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Why Meizhou?
Jiaying Prefecture was a subordinate state established in Yongzheng period of Qing Dynasty. The following is an introduction of Meizhou:

From the Qin and Han Dynasties to the Western Jin Dynasty, Nanhai County, and the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Yi 'an County. Nanqi is divided into towns and counties, and Sui is in charge. Tang belongs to Chaozhou. Jingzhou County was established in the Five Dynasties, renamed Meizhou in the Northern Song Dynasty, and rose to Meizhou Road in the Yuan Dynasty. In the early Ming and Qing Dynasties, it belonged to Chaozhou Prefecture, and Jiaying was promoted to Zhili Prefecture during Yongzheng period. After the Revolution of 1911, it was renamed Meizhou. 1979 established Meizhou city, and 1984 merged with Meixian county, which was called Meixian city. 1988 divided into cities and counties, still called Meizhou city. The urban area is located in the center of Meicheng Basin, where Chengjiang meets Meijiang River and crosses both banks of Meijiang River.

Meizhou is a prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province, China, and 1988 was established with the approval of the State Council. Meizhou, located in the northeast of Guangdong Province, is the final place for the formation, settlement and reproduction of Hakka people in history, as well as the ancestral home and spiritual home of Hakka overseas Chinese all over the world, and is known as the "Hakka Capital of the World". China and Meizhou, the famous hometown of overseas Chinese, have more than 3.6 million overseas Chinese and compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. Meizhou is adjacent to Fujian Province in the east, Chaozhou City, Jieyang City and Shanwei City in Guangdong Province in the south, Heyuan City in Guangdong Province in the west and Jiangxi Province in the north. Meizhou is an economic zone on the west side of the Taiwan Strait, with a total area of 1.5925 million square kilometers and a registered population of 505.28 in 2008.