333,000 acres. According to data from the official website of Leizhou City, as of 2019, the papaya planting area in Leizhou City has reached 333,000 acres. Leizhou City is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Province and is managed by Zhanjiang City. It was called Haikang County before the city was founded. It is located in the middle of the Leizhou Peninsula at the southernmost tip of mainland China, with a total area of ??3709.33 square kilometers.