Huizhou, located on the bank of Dongjiang River in south-central Guangdong Province, at the northeast end of the Pearl River Delta, is one of the central cities in the Pearl River Delta region, with Daya Bay in the South China Sea in the south, Shenzhen and Hong Kong in the south, Heyuan in the north, Shanwei in the east, Dongguan and Guangzhou in the west. It governs Huicheng District, Huiyang District, Huidong County, Boluo County and Longmen County, and has two national development zones, namely Daya Bay Economic and Technological Development Zone and Zhong Kai High-tech Industrial Development Zone, which belong to the Pearl River Delta Economic Zone.
Huizhou is a famous historical city in Guangdong Province and a national historical and cultural city. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Huizhou was an important town in eastern Guangdong. It has always been the political, economic, military and cultural center and commodity distribution center of Dongjiang River Basin, and is known as "the famous county in Lingnan", "the gateway to eastern Guangdong" and "there are mountains and lakes". During the period of 1000 from the Tang Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty, more than 430 China celebrities visited Huizhou, leaving behind 96 sites and more than 2 100 cultural relics.