Huizhou belongs to Guangdong Province, a prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province. It is located on the east coast of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, with Luofu Mountain in the back and Daya Bay in the south. The Dongjiang River meanders for more than 100 kilometers within the territory. It is one of the central cities in the Pearl River Delta.
With a total area of ??11,347 square kilometers, it governs Huicheng District, Huiyang District, Huidong County, Boluo County and Longmen County. It has two national-level development zones, Zhongkai High-tech Industrial Development Zone and Daya Bay Economic and Technological Development Zone.
According to the seventh census data, as of 0:00 on November 1, 2020, the permanent population of Huizhou City was 6,042,852.
Local specialty: Huizhou is located in the Pearl River Delta, surrounded by mountains and rivers.
Due to its superior geographical location, Huizhou is rich in products, including a full range of Lingnan fruits and delicacies from both mountains and seas.
Huizhou cuisine is well-known at home and abroad. Huizhou cuisine has three treasures: Dongjiang salt-baked chicken, Hakka stuffed tofu, and braised pork with pickled vegetables.
In particular, the braised pork with pickled vegetables is quite famous at home and abroad. It is a masterpiece of Dongjiang Hakka’s food culture.
Huizhou’s regional specialties include Longmen Xixi bamboo shoots and honey; Boluo crispy candy, Mabei meatballs, Luofu Mountain crispy mash vegetables, Baicao oil, Shiba three-yellow chicken; Huidong Tieyong oysters, Gaotan Mingjiang; Huiyang Danshui sand pears, the town
Long lychee and so on.