Langfang 廊坊
—  Prefecture-level city  —
廊坊市
Location of Langfang within Hebei
Langfang Location in China
Coordinates: 39°31′N 116°42′E / 39.517°N 116.7°E / 39.517; 116.7Coordinates: 39°31′N 116°42′E / 39.517°N 116.7°E / 39.517; 116.7
Country	China
Province	Hebei
Area
• Prefecture-level city	2,482 sq mi (6,429 km2)
Population (2004)
• Prefecture-level city	3,850,000
• Metro	763,700
Time zone	China standard time (UTC+8)
License Plate Prefix	冀R
Website	http://www.lf.gov.cn/

Langfang (Chinese: 廊坊; pinyin: Lángfáng), Hebei province, China, is a prefecture-level city located approximately midway between Beijing and Tianjin with a total population of 3.85 million and an urban area population of 763,700. Its total area is around 6,429 km². Langfang borders Baoding to the southwest, Cangzhou to the south (both prefecture-level cities of Hebei), Beijing to the north and Tianjin to the east. It is the smallest prefecture-level division in Hebei province by land area.

Administrative divisions[link]

Langfang consists of 2 county-level districts, 2 county-level cities, 5 counties, 1 autonomous county, and one economic development district (开发区).

Map	#	Name	Hanzi	Hanyu Pinyin	Population (2004 est.)	Area (km²)	Density (/km²)
	1	Anci District	安次区	Āncì Qū	350,000	595	588
	2	Guangyang District	广阳区	Guǎngyáng Qū	410,000	313	1,310
	3	Bazhou City	霸州市	Bàzhōu Shì	570,000	784	727
	4	Sanhe City	三河市	Sānhé Shì	480,000	643	747
	5	Gu'an County	固安县	Gù'ān Xiàn	390,000	697	560
	6	Yongqing County	永清县	Yǒngqīng Xiàn	370,000	774	478
	7	Xianghe County	香河县	Xiānghé Xiàn	310,000	458	677
	8	Dacheng County	大城县	Dàchéng Xiàn	460,000	910	505
	9	Wen'an County	文安县	Wén'ān Xiàn	460,000	980	769
	10	Dachang Hui Autonomous County	大厂回族自治县	Dàchǎng Huízú Zìzhìxiàn	110,000	176	625

Development district:

• Langfang Economic Development District 廊坊经济开发区

Geography[link]

Considering Langfang’s position between these two prominent cities, Langfang is a relatively green city. Every 300 to 500 meters along the city's major streets are parks where local people stroll and take exercise. Langfang's five-kilometer long pedestrian street is now the longest in China.^{[citation needed]}

Sanhe Exclave[link]

The Sanhe exclave is a part of Langfang prefecture. The enclave comprises Sanhe City, Xianghe County, and Dachang Hui Autonomous County and is located between the municipalities of Beijing and Tianjin.

History[link]

On June 26, 1900, during the Boxer Movement, belligerent European forces heading towards Beijing were stopped by Boxers at the Battle of Langfang, and were defeated and forced to turn back to Tianjin. The Chinese forces were victorious.^[1]

It was the site of another battle during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

Economy[link]

Langfang's economy is developing with an emphasis on computers and technology, such that some have dubbed it "China’s Silicon Valley." One recent development is the Oriental University City (东方大学城). Having begun construction in October 1999, the complex was built in less than 3 years at a 4-billion yuan investment, and some 30 universities have been established here with a combined enrollment of about 50,000 students.

Development Zone[link]

• Langfang Export Processing Zone

The Langfang Export Processing Zone (Langfang EPZ) was established by the State Council in 2005. It has a planned area of 0.5 km2 and commenced operation in October 2008. It is the only state-level development zone in Langfang. Langfang EPZ is located in the Langfang Economic and Technical Development Zone (Langfang ETDZ), which is a province-level development zone. It is 38 km from Beijing's third ring-road, and 50 km from down-town Tianjin. It is 60 km from Beijing Capital International Airport, and 70 km from Tianjin Binhai International Airport, airports which are China's first and twelfth largest airports in terms of cargo transport, respectively. The nation's fourth largest seaport, Tianjin Port, is 105 km from Langfang EPZ.^[2]

Transport[link]

Langfang does not have a land port or airport, but is only a one-hour drive from Beijing Capital International Airport and the Tianjin New Port. Langfang Railway Station is situated on the Jingha Railway. If you get off the plane from Beijing Capital Airport, and you can take Inter-Provincial Bus[1] at the Langfang Bus Terminal, No.4-119 Langfang's sixth Avenue. And One-way time is 2 hours.

Tourism Spots[link]

• Xianghe City "World City" was built in the town of Xianghe Anping County, which is an imitation of foreign capital to Beijing during the Ming and Qing style, set within the essence of Chinese ancient culture of the antique buildings. Financial vacation, watching, entertainment, shopping, dining, accommodation as a whole.

