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Chuhai is a
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located on the west bank of the
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on the central coast of southern
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, People's Republic of China, on the southeastern edge of the
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. Its name literally means "pearl sea", which originates from the city's location at the
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of the Pearl River meeting the
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. Zhuhai borders
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to the west,
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to the north and
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to the southeast, and shares
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with
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and Hong Kong to the northeast across the estuary. Zhuhai was one of the original four
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established in 1980, as well as one of China's premier tourist destinations, being called the
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. While the city is located in the traditionally
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-speaking economic migrants originally from inland provinces. The core of Zhuhai, Xiangzhou District along with
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are in the northeastern portion of the administrative division and are part of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Greater Bay Area, the biggest built-up area in the world with more than 65,565,622 inhabitants as of the 2020 census, encompassing Shenzhen, Dongguan, Foshan, Zhongshan, Macau, the main part of Guangzhou, and small parts of Jiangmen and Huizhou cities but with Hong Kong not quite conurbated yet. According to a report released in 2014 by the
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, Zhuhai is the most liveable city in China. Zhuhai is classified as a Medium-Port Metropolis.


History

Zhuhai has had a long history in the development of the exhibition industry in China. Zhuhai was the first permanent motor racing facility in China and has become a centre for the local racing scene, as well as a semi-regular fixture on the international racing circuit, including the
Zhuhai Special Economic Zone Zhuhai Special Economic Zone ( Chinese: 珠海经济特区), established on 5 August 1980, is one of the five special economic zones in the People's Republic of China. Originally comprising a territory of 6.1 km2 in Zhuhai City, it was expanded ...
.


Population

The population of Zhuhai has experienced steady growth from 2014 to 2023. In 2014, the city's population was approximately 1.51 million, which increased to about 2.49 million by the end of 2023. * 2014: 1.51 million * 2015: 1.54 million * 2016: 1.57 million * 2017: 1.60 million * 2018: 1.64 million * 2019: 1.67 million * 2020: 2.44 million * 2021: 2.47 million * 2022: 2.48 million * 2023: 2.49 million


Geography

Zhuhai borders the
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Special Administrative Region (north and west), and is southwest of
Guangzhou Guangzhou, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Canton or Kwangchow, is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Guangdong Provinces of China, province in South China, southern China. Located on the Pearl River about nor ...
. Its territory has of coastline and 217 islands, of which 147 are over 500 square metres in area. The islands within the prefecture-level city of Zhuhai include a number of near-shore islands, often connected to the mainland by bridges or causeways (such as
Hengqin Hengqin (, ) is an island that lies mostly in Zhuhai, a prefecture-level city and special economic zone in Guangdong Province of the People's Republic of China. It has a population of about 3,000. Parts of Hengqin are leased to Macau by the S ...
, Qi'ao, or Yeli Islands), as well as some islands in the open
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(the
Wanshan Archipelago The Wanshan Archipelago, formerly known as the Ladrones Islands, is a 104-island archipelago that is a part of Xiangzhou District, Zhuhai, Xiangzhou District in Zhuhai, Guangdong Province, China. Administration Most of the islands of the arch ...
). Some of the latter are actually geographically closer to Hong Kong than to the Zhuhai mainland. The jurisdiction of
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, located in the
Pearl River The Pearl River (, or ) is an extensive river system in southern China. "Pearl River" is often also used as a catch-all for the watersheds of the Pearl tributaries within Guangdong, specifically the Xi ('west'), Bei ('north'), and Dong ( ...
estuary An estuary is a partially enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea. Estuaries form a transition zone between river environments and maritime enviro ...
was transferred from Zhuhai to Shenzhen in 2009.


