The Pearl River Delta Ring Expressway (), officially the Pearl River Delta Region Ring Expressway () and designated G94, Standardization Administration of the People's Republic of China. Mark rules of highway route and number of national trunk highway (GB/T 917-2017). September 7, 2017. is an expressway in

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

, envisioned to encircle the

Pearl River Delta The Pearl River Delta Metropolitan Region is the low-lying area surrounding the Pearl River estuary, where the Pearl River flows into the South China Sea. Referred to as the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area in official documents, ...

region of

Guangdong ) means "wide" or "vast", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in AD 226. The name "''Guang''" ultimately came from Guangxin ( zh, labels=no, first=t, t= , s=广信), an outpost established in Han dynasty ...

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

and

Macau Macau or Macao is a special administrative regions of China, special administrative region of the People's Republic of China (PRC). With a population of about people and a land area of , it is the most List of countries and dependencies by p ...

. When complete, it will be in length. Sections of the expressway in

and

are observed only by

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. These special administrative regions have their own highway numbering systems. Currently, only sections between

Zhuhai Zhuhai; Yale romanization of Cantonese, Yale: ''Jyūhói''; Chinese postal romanization, also known as Chuhai is a prefecture-level city located on the west bank of the Pearl River (China), Pearl River estuary on the central coast of southern ...

and Sanshui District and from Zengcheng to

Shenzhen Shenzhen is a prefecture-level city in the province of Guangdong, China. A Special economic zones of China, special economic zone, it is located on the east bank of the Pearl River (China), Pearl River estuary on the central coast of Guangdong ...

are complete, entirely in the province of Guangdong. The expressway ends at Meiguan Road and Beihuan Boulevard in

, which is not near the border. Motorists must continue south along Huanggang Road to the Huanggang Port. There are no plans to connect the expressway directly to the border. In Hong Kong, there are no plans to connect an expressway to the Shenzhen border. Hong Kong is not required to comply because it has its own highway system. Similarly, Macau is not required to comply and it is unknown if the Hong Kong and Macau sections will actually be expressways. The expressway uses the

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from Hong Kong to Macau and Zhuhai.

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{{NTHS Expressways Chinese national-level expressways Expressways in Guangdong Pearl River Delta Ring roads in China Roads in Shenzhen

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