The complex is in the Daya Bay Economic and Technical Development Zone, in the Guangdong Province in southern China. This is an area of growing economic and industrial activity, some 80 kms north east of Hong Kong Island.
The site is on the north coast of Daya Bay and covers 4.3 km2 of relatively flat land.
Chemicals products and other goods are mostly imported and exported from a harbour at the complex site. There is also a deepwater port at nearby Aotou and a dedicated rail connection to the site.