• Bazhou Longquan Temple(霸州龙泉寺) Pa City Centre is located in Chang';an Town, the letter is the history of the famous Zen temple. Founded in the late Tang. Formerly Dragon Flower Temple, the Jin Dynasty renamed the "Temple shines," Yuan named Longquan Temple, Main Hall in front of the monastery there are two sides of the axis of the old well, the water a lot of ideas, so named "Long."

• Tea Hot Spring Resort City Economic Development Zone in Hebei Pa Gadfly cattle River Hot Spring Resort Ming, 90 km from Beijing, Ming Hot Springs Health & Wellness SPA water park. Covers an area of 500 acres, Ming Tang indoor and outdoor hot spring resort pool a total of 108. Of which 6,000 square meters of indoor tropical palm springs spa and bubble pool is divided into the impact of spring, there are health medicine bath, flowers and bath, mud bath, air bath. 30,000 meters of pine outdoor open-air hot spring pool, in addition also has a children';s game hot springs pool.

• Langfang Prairie（廊坊草原） Home is located in Langfang City, Hui-made pipe Township, Yongqing County, under the jurisdiction of the Yongding River Loop, the lush summer weeds, Mongolia, horse riding and other activities, food, accommodation roasted whole lamb is rich in grassland characteristics, experience in the North China plains prairie style, do not have some flavor.

• Kitano smoke Lin(北野烟林) Anci is located in the rural tax Yang, Jun Lu Village, Mamura area, lush forests, from the loading form, stretching more than 20 years. In early spring when the peach, floral drunk, new shade Zade, smoke, light Yao AI, such as Shiyun Jiannanchun: there is a way out.

• Matsu Temple Niimura (祖寺新村) Zu Village, located north of Big County, adjacent to Wenan depression. Industrial and agricultural output value in 2002 reached ancestral Village 1 6 billion, per capita net income 6407 yuan villagers. Many years by the provincial, city and county named "well-off village", "civilized village", "top ten Village Street" and "advanced village agricultural structure adjustment." 2002 was selected as the "modernization of pilot villages in rural areas of Hebei Province."

References[link]

External links[link]

• http://www.lf.gov.cn/ - official website
• http://www.langfang.net/
• http://www.langfangtv.com/ - TV station
• http://www.lfnews.cn - news
• http://www.lfsfxy.edu.cn Langfang Teachers College

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Zhanjiang 湛江 广州湾 · Kwangchouwan
—  Prefecture-level city  —
湛江市
Hu Guang Yan Lake
Nickname(s): Harbour City (港城)
Zhanjiang Location in China
Coordinates: 21°12′N 110°24′E / 21.2°N 110.4°E / 21.2; 110.4Coordinates: 21°12′N 110°24′E / 21.2°N 110.4°E / 21.2; 110.4
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Guangdong
City seat	Chikan District
Government
• CPC Party Chief	Liu Xiaohua (刘小华)
• Mayor	Wang Zhongbing (王中丙)
Area
• Prefecture-level city	12,490 km2 (4,820 sq mi)
Population (2010 census)
• Prefecture-level city	6,993,304
• Density	560/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
• Urban	1,400,685
• Metro	1,400,685
Time zone	China Standard (UTC+8)
Postal code	524000
Area code(s)	759
Major Nationalities	Han
County-level divisions	9
License Plate Prefix	粤G
GDP	2010
- Total	CNY 140.28 billion
- per capita	CNY 20,048
Website	http://www.zhanjiang.gov.cn/

Zhanjiang (Chinese: 湛江), formerly known as Tsamkong, Tsankiang, Fort-Bayard, and Kwang-Chou-Wan, is a prefecture-level city at the southwestern end of Guangdong province of Southern China, facing the island of Hainan to the south.

Its population is 6,993,304 inhabitants at the 2010 census. 1,400,685 live in the built up area made of 4 urban districts (Chikan, Xiashan, Potou and Mazhang)

Administration[link]

Zhanjiang has direct juridiction over 9 county-level divisions:

Map	#	Name	Hanzi	Hanyu Pinyin	Population (2003 est.)	Area (km²)	Density (/km²)
	City proper
	1	Chikan District	赤坎区	Chìkǎn Qū	220,000	79	2,785
	2	Xiashan District	霞山区	Xiáshān Qū	360,000	88	4,091
	Suburban
	3	Potou District	坡头区	Pōtóu Qū	380,000	424	896
	4	Mazhang District	麻章区	Mázhāng Qū	470,000	769	611
	Satellite cities
	5	Wuchuan City	吴川市	Wúchuān Shì	1,010,000	848	1,191
	6	Lianjiang City	廉江市	Liánjiāng Shì	1,510,000	2,835	533
	7	Leizhou City	雷州市	Léizhōu Shì	1,510,000	3,523	429
	Rural
	8	Suixi County	遂溪县	Suíxī Xiàn	990,000	2,144	462
	9	Xuwen County	徐闻县	Xúwén Xiàn	690,000	1954.37	382

Geography[link]

Zhanjiang is located to the southwest of the city of Guangzhou on an inlet of the South China Sea. It is located on the eastern coast of the Leizhou Peninsula. The dialect in downtown districts is Cantonese, while the people in most counties speak Hai'nan dialect (or Leizhou dialect as referred locally). The dialect in Lianjiang County is Hakka.

