Zhuhai

珠海

Zhuhai (Chinese珠海 市, pinyin Zhūhǎi Shì, beads Sea City ') is a prefecture -level city in Guangdong Province, China with total area of ​​1653 km ² and a population of 1.4541 million, of which about 956 900 with primary residence. The city is in China the nickname " City of Romance ".

General

Zhuhai is adjacent to Macao. A striking feature of the coastal town is a large number of bays and islands. One can from the road district Gongbei (拱北 街道) in the district Xiangzhou on foot to cross the border. On maps Zhuhai did not appear until around 1979, before that it was no more than an insignificant fishing village. In the shadow of Macao but it has become especially since 1980, when it was named one of the first four special economic zones, developed into a resort and a residential town.

The standard of living is very high in China compared, the city is very clean. As a weekend home Zhuhai is very popular with business people from Hong Kong or Macau. The currently 4 golf courses ( 2 more under construction) fast, a Formula 1 race track, amusement parks and other opportunities for leisure activities, in combination with the low prices, let the nights on the weekends in the air.

Since June 1, 2011 is twinned with the German city of Braunschweig.

Administrative Divisions

At county level, Zhuhai is composed of three districts:

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Economy

Economical designed to provide investors with solid foundations for the construction of production. Contributes to this crucial that Zhuhai is a Special Economic Zone and includes a free trade area, which has now led to the establishment of well-known corporations, including Bosch, MTU Aero Engines, Siemens AG, Epcos, Nike, Toshiba, Canon, Harting and Semikron. An already planned bridge (one of the longest in the world ) from Hong Kong to Zhuhai to bring a further boost with it because the price differences between the economic centers of Hong Kong and Zhuhai are considerable remains.

Tourism

The hotel and catering sector is satisfactory and makes longer stays for European or American businessmen unproblematic and as in all Chinese business centers is also increasing the number of hotels here constantly. The number of restaurants and bars is rising steadily.

Among the tourist highlights of 1997 created New Yuan Ming Palace belongs (圆明 新 园/圆明 新 园), which is a partial reconstruction of the 1860 destroyed Old Summer Palace in Beijing. The park covers 1.39 km ² and includes an 80,000 m² lake.

New Yuan Ming Palace

New Yuan Ming Palace

New Yuan Ming Palace

Located in Baojingwan on the island in the district of Zhuhai Gaolan Dao Baojingwan - site (宝镜 湾 遗址/宝镜 湾 遗址, Baojingwan Yizhi ) as well as the residence of the family of Chen Fang (陈芳 家宅/陈芳 家宅, Chen Fang jiazhai ) are on the list of monuments of the people's Republic of China.

Climate

The climate is subtropical, and the city is haunted June-September average 2-3 typhoons. The average temperature in January is 14.5 ° C and in July 28.6 ° C. The amount of rainfall per year is 1964 mm per square meter. The average humidity is 80%.

Traffic

Zhuhai has its own, but still quite small airport, for example, with connections to Shanghai. Very close to the airport is currently being built a new large-scale harbor area, which also offers large container ships enough space. From the port, the ferries run in about 60 minutes from Hong Kong, Guangzhou and Shenzhen.

Education

The city of Zhuhai has provided a site, which is located north of the city, for universities free of charge. Some universities, such as Tsinghua University and the Sun Yat -sen University, which are among the ten best universities in the country, have already followed this offer. While the former has only a small office in Zhuhai, the latter has built a campus that is greater than all three branches of the University in Guangzhou, and in the study half of the undergraduate students. Also German students studying here at the Design Factory International, which has its own building erected here.

Twinning

  • Canada Surrey, Canada, since 1987
  • United States Redwood City, United States, since 1993
  • Portugal Castelo Branco, Portugal, since 1994
  • Japan Atami, Japan, since 2004
  • Flag of South Korea Suwon, South Korea, since 2006
  • Brazil Vitória, Brazil, since 2010
  • Sweden Gavle, Sweden, since 2010
  • Germany Braunschweig, Germany, since 2011

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Rong Guotuan (1937-1968), Chinese table tennis world champion
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