Honors of Guiyang city

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:

2024

Among top 10 travel destinations of 2024 New Year's Day holiday

Among top 10 domestic travel destinations of 2024 Spring Festival holiday

28th among China's top 100 cities in urban innovation capability

Among the second group of national model cities of sports and fitness

2023

32nd on New Era China Urban Social Development Index (2023)

2023 preferred summer travel destination for avoiding summer heat

National Innovation-driven Demonstration City

On list of recommended places in China for food and avoiding summer heat

48th among China's 2023 top 100 cities

Among top 10 summer travel destinations for personal car travel

Among China's top 6 "city walk" cities

China Hot Investment City

Among seventh group of Ecological Civilization Construction Demonstration Zones

Among China's 2023 top 10 must-visit tourist cities

China's 2023 Leading Smart City

2023 Top 100 Advanced Manufacturing City

National Food Safety Demonstration City

2023 China Tourism Entrepreneurship and Innovation Demonstration Case

2023 Meteorological Tourism City

Second in 2022/2023 China's Preferred Summer Tourism Destinations

2022

National Demonstration City of Ethnic Unity and Progress

Key City in Wasted Material Recycling System Construction

Demonstration City of National Intellectual Property Strong City

Selected in list of National Major Cold Chain Logistics Base Construction

National Demonstration City for Government Based on the Rule of Law

Demonstration Case of International Communication in Chinese Cities and Regions

Among China's 2022-2023 Top 10 Most Beautiful Cities

Pilot City for Dense Urban Medical Group Development

2021

Among China's 2021 Top 100 Cities

Among the first group of National Pilot Areas for 15-Minute Convenient Living Circles

Chinese Digital Ecological Foundation-driven City

Chinese Demonstration City for Service Outsourcing

2021 National Health City

Rated as excellent of 2021 National Information Consumption Demonstration City construction

Among China's 2020-2021 Top 10 Most Beautiful Cities

Among China's 2020-2021 Top 10 Most Comfortable Cities

National Demonstration City for Public Transport Development

2020

2020 Information Consumption Demonstration City

Nominated as China's Happiest City of 2020

Among 2020 Top 100 Internet Celebrity Cities

Among China's 2020 Top 10 Cities with Most Investment Value

China National Travel's "Tourism City of China"

National 45th on the overseas communication influence index ranking of China's top 100 cities in the first quarter of 2020

2011, 2015, 2017, 2020

National Civilized City

1994, 1997, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020

National Demonstration City for Military-Civilian Mutual Support Efforts

2019

City of Charm at the 17th China-ASEAN Expo

Top 100 Chinese City for Development Potential

China's Top 10 Most Popular Tourist City

Candidate city of China's Happiest City selection

National seventh in the evaluation of Chinese cities' basic public service capability

One of the 10 representatives of the special report commemorating the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China

2018

Leading City of International Business Environment Construction

Top 10 City for Green Development and Ecological Civilization Construction

China's Best Demonstration City of All-for-one Tourism Construction

City of the Year award by Influence China

Best Quality Tourism City

National Demonstration City for High-quality Products

2016

China's first National Circular Economic Pilot City

2015

China's first National Big Data Cluster Development Demonstration Zone

2011

National Health City

2009

China's first National Forest City

2008

National Landscape Garden City

2007

China's City of Dance

China's Resort Area for Avoiding Summer Heat

2007, 2016

World's Top 10 Summer Resort City

2005

National Model City of Afforestation

2004

China's Top Tourism City for Summer Vacations

2002

National Pilot City of Informatization in the Manufacturing Industry

2001

Pilot City of National Informatization

2001-2013

National City of Science and Technology Advancements

2000

Top Tourist City of China

1998

Demonstration Area for Sino-Japan Environmental Protection Cooperation

1993

National Advanced City of Landscaping and Afforestation

Jiaxiu Tower in Guiyang