Thursday, October 16, 2008
Xiongyuecheng
Xiongyuecheng or Hsiungyueh is a city on the Liaodong Peninsula, in Liaoning province, China.
Xinmin
Xinmin is a county-level city within Shenyang, Liaoning province, People's Republic of China.
Xinlitun
Xinlitun ,or Hsin-li-t’un, is a town within Heishan County in Jinzhou prefecture, Liaoning, China. It's in the north east of the prefecture about 100km west of Shenyang city.
Xingcheng
Xingcheng , former name Ningyuan , is a Chinese city with more than 100,000 inhabitants, in Huludao, Liaoning.
Wafangdian
Wafangdian is a part of Dalian, located in the Liaoning province of China. The city is famous for its ball bearing industry. Wafangdian Bearing Factory is the largest bearing manufacturer in Asia and was initially built by the Japanese during World War II.
Wafangdian city is located in the mid-west of Liaodong Peninsula. The total area is 3793 square kilometres with the population of 1,020,000. Wafangdian is characterised by temperate continental monsoon climate. There are rich mines here. Wafangdian is a newly-developed city of diamond in the East and its deposits of diamond account for 54% of the national proven diamond deposits. The deposits of the limestone reach over 400,000,000 cubic metres. Wafangdian is famous for bearings and apples in China. Wafangdian has solid industry base, fast--developing agriculture, convenient transportation and telecommunications.
Wafangdian is mainly a process area and the whole city is planned into 6 subareas in detail as followings:
Wafangdian has 461 kilometres of coast line and the annual quatic output is over 250,000 tons including sea cucumber, prawn, clam, crab, mullet, Spanish macherel, jellyfish, scallop, aballone and mantis-shrimp etc. The following thirteen towns and communes belong to this area: Changxingdao, Jiaoludao, Dong gang, Fuzhouwan, Paotai, xianyuwan, etc.. Yongning, xiyang, Tuoshan and Santai etc.
Wafangdian has rich agriculture and native products. The total export value exceeds RMB 1 billion yuan in 1999. The main products include meat-chick, bee-honey, peanut, dried-gourd, burdock, horgeradish, red-bean and other products. The products are mainly produced and processed in the followings 14 towns: Fuzhoucheng Town, Laohutun Town, Paotai Town, Yong-ning Town, etc..
Wafangdian has a solid industry base with complete product kinds. There are many industries such as bearings, parts for auto and the agriculture machiney, castings, machinexy process, foodstuff, textile and garment, etc.. The fallowing towns and communes include this subarea: Yongning, Laohutun, Yandian, and the Street committees of Zhuhua, etc..
Wafangdian has rich resources in fruit. The total output reached over 300,000 tons in 1999, The main fruits are as following: apple, pear, plum, peach, strawchew, apricot and grape, etc.. Thirteen towns and communes belong to this subarea: wanjialing, Songshu Tucheng, and Gangdian Street Committee, etc..
Wafangdian has beautiful beach, sand, scenic spots and natural warm spring. All this consists good conditions for tour here. The following places are satisfied for tourism service, they are Changxingdiao Town, Liguan Town, Xutun Town, Xianyuwan Town and Tuoshan Commune, etc..
Wafangdian Economic Development Subarea is located in the south-west of Wafangdian. It's two kilometres from the centre of the city. The planned area of the Economic Development Zone is 2.9 square kilometres including the Hi-tech Garden, Industry Process Area, Storage and Transportation Area, Living Area and the Service Area and also there is the green area. The roads have been built now and the "five-through and one flat" engineering will be finished soon.
Demographics
Wafangdian city is located in the mid-west of Liaodong Peninsula. The total area is 3793 square kilometres with the population of 1,020,000. Wafangdian is characterised by temperate continental monsoon climate. There are rich mines here. Wafangdian is a newly-developed city of diamond in the East and its deposits of diamond account for 54% of the national proven diamond deposits. The deposits of the limestone reach over 400,000,000 cubic metres. Wafangdian is famous for bearings and apples in China. Wafangdian has solid industry base, fast--developing agriculture, convenient transportation and telecommunications.
Geography
Wafangdian is mainly a process area and the whole city is planned into 6 subareas in detail as followings:
Coastal Area
Wafangdian has 461 kilometres of coast line and the annual quatic output is over 250,000 tons including sea cucumber, prawn, clam, crab, mullet, Spanish macherel, jellyfish, scallop, aballone and mantis-shrimp etc. The following thirteen towns and communes belong to this area: Changxingdao, Jiaoludao, Dong gang, Fuzhouwan, Paotai, xianyuwan, etc.. Yongning, xiyang, Tuoshan and Santai etc.
Investment Area for the Agriculture and Native Products Process
Wafangdian has rich agriculture and native products. The total export value exceeds RMB 1 billion yuan in 1999. The main products include meat-chick, bee-honey, peanut, dried-gourd, burdock, horgeradish, red-bean and other products. The products are mainly produced and processed in the followings 14 towns: Fuzhoucheng Town, Laohutun Town, Paotai Town, Yong-ning Town, etc..
Subarea for Industry Production
Wafangdian has a solid industry base with complete product kinds. There are many industries such as bearings, parts for auto and the agriculture machiney, castings, machinexy process, foodstuff, textile and garment, etc.. The fallowing towns and communes include this subarea: Yongning, Laohutun, Yandian, and the Street committees of Zhuhua, etc..
Investment Area for Fruit Process
Wafangdian has rich resources in fruit. The total output reached over 300,000 tons in 1999, The main fruits are as following: apple, pear, plum, peach, strawchew, apricot and grape, etc.. Thirteen towns and communes belong to this subarea: wanjialing, Songshu Tucheng, and Gangdian Street Committee, etc..
