Huizhou#Tourism

During the Song dynasty, Huizhou was a prefectural capital of the Huiyang prefecture and the cultural center of the region.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NU2NLLjO1fUC&pg=PA225|title=One Step Ahead in China: Guangdong Under Reform|author=Ezra F. Vogel|date=October 1990|publisher=Harvard University Press|isbn=978-0-674-63911-9|pages=225–226}}

The West Lake in Huizhou was formerly known as Feng Lake. At the age of 59, Su Shi was exiled to Huizhou by the imperial government of Song. When he visited Feng Lake in Huizhou, he found it located in the west of the city and was as beautiful as West Lake in Hangzhou. Therefore, he renamed it the West Lake. In order to solve the traffic problems on both sides of West Lake, he invested to help build two bridges. Later generations named bridges as the bridge Su Di to commemorate his achievements. And the two bridges in the West Lake becomes one of the eight scenic spots in the West Lake, called "Su Di Play Moon".{{Cite journal|last=黄建萍|date=1997 |script-title=zh:东坡到处有西湖|url=http://www.cqvip.com/QK/82190X/199703/665698873199703018.html|script-journal=zh:江苏政协|issue=3|pages=32}}

Huizhou used to be a prosperous region, specializing in commerce and trading, which changed during the 20th century due to wars.{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2015/01/05/372491552/chinas-villages-are-dying-a-new-film-asks-if-they-can-be-saved|newspaper=NPR|title=China's Villages Are Dying. A New Film Asks If They Can Be Saved|date=5 January 2015|last1=Poon|first1=Linda}} After the 1980s, Huizhou developed as a manufacturing base.

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In ancient China, Huizhou and Heyuan were a part of the remote Lingnan region. In pre-Tang times, the population included Baiyue peoples (Zhuang, Yao, Hmong, Tanka, and She) but very few Han Chinese aside from imperial Chinese soldiers. According to the Huiyang County annals (2003), during the late Yuan dynasty (14th century), what is now Huizhou had only 45,410 inhabitants in 9,545 households. That corresponds to one household or five people per square kilometer. Most of the 6 million inhabitants in Huizhou and Heyuan are descended from people who migrated during the late Yuan and early Ming dynasties and during the Qing dynasty after the Great Clearance.潘家懿、林倫倫（2011），粵東惠河片閩南語的分佈及其地理環境特徵，《臺灣語文研究》第6卷第2期,2011, p.16

According to the 2020 census, the city's permanent population was 6,042,852,[https://www.citypopulation.de/en/china/guangdong/admin/ "China: Guăngdōng"]. City Population. representing an increase of 1,444,450 people, or 31.43%, from the 2010 census. Between 2000 and 2010, the average annual increase over that 10-year period was 3.64%. As of 2010, the population included 2,419,258 males (52.63%) and 2,177,744 females (47.37%), for a sex ratio of 111.09 males for every 100 females. There were 809,270 children aged 0–14 (17.6%); 3,517,928 people aged 15–64 (76.53%), and 269,804 people aged 65 and older (5.87%).

The majority of Huizhou's residents are Han Chinese, with a population of 3,617,800, 97.69% of Huizhou's population. There are 85,500 residents of minority ethnic groups, including Yao and She, representing 2.31% of the population.{{cite web|url=http://www.longmen.net/article/article_10906.html|title=惠州市2005年全国1%人口抽样调查主要数据公报|publisher=惠州市统计局|date=2010-07-12|access-date=2017-07-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180827073108/https://www.longmen.net/article/article_10906.html|archive-date=2018-08-27|url-status=live}} The Han population includes Hakka and Hoklo people. The Hakka are distributed widely in each district and county of the prefecture-level city, and Huizhou has Hakka walled villages. The Hoklo are concentrated in Boluo County and Huidong County. In Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan, there are more than 800,000 people of Huizhou ancestry.

Located in the Pearl River Delta, Huizhou is one of the 9 prefecture-level cities in the Pearl River Delta Economic Zone (include Huizhou urban area, Huiyang, Huidong and Boluo only). TCL, a major TV and multinational consumer electronics company is headquartered in Huizhou.http://www.bayarea/gov.hk/about Huizhou/Guangdong-Hongkong-Macao Greater Bay Area Huizhou

The Huizhou Daya Bay Economic and Technological Development Zone (DBETDZ) was approved by the State Council in 1993. It had an initial area of {{convert|9.98|km2|abbr=on}}, and in 2006, the State Council expanded the zone to {{convert|23.6|km2|abbr=on}} in three phases.

