Editing Chaozhou (section)

===Modern era===
The seat of the 1951 Guangdong People's Government was in Chao'an County. Part of the county was converted into Chao'an City in 1953, and was renamed Chaozhou City (county-level) later that year. In 1955, the provincial seat moved to [[Shantou]]; the city was abolished five years later, and was reestablished in 1979. In 1983, the situation was reversed, as Chao'an was merged into Chaozhou City. Chaozhou was made a provincially-administered city in January 1989, and a [[vice-prefecture-level city]] in January 1990. In December 1991, Chaozhou was further upgraded to its current statue of [[prefecture-level city]].

Chaozhou and the nearby cities of Shantou and [[Jieyang]] are collectively called [[Chaoshan]] or Teochew.  From 1958 until 1983, this name was used for the joint political-administrative area which encompassed the three cities. For the next five years, Shantou City was a higher-level city, containing Chaozhou and Jieyang within it. Currently, Chaozhou, Shantou and Jieyang are equal in status.

In 2022, the city's 5-year plan has detailed the realization of a 43.3-gigawatt [[offshore wind power|offshore windfarm]] located between 47 and 115 miles (75 and 185&nbsp;km) off the city's coast.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/a-city-in-china-is-planning-an-offshore-wind-farm-so-big-it-could-power-all-of-norway/|title=A City in China is Planning an Offshore Wind Farm So Big It Could Power All of Norway|date=October 26, 2022|publisher=[[GoodNewsNetwork]]}}</ref>