Climate

Despite being located within the tropics, Zhuhai has a
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affected by the East Asian Monsoon (Koppen classification Cwa) and moderated by the South China Sea, with long, hot and humid summers with frequent thunderstorms, and short, mild and dry winters. Average highs in January and July are respectively. Snowfalls are unknown and a frost has never been recorded in the city centre. Conversely, extreme heat waves do not occur as they do further inland. Being named one of the most liveable cities in China, real estate is robust here. Residents from the mainland, especially those from the North, will buy homes and spend their winters in Zhuhai.


Economy

In 1980 the government of the People's Republic of China (PRC) announced that the city of Zhuhai would be one of four special economic zones. Those doing business in the SEZ are eligible for a range of incentives provided by the PRC. Zhuhai became a city in 1979, a year before it was designated as one of the first
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s of China (SEZ). Similarly to neighbouring
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 ...
, which became the first Special Economic Zone of China in 1978, the implementation of Zhuhai as an SEZ was largely due to its strategic position adjacent to Macau, a capitalist trading center similar to Shenzhen's position with Hong Kong. The establishment of Zhuhai as an SEZ allowed the Chinese Central Government and economy to have easier access to the Macau and consequently, global market. As a result, Zhuhai is now a major city in the Pearl River Delta region according to the new general urban plan approved by the State Council. The implementation of Special Economy Zone intended for the city to become a key port city, science and education city, scenic and tourism city, and as a regional hub for transportation. The outstanding geographic location, a wide range of supporting infrastructure and a deep-water port serve as a major attraction for foreign capital. Used foreign investment reached US$10.344 billion in 2008. Among the top 500 enterprises worldwide, 19 of them have investment projects in Zhuhai such as
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, BP,
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,
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and Matsushita.


Manufacturing industries

Industrial development in Zhuhai focuses on five new high-tech and heavy industries including
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, computer software,
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and
pharmacy Pharmacy is the science and practice of discovering, producing, preparing, dispensing, reviewing and monitoring medications, aiming to ensure the safe, effective, and affordable use of medication, medicines. It is a miscellaneous science as it ...
, machinery and equipment as well as
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industries. Aiming to strengthen the existing industrial base as well as to provide a better environment for the development of new high-tech industries, the local government has taken the initiative in developing five economic zones:


Zhuhai High-Tech Industrial Development Zone

As one of the four earliest Special Economic Zones (SEZs) in China, Zhuhai SEZ was set up in the year 1980 and granted with a local legislative right. Zhuhai hi-tech zone is located in the north of Zhuhai, which is very close to downtown. Furthermore, technological resources are centralised in this zone. There is also a huge development in hi-tech industries led by the software and IC industries. The hi-tech zone is the showcase for Zhuhai's scientific development.
Meizu ‌Meizu (sometimes stylized in all caps) (Chinese name: 星纪魅族集团) ‌ is a technology company registered in Zhuhai, China. Its predecessor, Meizu Technology, was founded by Huang Zhang in 2003 and was famous for its MP3 player and s ...
is one high tech product headquartered in Zhuhai.


Zhuhai Free Trade Zone

Zhuhai Free Trade Zone (Zhuhai FTZ) was founded in 1996 with the State Council's approval, occupying . A Zhuhai FTZ Administrative Committee was set up in June 1997. By the end of 2006 there had been over 200 companies registered in the Free Trade Zone, including more than 150 foreign-funded enterprises, and the total investment amount was one billion US dollars. Industries encouraged in the zone include electronics assembly and manufacturing, telecommunications equipment, building/construction materials, instruments and industrial equipment production, medical equipment and supplies, raw material processing,
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, shipping/warehousing/logistics, and heavy industry.


Wanshan ocean development testing zone

The Wanshan archipelago is located in one of the major fishing areas of China and is core to the Wanshan ocean development testing zone. However, ''
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'', a species of green mussel, was found to be contaminated by HCHs, DDTs, and PCBs.


Hengqin economic development zone

In April 2023 the
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(NDRC) has published for the Hengqin economic development zone a list of industries that are illegible for investment policies, including
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benefits for workers. The stated aim of the investment policy is to integrate
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with key industries in the
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.


