Guanzhou Island (), formerly known in English as Dove Island, is an island in

Haizhu District Haizhu District is one of 11 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong Province, China. Geography Haizhu District is located in the southern part of Guangzhou city. After the adjustment of Guangzhou' ...

Guangzhou Guangzhou (, ; ; or ; ), also known as Canton () and alternatively romanized as Kwongchow or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China. Located on the Pearl River about north-northwest of Hong Kon ...

Guangdong Province 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) ...

, China. It is also branded as Guangzhou International Biotech Island () since July 2011, forming the centre of Guangzhou's biotech basis.

Geography and Administration

Guangzhou International Biotech Island covers a total area of 1.8 square kilometers. Part of

Huangpu District Huangpu, also formerly romanized Whangpoo or Whang-Po, may refer to: * Huangpu District, Shanghai, China ** Huangpu River, in Shanghai, China * Huangpu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China ** Huangpu Military Academy, in Guangzhou, China * Pazhou ...

, it is located right between Huangpu and

Guangzhou International Biotech Island

In 1999, Guangzhou Municipal Government announced plans to develop Guanzhou Island into Guangzhou International Biotech Island (), in order to meet the need of biological technology development. In 2000, Guanzhou Island was approved to establish an international biotechnology research and production base, and was officially named "Guangzhou International Biotech Island". Construction began in 2008. It was officially put into operation in July 2011. It is now under the jurisdiction of the Guangzhou Economic and Technological Development Zone, but the entire island is under the jurisdiction of Guangzhou Economic and Technological Development Zone. The administrative division still belongs to

. A website about the "bio-island" says the aim is to put "emphasis on introducing domestic and overseas high-end biotechnology enterprise headquarters and R&D center, biotechnology research and development institutions, biological service enterprises and organizations". In April 2021, a joint venture of Geneseeq Technology and

AstraZeneca AstraZeneca plc () is a British-Swedish multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company with its headquarters at the Cambridge Biomedical Campus in Cambridge, England. It has a portfolio of products for major diseases in areas includin ...

announced plans to build a clinical diagnostics laboratory on the island.

Transport

The island is served by Guanzhou station on Line 4 on the

Guangzhou Metro The Guangzhou Metro () ( and ) is the rapid transit system of the city of Guangzhou in Guangdong Province of China. It is operated by the state-owned Guangzhou Metro Corporation and was the fourth metro system to be built in mainland China, af ...

References

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