The international neighborhood on Ersha Island is located in Baiyun Subdistrict, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou, covering an area of 1.26 square kilometers. It is bordered by Haixinsha Asian Games Park to the east, Haiyin Bridge to the west, the Pearl River to the south, and Zhudao Hotel to the north.

Ersha Island is a green, park-like island surrounded by water. With five parks on the island, it offers a great vantage point to view Guangzhou's landmarks, such as Canton Tower, Haixinsha Island, and Haixin Bridge.

Numerous organizations, institutions, and cultural venues are situated on Ersha Island, including the Guangzhou Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Guangdong Provincial Sports Bureau, Guangdong Museum of Art, and many others. These attractions draw a large number of international residents to live, relax, and travel here.

On weekends, residents play on Ersha Island

Tree-planting activities for building a child-friendly international neighborhood

Man Lap Fong

The Ersha Island neighborhood focuses on enhancing its living facilities to meet international standards. It aims to attract more high-end restaurants, international specialty dining brands, and enterprises offering Cantonese cuisine, thereby enhancing the reputation of delicacies in Yuexiu. It also seeks to meet diverse educational needs and improve international medical services.

The neighborhood optimizes the environment for innovation and entrepreneurship, supporting high-level talent associations, industry talent federations, and salons within the neighborhood, thus creating an excellent entrepreneurial environment that attracts international talents to live.

Foreigner Management Service Station in Baiyun Subdistrict

Meanwhile, it optimizes the functions of the foreigner management service stations, improves the level of convenient government services, and provides information such as neighborhood dynamics, event reminders, and service guides in multiple languages. It also appropriately increases some child-friendly multilingual signage systems to enhance the recognition of the international neighborhood.

Ersha Island Music Festival

In addition, the neighborhood promotes cultural diversity and integration by hosting events such as the Ersha Island Music Festival and the Guangzhou Jazz Festival. There are activities to construct a child-friendly international neighborhood that actively fosters cultural and lifestyle integration among Chinese and foreign residents. It also actively plans to organize international exchanges, sports events, exhibitions, and tourism performing arts activities in the neighborhood to enhance Guangzhou's international image.

Photo by General Office of the People's Government of Yuexiu District of Guangzhou Municipality