Global printer consumables manufacturing centre

Zhuhai manufactured and supplied 70 per cent of the world's ribbons, 60 per cent of the world's aftermarket inkjet cartridges and 20 per cent of the world's third-party laser toner cartridges. Their combined sales were worth more than 1.3 billion US dollars or 10 per cent of all the sales in the world. Zhuhai owns a comprehensive supply chain and almost any of the raw materials needed by the printer consumables industry can be provided locally.


Administration

The
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of Zhuhai administers three county-level divisions and four special economic districts, all of which are
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.


Transportation


Airports

*
Zhuhai Jinwan Airport Zhuhai Jinwan Airport , (Named Zhuhai Sanzao Airport ( zh, s=珠海三灶机场) prior to 10 January 2013), is the primary airport serving the city of Zhuhai in China’s Guangdong province. It is located some southwest of the Zhuhai city cent ...
, formerly Zhuhai Sanzao Airport, an international airport connecting all provincial capital cities in Mainland China (except
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and
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) and many other major cities, hosting an annual
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and an exhibition hall, with Chinese space rockets located in Jinwan District. * (), verbally "Jiuzhou Heliport ()") , is located in Xiangzhou district, near the Jiuzhou harbour, and has short plane runway and a helipad. Its place inside Jiuzhou inner district, permits quick transport of injured people from surrounding islands to the city hospitals. China Southern Airlines offer sightseeing flights and charters to drilling stations in South China Sea using
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helicopters via this airport as well. They used to fly to Guangzhou Baiyun Airport from this airport using Cessna C208 Caravan as well, but the route was discontinued. Zhuhai also is served by airports outside: *
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, which is closer to the city of Zhuhai proper, than Zhuhai Jinwan Airport itself, has an "Express Link" service in which transiting passengers who go through
Gongbei Port of Entry The Gongbei Port () is an immigration and customs checkpoint located in Zhuhai in mainland China, on its border with Macau. It is operated by the Bureau of Exit and Entry Administration of the Ministry of Public Security, and the General Admin ...
/
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are not processed through Macau customs; passengers may also have their baggage taken from Macau Airport to
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in Hengqin Island. *
Hong Kong International Airport Hong Kong International Airport is an international airport on the island of Chek Lap Kok in western Hong Kong. The airport is also referred to as Chek Lap Kok International Airport or Chek Lap Kok Airport, to distinguish it from its predec ...
; ticketed passengers can take ferries from the Zhuhai Ferry Terminal to the HKIA Skypier. Since its inauguration in September 2018, Zhuhai residents can reach HKG via
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. Zhuhai residents may also use
Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport — formerly Shenzhen Huangtian Airport — is an international airport serving the city of Shenzhen in South Central China’s Guangdong province. It is on the east bank of the Pearl River in Bao'an Di ...
and travel there by bus or ferry.


Railway

Zhuhai Railway Station is located at the western end of
Gongbei Port of Entry The Gongbei Port () is an immigration and customs checkpoint located in Zhuhai in mainland China, on its border with Macau. It is operated by the Bureau of Exit and Entry Administration of the Ministry of Public Security, and the General Admin ...
and
Portas do Cerco The Portas do Cerco is an area in Nossa Senhora de Fátima, Macau, China. Located on the northern tip of the Macau Peninsula, it is known by the Barrier Gate separating Macau from mainland China. The Portuguese built the gate in 1849 to replace ...
at the border of Zhuhai and Macau. There are frequent high speed trains to Guangzhou, Guilin, Beijing, Shanghai, Chengdu and other main cities in China. The intercity railway between Zhuhai Gongbei and Zhuhai Jinwan International Airport is under construction. It is expected to be opened to Hengqin in November 2019, and the whole project will be completed in 2024. It will take only 30 minutes to commute from urban district to the airport using the completed line. Zhuhai also has a tram network, with the first phase of Line 1 completed in 2014. In 2017, Line 1 began service to the public. The trams ceased running in January 2021 due to frequent power issues and low patronage.