Industries encouraged in the zone include Automobile Production/Assembly, Chemical Production and Processing and Electronics Assembly & Manufacturing.{{cite web|url=http://rightsite.asia/en/industrial-zone/huizhou-dayawan-economics-technology-development-zone/|title=Huizhou Dayawan Economics Technology Development Zone|access-date=26 February 2016}}

The Huizhou Export Processing Zone was approved by Guangdong Provincial Government as a subzone of DBETDZ in June 2005. The planned area was {{convert|3|km2|abbr=on}} in size. The zone was considered suitable for companies focusing on electronics, auto parts, textiles and chemicals.{{cite web|url=http://rightsite.asia/en/industrial-zone/guangdong-huizhou-export-processing-zone/|title=Guangdong Huizhou Export Processing Zone|access-date=26 February 2016}}

The Huizhou Zhongkai High-tech Industrial Development Zone is connected with Shenzhen, Guangzhou and Dongguan by the Huizhou-Shenzhen Highway, Guangzhou-Huizhou Highway and Dongguan-Huizhou Highway. The Beijing-Kowloon Railway and Huizhou-Aotou Railway also run through the zone, linking it with Beijing, Hong Kong, and other cities along the railway. Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport is a one-and-a-half hour drive from the zone.

The Huizhou Zhongkai HIDZ has also established electronics, information technology and optical-, mechanical- and electronic-integration as its major industries. It also encourages investment in new materials, telecommunications, and other high-tech industries. The zone is one of the National Electronic Information Industry Bases and National Video and Audio Products Parks in China.

The prefecture-level city of Huizhou administers 5 county-level divisions, including 2 districts and 3 counties.

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Huicheng, the urban center of Huizhou, is served by the Jingjiu Railway (also known as the Guangmeishan Railway in Guangdong) with two stations: Huizhou West and Huizhou. Huizhou itself is vast as Los Angeles County with sparse rail service as compared with bay peer cities.

Huizhou Pingtan Airport reopened in 2015.{{Cite web|title=惠州机场将于2月5日复航--24小时滚动新闻-人民网|url=http://cpc.people.com.cn/n/2015/0128/c87228-26461473.html|access-date=2020-10-28|website=cpc.people.com.cn |language=zh }} Additionally the town is about a one and one half-hour drive by bus from Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport."[http://eng.szairport.com/szairportyw/lwgd/lwjc.shtml Guangdong Traffic] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180426205402/http://eng.szairport.com/szairportyw/lwgd/lwjc.shtml |date=26 April 2018 }}." Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport. Retrieved on May 9, 2018. There are also coach bus services connecting Huizhou with Hong Kong International Airport."[https://www.hongkongairport.com/en/transport/mainland-connection/mainland-coaches/index.page Mainland Coaches]." Hong Kong International Airport. Retrieved on May 8, 2018.

A mass rapid transit linking it to Shenzhen was under construction {{As of|2011|lc=y}}.

In April 2018, the China Daily announced that the world's first automatic railroad was currently under construction between Dongguan and Huizhou. As a pilot project, it would contain ten railway stations, driverless trains and robotic assistance for passengers with luggage and tickets.{{cite news|last1=nan|first1=Zhong|date=2 May 2018|title=Automated railways being tested|publisher=China Daily|url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201805/02/WS5ae9016ba3105cdcf651b6d1.html|access-date=2 May 2018}}

The main languages spoken in Huizhou are Hakka (mainly Huiyang dialect), Cantonese, Hokkien, and Huizhou dialect.

Huizhou is the headquarters of the 42nd Group Army of the People's Liberation Army, one of the two group armies that comprise the Guangzhou Military Region responsible for the defense of China's southern coast and its border with Vietnam.

Educational facilities in Huizhou include:

• Huizhou University[https://www.researchgate.net/institution/Huizhou_University Huizhou University]. ResearchGate. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
• Huizhou Radio and Television University
• Huizhou Nanshan School
• Medi's International school[https://www.medisedu.cn].

Huizhou is a well-known city of sports in China with the opening of Huizhou Olympic Stadium in 2010.

