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