Time Zone |
Asia/Shanghai |
Standard Time GMT / UTC |
UTC+8 |
Daylight Saving Time |
Daylight saving time is not observed in the current region. |
Time Zone |
Arctic/Longyearbyen |
Standard Time GMT / UTC |
UTC+1 |
Daylight Saving Time |
UTC+2 |
Located in the western part of Guangdong Province, Luoding is a county-level city under the administration of Yunfu City, known as the "Gateway to Western Guangdong" and the "Breadbasket of Lingnan", situated at the crossroads of Guangfu and Bagui cultures, with a long history of more than 1,400 years since it was established in the Southern Dynasty, and is one of the "Ancient Cultural Counties of Guangdong". It is one of the "Ancient Cultural Counties of Guangdong". The Changgangpo Ferry Trough in the county is known as the "Red Flag Canal of the South", which is a model of modern water conservancy engineering; Luoding has abundant products such as rice and cinnamon, and has deep agricultural roots. As an important node of the Maritime Silk Road, Luoding integrates the diverse cultures of Guangfu, Hakka and Lingnan, and retains a rich human heritage of ancient villages and ancestral halls. Nowadays, Luoding, relying on the advantages of the transportation hub, is accelerating its integration into the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and writing a new modern chapter of the millennium-old town with the synergistic development of eco-agriculture, cultural and tourism industries, and manufacturing industry.
Svalbard and Jan Mayen are two overseas territories of the Kingdom of Norway, located in the Arctic where the Arctic Ocean meets the North Atlantic. Svalbard's main island, Spitsbergen, is the only area in the Arctic Circle where non-Norwegian citizens are allowed to settle freely, and is home to settlements such as the Doomsday Seed Vault, a global seed bank, and the city of Longyearbyen, which is renowned for its glaciers, polar wildlife, and extreme day and night. Jan Mayen, on the other hand, is an active volcanic island with a cold climate, a Norwegian weather station and a navigation station, and a small scientific and logistical staff in the sole settlement of Oerlenkindbain. Both are under Norwegian sovereignty and are of great scientific and strategic value as key areas for the study of polar climate and ecology.