Huizhou (Chinese: 惠州) is a city in central-east Guangdong Province, China, forty-three miles north of Hong Kong.

In order to solve the traffic problems on both sides of West Lake, he invested to help build two bridges.

[8] 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.

[11] The Huizhou Daya Bay Economic and Technological Development Zone (DBETDZ) was approved by the State Council in 1993.

Industries encouraged in the zone include Automobile Production/Assembly, Chemical Production and Processing and Electronics Assembly & Manufacturing.

[12] The Huizhou Export Processing Zone was approved by Guangdong Provincial Government as a subzone of DBETDZ in June 2005.

The Huizhou Zhongkai HIDZ has also established electronics, information technology and optical-, mechanical- and electronic-integration as its major industries.

Huizhou itself is vast as Los Angeles County with sparse rail service as compared with bay peer cities.

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.

Daya Bay is located to the southeast of Huizhou City, on the South China Sea, with waters covering an area of nearly 500 km2 (190 sq mi).

All of these were wiped out by Japanese whalers established whaling stations on various sites on Chinese coasts including at nearby Daya Bay.

[23][24] Critically endangered Chinese white dolphins and occasional whales such as humpbacks have been confirmed in the bay recent years.