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On May 5, Government Performance Assessment Center of South China University of 

Technology issued the Annual Report on Happiness Index of Guangdong Province 2010. 

According to the Report, Guangzhou's happiness index ranks third in the province. In 

Guangzhou, government performance marks the highest rating of satisfaction and the 

female's happiness index is higher than that of the male.

This survey was taken in the year 2010. 27291 citizens of 21 provincial- and 

prefecture-level cities participated in the intercept and telephone interviews. 

Among the 21 cities, Zhuhai tops the list with the highest happiness index of 64.67. 

Zhongshan ranks the second and Guangzhou the third. Scores of the bottom city Yunfu 

is 55.37. Generally speaking, people in the Pearl River Delta live a happier life 

than the people in East and West Guangdong and in the Northern mountainous area.

Guangzhou wins highest satisfaction rate on government performance which is assessed 

on 8 aspects of actual income, jobs and employment, public security, health care, 

eco environment, equity on policy making, government integrity and impartial law 

enforcement.

In terms of job occupation, the highest happiness index goes to the civil servants 

who are successively followed by employees of foreign-invested enterprises, of 

state-owned enterprises and of science, education, cultural and health care 

undertakings. The unemployed people and the laid-off workers are at the bottom of 

the list while the farmers rank next to last.

(Translated by Guangzhou Association of Foreign Affairs Translators)

As an indispensable part of Chinese culture, Chao-Shan culture prevails in such areas of East Guangdong as Shantou, Chaozhou, Jieyang, Shanwei, etc., with its influence even extending to Hong Kong, Macao and Southeast Asia.

Resulted from its historical and geographical uniqueness, Chao-shan culture features a strong local characteristic.

Chaos Opera, one of Chinese ten major local dramas, is famous for its soft melody and subtleness in the presentation.

The classic Chao music, originated from ancient Chinese royal music, features the elegant string instrument, flute, and also the powerful drumming.

The classical Chao-shan "Yangge Dance" (also named Seedling Dance), dubbed "the root of Chinese ethnic dance", is a folk dance composed of 108 men with colorful costumes.

Chan-shan cuisine enjoys the widespread reputation home and abroad. Ask any connoisseur of Chinese food what style of cooking is best associated with a light (qingdan) taste and their answer will probably be Chao-shan food. Best known for its seafood delicacies, Chao-shan cuisine has a variety of around 300 seafood cuisines. Also the Chao-shan style snack is famous for its fine preparation and reasonable price.

"Kongfu Tea", developed by the native Chao-shan people and regarded as Chinese Tea Ceremony, is actually the art of making tea. This tea art is charming for the unique skills in the steps of tea-making and tea-pouring, as well as the culture, historical story and Chao-shan people's spirit and philosophy implied in the art.

Chao-shan cuisine, Chao-shan snack and Chao-shan Kongfu Tea together have actually formed the unique Shao-shan food and tea culture.

Being the top ten art craft product manufacturing bases in China, Chao-shan area attracts the world's attention with its exquisite Chao-Shan ceramics, drawn-work pieces, Chaos embroidery and golden carved lacquer wares.