Located at the mouth of the Pearl River, facing the South China Sea and Hong Kong (hence its name in Chinese: Zhu, the pearl, and hai, the sea), Zhuhai is part of the first series of special economic zones (sez) open to international investment since 1980. This is the second port of entry of South China after Shenzhen. In 1980, the city, mainly agricultural, had 350 000 inhabitants, including 20 000 seasonal fishermen. Today, it has 1,5 million. In the 1980 s, the neighbourhood of Gongbei, bordering Macao, quickly developed into a business centre, with vast towers of towers forming an ultra-modern urban fabric. Capital regularly injected by large international groups into the SEZ vastly exceeds expectations and makes Zhuhai development a real success story. This spectacular success naturally leads to an increase in the city's initial area, from a few tens of km ² in 1980 to more than 1 000 km ² today.Its urban development makes it a model city in China: scientific urban route, respect for the environment (it has 41,7% green spaces), the development of tourist sites. Zhuhai has also become one of the country's innovative hubs: for example, the city was one of the first of all Southeast Asian to have an International Formula 1 racing circuit, but it never served! Since 1996, the Chinese annual aeronautical exhibition is taking place in Zhuhai at the beginning of November, and the city hosts every two years in December one of China's three official Film Festivals with Shanghai and Changchun. Zhuhai has developed a very specific state-of-the-art industry: hydrocarbons, textiles, electronics, toys.Expatriés and Hong Kong travel to Zhuhai mainly for business meetings or to acquire cheaper furniture than in Hong Kong. Zhuhai is only a limited tourist for the Western traveller, although its coastal landscape and quality of life remain significant.

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