2. Guizhou, referred to as "Guizhou" or "Gui" for short, is a provincial administrative region of People's Republic of China (PRC). Guiyang, the provincial capital, is located in the southwest hinterland of China. It is a transportation hub in the southwest of China and an important part of the Yangtze River Economic Belt. China is the first national big data comprehensive experimental zone, a world-famous mountain tourism destination and a big mountain tourism province, a national ecological civilization experimental zone and an inland open economy experimental zone. It is bounded by 24 37' ~ 2913' north latitude and103 36' ~109 35' east longitude, with Sichuan and Chongqing in the north, Hunan in the east, Guangxi in the south and Yunnan in the west.
3. Guizhou's topography is high in the west and low in the east, which inclines from the middle to the north, east and south, and is known as "eight mountains, one water and one field". The landform of the whole province can be divided into four basic types: plateau, mountain, hill and basin, of which mountain and hill account for 92.5%. With a total area of 176200 square kilometers, it has a subtropical monsoon climate and spans the two major water systems of the Yangtze River and the Pearl River.