The Pearl River Delta Ring Expressway (), officially the Pearl River Delta Region Ring Expressway () and designated G94, Standardization Administration of the People's Republic of China. Mark rules of highway route and number of national trunk highway (GB/T 917-2017). September 7, 2017. is an expressway in

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, envisioned to encircle the

Pearl River Delta The Pearl River Delta Metropolitan Region (PRD; ; pt, Delta do Rio das Pérolas (DRP)) is the low-lying area surrounding the Pearl River estuary, where the Pearl River flows into the South China Sea. Referred to as the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Mac ...

region of

Guangdong Guangdong (, ), alternatively romanized as Canton or Kwangtung, is a coastal province in South China on the north shore of the South China Sea. The capital of the province is Guangzhou. With a population of 126.01 million (as of 2020) ...

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...

and

Macau Macau or Macao (; ; ; ), officially the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (MSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China in the western Pearl River Delta by the South China Sea. With a pop ...

. When complete, it will be in length. Sections of the expressway in

and

are observed only by

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. These special administrative regions have their own highway numbering systems. Currently, only sections between

Zhuhai Zhuhai (, ; Yale: ''Jyūhói''), also known as Chuhai is a prefecture-level city located on the west bank of Pearl River estuary on the central coast of southern Guangdong province, People's Republic of China, on the southeastern edge of Pearl ...

and

Sanshui District Sanshui District, formerly romanized as Samshui, is an urban district of the prefecture-level city of Foshan in Guangdong province, China. It had a population of 622,645 as of the 2010 census. It is known for the "Samsui women", emigrants who lab ...

and from

Zengcheng Zengcheng District ( alternately romanized as Tsengshing) is one of 11 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong Province, China. History was established under the Qin following their conquest ...

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are complete, entirely in the province of Guangdong. The expressway ends at Meiguan Road and

Beihuan Boulevard Beihuan Boulevard () is a major expressway in Shenzhen, China. It runs from Yueliangwan Boulevard in Nanshan and ends at Shangbu, Futian. Spanning , it is among the longest roads in the city. See also * Shennan Road *Binhai Boulevard Binhai ...

, which is not near the border. Motorists must continue south along Huanggang Road to the

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. There are no plans to connect the expressway directly to the border. In Hong Kong, there are no plans to connect an expressway to the Shenzhen border. Hong Kong is not required to comply because it has its own highway system. Similarly, Macau is not required to comply and it is unknown if the Hong Kong and Macau sections will actually be expressways. The expressway uses the

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from Hong Kong to Macau and Zhuhai.

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{{NTHS Expressways Chinese national-level expressways Expressways in Guangdong Pearl River Delta Ring roads in China Roads in Shenzhen