Guoxing Avenue () is a major street in

Haikou Haikou (; ), also spelled as Hoikow is the capital and most populous city of the Chinese province of Hainan. Haikou city is situated on the northern coast of Hainan, by the mouth of the Nandu River. The northern part of the city is on the Ha ...

, Hainan, China. It runs in an east-west direction in the heart of the city. Its west end terminates at Longkun Road and its east end terminates at the

Qiongzhou Bridge Qiongzhou Bridge (), also known as the Nandu Bridge and the Nandu Ninth Bridge, is a bridge that spans the Nandu River, Hainan Province, China. Opened on May 12, 2003, at a cost of 200 million yuan (US$32.3 million), it serves as the ma ...

which crosses the

Nandu River The Nandu River () is the longest river in Hainan Province, China. Its tributary is the Xinwu River. The river discharges into the Nandu River estuary at Haikou city, and then into Qiongzhou Strait. The river is 314 km long, with a discharge ...

History

Guoxing Avenue was once Haikou's main airport (since relocated to

Haikou Meilan International Airport Haikou Meilan International Airport is the airport serving Haikou, the capital of Hainan Province, China. It is located southeast of the city center and was opened in 1999, replacing the old Dayingshan Airport located along what is now the cit ...

southeast of the city centre). Built around 2005, the avenue was first seldom used for vehicular traffic route. Most of the land on the north and south sides were unoccupied. It has since become a heavily trafficked road. In 2017, the west end was connected to a newly built road that provides access to the new neighbourhood 'Haikou West Coast' located around 7 km west of the Haikou city centre. The east end of Guoxing connects to the route to Haikou Meilan International Airport.

Notable locations

Guoxing can be considered as having two parts separated by the north-south Haifu Road:

West

The west part contains the following: * A group of apartment and office buildings on the extreme west end on both the north and south sides *

HNA Building The HNA Building (), also known as the New Haihang Building or Xin Haihang Dasha, is the headquarters for Hainan Airlines Hainan Airlines Co., Ltd. (HNA, ) is an airline headquartered in Haikou, Hainan, People's Republic of China. The airline ...

, the headquarters of Hainan Airlines * International Tourism and Central Business District, a cluster of new office towers * Riyue Mall, the largest plaza in the city *

Haikou Tower Haikou Tower (), or Haikou Tower 1, is an under-construction supertall skyscraper on Guoxing Avenue, Haikou, Hainan Hainan (, ; ) is the smallest and southernmost province of the People's Republic of China (PRC), consisting of various isla ...

complex, under-construction * Hainan Government Planning Exhibition Centre

East

The east part contains the following: * The

Meishe River The Meishe River () is a river within Haikou City, Hainan, China. Its source is the spillway at the east end of the Shapo Reservoir located just south of the city. The Meishe flows eastward under Longkun Road south of the Haikou East Railway Sta ...

flows under Guoxing approximately 250 metres east of Haifu Road *

Hainan Museum The Hainan Museum () is on Guoxing Avenue, Haikou, the capital city of Hainan Province, China. It was established in 1984, then moved to its permanent location in the Hainan Cultural Park at 68 Guoxing Avenue. There, it was officially reopened on N ...

Hainan Library The Hainan Library () is located in the Hainan Cultural Park at 36 Guoxing Avenue, Haikou, Hainan, China. It was established on February 2, 2007. The facility is one of three large, public works projects constructed around the same time on Guoxing ...

Hainan Centre for the Performing Arts The Hainan Centre for the Performing Arts () is located at 68 Guoxing Avenue in Haikou, Hainan, China. The entire facility is 25,000 m2, with an 8,253 m2 auxiliary space, and an actual theatre space of 2,657 m2. The venue can accommodate up to 1,23 ...

* Shopping mall * Haikou College of Economics, just off Guoxing * Hainan Provincial P.E. Games Centre, a sports arena just off Guoxing * Hainan Provincial Public Servants' Committee

References

External links

* {{City of Haikou Streets in China Haikou Roads in Haikou