Gaoming District of Foshan City is located in the west of Pearl River Delta, center of Guangdong Province . Facing Nanhai District and Sanshui District in the northeast over Xijiang River, it neighbors Heshan City in the south, connects Xinxing City in the southwest, and is contiguous to Gaoyao City in the northwest. Hecheng Street is the political, economical and cultural center of the whole district. For landway, it's 47km away from Chancheng District of Foshan City in the east, 68km away from Guangzhou City, 64km away from Zhaoqing City in the west, and 65km away from Jiangmen City in the south. For waterway, it's 101 nautical miles from Hongkong and 74 nautical miles from Macau. Gaoming covers an area of 960 square kilometers. And it has a population of more than 280,000. more than 100,000 of which are overseas compatriots from Hongkong, Macau and other 20 countries and regions all over the world. Thus Gaoming is one of the famous hometowns of overseas Chinese in Guangdong Province.