Sea

Zhuhai is known for its good climate and good air quality. Endowed with a long coastline, it is the only city on the western Pearl River Delta with natural deep-water ports. Zhuhai has two international
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s:
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( zh, labels=no, c=九洲港) and Gaolan ( zh, labels=no, s=高栏港). Gaolan Port is one of the leading ports in Guangdong province, while Jiuzhou Port focuses on heavy passenger sea transport. Chu Kong Passenger Transport operates a ferry service between Zhuhai's Jiuzhou Port, Hong Kong and Shekou Passenger Terminal, in the Nanshan District of Shenzhen. A service between Jiuzhou Port and
Hong Kong International Airport Hong Kong International Airport is an international airport on the island of Chek Lap Kok in western Hong Kong. The airport is also referred to as Chek Lap Kok International Airport or Chek Lap Kok Airport, to distinguish it from its predec ...
for air passengers using the airport began on 10 July 2007.


Road

Zhuhai is currently served by two major Chinese national expressways: G94 Pearl River Delta Ring Expressway * The G94 Pearl River Delta Ring Expressway, which will form a beltway surrounding the Guangzhou
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when completed, currently connects Zhuhai to the
Sanshui District Sanshui District, formerly romanized as Samshui, is an urban district of the prefecture-level city of Foshan in Guangdong province, China. It had a population of 803,226 as of the 2020 census. It is known for the " Samsui women", emigrants who l ...
of
Foshan Foshan (, ; Chinese: 佛山) is a prefecture-level city in central Guangdong Province, China. The entire prefecture covers and had a population of 9,498,863 as of the 2020 census. The city is part of the western side of the Pearl River Delta m ...
. In 2018 the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge opened, reducing the travel time by road from Zhuhai to Hong Kong in approximately 40 minutes. G94 was extended to follow this bridge, with sections currently under construction connecting the bridge to the Zhuhai-Foshan section. G0425 Guangzhou–Macau Expressway * A spur route of the mainline
G4 Beijing–Hong Kong and Macau Expressway The Beijing–Hong Kong and Macau Expressway (), designated as G4 and commonly referred to as the Jinggang'ao Expressway () is a -long expressway that connects the Chinese cities of Beijing and Shenzhen, in Guangdong province, at the border of ...
, G0425 directly links Guangzhou to Zhuhai (and thus, Macau). It has a concurrency with G94 for several kilometres. Heavy traffic between Zhuhai and Macau has led to the construction of a new cross-border corridor, the
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, built in November 1999 to divert traffic away from the congested
Gongbei Port of Entry The Gongbei Port () is an immigration and customs checkpoint located in Zhuhai in mainland China, on its border with Macau. It is operated by the Bureau of Exit and Entry Administration of the Ministry of Public Security, and the General Admin ...
(
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). G0425 currently ends in Zhuhai at Zhuhai Avenue, pending an extension to the Lotus Bridge via
Hengqin Hengqin (, ) is an island that lies mostly in Zhuhai, a prefecture-level city and special economic zone in Guangdong Province of the People's Republic of China. It has a population of about 3,000. Parts of Hengqin are leased to Macau by the S ...
island.


Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge

This bridge was first proposed by
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and contemplated by stakeholders, municipal governments in 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, ...
, the provincial government 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 ...
, and the central government of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Before the government handover of Hong Kong, the
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also considered plans for a bridge. After 1997 the commercial interests of Hong Kong prompted the local government to consider the plans as well. On 24 October 2018, the
Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge The Hong Kong–Zhuhai–Macau Bridge (HZMB) is a bridge–tunnel system consisting of a series of three cable-stayed bridges, an undersea tunnel, and four artificial islands. It is both the longest sea crossing and the longest Intercontinent ...
(HZMB) was opened. The bridge connects to Zhuhai via a small island of reclaimed land near the city's eastern coast, northeast of Macau.


