Zhaoqing (Chinese: 肇庆), alternately romanized as Shiuhing, [note 1] is a prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province, China.As of the 2020 census, its population was 4,113,594, with 1,553,109 living in the built-up (or metro) area made of Duanzhou, Dinghu and Gaoyao. [1]