Guangdong · first edition
National key villages, 51 of them.
Villages and towns selected jointly by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the National Development and Reform Commission. This is the Guangdong slice of a 1,597-site national register.
Names stay in Chinese on purpose. That is the string on the ticket gate, the road sign and the map app — paste it into any of them and it resolves. A romanisation we invented would not.
- 21
- prefecture-level cities
- 214
- A-level scenic areas
- 171
- graded rural stays
- 42
- dishes with video
- 35
- hospitals listed
- 51
- national key villages
all 21
16 rated 5A
4 tiers
21 prefectures
Guangzhou
4 batches
05 · National key villages and towns · 全国乡村旅游重点村镇
51 sites in Guangdong.
Selected jointly by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the National Development and Reform Commission across four batches. The full national register is 1,597 sites in 31 provincial-level regions — this is the Guangdong slice.
Batch 12019 10 sites
Maoming Xinyishi Zhenlong Zhenbafang Villagebatch 1 · 2019
Heyuan Yuanchengqu Pu Qian Zhenbei Jiaocunbatch 1 · 2019
Huizhou Longmenxian Nankunshan Shengtai Tourism Zone Zhongping Weicunbatch 1 · 2019
Dongguan Tea Shanzhen Nanshe Villagebatch 1 · 2019
Shaoguan Renhuaxian Danxia Subdistrict Yaotang Xincunbatch 1 · 2019
Shanwei Luhexian Shuichun Zhenluodong Villagebatch 1 · 2019Batch 22020 22 sites
Meizhou Pingyuanxian Sishui Zhenmei Shecunbatch 2 · 2020
Dongguan Liao Buzhen Chenjia Pu Villagebatch 2 · 2020
Jieyang Jiexixian Jinhezhenshan Hucunbatch 2 · 2020
Zhanjiang Leizhoushi Longmenzhen Zurongcunbatch 2 · 2020
Foshan Nanhaiqu Xiqiao Zhenshang Jinou Cunsong Tangcunbatch 2 · 2020
Zhaoqing Sihuishi Jianggu Lao Si Tangcunbatch 2 · 2020
Jiangmen Taishanshi Shuibu Caoping Villagebatch 2 · 2020Batch 32021 10 sites
Guangdongsheng Guangzhoushi Conghuaqu Chengjiao Jiexi He Villagebatch 3 · 2021
Guangdongsheng Zhaoqingshi Fengkaixian Jiangkou Subdistrict Taidong Villagebatch 3 · 2021
Guangdongsheng Zhanjiangshi Xuwenxian Jiaoweixiang Fangpocunbatch 3 · 2021
Guangdongsheng Meizhoushi Meixian Quyanyangzhenbatch 3 · 2021Batch 42022 9 sites
Guangdongsheng Guangzhoushi Zeng Chengqu Zengjiang Subdistrict Dabu Weicunbatch 4 · 202206 · Limits
What this page still does not have.
A gap that is named is a gap you can plan around. A gap filled with something plausible is worse than nothing.
Missing register
19 more hospital registers
Only Dongguan and Guangzhou publish a machine-readable hospital register we could transcribe, and only Guangzhou — the provincial capital — is listed here. The other 19 prefectures have no equivalent open list, and the provincial health commission publishes no master registry at all.
Missing register
No official list of dishes
There is no government register of what a prefecture eats, so the food layer is built from videos people shot themselves. It is a lead, not a citation — and the count moves as channels publish and delete.
Missing layer
Intangible heritage
The national intangible-cultural-heritage register (非遗) is not transcribed. That layer is what would let a guide say why a village matters, not just that it is on a list.
07 · Provenance
Where each line came from.
- 214 A-level scenic areaschecked 2026-10-29 Guangdong Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism — A-level scenic areas register (as of 2026-08-31) · source page
- 171 graded rural hotels and homestayschecked 2026-10-29 Guangdong Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism — 2025 rural hotel and homestay grading results · source page
- 42 dishes, each linked to the original videochecked 2026-11-01 Bilibili video search — local cooks and eaters, not a register · source site
- 35 hospitals in Guangzhou (the provincial capital) with an international-capable department — screened by institution name, not by a register fieldchecked 2026-10-29 Guangzhou Municipal Health Commission — hospitals by district (2023) · source page
- 51 national key villages and towns (Guangdong)checked 2026-10-29 Ministry of Culture and Tourism + NDRC, four batches · latest batch
- 21 prefecture-level cities and their districtschecked 2026-10-29 Ministry of Civil Affairs — 2023 administrative division codes · source page
Grades and designations are the issuing authority's assessment. Nothing on this page is a ranking we made, and no property paid to appear.