Application Report for Becoming a Membership of International Safe Community
Part A: Introduction to Xiaoguwei community
A.1 Xiaoguwei community and its history
Xiaoguwei community is located on Xiaoguwei Island, north of Panyu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong. It is surrounded by the Pearl River, with Luoxi
Island in the west, Bio Island in the north and Changzhou Island in the east. Covering an area of 20.15 km2 (17.9 km2 developed), it was founded in September
2004 and is home to Guangzhou University Town, in which 170,000 teachers and students, 6,000 residents from 1,800 households and 13,000 non-residents live.
As the major component of Xiaoguwei community, the Guangzhou University Town holds ten universities: Sun Yat-sun University, South China University of
Technology, Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, South China Normal University, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangdong
University of Foreign Studies, Guangdong College of Pharmacy, Xinghai Conservatory of Music, Guangzhou Fine Arts Institute and Guangzhou University.
Xiaoguwei sub-district office manages 4 villages—Nanting, Beiting, Suishi and Beibang. These four villages, home to 6,000 residents, cover an area of 1.127 km2. Under its jurisdiction, there are five key institutes, eight ecological parks, three wetland parks, two hospitals—Guangdong Provincial Hospital of
Traditional Chinese Medicine (Guangzhou University Town) and Outpatient Department of First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sun University and ten university clinics, as well as countless cultural relics and historic sites. Xiaoguwei is an important ecological university town of Panyu District. For Xiaoguwei Street, the work of building a safe community is also centered on these ten universities and four villages.