Investment Subarea for Tourism and Service in Wafangdian
Wafangdian has beautiful beach, sand, scenic spots and natural warm spring. All this consists good conditions for tour here. The following places are satisfied for tourism service, they are Changxingdiao Town, Liguan Town, Xutun Town, Xianyuwan Town and Tuoshan Commune, etc..
Economic Development Zone
Wafangdian Economic Development Subarea is located in the south-west of Wafangdian. It's two kilometres from the centre of the city. The planned area of the Economic Development Zone is 2.9 square kilometres including the Hi-tech Garden, Industry Process Area, Storage and Transportation Area, Living Area and the Service Area and also there is the green area. The roads have been built now and the "five-through and one flat" engineering will be finished soon.
Qinglong
Qinglong was the pre-Second Sino-Japanese War name for Ku-Shan, in the province of Liaoning, a town in Northeast China.
As a critical stop on the marital convoy route between steel-producing Anshan and the strategically significant port city Zhuanghe, Qinglong held a vital role for Japan-ruled Northeastern China. However, due to a fateful sabotage convoy led by Chinese rebels in 1938, the city fell from Japanese to Chinese authority.
Qinglong was part of the "puppet state," Manchukuo, that Japan created in order to mine precious resources such as steel to fuel their war machine leading up to and during World War Two, largely at the behest of the Manchurian Industrial Development Company.
After a brief skirmish instigated by the sabotage convoy, explosions from steel trucks rang out across the town, damaging many houses beyond repair. It was not until, 1941, during World War Two, that the town was rebuilt and renamed, as Ku-Shan.
The town was to be the locus of the so-called Manchurian Youth Corps, a forcible association of young men organized to some degree through the inspiration of the Nazi Hitler Youth.
As a critical stop on the marital convoy route between steel-producing Anshan and the strategically significant port city Zhuanghe, Qinglong held a vital role for Japan-ruled Northeastern China. However, due to a fateful sabotage convoy led by Chinese rebels in 1938, the city fell from Japanese to Chinese authority.
Qinglong was part of the "puppet state," Manchukuo, that Japan created in order to mine precious resources such as steel to fuel their war machine leading up to and during World War Two, largely at the behest of the Manchurian Industrial Development Company.
After a brief skirmish instigated by the sabotage convoy, explosions from steel trucks rang out across the town, damaging many houses beyond repair. It was not until, 1941, during World War Two, that the town was rebuilt and renamed, as Ku-Shan.
The town was to be the locus of the so-called Manchurian Youth Corps, a forcible association of young men organized to some degree through the inspiration of the Nazi Hitler Youth.
Panjin
Panjin is a prefecture-level city and a major oil-producing city in Liaoning Province, China. It is between 40°40' -41°27' in north latitude and 121°31' -122 °28' in east longitude. It has four distinct seasons, an annual average temperature of 8.6℃ and receives over 2700 hours of sunshine a year. There are over 1.2 million people living in the Panjin area.
Panjin has four immediate sub-municipal divisions. There are 2 counties and 2 districts.
Shuangtaizi District , where the city hall and various administrative departments are located.
Xinglongtai District .
Panshan County , subdivided into 9 towns and 5 rural towns.
Dawa County , subdivided into 10 towns, and 5 townships, including 1 ethnic township.
Panjin was approved the status of a city and its current boundaries by the State Council on June 5, 1984.
Panjin sits on the opening part between the Liaodong Peninsula and West Liaoning economic development zone. The Shuangtaizi River enters from the Liaodong Bay and runs through the city. The Liao River serves as the border between Panjin and the city of Yingkou. The two other cities that borders Panjin are Jinzhou and Anshan.
At the end of 2003, there were a total of 1 243 905 people residing in the Panjin. The urban population was 566 046, that's 45.51% of all residents. They reside mainly in Shuangtaizi District and Xinglongtai District.
Racial Profile
95.17% Han Chinese
3.01% Manchu
0.9%
0.92% , Mongol, other nationalities of China.
Gender Profile
49.01% Female
50.99% Male
Population Trend in Panjin
The population saw an increase of 3.81‰ in 2003. The natality was 7.60‰, and the mortality was 4.70‰, which made a natural population increase of 2.9‰.
Major places in Panjin of interest include:
Shuanghekou State Natural Reserve, a marshland that serves as natural habitat to 321 species of animals. It also serves as one of the few breeding grounds for endangered birds such as the red-crowned crane and Saunders' Gull. Millions of birds of as much as 172 different species stop at the area during their migration, including more than 20 endangered species such as the red-crowned crane, Demoiselle Crane, white stork, black stork, white-fronted goose, whooper swan, and brown goshawk. On a special note, Panjin is also called "Home of the Cranes" for the above reasons.
reed-grass beach and the clam mound
Red Seabeach
Hubin Park in Panshan, featuring the Liaohe Tablets. These stone tablets bear inscriptions of Chinese calligraphy by historical and contemporary artists.
The main industries in Panjin include oil, petroleum refinery, tourism, and agriculture, primarily rice. The short grain rice of Panjin are of high quality and great taste. Panjin is also famed for its Chinese mitten crabs, a famous delicacy in Chinese cuisine. They can be processed into crab meat tofu and "drunken crab".
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Administration
Panjin has four immediate sub-municipal divisions. There are 2 counties and 2 districts.
Shuangtaizi District , where the city hall and various administrative departments are located.
Xinglongtai District .
Panshan County , subdivided into 9 towns and 5 rural towns.
Dawa County , subdivided into 10 towns, and 5 townships, including 1 ethnic township.
Panjin was approved the status of a city and its current boundaries by the State Council on June 5, 1984.