Climate[link]

History[link]

During the Qin Dynasty (221BC–206BC), the area of today's belonged to Xiang Shire and the central government of the Han Dynasty (206BC–220AD) set Xuwen County administering the whole Leizhou Peninsular. It was one of the earliest departure points on the Marine Silk Road. The population spiked during the Tang (618–907) and Song (960–1279) dynasties.

The region was still a small fishing port when it was occupied by the French in 1898. The next year, the French forced the Chinese to lease a small enclave of Zhanjiang to them for 99 years as the territory of Kwang-Chou-Wan. The French wanted to develop the port, which they called Fort-Bayard, to serve southern China, in parts of which France had exclusive rights to railway and mineral development. Their efforts, however, were hindered by the poverty of the surrounding land. The French retained control of the region until 1943, when the Japanese occupied the area during World War II. At the end of the war the region returned briefly under French rule before being formally returned to China in 1946 by general Charles de Gaulle, then French head of state.

Following the establishment of the People’s Republic in 1949, Zhanjiang developed new importance. In 1955 a rail link was built to Litang in Guangxi province, where it joined the Hunan-Guangxi Railway. Since then, Zhanjiang has developed into a major modern port serving southern China, usable by ships of up to 50,000 tons. In 1984 Zhanjiang was designated one of the “open” cities of China, where the central government invited foreign investment; this spurred the city’s further industrial development. It has shipyards and engineering works; automobile, electrical-appliance, and textile plants; and sugar refineries, flour and rice mills, and chemical works. In the early 1990s a new rail line was completed, linking Zhanjiang with Guangzhou, the provincial capital. The line was later extended to Hai’an, at the southernmost tip of Leizhou Peninsula, where trains could be transported by ferry across the Hainan Strait to Haikou.

Until the introduction of Pinyin spelling, it was often known in the west as "Tsamkong" due to the Cantonese pronunciation of the name.

Military[link]

Zhanjiang is headquarter of the South Sea Fleet of the People's Liberation Army Navy. It is also home base to two marine brigades.

Economy[link]

The most important resource of Zhanjiang City is the resource port. Zhanjiang Port has 241 kilometers long coastline, which is 4 times long of the world's first port--Rotterdam. Zhanjiang Port is one of the eight major ports in China, the annual throughput of more than 2,600 million tons. It was the first self-designed and domestically built modern deep water port of China.

It is a seaport and trade center with a diversified industrial base, including the shipyard, textile plants, and sugar refining.

Agriculture[link]

Zhanjiang agricultural performance in 2007 is the most prominent sugarcane production: in 2006 9,135,500 tons, 1,000 million tons in 2007. Akoya cultured pearls, pineapples, bananas, papayas, seafood, raised prawns, fish are native products.

Industry[link]

Industrial economy to make a breakthrough, a marked increase in the number of units. Zhanjiang in 2007 of all industrial output value of 112.134 billion yuan, up 17.1 percent, a growth rate of nearly 4-year high of 15.3 billion net increase over the previous year. In 2007 the city's industrial enterprises above designated size reached 714, 71 more than last year, industrial output value of over a hundred million of the 132 enterprises.

• Zhanjiang Economic and Technological Development Zone

The zone was founded in 1984. Its total planned area is 9.2 square kilometers. It is located in Zhanjiang. The zone has a very good location for transportation. It is very convenient to get to the airport, the national highway G325 as well as the port. The major industries in the zone including automobile assembly, biotechnology and computer software.^[2]

Business[link]

Zhanjiang in 2007 total retail sales of social consumer goods 38.216 billion yuan, an increase of 19.5%, the growth rate of nearly 12 years since a new high.

Port of Zhanjiang[link]

Port of Zhanjiang is located in the southernmost tip of mainland China's Zhanjiang City, Guangdong Province, the east port of the South China Sea, north of Hainan Island, the north west Bay. People's Republic of China after the establishment of their own design and construction of the first modern port, China and Southeast Asia, Australia, European countries bordering the Indian Ocean and the shortest journey between the port's foreign trade.

Tourism[link]

Zhanjiang, a well-known tourist attractions, "Zhanjiang Eight," as follows:

1. East Island
2. Huguangyan National Geopark
3. View of the sea promenade
4. Park Jin-inch
5. Lighthouse
6. South Asia Subtropical Botanical Garden
7. South Isles
8. Zhanjiang Port

Major theme attractions[link]

French architectural monuments[link]

• French minister to the Department of the Guangzhou Bay
• France, the Police Department, Guangzhou Bay
• Victor Catholic Church
• Calyon site
• Guangzhou Bay Chamber of Commerce Center

International relations[link]

Twin towns — Sister cities[link]

Zhanjiang is twinned with:

• Serpukhov (Russia)
• Marikina (Philippines)
• Cairns (Australia)

See also[link]

• Kwang-Chou-Wan

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Zhanjiang

• Official website of Zhanjiang Government