Petrochemicals Complex by CNOOC and Shell Petrochemicals Company Limited (CSPC)

The Petrochemicals Complex by China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) and Shell Petrochemicals Company Limited (CSPC) is the largest joint-venture project in China to date and one of the biggest petrochemical projects worldwide. With a total investment of US$4.3 billion, the project was initiated in November 2002 and put into operation on February 10, 2006. CSPC is a project jointly invested by Shell Nanhai B.V., a member of the Royal Dutch Shell, with a 50 percent stake, and CNOOC Petrochemicals Investment Company Limited (CPIL), with the other 50 percent stake. Its annual production output includes 800,000-ton ethylene, 320,000-ton glycol, 450,000 ton polyethylene and 240,000-ton polypropylene.

Address: Petrochemical Industrial Park, Dayawan Economic & Technological Development Zone, Huizhou, Guangdong

Tel: (0752) 3682228

Website: www.cnoocshell.com

Qiaoxing Group Co., Ltd.

Incorporated in 1992, Qiaoxing Group Co., Ltd. mainly focuses on the research, development, manufacturing and marketing of communication terminal products, including telephone sets and mobile handsets in China. The group has a total of 18 subsidiaries specialized in the development, manufacturing and marketing for a wide ranging products such as water purification facilities, marine bio coating and rare earth metal apart form its core business. Its telephone set output ranks the second nationwide for 8 consecutive years from 1995 to 2002. Huizhou Qiaoxing Famous Science & Technology Co., Ltd., one of the group's units, was successfully listed in NASDAQ on February 17, 1999, the first ever Chinese private company to achieve such a feat.

Address: Qiaoxing Science Industrial Park, Tangquan, Huizhou, Guangdong

Tel: (0752) 2820333

Website: www.qiaoxing.net

Huidong Gangkou Sea Turtle Natural Reserve

Situated in the juncture Gangkou Town, Huidong County, and at the foot of Daxing Mountain in the southernmost part of Nianping Peninsula, Gangkou Sea Turtle Natural Reserve is the only natural reserve of this kind in China. Established in 1985 under the approval of Guangdong Provincial Government, the reserve covers an area of 4 square kilometers. Surrounded by mountains and sea, it covers an area of only 0.1 square kilometers sandy shore with a tranquil environment. With sandy and slightly reefy nearshore seabed, the limpid seawater is 5 to 15 meters deep. With seawater temperature at 28 degrees centigrade in summer and autumn seasons and the slightly sloped beach composed of tiny grains of sand, it is a real paradise for sea turtles. Sea turtles return here to breed their spawn regularly every year. Regarded as the "ast delivery bed" for sea turtles in mainland China, it is an important base for their research and protection. The establishment of this natural preserve is aimed to educate the people to realize the impact of protecting ecological balance for the sustainable development of human beings.

Address: Sea Turtles Bay Administration, Gangkou Town, Huidong County, Huizhou, Guangdong

Tel: (0752) 8560918

Website: www.seaturtle.cn

A Happy Tour

Dongguan: Dongguan Opium War Museum, Nanshe Village Ancient Architecture, Tangwei Ancient Village, Haogang Shell Mound

Huizhou: Huizhou West Lake, Luofu Mountain, Nankun Mountain National Forest Park, Xunliao Bay Seaside Resort, Pinghai Ancient City