Xiangzhou District, Zhuhai

The construction of the Haiwan Primary School and Meihua Middle School are currently underway in Xiangzhou. The Zhuhai city district is also currently constructing six additional schools to provide a greater ease of access to education for the city's youth.

The Xiangzhou District has played an important role in Zhuhai's educational advancement, and has served as a demonstration zone for universalizing a nine-year compulsory education program to further the literacy rate among young and middle aged adults.

Due to the rising number of school-aged children, Xiangzhou has built or expanded schools annually to ensure enough accommodation for the district's youth. 

Haiwan Primary School is currently under construction in Xiangzhou, Zhuhai. [Photo / Zhuhai Daily]

The Haiwan Primary School is one of the planned school construction projects for this year. Located to the west of the Haiyu Peninsula Garden, a residential community, the school will cover an area of more than 15,400 sq m and cost 63.7 million yuan ($9.2 million) to construct. The school is expected to open 24 classes and accommodate no less than 1,080 students.

According to the project leader Tan Guocheng, the school is now undergoing the construction of its underground traffic distribution center and is expected to begin enrolling students next June.

The completed construction of Fenghuang Middle School and Meihua Middle School are also highly anticipated, in addition to the planning of four new kindergartens are to ensure the education quality of Xiangzhou continues to grow.