Founded in 1979, Zhuhai is located in the south of Guangdong Province, China, on the west bank of the Pearl River estuary, bordering the South China Sea, connected with the waters of Hong Kong and Shenzhen in the east, 36 nautical miles away from Hong Kong, connected with the land of Macao in the south, 140 kilometers away from Guangzhou in the north, between 21 ° 48 'to 22 ° 27' north latitude and ll3 ° 03 'to 114 ° 19' east longitude, with a land area of 1653 square kilometers and a sea area of 6000 square kilometers,There are 146 islands.Zhuhai has three administrative regions, Xiangzhou, Doumen and Jinwan.At the end of 2004, the city's permanent population was 1.332 million, including 790000 registered residents.Zhuhai set up a special economic zone in 1980, which is one of the first four special economic zones in China and enjoys the local legislative power granted by the National People's Congress.In addition, Zhuhai also has Zhuhai National High tech Industrial Development Zone, Zhuhai Free Trade Zone and Wanshan Marine Development Pilot Zone