Geography
Panjin sits on the opening part between the Liaodong Peninsula and West Liaoning economic development zone. The Shuangtaizi River enters from the Liaodong Bay and runs through the city. The Liao River serves as the border between Panjin and the city of Yingkou. The two other cities that borders Panjin are Jinzhou and Anshan.
Demographics
At the end of 2003, there were a total of 1 243 905 people residing in the Panjin. The urban population was 566 046, that's 45.51% of all residents. They reside mainly in Shuangtaizi District and Xinglongtai District.
Racial Profile
95.17% Han Chinese
3.01% Manchu
0.9%
0.92% , Mongol, other nationalities of China.
Gender Profile
49.01% Female
50.99% Male
Population Trend in Panjin
The population saw an increase of 3.81‰ in 2003. The natality was 7.60‰, and the mortality was 4.70‰, which made a natural population increase of 2.9‰.
Attractions
Major places in Panjin of interest include:
Shuanghekou State Natural Reserve, a marshland that serves as natural habitat to 321 species of animals. It also serves as one of the few breeding grounds for endangered birds such as the red-crowned crane and Saunders' Gull. Millions of birds of as much as 172 different species stop at the area during their migration, including more than 20 endangered species such as the red-crowned crane, Demoiselle Crane, white stork, black stork, white-fronted goose, whooper swan, and brown goshawk. On a special note, Panjin is also called "Home of the Cranes" for the above reasons.
reed-grass beach and the clam mound
Red Seabeach
Hubin Park in Panshan, featuring the Liaohe Tablets. These stone tablets bear inscriptions of Chinese calligraphy by historical and contemporary artists.
Economy
The main industries in Panjin include oil, petroleum refinery, tourism, and agriculture, primarily rice. The short grain rice of Panjin are of high quality and great taste. Panjin is also famed for its Chinese mitten crabs, a famous delicacy in Chinese cuisine. They can be processed into crab meat tofu and "drunken crab".
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Liaoyang
Baita District , has an area of 22 square kilometers and population of 220,000.
Wensheng District , has an area of 50 square kilometers, population 170,000.
Hongwei District , has an area of 66 square kilometers, population 110,000.
Gongchangling District , has an area of 285 square kilometers, population 90,000.
Taizihe District , has an area of 150 square kilometers, population 120,000.
Dengta City , has an area of 1,349 square kilometers, population 500,000.
Liaoyang County , has an area of 2,822 square kilometers, population 600,000.
Although the lack of greenspace throughout the city is noticeable, there are a few historical sites to be visited. The LiaoYang museum - built in 1921 and open to public since 1984 - contains many antiques. The temple surrounding BaiTa was destroyed during WWII and recreated to became one of LiaoYang's main tourism attraction in recent years. Other tourist attractions in LiaoYang include memorial sites and old cities. In the downtown area busy shopping malls can be found. The shopping area includes a total of 5 malls and traffic-free streets with many Chinese brand name stores. Within the malls, you can find unique stores and cheap goods. On the streets, there are many interesting and delicious regional snacks. Also in the shopping area is a street with many Korean BBQ restaurants . Further afield, you'll find many more different types of Chinese restaurants including Huo Jia Jiaozi, a traditional dumpling restaurant. Also look for Ming Du Sangna, a place where the wealthy elite meet for a bath.
''Famous people from Liaoyang''
Xueqin Cao" : he was known by "hong lou meng".
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Wensheng District , has an area of 50 square kilometers, population 170,000.
Hongwei District , has an area of 66 square kilometers, population 110,000.
Gongchangling District , has an area of 285 square kilometers, population 90,000.
Taizihe District , has an area of 150 square kilometers, population 120,000.
Dengta City , has an area of 1,349 square kilometers, population 500,000.
Liaoyang County , has an area of 2,822 square kilometers, population 600,000.
Tourism
Although the lack of greenspace throughout the city is noticeable, there are a few historical sites to be visited. The LiaoYang museum - built in 1921 and open to public since 1984 - contains many antiques. The temple surrounding BaiTa was destroyed during WWII and recreated to became one of LiaoYang's main tourism attraction in recent years. Other tourist attractions in LiaoYang include memorial sites and old cities. In the downtown area busy shopping malls can be found. The shopping area includes a total of 5 malls and traffic-free streets with many Chinese brand name stores. Within the malls, you can find unique stores and cheap goods. On the streets, there are many interesting and delicious regional snacks. Also in the shopping area is a street with many Korean BBQ restaurants . Further afield, you'll find many more different types of Chinese restaurants including Huo Jia Jiaozi, a traditional dumpling restaurant. Also look for Ming Du Sangna, a place where the wealthy elite meet for a bath.
''Famous people from Liaoyang''
Xueqin Cao" : he was known by "hong lou meng".
Sister Cities
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Kaiyuan, Liaoning
Kaiyuan is a county-level city of Tieling City, Liaoning Province, People's Republic of China.
Kaiyuan was the birthplace of Sheng Shicai , was a Chinese warlord who ruled Xinjiang from 1933 to 1944.
Kaiyuan was the birthplace of Sheng Shicai , was a Chinese warlord who ruled Xinjiang from 1933 to 1944.
Huludao
Huludao is a prefecture-level city in southwestern Liaoning Province, China. It is one of the two municipal cities in the Liaoxi Corridor . Founded as a municipality in 1989 （first called Jinxi，then renamed Huludao in 1994）, Huludao has a total area of 10,415 square kilometers, a population of 2.73 million up to 2004.
Huludao is the hometown of China's first astronaut Yáng Lìwěi.
