Zhanjiang[a] is a port city on the southwestern panhandle of Guangdong province in South China.

As of the 2020 census, its population was 6,981,236 (6,994,832 in 2010) whom 1,931,455 lived in the built-up (or metro) area consisting of four urban districts: Chikan, Xiashan, Potou, and Mazhang.

The imperial government of the Han dynasty (206 BC−220 AD) set Xuwen County as the administrator of the whole Leizhou Peninsula.

Great numbers of Putian colonists settled in the Leizhou peninsula, establishing colonies during the Song empire.

The French controlled the small enclave until 1943, when the Japanese occupied the area during World War II.

Upon recovering the territory from the French, the Republic of China government decided to rename Kouang-Tchéou-Wan.

From 1957, Zhanjiang has developed into a major modern port serving southern China, usable by ships of up to 50,000 tons.

In the early 1990s a new rail line was completed, linking Zhanjiang with Guangzhou, the provincial capital.

The line was later extended to Hai'an, at the southernmost tip of Leizhou Peninsula, where trains could be transported by Guangdong–Hainan Ferry (part of the Guangdong–Hainan Railway) across the Hainan Strait to Haikou city.

[7] The spoken language in Potou District and other districts is Yue Chinese brought by Cantonese peasants that trace their ancestry to rural Guangdong during the French occupation of downtown while the Min speaking majority fled before the French arrived.

Zhanjiang is a port city and trade center with a diversified industrial base, including a shipyard, textile plants, sugar refineries.

The port allows easy access to the ocean from provinces in South and West China, and also allows Zhanjiang to be open to navigation with more than 100 countries.

Akoya cultured pearls, pineapples, bananas, papayas, seafood, farm-raised prawns and fish are other products that play a prominent role in the agricultural economy of Zhanjiang.

The aspects of cooperation includes tropical products, fishery industry, animal husbandry and ecological agriculture.

The expected output of the project is near 300 billion yuan which will stimulate the development of economy of Zhanjiang notably.

The main market of the steel industry will focus South China and Southeast Asia.

The project not only tried to protect and renew old French-style buildings, but also would lead the development of the city's fashion business.

[31] The city is served by the Zhanjiang Wuchuan Airport (IATA: ZHA, ICAO: ZGZJ).

Quan Hong Chan won 2 more gold medals in Paris Olympics 2024 women’s 10 metres diving.

Quan Hong Chan won the gold medal in women’s diving in the 2021 Tokyo Olympic games.

5The claimed province of Taiwan no longer have any internal division announced by Ministry of Civil Affairs of PRC, due to lack of actual jurisdiction.