Zhuhai
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珠海市
Zhūhǎi Shì
Zhuhai
Zhuhai (Guangdong)
Administration Type Prefecture-level city
City Seat Xiangzhou District
( 22°16′N, 113°34′E)
Area 1,653 km²
Coastline 690 km (including islands)
Population 1,332,000 (2004)
GDP
- Total
- Per Capita
¥54.628 billion (2004)
¥41,800 (2004)
Major Nationalities Han
County-level divisions 3
Township-level divisions
CPC Committee Secretary Deng Weilong (邓维龙)
Mayor Wang Shunsheng (王顺生)
Area code 756
Postal Code 519000
License Plate Prefix 粤C
Zhuhai waterfront
Zhuhai Campus of Zhongshan UniversityZhuhai (Chinese: 珠海; Hanyu Pinyin: Zhūhǎi; lit. "Pearl Sea") is a prefecture-level city on the southern coast of Guangdong province in the People's Republic of China. Located in the Pearl River Delta, Zhuhai borders Jiangmen to the northwest, Zhongshan to the north, and Macau to the south.
Contents [hide]
1 Administration
2 Geography
3 Economy
3.1 Manufacturing industries
4 Transportation
4.1 Air
4.2 Land
4.3 Sea
5 Tourism
5.1 Highlights
6 Education
6.1 Strategic development
6.2 Colleges and universities
7 Sports facilities
8 Residential environment
9 Sister city
10 See also
11 External links
[edit] Administration
The prefecture-level city of Zhuhai administers 3 county-level divisions, all of which are districts
Xiangzhou District (香洲区)
Doumen District (斗门区)
Jinwan District (金湾区)
[edit] Geography
Zhuhai borders the Macau Special Administrative Region (north and west), and 140 km southwest of Guangzhou. Its territory counts 146 islands and a coastline of 690 km.
[edit] Economy
Zhuhai became an independent city in 1979, a year before it was named as one of the first Special Economic Zones (SEZ). The neighboring city of Shenzhen became the first Special Economy Zone in 1978. The implementation of this policy is logical as Zhuhai is located on the strategic position facing Macau, in the identical fashion to the Shenzhen SEZ facing to Hong Kong. This enabled the Chinese Central Government to open another "window" in front of Macau. Even though the city find its place at the southern end of the Pearl River Delta area, Zhuhai is granted to act as one of the central cities in the Pearl River Delta according to the new general urban plan approved by the State Council. The implementation of Special Economy Zone means that the city will grow as a powerful modern 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 infrastructures and a deep-water port serve as a big magnet for foreign capital. Indeed, the utilized foreign investment reached US$ 0.94 billion in 2002. Among the top 500 enterprises worldwide, 19 of them have investment projects in Zhuhai such as EssoMobil, British Petroleum, Siemens, Carrefour and Matsushita. Hong Kong is still the largest foreign investor in Zhuhai accounting for 22% of total utilized foreign investment in 2002.
[edit] Manufacturing industries
Industrial development in Zhuhai focuses on 5 new high-tech and heavy industries including electronics, computer software, biotechnology and pharmacy, machinery and equipment as well as petrochemical 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
Zhuhai free trade zone
Harbour industrial zone (provincial level)
Wanshan ocean development testing zone (provincial level)
Heng Qin economic development zone (provincial level)