Nanhai District

Nanhai District
Statue of Guan Yin on Mount Xiqiao, in Nanhai

Nanhai District (simplified Chinese: 南海区; traditional Chinese: 南海區; Mandarin Pinyin: Nánhǎi Qū; Jyutping: Naam⁴hoi²), historically known as Namhoi, is a district of Foshan prefecture-level city, in Guangdong province, southern China. It is the first city to have developed e-government informatization at the county level in China.

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Administration

Nanhai was a county-level city until December 8, 2002, when it became a district of Foshan prefecture-level city.

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.

(reference: http://www.labornotes.org/2010/12/auto-worker-strikes-china-what-did-they-win)

Famous people from Nanhai

External links


Coordinates: 23°05′46″N 113°08′34″E / 23.096155°N 113.1427°E / 23.096155; 113.1427


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