Guangzhou's Nansha District held Mazu Cultural Activities at Nansha Tianhou Palace from May 11 to 14 to celebrate the 1,063rd anniversary of the birth of Mazu — a revered goddess of the sea.

The Diejiao Dragon Boat Race in Guicheng garnered even more attention and excitement this year on May 13, with over 150 competitors competing on the river in Diejiao, and over 300 locals experiencing the thrill of dragon boat racing.

A theater bar in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou has recently been packed with opera lovers as it stages a comedy about two men fighting over a woman.

A new air freight route has officially opened between south China's metropolis of Shenzhen and Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia.

Recently, Ding Yi, a male college student from Guangdong Medical University, went viral on Chinese social media because of his long hair. His action has won praise from netizens.

Recently, a leopard cat, a second-class national key protected wild animal, has been active in the Xiangtoushan National Nature Reserve in Huizhou City, Guangdong in the past month.

According to Guangzhou Metro, the northern section of Liwan Road will reopen to traffic from 0:00 on May 14, 2023. The north section of Liwan Road will resume six-lane traffic in both directions, and Xihua Road (the north section of Liwan Road to North Kangwang Road) will resume two-lane traffic in both directions.

At about 8 pm on the evening of May 10, over 300 cameras were waiting quietly for fireflies near the grassland in South China National Botanical Garden (SCNBG) in Guangzhou.

On May 9, Abu Bakar Mohd Nor, the Chairman of Small & Medium Enterprises under Enterprise Singapore, was nominated as the “Global Investment Ambassador” at the 2023 Hengqin Global Investment Promotion Conference, responsible for introducing the preferential policies and business environment of Hengqin to the world.

​On May 8, the World Aquatics Diving World Cup in Montreal came to an end, and the Chinese diving team won 9 gold medals. Quan Hongchan and Chen Yiwen, divers from Guangdong Province, performed brilliantly in the games.