Tourism

Zhuhai and the surrounding landscapes were developed into an industrial output zone in the 1980s. Prior to that, Zhuhai generated economic development on the basis of tourism, benefiting from the comfortable subtropical climate. Zhuhai enjoys the reputation of a coastal garden city. When environmental pollution from the manufacturing industries threatened the quality of life, Zhuhai introduced strict environmental laws and hired engineers from Singapore to assist the city with
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. Realizing the benefits brought by tourism, the local government is expanding tourist destinations and is developing new spots such as
Hengqin Hengqin (, ) is an island that lies mostly in Zhuhai, a prefecture-level city and special economic zone in Guangdong Province of the People's Republic of China. It has a population of about 3,000. Parts of Hengqin are leased to Macau by the S ...
( zh, labels=no, s=横琴岛), Dong'ao ( zh, labels=no, s=东澳), Hebao ( zh, labels=no, c=荷包), Qi'ao ( zh, labels=no, s=淇澳岛) and Yeli ( zh, labels=no, c=野狸).


Exhibitions and conferences

Zhuhai hosts the
China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition China International Aviation & Aerospace Exhibition (), also known as the Airshow China () and Zhuhai Airshow (), is a biennial international aerospace trade expo held in Zhuhai, Guangdong, since 1996. It is the largest airshow in China. Hi ...
biannually in November. It is the largest Air Show in China and a huge tourist attraction.


New Yuan Ming Palace

The New Yuan Ming Palace ( zh, first=s, s=圆明新园, t=圓明新園) is a park of , including an lake. It features a partial reconstruction of the
Old Summer Palace The Old Summer Palace, also known as Yuanmingyuan () or Yuanmingyuan Park, originally called the Imperial Gardens (), and sometimes called the Winter Palace, was a complex of palaces and gardens in present-day Haidian District, Beijing, China. I ...
in Beijing which was destroyed during the
Second Opium War The Second Opium War (), also known as the Second Anglo-Chinese War or ''Arrow'' War, was fought between the United Kingdom, France, Russia, and the United States against the Qing dynasty of China between 1856 and 1860. It was the second major ...
and was never rebuilt on its original site. File:New Yuan Ming Palace in Zhuhai 03.JPG, File:New Yuan Ming Palace in Zhuhai 04.JPG, File:New Yuan Ming Palace in Zhuhai 20.JPG, File:New Yuan Ming Palace in Zhuhai 29.JPG,


Coast of Xianglu Bay—Fisher Girl Statue

The coast of Xianglu Bay is considered the "symbol" of Zhuhai, offering a scenic view of Pearl River Delta with silt-rich water, rocks, and a beach. The famous landmark of the city, ''
Zhuhai Fisher Girl ''Zhuhai Fisher Girl'' () is a statue and landmark in the area of Zhuhai, Guangdong, China. Commissioned ahead of the establishment of the Zhuhai Special Economic Zone, the statue was designed by Pan He based on a local legend about a celestial ...
'', stands elegantly on a boulder in Xianglu Bay; the statue is draped by a fishnet and holds a pearl high in the air with both hands up to the sky, symbolising a vigorous and lively Zhuhai welcoming visitors from all over the world. It was erected in 1982 by Pan He, a professor from the
Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts The Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts (GAFA; ; also known as Guangzhou Institute of Fine Arts) is a Chinese national university based in Guangzhou which provides doctoral, master and bachelor's degrees in fine arts and design.It is the only fine art ...
, and is tall and composed of 70 pieces of granite. Visitors can view the statue up close from a boardwalk on the shore. The statue was based on a local legend, in which the daughter of the celestial Dragon King visited 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, ...
, became a fisherwoman, and married a mortal.


