Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center ( HEMC ), Guangzhou University Town or Guangzhou University City ( Chinese : 广州大学城 ) is an area featured by higher education institutions, located on Xiaoguwei Island ( Chinese : 小谷围岛 ) in Panyu District , Guangzhou , Guangdong Province , China . It was opened in 2004. With an area of approximately 17.9 km and 3.53 millions square meters of indoor space, the complex is capable of accommodating 350 to 400 thousand people.At the time of construction, it was known as the New University Campus of Guangzhou Region. It is a university park located in Guangzhou , Guangdong Province, China . It is located on Xiaoguwei Island , Panyu District, with an area of 17.9 square kilometers. Construction started in January 2003, and it was officially put into use at the end of August 2004 and welcomed the first ten universities. Since 2014, three universities have successively settled in the 25.3 square kilometer " South Bank of Guangzhou International Innovation City" (that is, the "University City Phase II" in the initial planning period) located in the south bank area of Xiaoguwai Island.
5-590: In phase I of the project, ten local higher education institutions set up new campuses on the Xiaoguwei island with a total capacity of 120,000 students. All except Guangzhou University maintain their old campuses within the city. Besides ten universities, Guangdong Science Center ( Chinese : 广东科学中心 ), a major science center in China, is located in the Higher Education Mega Center on
10-657: Is an island in the Pearl River Delta in Guangdong Province , China . It is administered as Xiaoguwei Subdistrict, a subdistrict in Panyu District , Guangzhou . The Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center now occupies the entire island. Xiaoguwei is about 17.9 km (6.9 sq mi). During the Canton trade , Xiaoguwei was used by French crews for repairs and burials. It lay on
15-433: The rest of Panyu District to the south. A third bridge connects it to Haizhu's Yingzhou Ecological Park and a fourth to Huangpu District 's Changzhou Island in the northeast. Dozens of bus routes cross the island and connect its universities with downtown Guangzhou, the most important of which is Bus 381, which connects every university to the two subway stations. There are regular buses and express commuter buses using
20-659: The southeastern side of the Huangpu or "Whampoa" anchorage . French access to Guangzhou was, however, frequently blocked by the British Navy amid its colonial , revolutionary , and Napoleonic Wars . Xiaoguwei is connected with Luntou ( 仑头 ) in Haizhu District by tunnel. Bridges on the Nansha Port Expressway , a toll road , links it to Henan Island ( Haizhu District ) in the west and
25-514: The west end of Xiaoguwei island . In the phase II, two more universities set up campuses in Xinzao town which is located across the river on a separate site. The twelve institutions are: 23°3′8.3″N 113°23′21.27″E / 23.052306°N 113.3892417°E / 23.052306; 113.3892417 Xiaoguwei Xiaoguwei Island , formerly known in English as French Island ,
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