Nanhai District (Chinese: 南海区; pinyin: Nánhǎi Qū) is a district of Foshan prefecture-level city, in Guangdong province, southern China. It is the first city to have developed e-government informatization at the county level in China.
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Administration
Nanhai was a county-level city until December 8, 2002, when it became a district of Foshan prefecture-level city.
E-government
Nanhai was designated by the central government as a pilot city for e-government and informatization in 2001.
History
The town was established in 1271 by two brothers carrying their fathers bones. They were fleeing south from the Mongols on a bamboo raft when a violent storm shipwrecked them. The brothers settled down there and the position of the wreck is commemorated by a shrine. This area was named Broken Raft Point.
Famous people from Nanhai
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