广州是祖国的南大门和对外交往的重要口岸,是华南地区政治、经济、文化的中心,是广东省的省会。它以悠久的历史、灿烂的文化和光荣的革命传统闻名中外。但在旧中国,这个历史名城曾经失去了它的光彩。解放以后,广州人民以饱满的政治热情和富有创造性的劳动,荡涤了旧社会的污泥浊水,开拓了光明的前程, Guangzhou is the southern gateway to the motherland and an important port for foreign exchanges. It is the political, economic and cultural center of southern China and the capital of Guangdong. It has a long history, splendid culture and glorious revolutionary traditions both at home and abroad. But in old China, this historic city has lost its glory. After the liberation, the people of Guangzhou, with their full of political enthusiasm and creative labor, cleaned up the sludge of the old society and opened up a bright future.