When the starting gun sounds, tens of thousands of runners set off from Hengqin Financial Island Central Park, riding the sea breeze toward the island circuit—this is not an ordinary run, but a journey between mountains, sea, and the city.

Southern+ once described the Hengqin Marathon as 'people running within a painting': a ten-mile sea of flowers reflecting the blue sea, every step a scene is a painting. Within just 48 hours of the 2026 Hengqin Marathon registration opening, the number of pre-registrations exceeded 36,000+, marking unprecedented popularity.

What makes this track so captivating and captivating?

The answer lies in the four characters 'Qin'ao Lineage.'

What makes the Hengqin Marathon special first lies in its soil.

The Hengqin Guangdong-Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone is making every effort to create an 'International Leisure Tourism Island' and apply to be a world-class tourism resort cultivation target.

By 2025, the Cooperation Zone will have annual tourist numbers exceeding 16 million, with 45 hotels and more than 10,000 guest rooms. During the 2026 Spring Festival, major scenic spots in the cooperation zone will receive a total of 759,100 visitors, a year-on-year increase of 7.2%, with the single-day peak passenger flow at Hengqin Port reaching 127,000. Convenient policies such as 'Qin'ao Tour Group,' 'One Visa, Multiple Visits,' and 'One Trip, Multiple Stops' have made Macau + Hengqin a highly favored travel route.

The Cross-Gate Waterway connecting Zhuhai, Hengqin, and Macau

As mutual pursuit between Qinzhou and Macau becomes routine, the marathon course naturally becomes the most vivid symbol of the fusion between the two places—it's not just the distance traveled, but the growing distance between the two cities.

Since its founding in 2018, the Hengqin Marathon has been successfully held seven times, attracting over 100,000 runners in total.

The 2026 Hengqin Marathon continues to use the highly acclaimed classic 'Fastest Island Circuit,' starting and finishing at Hengqin Financial Island Central Park, known as the city's green lung—facing Macau and offering distant views of the Macau Tower and Zhuhai Plaza.

Hengqin Financial Island Central Park

The track connects landmarks such as Hengqin Financial Island, Hengqin Port, University of Macau Hengqin Campus, Greater and Lesser Hengqin Mountains, Hengqin International Tennis Center, Tianmu Qintai, Hengqin Cultural and Art Center, Mangzhou Wetland Park, and the Flower Sea Promenade. While running, you can also gaze across the river at the scenery of the city like Galaxy Macau and The Venetian.

Previous Hengqin Marathons

The entire track is flat and open, with gentle climbs and fresh air, which not only helps achieve great results but also showcases the unique charm of Hengqin's blend of 'mountain, sea, and city.' In 2019, the event won both the 'Bronze Medal Event' and the 'Most Beautiful Track Event' honors from the Chinese Athletics Association with this event.

The course stops at Mangzhou Wetland Park

If the island circuit is the backbone of Hengqin, then the Flower Sea Corridor is its soft footnote.

Every year, along the course of the race, Yikapok is like clouds and rosy clouds, and the ten-mile-long corridor reflects the blue sea. Runners stretch out their arms, as if they are walking into a painting. A Southern+ reporter once recorded: In the flower sea corridor, the contestants seemed to have run into a painting.

Hengqin corridors along a sea of flowers and a long corridor

From the urban neon lights of Financial Island to the heron shadows and gentle breeze of Mangzhou Wetland, from the modern curves of Tianmu Qintai to the distant silhouette of Macau Tower, the 42.195-kilometer journey is a scroll of mountains and seas where scenery changes with every step. Running through it, you can feel the pulse of the city's progress and witness the ever-changing development of the cooperation zone's 'New Hengqin, More Brilliant.'

Tianbao Qin Terrace

The charm of the Hengqin Marathon lies even more in the warmth beyond the track.

The event features a dedicated concession area and a Macau shuttle bus to facilitate quick border clearance and cross-city participation for Macau participants; In 2026, it will launch its first official shuttle bus for free with a race wristband.

Service details continue to be improved: the 'Segmented Zones Start at Different Times' mechanism is maintained, with 19 supply stations, 20 'art gas stations,' and nearly 5,000 personnel ensuring safety; All finishers will receive free track AI personal highlight videos; After the event, the Qin'ao Food Market expanded and upgraded, bringing together authentic flavors from Hengqin and Macau.

The finisher medal is a 'microcosm of Qin'ao' — a double-layered rotating lotus design, with the lower spiral water system texture echoing the shared origin and water connections between Qin'ao and the back. The back features silhouettes of city landmarks from both cities, and free engraving is available on site to preserve exclusive memories.

Taking the mountains and sea as the path, he fulfilled the promise at Qin'ao. The 2026 Hengqin Life Insurance Hengqin Marathon will be held at 07:30 on December 27, with registration open from 10:00 AM on August 18 to 22:00 on September 12Activated.

On December 27th, we are in Hengqin, waiting for you to run a marathon called 'Inside the Painting.'