Huizhou, Guangdong Province, China

🇨🇳 Huizhou (惠州) is a city in south-east Guangdong Province, China, forty three miles north of Hong Kong. It forms part of the Pearl River Delta megalopolis. Huizhou borders the provincial capital of Guangzhou to the west, Shenzhen and Dongguan to the south-west, Shaoguan to the north, Heyuan to the north-east, Shanwei to the east, and Daya Bay of the South China Sea to the south. The city is administered as a prefecture-level city.

Economy Located in the Pearl River Delta, Huizhou is one of the 9 prefecture-level cities in the Pearl River Delta Economic Zone. TCL, a major TV and multinational consumer electronics company is headquartered in Huizhou. Huizhou Daya Bay Economic and Technological Development Zone (DBETDZ) includes Automobile Production/Assembly, Chemical Production and Processing, Electronics Assembly & Manufacturing, and others. Huizhou Export Processing Zone includes companies focusing on electronics, auto parts, textiles and chemicals.

Huizhou Dayawan Economic and Technological Development Zone Huizhou Zhongkai High-tech Industrial Development Zone is connected with Shenzhen, Guangzhou and Dongguan by Huizhou-Shenzhen Highway, Guangzhou-Huizhou Highway and Dongguan-Huizhou Highway. Beijing-Kowloon Railway and Huizhou-Aotou Railway also run through the zone, linking it with Beijing, Hong Kong, and other cities along the railway. Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport is a one-and-a-half hour drive from the zone.

Huizhou Export Processing Zone Huizhou Zhongkai HIDZ has established electronics, information technology and optical-, mechanical- and electronic-integration as its major industries. It also encourages investment in new materials, telecommunications, and other high-tech industries. The zone is one of the National Electronic Information Industry Bases and National Video and Audio Products Parks in China.

Huizhou Zhongkai High-tech Industrial Development Zone

The Huizhou Zhongkai High-tech Industrial Development Zone is connected with Shenzhen, Guangzhou and Dongguan by the Huizhou-Shenzhen Highway, Guangzhou-Huizhou Highway and Dongguan-Huizhou Highway. The Beijing-Kowloon Railway and Huizhou-Aotou Railway also run through the zone, linking it with Beijing, Hong Kong, and other cities along the railway. Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport is a one-and-a-half hour drive from the zone.

The Huizhou Zhongkai HIDZ has also established electronics, information technology and optical-, mechanical- and electronic-integration as its major industries. It also encourages investment in new materials, telecommunications, and other high-tech industries. The zone is one of the National Electronic Information Industry Bases and National Video and Audio Products Parks in China.

Administration The prefecture-level city of Huizhou administers 5 county-level divisions, including 2 districts and 3 counties: Huicheng District, 惠城区 Huìchéng Qū; Huiyang District, 惠阳区 Huìyáng Qū; Boluo County, 博罗县 Bóluó Xiàn; Huidong County, 惠东县 Huìdōng Xiàn; Longmen County, 龙门县 Lóngmén Xiàn.

Transport Huicheng, the urban centre of Huizhou, is served by the Jingjiu Railway (also known as the Guangmeishan Railway in Guangdong) with two stations: Huizhou West and Huizhou. Huizhou itself is vast as Los Angeles County with sparse rail service as compared with bay peer cities.

Huizhou Pingtan Airport reopened in 2015. Additionally the town is about a one and one half-hour drive by bus from Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport. There are also coach bus services connecting Huizhou with Hong Kong International Airport.

A mass rapid transit linking it to Shenzhen was under construction as of 2011.

In April 2018, the China Daily announced that the world's first automatic railroad was currently under construction between Dongguan and Huizhou. As a pilot project, it would contain ten railway stations, driverless trains and robotic assistance for passengers with luggage and tickets.

Language The main languages spoken in Huizhou are Hakka Chinese (Huiyang dialect), Huizhou dialect, Hokkien dialect, and Cantonese.

Military Huizhou is the headquarters of the 42nd Group Army of the People's Liberation Army, one of the two group armies that comprise the Guangzhou Military Region responsible for the defense of China's southern coast and its border with Vietnam.

Education Educational facilities in Huizhou include: • Huizhou University • Huizhou Radio and Television University • Huizhou Nanshan School • Medi's International school.

Sport Huizhou is a well-known city of sports in China with the opening of Huizhou Olympic Stadium in 2010.

Daya Bay Daya Bay is located to the south-east of Huizhou City, on the South China Sea, with waters covering an area of nearly 500 km² (190 sq mi). There are nearly 100 islands and reefs in the bay. The climate is described as a typical subtropical oceanic climate, with temperatures averaging 21.8 °C (71.2 °F) over the year. Historically, Daya Bay had whales and turtles. The bay was one of the breeding grounds along the southern coast of China for Asian population of gray whales which are now one of the most endangered whale population in the world. They migrated here to calve in the winter-spring seasons. Other species, such as humpback whales also migrated here historically. All of these were wiped out by Japanese whalers established whaling stations on various sites on Chinese coasts including at nearby Daya Bay. Critically endangered Chinese white dolphins and occasional whales such as humpbacks have been confirmed in the bay recent years.