City Introduction of Guangdong, China: Huizhou

Huizhou

Major Economic Indicators (2007)

Source: Huizhou Economic and Social Development Report 2007

Introduction

Huizhou is located in the south-eastern part of Guangdong Province and in the north-eastern part of the Pearl River Delta. Facing the Dayawan Bay in the south, the city neighbors Guangzhou to the west, Shenzhen and Dongguan to the south-west and Hong Kong to the south-east. It covers an area of 11,200 km², comprising one quarter of the total land area of the Pearl River Delta.

Huizhou Port, one of the major coastal ports in China, has sixty berths, sixteen of which have a cargo handling-capacity of over 10,000 tons. In 2007, Huizhou Port handled 23.2 million tons of cargo. Though Huizhou Airport is currently closed to civil usage, the city can still be reached easily by way of Shenzhen Bao’an International Airport and Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, which are within one-and-a-half hour’s drive from the city. Huizhou is also easily accessible by railway and highways; Beijing-Kowloon Railway, connecting Beijing with Hong Kong, goes through the city. Guangzhou-Huizhou Highway and Huizhou-Dayawan Highway link Huizhou with other major cities in the Pearl River Delta.

There is one university and thirty-five vocational schools in Huizhou. The number of enrolled students at the university and the vocational schools reached 8,079 and 57,180 in 2007 respectively.

Economic Features

In 2007, the GDP of Huizhou edged up 17.4% year-on-year to RMB 110.5 billion, ranking sixth among all the cities in Guangdong Province. The largest contributor was the industry sector, which gained added value of RMB 65.1 billion, accounting for 58.9% of Huizhou’s economy.