Education


Colleges and universities

* Beijing Normal University Zhuhai Campus *
Sun Yat-Sen University Sun Yat-sen University (; SYSU) is a public university in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education, and co-funded by the Ministry of Education, SASTIND, and Guangdong Provincial Government. The university is p ...
Zhuhai Campus *
Jinan University Jinan University ( ; JNU, zh, 暨南大学) is a national public university in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. It is managed by the United Front Work Department of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The university is part of the Double First-Class ...
Zhuhai Campus * Zunyi Medical University Zhuhai Campus * Zhuhai College of Science and Technology *
University of Macau The University of Macau (UM or UMAC) is a public comprehensive research university in Macau. The university campus is located in Hengqin, Hengqin Island, Zhuhai, Guangdong, on a piece of land leased to and under the jurisdiction of the Governmen ...
(under the jurisdiction of Macau SAR government) *
Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University United International College Beijing, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With more than 22 million residents, it is the world's most populous national capital city as well as China's second largest city by urban area after Shanghai. It is lo ...
* Beijing Institute of Technology, Zhuhai * Guangdong Polytechnic of Science and Technology Zhuhai Campus * Zhuhai Art College * Zhuhai City Polytechnic * Zhuhai Gree Polytechnic A number of other colleges and universities are also located in or near Zhuhai. Beijing Normal University Zhuhai Campus was created as a new model university. Besides its high quality of education, it is more internationally oriented than many universities in China. Many students here prepare to go abroad to finish their junior and senior years.


Primary and secondary education

Despite the shortage of higher education, Zhuhai government has been paying a lot of attention to primary and secondary education. Since the autumn of 2007, students with local household registration are provided with twelve years of free education through primary and secondary school. As a result, there are many famous high schools in Zhuhai. Zhuhai No.1 High School (ZH1Z) is one of the most competitive high schools in Guangdong Province, and also a member of the Guangdong "Six Schools Union".
Dulwich International High School Zhuhai Dulwich International High School Zhuhai is an international senior high school in Zhuhai, Guangdong, China. It is on the property of YungWing School Zhuhai (). It is affiliated with Dulwich College. The new campus of Dulwich International High ...
, QSI International School of Zhuhai, and Zhuhai International School serve expatriates and/or use foreign educational systems.


Supplementary schools

is a supplementary school for overseas Japanese in Zhuhai. It holds classes at QSI School.


Sports facilities

Zhuhai is the first city in China to have constructed a motor racing circuit. The
Zhuhai International Circuit Zhuhai International Circuit (ZIC) () is located at Jin Ding town in Zhuhai City, Guangdong Province, China. Motorsport started in Zhuhai when it hosted a race on its Zhuhai Street Circuit, street circuit in 1993. Racing continued there until ...
was built in 1996 and is located at Jinding, near the border to Zhongshan. ZIC has held the BPR Global GT Endurance Series in 1996, the
FIA GT Championship The FIA GT Championship was a sports car racing series organized by the Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO) at the behest of the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA). The championship was mostly concentrated in Europe, but throughout ...
in 1997, 1999, 2004 and 2005. It hosted the championship's 2007 opening round on 24 and 25 March. ZIC had planned to host a round of the
Champ Car World Series Champ Car World Series (CCWS) was the series sanctioned by Open-Wheel Racing Series Inc., a sanctioning body for American open-wheel car racing that operated from 2004 to 2008. It was the successor to Championship Auto Racing Teams (CART), ...
on 20 May 2007, but agreement was not reached. ZIC held an
A1GP A1 Grand Prix Operations Ltd. operated as A1 Grand Prix (A1GP) was a "single-make" open-wheel auto racing series that ran from 2005 until 2009. It was unique in its field in that competitors solely represented their nation as opposed to themsel ...
race in 2007 for the first time in series' history. ZIC became the first venue in China to host the
Intercontinental Le Mans Cup The Intercontinental Le Mans Cup (shortened ILMC) was an endurance sports car racing tournament organised by the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) started in 2010.
on 7 November 2010 when the 2010 1000 km of Zhuhai was staged. Zhuhai has also a new tennis center which hosts
WTA Elite Trophy The WTA Elite Trophy (also known as the Huafa Technology WTA Elite Trophy for sponsorship reasons) was the second-tier year-end professional women's tennis tournament on the WTA Tour. It was the successor event of the different format WTA Tourna ...
, the last tournament of the year for players that are in the top 20 but did not qualify to
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. There is the Zhuhai Stadium that is used for football matches.


