Huizhou is a historical city, a home of overseas Chinese, and a new industrial base. Huizhou is situated on the southeastern coastal area of Guangdong Province at the northeastern end of the Pearl River Delta, facing Daya Bay of South China Sea on the south and adjacent to Hong Kong. Under its administration, greater Huizhou consists of Huicheng District, Huiyang District, Huidong County, Boluo County, Longmen County, and two state economic development zones, namely, Daya Bay Economic and Technical Development Zone and Zhongkai High-Tech Industrial Park. Huizhou covers a land area of 11,300 km² and has a population of 6.04 million. Covering a sea area of over 4520 km² and a coastline of 281.4 km, Huizhou is among the Province’s major coastal cities.

Overview of Huizhou City Prope

Huizhou is of subtropical monsoon climate and the Tropic of Cancer runs through the whole area. The north is of mountain and hill, the middle, the west and coastal area is of alluvial plain, and the east and south are of hill and tableland. The city enjoys sufficient sunshine and abundant rainfall all year round. Mean precipitation stands at 1,7000mm and annual duration of sunshine totals 2,000 hours. Mean annual temperature at 28.3℃ in July and 13℃ in January. Frost-free period lasts some 350 days in a year and greenness flourishes the whole year round.