Zhuhai City is situated on the west bank of the Pearl River, looking on to Hong Kong and Shenzhen across the outlet of the Pearl River, bordering on the South China Sea and joining Macao on the land in the south, on the west with Xinhui and Taishan, to its north is Zhongshan. It is an important port for import and export that connects the inland with Hong Kong and Macao. In March 1979 it became a city at the prefecture level under the jurisdiction of the Province. In August 1980 Zhuhai Special Economic Zone was established with the Municipal Government seated in Xiangzhou District of Zhuhai, with Doumen District and Xiangzhou District under its jurisdiction. The five functional districts set up with the approval by the State and the Province, namely, the bonded area, new hi-tech development area, Wanshan Sea Development Experimental Area, Hengqin Economic Development area, Lingang Industrial Area, have become key areas of development in Zhuhai.

The total area is 7,649 sq, km., of which the land area is 1,630 sq. km with rich land resources. The sea area is very vast with coastal and island lines of 690 km, with 146 isles dotting in the sea area, winning the nickname of "Hundred Isles City ". Therefore, Zhuhai is endowed with rich tourist resource with prominent features: New Yuanming Palace, Dreamy Water Town, the former residence of Chen Fang, Meixi Memorial Gateway, the Imperial Hot Spring, Crocodiles Pond, Pearl Amusement Park and the Agricultural & Scientific Center. The myriad of isles and islands and the beautiful beaches of specially unique styles, attract 10 million tourists from home and abroad every year.

There are in Zhuhai perfect facilities of information, energy, city water and urban utilities. There has been established an all enveloping transmission network of broad-band information with big-capacity optic fiber, digital micro-wave, cable and broadcast TV. Long distance telephone calls can reach 1,800 cities in the country and practically all places in the world. A batch of power and water supply facilities have been set up to provide for the need of water and power. There are easy communicational facilities: a network of land, sea and air transportation has taken shape. The modern Zhuhai Airport can handle the taking off and landing of hundred thousand flights of planes annually, with flights to major cities in the country. Zhuhai Port is one of the major pivot ports in China, with potential for building over 100 berths for 10,000 -25,000 ton cargo ships, and a handling capacity of 150 million tons. The Zhuhai Section of Beijing-Zhuhai Expressway has been completed and opened to traffic. It takes only 1.5 hours from Zhuhai to Guangzhou, or to Shenzhen.

Zhuhai City is one of the areas that are of high economic potential in South China. It has won for four times the title of "Model City for Double Support", and commended as "Model City of Environmental Protection" ,"hygienic city" and "Fine Tourist City" at the state level, and has been granted the prize by Human Inhabitation Center of the U.N. for "The Internationally Best Model of Improving the Inhabitation Environment", and it was entitled as "Demonstration Area of Ecology" at the state level.

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