Nanhai District
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| Simplified Chinese | 南海区 | ||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 南海區 | ||||||||||||
| Cantonese Jyutping | naam4 hoi2 keoi1 | ||||||||||||
| Cantonese Yale | Nàahmhói Kēui | ||||||||||||
| Hanyu Pinyin | Nánhǎi Qū | ||||||||||||
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| Chinese | 南海 | ||||||||||||
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Nanhai District, is a district of Foshan, Guangdong province, People's Republic of China (PRC). Its government is the first to have developed e-government informatization at the county level in the PRC.
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Administration division
Nanhai was a county-level city until December 8, 2002, when it became a district of Foshan prefecture-level city.
| Name | Chinese (S) | Hanyu Pinyin |
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| Guicheng Subdistrict | 桂城街道 | Guìchéng Jiēdào |
| Luocun Subdistrict | 罗村街道 | Luōcūn Jiēdào |
| Lishui Town | 里水镇 | Lǐshuǐ Zhèn |
| Jiujiang Town | 九江镇 | Jiǔjiāng Zhèn |
| Danzao Town | 丹灶镇 | Dānzào Zhèn |
| Dali Town | 大沥镇 | Dàlì Zhèn |
| Shishan Town | 狮山镇 | Shīshān Zhèn |
| Xiqiao Town | 西樵镇 | Xiqiáo Zhèn |
E-government
Nanhai was designated by the central government as a pilot city for e-government and informatization in 2001.
History
The town was established in 1271 by two brothers carrying their fathers bones. They were fleeing south from the Mongols on a bamboo raft when a violent storm shipwrecked them. The brothers settled down there and the position of the wreck is commemorated by a shrine. This area was named Broken Raft Point.
Strike
In May 2010, 2,000 workers at a Honda transmission plant went on strike in the Nanhai district.The trigger was a rise of the legal local minimum wage from $123 to $147, announced by the city government May 1 in response to rapidly rising costs of living. The workers expected a raise in their monthly wages equal to this amount. Factory management added $24 to the transmission workers’ monthly base wage but reduced their monthly subsidies (for food, housing, and regular attendance) from $48 to $29. The net gain was only $5 per month.[1]