Huizhou has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen climate classification: Cwa). Summers are long, hot and humid. Winters are short, mild and dry.

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{{main|Daya Bay}}

Daya Bay is located to the southeast of Huizhou City, on the South China Sea, with waters covering an area of nearly {{convert|500|km2|abbr=on}}. There are nearly 100 islands and reefs in the bay. The climate is described as a typical subtropical oceanic climate, with temperatures averaging {{cvt|21.8|C}} over the year. Historically, Daya Bay had whales and turtles.[https://www.porttechnology.org/images/uploads/technical_papers/PT29-06.pdf Dredging in China under strict environment control] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160406191455/https://www.porttechnology.org/images/uploads/technical_papers/PT29-06.pdf|date=2016-04-06}}[http://www.chncup.com/?action=news&method=news&id=6664 大辣甲岛海域现死亡鲸鱼 死因未明] The bay was one of the breeding grounds along the southern coast of China for Asian population of gray whales which are now one of the most endangered whale population in the world. They migrated here to calve in the winter-spring seasons. Other species, such as humpback whales also migrated here historically. All of these were wiped out by Japanese whalers established whaling stations on various sites on Chinese coasts including at nearby Daya Bay.Jefferson A.T., Hung K.S., 2007, [http://www.degruyter.com/dg/viewarticle.fullcontentlink:pdfeventlink/$002fj$002fmamm.2007.71.issue-3$002fmamm.2007.021$002fmamm.2007.021.pdf?format=INT&t:ac=j$002fmamm.2007.71.issue-3$002fmamm.2007.021$002fmamm.2007.021.xml An updated, annotated checklist of the marine mammals of Hong Kong], Mammalia (2007) – DOI 10.1515/MAMM.2007.021, pp.105–114Rockwell D.H., 2009, [http://csiwhalesalive.org/csi2009_04.pdf When in Rome, Do as the Whales Do!] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140504084933/http://fiordlandkindy.blogspot.jp/2009/04/whales-at-doubtful-sound.html |date=4 May 2014 }} Critically endangered Chinese white dolphins and occasional whales such as humpbacks have been confirmed in the bay recent years.[http://shenzhen.sina.com.cn/news/m/2016-07-26/detail-ifxuhukv7473961.shtml 大亚湾发现中华白海豚 专家：应保持百米安全距离]

{{See also|List of twin towns and sister cities in China}}

Huizhou is twinned with:{{cite web|title=惠州城市朋友圈新增好友泸州|url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/local/2017-04/17/c_129542000.htm|website=xinhuanet.com|publisher=Xinhua News|language=zh|date=2017-04-17|access-date=2021-02-09|archive-date=26 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211126175418/http://www.xinhuanet.com/local/2017-04/17/c_129542000.htm|url-status=dead}}

• {{flagicon|AUT}} Hallstatt, Austria
• {{flagicon|CAN}} North Vancouver, Canada
• {{flagicon|USA}} Milpitas, United States

• {{flagicon|SAM}} Apia, Samoa{{cite web|title=Samoa signs MOU with China's Huizhou City|url=https://www.loopsamoa.com/content/samoa-signs-mou-china%E2%80%99s-huizhou-city|website=loopsamoa.co|publisher=Loop News|date=2015-11-17|access-date=2021-02-09|archive-date=29 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729001514/https://www.loopsamoa.com/content/samoa-signs-mou-china%E2%80%99s-huizhou-city|url-status=dead}}
• {{flagicon|KOR}} Seongnam, South Korea{{cite web |title=중국 후이저우시|url=https://www.seongnam.go.kr/city/1000738/10534/contents.do|website=seongnam.go.kr|publisher=Seongnam|language=ko|access-date=2021-02-09}}
• {{flagicon|UK}} Worcester, England, United Kingdom{{Cite web|title=Come and invest in Worcestershire, say county-decision makers back from China mission|url=https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/11617833.come-and-invest-in-worcestershire-say-county-decision-makers-back-from-china-mission/|website=worcesternews.co.uk|publisher=Worcester News|date=2014-11-21|access-date=2021-02-09}}

• Zeng Jingsheng (born 1954) - painter

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• [http://english.huizhou.gov.cn Government website of Huizhou] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190430065653/http://english.huizhou.gov.cn/ |date=30 April 2019 }}

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