Guilin, China

With over 2,200 years of history and world-renowned natural landscapes, Guilin is the second most popular tourist destination in China, after the Great Wall.  An industrial hub for the Guangxi province, Guilin’s top industries are rubber, electronics, medicine and agriculture.  Guilin has pagodas located in Lake Fir that light up the downtown scenery, much like Orlando’s Lake Eola fountain.

Orlando became Sister Cities with Guilin in 1986.

Map courtesy of the CIA

Quick Facts

Government Type:  Communist State

Currency: Renminbi (RMB); note - also referred to by the unit yuan (CNY)

Exports: Machinery, electrical products, data processing equipment, apparel, textile, steel, mobile phones

 

Imports: Machinery and equipment, oil and mineral fuels, plastics, LED screens, data processing equipment, optical and medical equipment, organic chemicals, steel, copper

Climate: Extremely diverse; tropical in south to subarctic in north

Languages: Standard Chinese or Mandarin (Putonghua, based on the Beijing dialect), Yue (Cantonese), Wu (Shanghainese), Minbei (Fuzhou), Minnan (Hokkien-Taiwanese), Xiang, Gan, Hakka dialects