Huludao's central geographical coordinates are at 120°38' east longitude and 40°56' north latitude. It lies in the southwest of Liaoning Province, with Jinzhou city on its east, Shanhai Pass on its west, and Liaodong Bay of the Bohai Sea on its south, forming the Bohai Sea economic rim with such cities as Dalian, Yingkou, Qinhuangdao, Qingdao, etc. As the first city outside the Shanhai Pass, it is situated at such a key junction that it serves as the west gate of the Northeast.
Huludao is situated in the north temperate zone with a continental monsoon climate. It has a frost-free period of 175 days and sunshine time of 2600- 2800 hours all year around. Its annually average precipitation is 550-650mm and temperature is 8.5-9.5℃
The area now ocuppied by Huludao city became a county in 1906. It is called Jinxin county in most of the time before 1982. It became Jinxi city in 1982, and then became Jinxi municipal city in 1989. The city is renamed to Huludao, which is the name of the peninsula as well as the harbor inside the city area, in 1994.
Huludao has six immediate sub-municipal divisions:
Suizhong County
Jianchang County
Lianshan District
Nanpiao District
Highways, railways, ocean shipping, air transportation and underground pipelines form the three-dimensional transportation network of Huludao. Jingha Railway and China National Highway 102 ， the Jingshen Expressway and Qinshen Passenger Railway run across the major part of the area, and local railways radiate in all directions. Jinzhou Port is 7.5 kilometers away from its east border, while Qinhuangdao Port is 24 kilometers away from its west border, and within its area exists the Huludao Harbor and Suizhong Port, which is under expansion, air transportation has great potentialities. Qinhuangdao Airport is 20 kilometers away from its west border, while Jinzhou Airport is 30 kilometers away from its east border, the Xingcheng Airport within our area can serve large airliners.
Historical changes and social development have endowed Huludao a great number of cultural relics, historic spots and natural sights. The world-famous Great Wall bridging water -Jiumenkou Great Wall, the ancient town of Xingcheng of the Ming Dynasty called the Second Beidaihe, and the relics of Jieshi Palace, an imperial palace for the First Emperor of the Qin Dynasty and Emperor Wu Di of the Han Dynasty on their inspection tours and expeditions to the east which is comparable to the imperial Palace of Beijing and Shengshui Temple the Great Wall in terms of archaeological values, all exist within Huludao area, and with other nearly 30 natural sights and historic spots by the sea. They form the features of their own described as "time honored sights and historic spots, and fascinating corridor and scape".
As an important part of Bohai Economic Rim, Huludao links the developed Jing-Jin-Tang and Liaodong Peninsula Economic Zone together. With 18 large enterprises, including 3 extra-large ones, Huludao is one of the country's heavy industry base. An industrial structure with a combination of heavy and light industries has been set up, taking petrochemical industry as its main body metallurgy, building materials, machinery, ship building and power generation industries as its key sectors. There is an interactive network of underground pipelines in the area, two of which, one is from Daqing to Qinhuangdao, and the other is from Panjin to Huludao, carrying crude oil here, adding vigor to the old petrochemical basis. Huludao Shipyard is the building site of Chinese nuclear submarines.
Huludao boasts of four kinds of noticeable resources. Firstly underground minerals. There are over 40 kinds of underground minerals, such as molybdenum, lead zinc and iron, etc. Secondly, mud flat resources. There are 237 kilometers of coastlines and 134,000 mu of mud flat, rich in fish, shrimp, shellfish, etc. Thirdly, oil and natural gas resources under the sea. There are more than 400 million tons of offshore oil and 16 billion cubic meters of natural gas in deposit. The largest offshore oil-and-gas field slies right here. Fourthly, forest and fruit resources in the mountainous area. There are altogether 2,525,000 mu of orchard land and 88.5 million of different fruit trees here, yielding totally 750000 tons of fruit every year, Qiansuo Orchard Farm is the fifth largest one in Asia.
Huludao is the hometown of China's first astronaut Yáng Lìwěi.
Geography
Huludao's central geographical coordinates are at 120°38' east longitude and 40°56' north latitude. It lies in the southwest of Liaoning Province, with Jinzhou city on its east, Shanhai Pass on its west, and Liaodong Bay of the Bohai Sea on its south, forming the Bohai Sea economic rim with such cities as Dalian, Yingkou, Qinhuangdao, Qingdao, etc. As the first city outside the Shanhai Pass, it is situated at such a key junction that it serves as the west gate of the Northeast.
Huludao is situated in the north temperate zone with a continental monsoon climate. It has a frost-free period of 175 days and sunshine time of 2600- 2800 hours all year around. Its annually average precipitation is 550-650mm and temperature is 8.5-9.5℃
History
The area now ocuppied by Huludao city became a county in 1906. It is called Jinxin county in most of the time before 1982. It became Jinxi city in 1982, and then became Jinxi municipal city in 1989. The city is renamed to Huludao, which is the name of the peninsula as well as the harbor inside the city area, in 1994.
Subdivisions
Huludao has six immediate sub-municipal divisions:
Suizhong County
Jianchang County
Lianshan District
Nanpiao District
Transportation
Highways, railways, ocean shipping, air transportation and underground pipelines form the three-dimensional transportation network of Huludao. Jingha Railway and China National Highway 102 ， the Jingshen Expressway and Qinshen Passenger Railway run across the major part of the area, and local railways radiate in all directions. Jinzhou Port is 7.5 kilometers away from its east border, while Qinhuangdao Port is 24 kilometers away from its west border, and within its area exists the Huludao Harbor and Suizhong Port, which is under expansion, air transportation has great potentialities. Qinhuangdao Airport is 20 kilometers away from its west border, while Jinzhou Airport is 30 kilometers away from its east border, the Xingcheng Airport within our area can serve large airliners.
