fertility customs such as "going out of the garden"; sometimes there are folk customs of worshiping the same year during the eight festivals; there are folk customs of entertainment such as "moving Tu opera" and "racing lanterns"; there are social etiquette customs of giving gifts in pairs for good things and odd numbers for bad things. Teochew opera, Teochew music, Teochew cuisine and Gongfu tea are full of characteristics, and it is the "hometown of Teochew cuisine in China". The local dialect of Shantou is Chaozhou dialect. Chaozhou dialect is spoken in the Chaoshan area where Shantou, Chaozhou and Jieyang are located. It can be divided into two accents: Hanjiang Xiaopian Shantou dialect and Lianjiang Xiaopian Chaoyang dialect. The Shantou dialect of Hanjiang Xiaopian is the representative pronunciation of Shantou local dialect and is mainly popular in Chenghai District, Jinping District and Longhu District; the Chaoyang dialect of Lianjiang Xiaopian is mainly popular in Chaoyang District, Chaonan District and Haojiang District.

Chaozhou dialect is a branch of the southern Fujian dialect and is quite different from modern Chinese. Chaozhou dialect, also known as Chaoshan dialect, is also known as "Chaozhou dialect". It is simple and elegant, has rich vocabulary, unique phonology, and many ancient semantics. It retains more ancient pronunciation, ancient grammar and ancient vocabulary. Chaozhou dialect has also become the strongest connection between Chaozhou people at home and abroad. Big bond. The famous Swedish sinologist Gao Benhan believes: "Chaozhou dialect is the oldest and most special dialect in China today." Shantou has a long history of education, and was known as the coastal Zoulu in the Song Dynasty. Before and after the opening of the port, foreign churches successively introduced and established some schools. In the late Qing Dynasty, counties responded to current affairs and abolished county schools, academies, etc., and established new schools and academic affairs offices (later changed to academic offices); during the Republic of China, gradually Primary and secondary schools were generally established based on the Western academic system, and after the Anti-Japanese War, colleges and universities were established. From the early days of liberation to 1954, the school's public work was completed; in 1956, a twelve-year (1956-1967) long-term development plan for education was formulated. After the reform and opening up, Chaozhou overseas Chinese carried forward the tradition of nurturing talents and valuing education, and donated money to schools, further strengthening education in Shantou.

Shantou is based on the construction of an educational city and has legislative guarantees. Education allocations have increased year by year: in 2007 it was 1.66 billion yuan, an increase of 24.81% over 2006; in 2008 it was 2.01 billion yuan, an increase of 20.7% over 2007; in 2009 In 2010, it was 2.45 billion yuan, an increase of 22.16% over 2007; in 2010, it was 3.03 billion yuan, an increase of 23.62% over 2009; in 2011, it was 4.01 billion yuan, an increase of 32.4% over 2010.

In 2013, there were 307 secondary schools of various types in the city, with 574,800 students enrolled, including 297,700 high school students; 189 ordinary junior high schools, with 277,100 junior high school students; There are 48.51 students in primary schools. The junior high school enrollment rate (calculated as a local high school degree) is 86.57, and the high school enrollment rate is 87.57. There are 30,300 students enrolled in adult higher education. Throughout the year, 8,600 people took self-study examinations for higher education and technical secondary schools, with 15,600 examination subjects. There are 82 private schools of various types in the city.

The landmark buildings in Shantou include Shengteng Sculpture, Xinghu Park, Chaoshan Galaxy Pavilion, Bay Bridge, Rising Sculpture (Shantou Three-Skinned Man Statue), Convention and Exhibition Center, Dachao Sculpture, Tropic of Cancer Sign Tower, Golden Phoenix Altar, Art Center, and Conch Sculptures, Shantou Diving Hall, Customs Bell Tower, etc. (Note: The reference link is a picture and should be opened page by page). A brief introduction to some of the attractions is as follows: "Shengteng" Sculpture This building, also known as the "Sheng" Sculpture, is located in Longhu, the birthplace of the Shantou Special Economic Zone. In the center of the district’s Government Square. It is the iconic sculpture of Shantou Special Economic Zone. It covers an area of ??352 square meters and is located from north to south. The sculpture stands on a black granite platform with eight steps. It consists of three silver square columns with heights of 8 meters, 11 meters and 14 meters respectively, connecting the three stars. On the left and right sides of the main silver pillar are hemispherical fruit-shaped copper balls with a diameter of about 3 meters, forming an overall sculpture. The sculpture was built in December 1990 and designed by Zhong Baoju of the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts. The sculpture body is composed of three parts: stone, copper, and stainless steel. The design concept is to draw on the historical process of the Stone Age, Bronze Age, and Iron Age that humans have experienced, and develop into the high-tech era. It also symbolizes the development of Shantou Special Economic Zone. rise. In 1994, the General Post Office of China issued the first set of "China Special Administrative Region" commemorative stamps, which included five groups of sculptures: "Sheng", "Pioneering Niu", "Haizhu Girl", "Egret" and "Luhuitou" respectively for Shantou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai and The symbols of Xiamen and Hainan's five special economic zones are printed on the stamps. The starting ceremony of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Torch Relay (Shantou Station) was held grandly on the base of this sculpture group. Customs Bell Tower The Customs Bell Tower is located at No. 2 Waima Road, Shantou City. Construction started in 1919 and was completed in 1921. It was built by the British and is one of the earliest buildings since the opening of Shantou. Chao Customs, the predecessor of Shantou Customs, had been working in this building before liberation. After liberation until 1988, the Customs Bell Tower had been the office location of Shantou Customs headquarters. The original Customs Bell Tower is a two-story reinforced concrete structure with a construction area of ??1,556.2 square meters. It has a rectangular parallelepiped structure with corridors surrounding it. The interior decoration is exquisite. The large clock inlaid on the roof of the main entrance is marble with black Roman numerals. Therefore, the Customs Bell Tower is also And got its name. In December 2006, Shantou Customs followed the principle of "appearance restoration" and officially started the restoration project of the bell tower, which was successfully completed in June 2008. The restored customs bell tower has an indoor area of ??more than 1,500 square meters and serves as the Shantou Customs Customs History Exhibition Hall. The Bell Tower has witnessed the century-old history of Shantou's opening as a port.