Long Beach is a city in Los Angeles County, California. It is the 42nd-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 466,742 as of 2020. A charter city, Long Beach is the seventh-most populous city in California.
Incorporated in 1897, Long Beach lies in Southern California in the southern part of Los Angeles County. Long Beach is approximately 20 miles (32 km) south of downtown Los Angeles, and is part of the Gateway Cities region. The Port of Long Beach is the second busiest container port in the United States and is among the world's largest shipping ports. The city is over an oilfield with minor wells both directly beneath the city as well as offshore.
The city is known for its waterfront attractions, including the permanently docked RMS Queen Mary and the Aquarium of the Pacific. Long Beach also hosts the Grand Prix of Long Beach, an IndyCar race and the Long Beach Pride Festival and Parade. California State University, Long Beach, one of the largest universities in California by enrollment, is within the city.
Heshan City, a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous region, is a new industrial and mining city hosted by Laibin City, which is located in the west, southeast and west of Laibin City and connected with Xingbin District. Heshan has convenient transportation, National Highway 322 Nanliu Secondary Highway runs through the north and south of the city, more than 50 kilometers east of Nanliu Expressway; the railway is connected with the Hunan-Guangxi railway trunk line; shipping can reach Guigang, Wuzhou, Guangzhou and Hong Kong and Macao. Heshan City was awarded the title of "Top Ten counties (cities) in Guangxi Economic Development" in 2003 and 2005, and entered the list of "100 counties and cities with the fastest improvement in the basic competitiveness of China's county economy" in 2004. In March 2009, Heshan was listed as one of the second batch of 32 resource-exhausted cities by the State Council. After the transformation, it has received strong support from government funds and projects at all levels.