Tourism
Historical changes and social development have endowed Huludao a great number of cultural relics, historic spots and natural sights. The world-famous Great Wall bridging water -Jiumenkou Great Wall, the ancient town of Xingcheng of the Ming Dynasty called the Second Beidaihe, and the relics of Jieshi Palace, an imperial palace for the First Emperor of the Qin Dynasty and Emperor Wu Di of the Han Dynasty on their inspection tours and expeditions to the east which is comparable to the imperial Palace of Beijing and Shengshui Temple the Great Wall in terms of archaeological values, all exist within Huludao area, and with other nearly 30 natural sights and historic spots by the sea. They form the features of their own described as "time honored sights and historic spots, and fascinating corridor and scape".
Economy
As an important part of Bohai Economic Rim, Huludao links the developed Jing-Jin-Tang and Liaodong Peninsula Economic Zone together. With 18 large enterprises, including 3 extra-large ones, Huludao is one of the country's heavy industry base. An industrial structure with a combination of heavy and light industries has been set up, taking petrochemical industry as its main body metallurgy, building materials, machinery, ship building and power generation industries as its key sectors. There is an interactive network of underground pipelines in the area, two of which, one is from Daqing to Qinhuangdao, and the other is from Panjin to Huludao, carrying crude oil here, adding vigor to the old petrochemical basis. Huludao Shipyard is the building site of Chinese nuclear submarines.
Natural Resources
Huludao boasts of four kinds of noticeable resources. Firstly underground minerals. There are over 40 kinds of underground minerals, such as molybdenum, lead zinc and iron, etc. Secondly, mud flat resources. There are 237 kilometers of coastlines and 134,000 mu of mud flat, rich in fish, shrimp, shellfish, etc. Thirdly, oil and natural gas resources under the sea. There are more than 400 million tons of offshore oil and 16 billion cubic meters of natural gas in deposit. The largest offshore oil-and-gas field slies right here. Fourthly, forest and fruit resources in the mountainous area. There are altogether 2,525,000 mu of orchard land and 88.5 million of different fruit trees here, yielding totally 750000 tons of fruit every year, Qiansuo Orchard Farm is the fifth largest one in Asia.
Fuxin
Fuxin is a prefecture-level city in the Liaoning province of northeastern . The total population of the prefecture in 2005 was 1.93 million and the urban population of Fuxin City was 785,000 as of the year 2000.
Fuxin has direct administration over 7 county-level divisions: 5 , 1 and 1 :
Haizhou District
Xinqiu District
Taiping District
Qinghemen District
Xihe District
Zhangwu County
Fuxin Mongol Autonomous County
Fuxin is located west-northwest of Shenyang, the provincial capital.
Fuxin is a mining center in an agricultural region.
The city suffers from the over-mining of coal, which is low in supply while fundamental in Fuxin's economy. As the coal mines run dry, Fuxin is trying to find other industries to keep its economy going.
The Liaoning Technical University is located in Fuxin. There are a number of opportunities to teach English in Fuxin at both the University level and via private schools.
Fuxin is served by the China National Highway 101, which connects Beijing to Shenyang.
The only highway connects Jinzhou and Fuxin. Another highway to Shenyang is under construction.
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Administration
Fuxin has direct administration over 7 county-level divisions: 5 , 1 and 1 :
Haizhou District
Xinqiu District
Taiping District
Qinghemen District
Xihe District
Zhangwu County
Fuxin Mongol Autonomous County
Geography
Fuxin is located west-northwest of Shenyang, the provincial capital.
Economy
Fuxin is a mining center in an agricultural region.
The city suffers from the over-mining of coal, which is low in supply while fundamental in Fuxin's economy. As the coal mines run dry, Fuxin is trying to find other industries to keep its economy going.
Miscellaneous
The Liaoning Technical University is located in Fuxin. There are a number of opportunities to teach English in Fuxin at both the University level and via private schools.
Transportation
Fuxin is served by the China National Highway 101, which connects Beijing to Shenyang.
The only highway connects Jinzhou and Fuxin. Another highway to Shenyang is under construction.
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Dalian
In addition to local and express bus service to Beijing and other areas in the northeast, Dalian is connected by passenger ship service to neighbouring coastal cities, such as Tianjin and Yantai, as well as Incheon, South Korea.
Dalian was rated No 1 of the most livable city in China in 2006 according to China Daily.
Dalian is widely regarded as the most beautiful city of China.
Standard Mandarin is usually spoken in Dalian because it is a city with people from various locations. Among the Dalianites, however, the Dalian dialect is used, which belongs to the Jiao Liao Mandarin subgroup spoken from Shandong Province to Liaoning Province. The majority of the original Dalianites were the poor farmers and fishermen who had come from Shandong Province in a large population move called "Chuang Guandong". Among the Dalian dialect's features are a few loanwords from and , reflecting its history of foreign occupation , which is a very rare case in the Chinese language.
:Sports play a big role in the local culture. The city's mayor, a young princeling encouraged a top league soccer team with foreign aid and a lot of city cash to increase the city's image in the country and bring local fame. They have been caught out several times though and the heyday of the Super Team has passed. The city's soccer team has dominated the sport in China and Asia by winning 7 titles out of the past 9 years of Chinese professional soccer league. The city is also a powerhouse producing numerous track and field champions.
:The Dalian's soccer club is Dalian Shide , one of fifteen teams in the Chinese Super League. Prior to 2000, they were known as Dalian Wanda . Dalian Shide achieved success as:
:*Premium A Champions 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002
:*Asian Club Championship Runners-Up 1997
:*Asian Cup Winners' Cup Runners-Up 2001
:*Chinese Super Cup Winners 1997, 2001, 2003
:*China FA Cup Winners 2001
:Xinghai Square, the Xinghai Conference Center, the Dalian World Expo Center and the hotels on Renmin Rd. are the places where Dalian's major annual events are held: Fireworks Displays , Dalian International Walking Festival , Dalian Locust Flower Festival , Dalian International Marathon , China International Software & Information Service Fair , Dalian International Beer Festival , Dalian International Auto Show and Dalian International Fashion Week .
