 Nanhai County was upgraded into a county-level city on 2 September 1992 until 8 December 2002 Nanhai was consolidated as a district of Foshan.Nanhai was a county-level city until December 8, 2002, when it became a district of Foshan prefecture-level city.Nanhai was designated by the central government as a pilot city for e-government and informatization in 2001.