Chaozhou people, also known as chaozhou people and Chaoshan, is known as the "Oriental Jew". It refers to the Minnan people who moved from the Central Plains to Fujian and then to the eastern coastal areas of Guangdong. They are famous for doing business in modern times.
Population: about 30 million to 35 million.
Distribution: Chaozhou, Jieyang, Shantou, Fengshun, Hong Kong, Macau, Southeast Asia, France and Australia.
Race: yellow race
Ethnic group: Han nationality
Nationality: Chaozhou Nationality
Language: Chaozhou dialect
Chaozhou people, whose mother tongue is Chaozhou dialect, is now concentrated in nearly 60 countries and regions at home and abroad. The local population living in Chaoshan area is about100000, the population living in other parts of China is more than100000, and the population living abroad is about150000. Chaozhou people has its own unique Chaoshan culture with a long history and is a branch of Minnan people. Chapman and overseas Chinese are representatives of Chaoshan people. They are good at business and are known as "Oriental Jews", and their footprints are all over the world.
Although today's Chaoshan area is divided into three prefecture-level cities, they share the same roots and ancestors and will always be closely United with a "glue". In the first half of 20 13, the mayors of Chaoshan signed an agreement to establish relevant systems, and began to gradually implement the urbanization of Shantou and Chaoshan, and discussed the idea of planning the intercity rail of the three cities. On March 20 13, the proposal to merge and upgrade the three cities of Chaoshan into a sub-provincial "Chaoshan Special Zone" was submitted to the National People's Congress for discussion. 2065438+In March, 2004, Chen Jingwei, a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), proposed again and vowed to merge the Chaoshan three cities into one. The National Development and Reform Commission replied that it would further investigate and study its feasibility.