Shanwei, located in the southeast coast of Guangdong Province and east of Chaoshan Plain, with a total area of 4,865.05 square kilometers, borders Huilai County of Jieyang City in the east, Huidong County of Huizhou City in the west, Zijin County of Meizhou City and Heyuan City in the north and Nanhai County in the south. By June 2020, it will administer 1 municipal district and 2 counties, and manage 1 county-level cities.

At the end of 20 19, the number of compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan and overseas Chinese exceeded10.4 million. According to the data of the seventh census, as of 0: 00 1 1 on June 2020, the resident population of Shanwei City was 26728 19.

The development of history

According to the textual research on the cultural relics unearthed in the southeast coast, as early as the Neolithic age, our ancestors fished, hunted, planted and thrived here.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, it belonged to South Vietnam; When the Warring States entered Chu, it was called Baiyue. From the Qin Dynasty to the early Han Dynasty, Shanwei belonged to Boluo County in the South China Sea.

In the sixth year of Xianhe in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (33 1), Haifeng County and Dongguan County were established, and Haifeng County was subordinate to Dongguan County.

In the 11th year of Emperor Wendi (59 1), Dongguan County and Lianghua County were listed as Zhou Xun, and Haifeng County was changed to Zhou Xun. Tang Gaozu Wude five years (622), analyzing Dong Jia An Lu County of Haifeng County.

Anlu County is located in Da 'antun (now under the jurisdiction of Lufeng Daan Town), and now governs Lufeng City, Luhe County and a part of Huilai, Puning and Jiexi. By the first year of Emperor Taizong's Zhenguan (627), Anlu County was abolished and Haifeng County was restored, still under the jurisdiction of Zhou Xun. In the first year of the Five Dynasties (9 17), Zhou Xun was changed to Zhou Zhen, and Haifeng was subordinate to Zhou Zhen.