:Every September Dalian hosts the Dalian International Fashion Festival . This festival is a chance for many major foreign companies to showcase their new products and sign up buyers. Before the festival, the city holds an opening ceremony attended by government officials as well as famous stars of the entertainment world.
:Dalian is the home of three zoological parks: Dalian Forest Zoo, Sun Asia Ocean World, and Polar World. The Forest Zoo has a free-range animal section as well as a more traditional zoo. Shengya Ocean World includes an underwater conveyor through a transparent tunnel. Polar World is the only park devoted to polar animals in China. Dalian is also home to a number of public squares, including Xinghai Square.
:The local cuisine heavily depends on variety of fresh seafood and fruits, both of which are abundant in the area.
Japan maintains a Consulate General office and a JETRO office in Dalian, reflecting a relatively large Japanese population.
Japan Chamber of Commerce & Industry has about 700 corporate members. Those Japanese who had lived in Dalian before the War have organized the Dalian Society. There are such voluntary groups as the Lilac Society and the Dalian Mountaineering Association.
Five religions are "officially approved" by the Chinese government. Taoist temples are not found in downtown Dalian, but in Lushunkou District , and in Jinzhou District . Buddhist temples are in downtown Dalian , on the northern side of Anzi Mountain , at Daheishi , in Lushunkou District , and in Jinzhou District 'Guanyinge-Shengshui Temple on Dahei Mountain). Dalian Islamic Mosque is on Beijing Street.
Dalian Catholic Church is in downtown Dalian, west of Dalian Railway Station. Protestant churches are near Zhongshan Square , on Changjiang Street , on Xi-an Road , east of the airport , in Jinzhou and in Lüshunkou District . There are many other underground Christian fellowships .
, Mifune Toshirō was a famous Japanese actor who appeared in almost 170 feature films. He was born in Qingdao, China, to Japanese parents, and grew up in the Chinese city of Dalian with his parents and two siblings.
Dong Jie, is a popular actress from Dalian, Liaoning, China. In 2000 she played the female role of Wu Ying in a Zhang Yimou art-house film. Her movie, Happy Times , was also extensively filmed in and around the city of Dalian.
There are the following schools of higher education and research centers:
*Dalian Fisheries University 大连水产学院
*Dalian Jiaotong University 大连交通大学
*Dalian Maritime University 大连海事大学
*Dalian Medical University 大连医科大学
*Dalian Polytechnic University 大连工业大学
*Dalian University 大连大学
*Dalian University of Foreign Languages 大连外国语学院
*Dalian University of Technology 大连理工大学
*Dongbei University of Finance and Economics 东北财经大学
*Liaoning Normal University 辽宁师范大学
*Neusoft Institute of Information 东北大学东软信息学院
Some universities are undergoing relocations from the metropolitan area to the suburban districts. In 2007, Dalian University of Foreign Languages and Dalian Medical University were moved to Lüshunkou District, just east of Baiyin Mountain Tunnel .
Missouri State University Branch Campus Dalian is a dual management private school with a western director.
*Dalian Institute of Chemistry & Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences
The following are sister cities of Dalian:
* Szczecin, Poland
* Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
* , Japan
* Le Havre, France
* Vancouver, Canada
* Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia
* , Germany
* Incheon, South Korea
* , California,
* Rostock, Germany
* , Japan
* Vladivostok, Russia
* Pointe-Noire, Republic of Congo
* Adelaide, Australia
* Bahia Blanca, Argentina
Dalian frequently ranks Grade 2 for air pollution according to .
The German Gunther von Hagens runs a plastination center in Dalian.
Life and Culture
Dalian was rated No 1 of the most livable city in China in 2006 according to China Daily.
Dalian is widely regarded as the most beautiful city of China.
Dalian Dialect
Standard Mandarin is usually spoken in Dalian because it is a city with people from various locations. Among the Dalianites, however, the Dalian dialect is used, which belongs to the Jiao Liao Mandarin subgroup spoken from Shandong Province to Liaoning Province. The majority of the original Dalianites were the poor farmers and fishermen who had come from Shandong Province in a large population move called "Chuang Guandong". Among the Dalian dialect's features are a few loanwords from and , reflecting its history of foreign occupation , which is a very rare case in the Chinese language.
Sports
:Sports play a big role in the local culture. The city's mayor, a young princeling encouraged a top league soccer team with foreign aid and a lot of city cash to increase the city's image in the country and bring local fame. They have been caught out several times though and the heyday of the Super Team has passed. The city's soccer team has dominated the sport in China and Asia by winning 7 titles out of the past 9 years of Chinese professional soccer league. The city is also a powerhouse producing numerous track and field champions.
:The Dalian's soccer club is Dalian Shide , one of fifteen teams in the Chinese Super League. Prior to 2000, they were known as Dalian Wanda . Dalian Shide achieved success as:
:*Premium A Champions 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002
:*Asian Club Championship Runners-Up 1997
:*Asian Cup Winners' Cup Runners-Up 2001
:*Chinese Super Cup Winners 1997, 2001, 2003
:*China FA Cup Winners 2001
City-Wide Festivals
:Xinghai Square, the Xinghai Conference Center, the Dalian World Expo Center and the hotels on Renmin Rd. are the places where Dalian's major annual events are held: Fireworks Displays , Dalian International Walking Festival , Dalian Locust Flower Festival , Dalian International Marathon , China International Software & Information Service Fair , Dalian International Beer Festival , Dalian International Auto Show and Dalian International Fashion Week .
