Cost of Living in Guangzhou

to Asadar: Whats the annual cost to live in Guangzhou?

~ Two bed room apartment
~ Family of two

to Admin: I know what you mean, as I am an expat. I am PhD now and stayed here 4 years to do my PhD study. And I have 4 kids, so you can assume that I know what I( am talking' bout.
The kindergarten I have mentioned with the price 2500 per month is the one aimed at 'expats and those who are rich' and I can give you some examples of EXACT kindergartens for foreigners with the prices much lower than 12k.
As for the 'international schools': you can go to the school at (or nearby) your countries embassy and it will be cheap, really. That is the case for many post-Soviet countries. And, if you're an embassy worker, it will be even free of charge for you.

Asadar, there are expat kindergartens (for foreigners), where they speak English. They are more expensive than Chinese kindergartens. For China, there are more expats (high-profile) entering prices than locals.

The person who has added the prices for childcare is out of his|her mind, probably.
In the district I live I have plenty of kindergartens, both private and public ones, and the price vary from 650-800 (the cheapest one AND the public) to 2500 (like "all-is-there-premium-clildcare) yuan per month (full day, 7am-5pm, 3 meals). For 3500-4000 an agency can find a babysitter for you (again,full day, and optionally she will cook and clean). So 12k per month as an AVERAGE price? you gotta be kidding. Huangpu district of Guangzhou

The regular bus ticket price is ¥2, but it doesn't mean it will take you to your desired destination. However the metro train ticket varies from ¥2-13 depending on the distance and number of stops. Example, if i need to commute 10-15 metro stations to work and back, i'm likely going to need ¥15 yuan per day which makes my monthly pass around ¥400.
Please note: There aren't any monthly passes or bulk tickets available.

Trying to find out what the average cost range would be for a basic computer. I live is US, my girlfriend is in this area for a while Guangdong.
Thank you
ALso monthly internet connection fee

I run an import / export business and planning to setup office in GZ or SZ china...This would purely be having furnished living space maybe 2 bedroom furnished apartment - of which i will have a office desk and cupboard setup in living room to conduct business from....i saw a model of this kind at a Tianzhu lu Building near GZ night market...this is a very cozy setup and will work well for me.please advise?

clothing and shoes and health cares are too expensive.and some fruit such as kiwi some imported are 8RMB per 1pc...OMG!!cheapest 3.8RMB.Damn!
everything for babies are unbelievable expensive.

Dear Friends,
whoever have said that Guangzhou is much more cheaper than Shenzhen etc. My friends, gone are those days. I am foreigner living in China for past 18years. 7 years in Shenzhen and 11 years and still going on in Guangzhou. In 2003 I have rented 2 bed room apartment in city center (Tian He North road) for RMB 1500 only and now the same place cost more than RMB 4000. As RMB is appreciating fast, the price for all the commodity, apartment, utility etc has also gone sky high. I know in 1996 the fuel for car cost was costing around RMB 3/liter that too with the exchange rate of $1 to RMB 8.60 and not the price for fuel is almost RMB 8/liter with exchange 6.1

One more thing (my digits was not taken into account): the price of jeans starts from 20 RMB, for 80 RMB you can easily find a branded one. Not worse than Levis or even branded as Levis (do not know, whether original ones or not). Anyway, it is much cheaper than the price you have now. I mean, it will be pretty incorrect to require, for example, compare Iphone prices if you trying to figure out how's that going at the smartphones market and China has Xiaomi wich is much cheaper than apple :) So, i added prices (100-100-60) for jeans, dress and man's shoes. I used to live in Moscow before for 10 years, prices here are incomparable cheaper, but take a look at your database. It is saying now that shoes, dress, etc are cheaper in Moscow, but this is not true for sure.
One simple example: you can find frozen duck in Auchan store (French network) in Guangzhou for as much as 3.50 RMB for 500g. This is neither sale nor discount, original price That's just like $1.15 for kilo. In Beijing (wall-mart store and Auchan) duck was about 6 RMB for 0,5 kilo.
So, actually prices are much closer to the data I've entered than to one you have now (I was adding data for Guangzhou). And it is possible to buy for half of my price :)
Leather shoes starts from 50 RMB and there's really much variants cheaper than 200 for a pair.

Regading oranges, actually, price differs dramatically. In usual shop you can find something like "oranges with leaves, oranges with this sort of skin. that sort of skin, small ones, bigger ones" and so on. If it will be a sale or something the price will be around 1.5 to 2 RMB for 500g (almost all prices are like that, for 500g, not kilo). But than you go to the next box - and see them for 2.5 RMB. Next one -3 rmb. It is usual to have 5 to 10 different sorts in one shop. But, actually, I do not really see much difference among them, so I just entered average (cheap) price without any discounts, sales etc.
The same situation with apples, bananas... For example, domestic bananas are almost twice cheaper than imported ones, somewhat 2 to 2.5 rmb for 500g, sometimes even cheaper.