In April 2005, Guangzhou(Canton) restructured its administrative division. Now there are ten districts under Guangzhou(Canton)’s jurisdiction, namely, Yuexiu, Haizhu, Liwan, Tianhe, Baiyun, Huangpu, Huadu, Panyu, Nansha and Luogang, and two county-level cities, Conghua and Zengcheng. Guangzhou(Canton) City covers a total area of 7434.4 square kilometers.

It had a registered population of 7.7348 million in 2007. There were approximately 3.91 million migrants by the end of 2006. The downtown population density is 1627 people per square kilometers.

According to rough statistics, the permanent foreign residents in Guangzhou(Canton) total over 50,000, which would increase with the coming years. The temporary foreign residence registrations reached nearly 900,000, involving over 180 countries and regions.

There are 160,000 people of 52 minority ethnic groups in Guangzhou. The Hui and Man ethnic groups have been living in Guangzhou(Canton) generation after generation.