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7 unusual facts about Pearl River Delta


Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Central and Southern China

Communists mobilized 63 divisions totaling over 41,000 troops and an additional 60,000 militia in the Central and Southern China Military Region to fight the local bandits in the regions including western Henan, western Hubei, southern Jiangxi, northeastern Jiangxi, western Hunan, southern Hunan, western Guangdong, northern Guangdong, Pearl River Delta, western Guangxi, southeastern Guangxi and the border region between Hubei, Anhui and Henan.

An equal number of bandits were killed in the same period of time in Pearl River Delta, and on coastal islands in Guangdong.

Chinatowns in Africa

In Madagascar, there are about 30,000 Chinese, the majority of them came from the Pearl River Delta in Guangdong.

Frederic Wakeman

Strangers at the Gate focused on social disorder in the Pearl River Delta in the aftermath of the First Opium War and extensively utilized documents seized by the British from the Guangdong-Guangxi Governor-General's office.

Port of Humen

It serves as the port of the industrial city of Dongguan, and as one of the big logistic hubs of the Pearl River Delta.

Tropical cyclone warnings and watches

The Pearl River Delta uses a variety of warning systems to inform the public regarding the risks of tropical cyclones to the area.

Wan Qingliang

In 2008, he was Vice Governor of Guangdong Province and was part of a group working to convert the Pearl River Delta region into a "core region of modern manufacturing" to replace older factories that had been closing.


China National Radio

Channel seven, Huaxia Radio, broadcasts programs for the listeners in Hong Kong, Macau and the Pearl River Delta.

Sino-Ocean Land

It is one of the largest real estate companies in Beijing and has a diversified portfolio of development projects and investment properties in Beijing, Pan-Bohai Bay, Yangtze River Delta, and Pearl River Delta regions.


see also

Pink dolphin

The Chinese white dolphin (Sousa chinensis chinensis) of the Pearl River Delta that also occur in Southeast Asia and breed from South Africa to Australia.

Sino-Forest Corporation

Sino-Forest Applied Research Centre for Pearl River Delta Environment (ARCPE) officially opened on 22 June 2009 at the Hong Kong Baptist University.