The People's Republic of China (PRC), known officially as Zhōnghuá (中华), has a lengthy coastline, many large harbors, and a large number of lighthouses. The country is divided into 23 provinces and 11 other province-level regions of various special types. The province of Guǎngdōng (formerly spelled Kwangtung) is located on the southern coast of the country facing the South China Sea. The coastline is rugged and irregular, with many islands and reefs threatening unwary navigators. The province is divided into 21 prefectural-level cities. This page lists lighthouses of the eastern portion of the province, immediately to the east of Hong Kong, in the prefectural-level cities of Jiēyáng, Shànwěi, and Huìzhōu. Lighthouses in China are maintained by the PRC Maritime Safety Administration. The administration is organized in four regional administrations with district offices in the major ports. All the lights on this page are maintained by the MSA Maritime Security Center Shàntóu, which is part of the Guǎngzhōu Region. There are many languages and dialects spoken in China, but Standard Chinese, often called Mandarin, is official. The pīnyīn system for transliterating Standard Chinese into Latin characters is now the international standard but some locations continue to be known also under the spellings of older transliteration systems. The Chinese word for a lighthouse is dēngtǎ (灯塔). In Standard Chinese jiāo (formerly chiao) is a reef or rock, jiǎo is a cape or headland, dǎo (tao) is an island; yǔ (tsu) or tuózi ("lump") is a small island, hǎi is a sea, wān is a bay, hǎixiá is a strait, hé or jiāng is a river, hékǒu ("river mouth") is an estuary, and gǎng (kang) is a harbor. ARLHS numbers are from the ARLHS World List of Lights. CN numbers are the MSA List of Lights (助航标志表) numbers. Admiralty numbers are from volume P of the Admiralty List of Lights & Fog Signals. U.S. NGA List numbers are from Publication 112.
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Jiēyáng Prefecture Lighthouses
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Shànwěi Prefecture Lighthouses
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Huìzhōu Prefecture Lighthouses
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![]() Qīngzhōu Light, Huìzhōu PRC Maritime Safety Administration photo |
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Adjoining pages: East: Shàntóu Area | West: Hong Kong
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Posted October 8, 2008. Checked and revised May 21, 2025. Lighthouses: 40. Site copyright 2025 Russ Rowlett and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.