Chaozhou City, referred to as "Chaozhou" for short, is a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Province. It is a gateway city in the eastern part of Guangdong Province approved by the People's Government of Guangdong Province. As of October 2022, the city has 2 districts and 1 county under its jurisdiction, with a total area of 3146 square kilometers. In 2021, the permanent population is 2.5746 million, the urban population is 1.6683 million, and the urbanization rate is 64.8%.

Chaozhou is one of the Chaoshan areas, bordering Meizhou in the north, the South China Sea in the south, Zhangzhou in the east, Jieyang and Shantou in the west. Chaozhou is an ancient cultural city with a history of more than 1600 years. Chaoshan culture is an important part of Lingnan culture and an important branch of Chinese culture. Chaozhou was the birthplace of the Sui Dynasty to visit Taiwan. Since the Tang Dynasty, it has been an important gateway to the Maritime Silk Road and a channel to Taiwan. There are eight scenic spots in Chaozhou and eight new scenic spots in Chaozhou.

Chaozhou is an excellent tourist city in China, a famous historical and cultural city in China, the capital of porcelain in China, the township of Lingtou single-cluster tea in China, the national key pollution-free agricultural products (tea) production demonstration base, the famous food city in China, the national garden city, the township of Chaozhou cuisine, the township of Chinese stainless steel products, the township of Chinese national folk art, the old revolutionary base of the Soviet area, the ancestral land of She nationality, the township of overseas Chinese, and one of the ancestral places of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan compatriots.

In 2021, Chaozhou's GDP will reach 124.485 billion yuan, an increase of 9.3% over the previous year.