Guiyang, the capital of Southwest China's Guizhou province, is a modern city embraced by mountains and surrounded by forests. It is known as a "forest city" and a resort destination for those looking to avoid the summer heat. It is also known by many other names and titles, which are introduced below:
Guiyang ranked seventh nationally in the Chinese Academy of Social Science's 2019 evaluation of Chinese cities' basic public service capability.
Guiyang ranked 45th nationally on the overseas communication influence index ranking of China's top 100 cities in the first quarter of 2020, which was released by People's Daily.
Guiyang was one of the 10 representatives of the special report commemorating the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, according to the sixth annual meeting of the Development Research Think Tank Forum of China.
Guiyang was selected as the "city of charm" at the 17th China-ASEAN Expo.
Guiyang ranked among the top 100 Chinese cities for development potential in 2019, according to Evergrande Research Institute.
Guiyang was a candidate city of China's Happiest City selection in 2019.
According to China's online travel service provider Ctrip, Guiyang ranked among China's top 10 most popular tourist cities in 2019.
Guiyang was selected as a leading city of international business environment construction and one of the 10 best cities for green development and ecological civilization construction in 2018, according to the China Opening-up and Cooperation Summit.
Guiyang was selected as China's best demonstration city of all-for-one tourism construction in 2018 at the sixth Tourism Integration and Innovation Forum.
Guiyang was selected as "the city of 2018," according to China Newsweek magazine's "influence China" selection.
Best quality tourism city of 2018, as selected by China National Travel Magazine.
Guiyang has been dubbed the resort area for avoiding summer heat by the Chinese Meteorological Society.
National Civilized City in 2020
National demonstration city for mutual support between the military and civilian sectors
A famous global city for avoiding the summer heat
China's first National Forest City
China's first National Circular Economic Pilot City
National Landscape Garden City
China's City of Dance, as selected by the China Dancers Association.
Top Tourist City of China
National Advanced City of Landscaping and Afforestation
Demonstration Area for Sino-Japan Environmental Protection Cooperation
Pilot City of National Informationization
National Model City of Afforestation
National City of Science and technology advancements
National Pilot City of Informationization in the Manufacturing Industry
China's Top Tourism City for Summer Vacations
National Demonstration City for High-quality Products
National Health City
Jiaxiu Tower in Guiyang