Located in the center of Guangxi Beibu Gulf Economic Zone, Qinzhou City is in close proximity to Southwest China, facing towards Southeast Asia and near to Pearl River Delta to the east. It is located in the intersection of eastern, central and western zones of Chinese mainland, and in the intersection of South China Economic Rim, Southwest China Economic Rim and ASEAN Economic Rim.

Qinzhou City has advantages in geographical location with Nanning City to its north, Beihai City to its east and Fangchenggang City to its west. It is an important part in China's opening up and development of Beibu Gulf Economic Zone and a significant hub of the cooperation between China and ASEAN. It is also the traffic pivot of the forefront city of China-ASEAN Free Trade Area (FTA), and one of the most convenient accesses of the Southwest China to the sea. 

Qinzhou City [Photo/qinzhou.gov.cn]

Qinzhou City has jurisdiction over Lingshan County, Pubei County, Qinnan District, Qinbei District, Qinzhou Port Economic-Technological Development Area and Sanniang Bay Tourism Administration Area. It covers an area of 10,895 square kilometers. 

Natural Resources 

Qinzhou has a warm and humid climate with abundant sunshine and rainfall, as well as fertile soil and rich marine resources, which makes Qinzhou highly-developed in farming and fishery. It is rich in special local products such as oyster, mangrove crab, prawn, litchi, dragon fruit and banana, etc. Besides, Qinzhou owns high quality and high quantity of mineral resources. Currently, there has been proof of more than 30 minerals, including manganese, ferrotitanium, copper, ferrum, plumbum and zinc.

Climate 

The subtropical maritime climate in Qinzhou is humid and pleasant, along with abundant rainfall. Qinzhou is ideal for tourism all year around, due to its mean annual temperature of 22.5 C; the frost-free period is 364.2 days; the mean annual rainfall is 2,173.9 mm; and sunshine is 1,710.4 hours.