Huangpu Shipyard
23°05'N 113°25'E
Changzhou Town, Huangpu District
Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Post Code: 510336
Tel: 020 2201729
Fax: 020 2201387
Huangpu Shipyard is located in Guangzhou [Canton] in southern China. The Huangpu Shipyard developed a number of submarine chasers on the basis of a large amount of data left over by the Soviets in the 1950s. At least five Type 057 frigates were constructed at the Huangpu Shipyard. The first two entered service by the end of 1999, with the others to be launched thereafter. The construction of the Jiangwei-II-class frigates subsequently expanded to a second yard, with at least two of the class said to be building at Huangpu Shipyard by early 2001. Products include building and repairing various types of ships up to 5,000 DWT, along with metal sturcture products, metals for construction, castings and foorgings.
The Wenchong Shipyard, also located in Huangpu District in Guangzhou, has products that include building of various types of ships up to 20,000 DWT and repairing of ships up to 200,000 DWT. Boluomiao Shipyard of guangzhou Maritime Transport (Group) Co. in also located in Huangpu District.
Huangpu District lies in the east of Guangzhou, the center area of Zhujiang Delta. Acrossing the Pearl River in the south is Panyu District, to the east Zengcheng Town, Tianhe District to the west and Baiyun District to the north. Huangpu lies in the juncture of Guangzhou-Shenzhen, Beijing-Zhuhai and Guangzhou-Shantou Highways. Huangpu District has a lot of large enterprises such as Guangzhou Honda Automobile Factory, uangzhou Petrochemical Complex, Guangzhou Ethylene Plant, Wenchong Shipyard, Yuzhu Wood Factory, Huangpu Power Plant and GD Power Plant and GD Power Engineering Corp. It has great potentialities to further multi-dimensional economic development in Huangpu. Besides, such internationally famous enterprises as P&G and Coca-Cola from USA, Mitsubishi Electrical Machinery, Yamaha and Panasonic Electric Appliances from Japan, Recitt & Colman from UK, BHP from Australia and Hedy Computer, President, Walls and Tian's from Taiwan have rooted in Huangpu District. There are numerous places of historic interest and natural scenic spots such as the famous Hangpu Military Academy which is seated on Changzhou Island, the starting point of the "Ancient Maritime Silk Road"---the Temple of the South Sea and the enchantingly graceful Danshuikeng Scenic Spot and Tourist Resort.