:Every September Dalian hosts the Dalian International Fashion Festival . This festival is a chance for many major foreign companies to showcase their new products and sign up buyers. Before the festival, the city holds an opening ceremony attended by government officials as well as famous stars of the entertainment world.
Zoo and Museums
:Dalian is the home of three zoological parks: Dalian Forest Zoo, Sun Asia Ocean World, and Polar World. The Forest Zoo has a free-range animal section as well as a more traditional zoo. Shengya Ocean World includes an underwater conveyor through a transparent tunnel. Polar World is the only park devoted to polar animals in China. Dalian is also home to a number of public squares, including Xinghai Square.
Food and Restaurants
:The local cuisine heavily depends on variety of fresh seafood and fruits, both of which are abundant in the area.
Inter-Governmental and People-to-People Communication
Japan maintains a Consulate General office and a JETRO office in Dalian, reflecting a relatively large Japanese population.
Japan Chamber of Commerce & Industry has about 700 corporate members. Those Japanese who had lived in Dalian before the War have organized the Dalian Society. There are such voluntary groups as the Lilac Society and the Dalian Mountaineering Association.
Religion
Five religions are "officially approved" by the Chinese government. Taoist temples are not found in downtown Dalian, but in Lushunkou District , and in Jinzhou District . Buddhist temples are in downtown Dalian , on the northern side of Anzi Mountain , at Daheishi , in Lushunkou District , and in Jinzhou District 'Guanyinge-Shengshui Temple on Dahei Mountain). Dalian Islamic Mosque is on Beijing Street.
Dalian Catholic Church is in downtown Dalian, west of Dalian Railway Station. Protestant churches are near Zhongshan Square , on Changjiang Street , on Xi-an Road , east of the airport , in Jinzhou and in Lüshunkou District . There are many other underground Christian fellowships .
Local Celebrities
, Mifune Toshirō was a famous Japanese actor who appeared in almost 170 feature films. He was born in Qingdao, China, to Japanese parents, and grew up in the Chinese city of Dalian with his parents and two siblings.
Dong Jie, is a popular actress from Dalian, Liaoning, China. In 2000 she played the female role of Wu Ying in a Zhang Yimou art-house film. Her movie, Happy Times , was also extensively filmed in and around the city of Dalian.
Education
There are the following schools of higher education and research centers:
Colleges and Universities
*Dalian Fisheries University 大连水产学院
*Dalian Jiaotong University 大连交通大学
*Dalian Maritime University 大连海事大学
*Dalian Medical University 大连医科大学
*Dalian Polytechnic University 大连工业大学
*Dalian University 大连大学
*Dalian University of Foreign Languages 大连外国语学院
*Dalian University of Technology 大连理工大学
*Dongbei University of Finance and Economics 东北财经大学
*Liaoning Normal University 辽宁师范大学
*Neusoft Institute of Information 东北大学东软信息学院
Some universities are undergoing relocations from the metropolitan area to the suburban districts. In 2007, Dalian University of Foreign Languages and Dalian Medical University were moved to Lüshunkou District, just east of Baiyin Mountain Tunnel .
Missouri State University Branch Campus Dalian is a dual management private school with a western director.
Research Centers
*Dalian Institute of Chemistry & Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences
Sister cities of Dalian
The following are sister cities of Dalian:
* Szczecin, Poland
* Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
* , Japan
* Le Havre, France
* Vancouver, Canada
* Ohrid, Republic of Macedonia
* , Germany
* Incheon, South Korea
* , California,
* Rostock, Germany
* , Japan
* Vladivostok, Russia
* Pointe-Noire, Republic of Congo
* Adelaide, Australia
* Bahia Blanca, Argentina
Environmental protection
Dalian frequently ranks Grade 2 for air pollution according to .
Plastination center
The German Gunther von Hagens runs a plastination center in Dalian.
Chin-Chou
Chaoyang, Liaoning
Chaoyang is a prefecture-level city in Liaoning province of the People's Republic of China.
Within the prefecture there is a variety of mining. The Songling Mountains, where fossils have been found, are not far from here. Indeed, two of the most remarkable Early Cretaceous birds known to date were recovered nearby from Jiufotang Formation rocks and named ''Longipteryx chaoyangensis'' and ''Sapeornis chaoyangensis'' in reference to the city.
Chaoyang has a population of 3,340,000 and is located almost directly in between the capital of the province, Shenyang, and the capital of China, Beijing. It has a total land area of 1,970,000?.
The area under Chaoyang’s jurisdictional control is split up into two counties , two county-level districts , two county-level cities , and the Harqin Left Mongol Autonomous County. The urban area where the municipal government office is located, which comprises the Shuangta and Longcheng districts, has a population of 300,000 and forms the core of Chaoyang.
Chaoyang has a long history. With the discovery of 5 to 6,000 year old Niuheliang Hongshan Cultural Ruins and the 4000 years of Chinese culture since then, Chaoyang has drawn attention as one birthplace of ancient Chinese culture. Historically, this area first appeared as “Liucheng County” in the Early period of the 3rd century B.C.
From the 4th to 5th century during the Period of Sixteen Kingdoms, the states of Former Yan, Later Yan, and the Northern Yan were created here, so this area was called the “Yan Area”. Since the Tang Dynasty, Chaoyang flourished as a center of Northeast Asian culture, politics, and economy and has been called “The leader of the northeast which has prospered for hundreds of years”.
