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Guangdong ) means "wide" or "vast", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in AD 226. The name "''Guang''" ultimately came from Guangxin ( zh, labels=no, first=t, t= , s=广信), an outpost established in Han dynasty ...

has well-developed road, rail, air and water transport networks. Different areas of Guangdong are connected both economically and culturally by the waterways of the

Pearl River The Pearl River (, or ) is an extensive river system in southern China. "Pearl River" is often also used as a catch-all for the watersheds of the Pearl tributaries within Guangdong, specifically the Xi ('west'), Bei ('north'), and Dong ( ...

. Water transport is responsible for more than two-fifths of Guangdong's total traffic tonnage. Connection with other provinces rely on Guangdong's extensive road and rail networks, one of the best networks in China.

Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport is an international airport serving Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. The airport codes were inherited from the Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (former), former Baiyun Airport, and the IATA code is de ...

is one of the busiest airports in

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

and in the

world The world is the totality of entities, the whole of reality, or everything that Existence, exists. The nature of the world has been conceptualized differently in different fields. Some conceptions see the world as unique, while others talk ...

Air transport

Two international airports, Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport and

Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport — formerly Shenzhen Huangtian Airport — is an international airport serving the city of Shenzhen in South Central China’s Guangdong province. It is on the east bank of the Pearl River in Bao'an Di ...

, connect the province with major cities in China and in other countries.

Rail transport

Canton–Sam Shui Railway, built from 1902 to 1904, was the first railway line in Guangdong. As of 2018 in Guangdong,

China Railway Guangzhou Group China Railway Guangzhou Group, officially abbreviated as CR Guangzhou or CR-Guangzhou, formerly, Guangzhou Railway (Group) Corporation from 1993 to 2017 and Guangzhou Railway Administration from 1953 to 1993, is a subsidiary company operating und ...

manages of railway and regional enterprises manage . Operating high-speed rail networks span . Inter-city train services crossing the Hong Kong-Guangdong border connect major cities in Guangdong with

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

. Guangzhou–Kowloon through train and

Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link The Guangzhou–Shenzhen–Hong Kong Express Rail Link (XRL), also known as the Guangshengang XRL, is a high-speed railway line that connects Guangzhou and Hong Kong (Kowloon) via Shenzhen. Three types of rolling stock that operate along the X ...

(XRL) serve cities between Guangzhou and Hong Kong.

Road transport

The Guangzhou Provincial Passenger Bus Station is the largest bus station in Guangdong. In 2020, Guangdong became the first province in China to have over 10,000 km of

Expressways Expressway may refer to: *Controlled-access highway, the highest-grade type of highway with access ramps, lane markings, etc., for high-speed traffic *Limited-access road, a lower grade of highway or arterial road * ''Expressway'' (film), a 2016 Fi ...

Water transport

Ferries connect Guangdong cities within the

Pearl River Delta The Pearl River Delta Metropolitan Region is the low-lying area surrounding the Pearl River estuary, where the Pearl River flows into the South China Sea. Referred to as the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area in official documents, ...

and

Macau Macau or Macao is a special administrative regions of China, special administrative region of the People's Republic of China (PRC). With a population of about people and a land area of , it is the most List of countries and dependencies by p ...

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