Southeast China GuideSouth East China has always been outward-looking. Many of China's mariners and traders have come from this region. Over a thousand years ago, this area was the main terminus of the Maritime Silk Road, and traded extensively with Japan and Southeast Asia. HotelsFind hotels in Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Xiamen and more. GuangzhouGuangzhou is the capital of Guangdong Province in southern China. According to the 2010 census, it has a population of 12.7 million, making it the third largest city in China after Shanghai and Beijing. ShenzhenShenzhen is one of the most populous and richest cities in China. It is situated in Guangdong, China on the Hong Kong border about 40 km north of Hong Kong Central and approximately 100 km south of Guangzhou. ZhuhaiZhuhai is the name of a city, and Special Economic Zone, in Guangdong Province, China. GuangdongGuangdong is a province in Southeast China on the border with Hong Kong. It is China's most populous province, and one of the richest. FujianFujian is a coastal province in South East China. It has long been an outward-looking province, much involved in maritime trade, and is the ancestral home for many overseas Chinese, especially in Southeast Asia and the Philippines. HainanHainan is an island province, the southernmost part of China, just across the Gulf of Tonkin from Vietnam.