Qing is the closest to Guangzhou, less than an hour away, and it is called the back garden of Guangzhou. It takes less than half an hour by high-speed train to reach Guangzhou South Railway Station. Qingyuan has developed rapidly in recent years. Now the Guangqing light rail has been opened. Qingyuan is a young and charming city. Qingyuan City was established as a prefecture-level city with the approval of the State Council on January 7th, 1988, and was formally established on February 28th of the same year. Now it has jurisdiction over Qingxin County, Fogang County, Yangshan County, Liannan Yao Autonomous County, Lianshan Zhuang and Yao Autonomous County and Qingcheng District, and manages two county-level cities, Yingde and Lianzhou. With a total area of 19,000 square kilometers, it is the largest prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province.