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On October 23, 2018,President Xi Jinping announced the
opening of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao
Bridge (HZMB) at an opening ceremony in Zhuhai, Guangdong province.
The HZMB, {#blank#}1{#/blank#} (locate) at the waters of the Lingdingyang of
Pearl River Estuary, is a huge sea crossing, linking Hong Kong and Macao to the
Chinese mainland city of Zhuhai. As the world's {#blank#}2{#/blank#} (long) sea-based project, the 55-kilometre
bridge is the result of five years of research and another nine years of
building. It has been described as one of the “seven {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (wonder) of the modern world” by the Guardian.
The project{#blank#}4{#/blank#} (make) up of a 22.9-kilometer-long main
bridge, a 6.7-kilometer-long tunnel and an artificial island off the bridge. It
is designed with {#blank#}5{#/blank#} service life of 120 years. It can withstand a
strong wind equal {#blank#}6{#/blank#} a maximum Beaufort scale 16. The bridge's
engineers had to consider many environmental factors to protect the {#blank#}7{#/blank#} (surround) environment while building the
bridge. Chinese white dolphins, an endangered species that lives in the area, {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (be) a particular concern.
The HZMB will make {#blank#}9{#/blank#} much more convenient to travel between the
three areas it connects. It will bring people in Hong Kong, Macao and Guangdong
within a “one-hour living circle”, {#blank#}10{#/blank#}is expected to attract more visitors to
the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. It will be a transport link as
well as a social, economic, cultural, and tourism connection among the three
areas.