Notable people


Notable people

* Rong Hong (1828–1912), first Chinese student to graduate from a western university * Huang Kuan (1828–1878), first Chinese person to study in Europe * Tang Tingshu (1832–1892), general manager of China Merchants' Steam Navigation Company *
Tang Shaoyi Tang Shaoyi (; 2 January 1862 – 30 September 1938), also spelled Tong Shao Yi, courtesy name Shaochuan (), was a Chinese statesman who briefly served as the first Premier of the Republic of China in 1912. In 1938, he was assassinated by the ...
(1862–1938), first Premier of
the Republic of China Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...
*
Su Zhaozheng Su Zhaozheng () (1885, Qi'ao Island – 1929, Shanghai) was an early leader of the Chinese Communist Party and a labour movement activist. Early life A native of the Qi'ao Island of Xiangshan County, Guangdong Province, he became a sailor, ...
(1885–1929), early phase leader of the
Chinese Communist Party The Communist Party of China (CPC), also translated into English as Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is the founding and One-party state, sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Founded in 1921, the CCP emerged victorious in the ...
* (1887–1927), leader of
labour movement The labour movement is the collective organisation of working people to further their shared political and economic interests. It consists of the trade union or labour union movement, as well as political parties of labour. It can be considere ...
, member of the Chinese Communist Party *
Yang Pao'an Yang Pao'an (, 1896–1931) was a Chinese Marxist and early member of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Born in Xiangshan County, Guangdong, he promoted the spread of Marxism in southern China through newspaper publications and involveme ...
(1896–1931), early phase leader of the Chinese Communist Party * Rong Guotuan (1937–1968), first Chinese world champion in table tennis. * Dong Mingzhu (1954–), chairperson of
Gree Electric GREE Electric Appliances Inc. of Zhuhai, branded as GREE, is a Chinese home appliances manufacturer headquartered in Zhuhai, Guangdong province. It is the world's largest residential air-conditioner manufacturer.Businessweek.com." ''Guangdong Vi ...
* Zhang Lianwei (1965–), Chinese
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*
Yi Siling Yi Siling (; born May 6, 1989, in Guiyang County, Guiyang, Hunan) is a Chinese people, Chinese female shooting sport, sport shooter specializing in 10 meter air rifle events, she is the gold medalists for Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics – ...
(1989–), Chinese
sport shooter Shooting sports is a group of competitive and recreational sporting activities involving proficiency tests of accuracy, precision and speed in shooting — the art of using ranged weapons, mainly small arms (firearms and airguns, in forms such ...
, Champion of Women's 10 metre air rifle at
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* Hon Chio Leong (2001–), Macanese racing driver and two-time
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champion


Mayors and CPC Committee Secretaries


Mayors


CPC Committee Secretaries


Sister cities

*
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, Japan *
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, Pakistan * Halifax, Canada *
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, Italy *
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, Canada * Vitória, Brazil * Zhukovsky, Russia


See also

*
Hengqin Hengqin (, ) is an island that lies mostly in Zhuhai, a prefecture-level city and special economic zone in Guangdong Province of the People's Republic of China. It has a population of about 3,000. Parts of Hengqin are leased to Macau by the S ...
, an offshore island administered by Zhuhai * Wanshan Qundao, 104 island archipelago in the
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References


External links


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