Liaoning, and in particular Chaoyang, has become the focus of great interest in the world of palaeontology. During the 1990's, many new, unique and fascinating fossils were discovered in this region. Some of the finds have completely revolutionised our ideas of dinosaurs and shed new light on the origin of birds. Chaoyang's fossils are in the Jiufotang Formation. These fossils include: Liaoxipterus, a genus of ctenochasmatid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Lower Cretaceous; Microraptor, a feathered dinosaur; and several early birds such as , Sapeornis Yanornis and Shenzhouraptor an eary bird. Insects have also been found such as Dictyoptera, a fossilised cockroach and Hymenoptera, a fossil bee, which also date to the Lower Cretaceous period.
The name “Chaoyang” comes from a poem in one of the oldest collections of Chinese poetry. The poem found in the famous Shijing goes,“A wutong tree grew on a mountain. A fenghuang bird perched at the top and sang towards the morning sun” . In the eastern part of Chaoyang, there is a mountain that has been called Fenghuang Mountain since old times. In 1778, this mountain was connected with the poem from the Shijing and Chaoyang was given its current name.
The prefecture is divided into 7 administrative areas. There are 2 districts, 2 subordinate cities and 3 counties of which one county is and Autonomous County for the Mongol nation.
Shuangta District
Longcheng District
Beipiao City
Lingyuan City
Chaoyang County
Jianping County
Harqin Left Mongol Autonomous County
Agriculture and livestock are Chaoyang’s key industries, but it can also be seen as a newly industrialized city. Its agriculture is particularly prosperous. In addition to wheat, corn, beats, beans, and potatoes that we grow here in Obihiro, Chaoyang also produces cotton and fruit. The city has also begun to venture into the production of mushrooms, shaji , apricots, and other healthy foods. Shaji has become a big topic in China because of its dual use as food and as medicine. Chaoyang is home to the largest manmade thicket of shaji.
Chaoyang is also abundant in mineral resources and its mining and manufacturing industry is prospering. In addition to ironworks famous across China, Chaoyang has diesel engine factories and tire plants.
* Obihiro, Japan -
Within the prefecture there is a variety of mining. The Songling Mountains, where fossils have been found, are not far from here. Indeed, two of the most remarkable Early Cretaceous birds known to date were recovered nearby from Jiufotang Formation rocks and named ''Longipteryx chaoyangensis'' and ''Sapeornis chaoyangensis'' in reference to the city.
Chaoyang has a population of 3,340,000 and is located almost directly in between the capital of the province, Shenyang, and the capital of China, Beijing. It has a total land area of 1,970,000?.
The area under Chaoyang’s jurisdictional control is split up into two counties , two county-level districts , two county-level cities , and the Harqin Left Mongol Autonomous County. The urban area where the municipal government office is located, which comprises the Shuangta and Longcheng districts, has a population of 300,000 and forms the core of Chaoyang.
History
Chaoyang has a long history. With the discovery of 5 to 6,000 year old Niuheliang Hongshan Cultural Ruins and the 4000 years of Chinese culture since then, Chaoyang has drawn attention as one birthplace of ancient Chinese culture. Historically, this area first appeared as “Liucheng County” in the Early period of the 3rd century B.C.
From the 4th to 5th century during the Period of Sixteen Kingdoms, the states of Former Yan, Later Yan, and the Northern Yan were created here, so this area was called the “Yan Area”. Since the Tang Dynasty, Chaoyang flourished as a center of Northeast Asian culture, politics, and economy and has been called “The leader of the northeast which has prospered for hundreds of years”.
Fossils
Liaoning, and in particular Chaoyang, has become the focus of great interest in the world of palaeontology. During the 1990's, many new, unique and fascinating fossils were discovered in this region. Some of the finds have completely revolutionised our ideas of dinosaurs and shed new light on the origin of birds. Chaoyang's fossils are in the Jiufotang Formation. These fossils include: Liaoxipterus, a genus of ctenochasmatid pterodactyloid pterosaur from the Lower Cretaceous; Microraptor, a feathered dinosaur; and several early birds such as , Sapeornis Yanornis and Shenzhouraptor an eary bird. Insects have also been found such as Dictyoptera, a fossilised cockroach and Hymenoptera, a fossil bee, which also date to the Lower Cretaceous period.
Name
The name “Chaoyang” comes from a poem in one of the oldest collections of Chinese poetry. The poem found in the famous Shijing goes,“A wutong tree grew on a mountain. A fenghuang bird perched at the top and sang towards the morning sun” . In the eastern part of Chaoyang, there is a mountain that has been called Fenghuang Mountain since old times. In 1778, this mountain was connected with the poem from the Shijing and Chaoyang was given its current name.
Administrative Divisions
The prefecture is divided into 7 administrative areas. There are 2 districts, 2 subordinate cities and 3 counties of which one county is and Autonomous County for the Mongol nation.
Shuangta District
Longcheng District
Beipiao City
Lingyuan City
Chaoyang County
Jianping County
Harqin Left Mongol Autonomous County
Industry
Agriculture and livestock are Chaoyang’s key industries, but it can also be seen as a newly industrialized city. Its agriculture is particularly prosperous. In addition to wheat, corn, beats, beans, and potatoes that we grow here in Obihiro, Chaoyang also produces cotton and fruit. The city has also begun to venture into the production of mushrooms, shaji , apricots, and other healthy foods. Shaji has become a big topic in China because of its dual use as food and as medicine. Chaoyang is home to the largest manmade thicket of shaji.
Chaoyang is also abundant in mineral resources and its mining and manufacturing industry is prospering. In addition to ironworks famous across China, Chaoyang has diesel engine factories and tire plants.
Friendship cities
* Obihiro, Japan -
Beipiao
Beipiao is a city in Liaoning province in northern China. It has a population of 202,807.
The dinosaur ''Beipiaosaurus'' was named after the city where its fossils were found nearby.
The dinosaur ''Beipiaosaurus'' was named after the city where its fossils were found nearby.
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