Yongkang

Yongkang may refer to:

People's Republic of China

Taiwan

Zhou Yongkang

Zhou Yongkang (born December 1942) is a retired senior leader of the Communist Party of China (CPC). He was a member of the 17th Politburo Standing Committee (PSC), China's highest decision-making body, and the Secretary of the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission (Zhengfawei) between 2007 and 2012. In that position, Zhou oversaw China's security apparatus and law enforcement institutions, with power stretching into courts, prosecution agencies, police forces, paramilitary forces, and intelligence organs.

Zhou rose through the ranks of the Communist Party through his involvement in the oil and gas industry, starting as a technician on the Daqing oil field during the Cultural Revolution. He was at the helm of the China National Petroleum Corporation between 1996 and 1998, then became Minister of Land and Natural Resources until 1999, and subsequently Party Secretary of Sichuan, then China's second most populous province. Zhou was a State Councilor of the State Council from 2003 to 2008 and also a member of the Party Secretariat of the Central Committee. He served as the Minister of Public Security from 2002–07, before being promoted to the PSC. Zhou retired at the 18th Party Congress in 2012.

New Tang Dynasty Television

New Tang Dynasty (NTD, Chinese: 新唐人電視台) Television is a television broadcaster based in New York City with correspondents in over 70 cities worldwide. The station was founded in 2001 as a Chinese-language broadcaster, but has since expanded its language offerings. The company retains a focus on China in its news broadcasts, and frequently covers topics that are censored in Mainland China, such as human rights. Its stated mission is to "promote uncensored information on China; to restore and promote traditional Chinese culture; and to facilitate mutual understanding between the East and West". NTD was founded and currently operated by Falun Gong practitioners.

History

NTD was founded in 2001 as a Chinese news media. Its mission is to offer "uncensored news" about China that other Chinese media would not cover. The station has a regular focus on the promotion of traditional Chinese culture, and devotes extensive news coverage to Chinese human rights issues, taking a critical stance on abuses of power by the Communist Party of China.

Yongkang, Zhejiang

Yongkang (Chinese: 永康; pinyin: Yǒngkāng) is a county-level city located in the central part of Zhejiang province, People's Republic of China. It has an area of 1,049 km² (405 sq mi) and a population of 536,000 with more than 100,000 non-resident workers. Its built-up (or metro) area, made of Yongkang City and Wuyi County, was home to 1,073,389 inhabitants at the 2010 census.

History

The county was established in the time of Wu Kingdom (AC 222~280) during the famous Three Kingdoms Period. The Chinese name means "Forever Well-being". In the last two decades, Yongkang has been well known for both its aggressive promotion of tourism and booming economy in hardware manufacturing. It is widely considered as "Hardware Capital of China". In 2003, Yongkang GDP ranked 47th out of over 1000 counties nationwide in China.

History on behind the name: Lizhou was the ancient name of Yongkang. According to a legend, when the mother of Sun Quan (the King of Wu Kingdom) was ill, she went on a pilgrimage to pray for the "forever well-being" in a Temple in Yongkang. After she recovered, Sun Quan was very pleased. She then granted names for Yongkang. At that time, Yongkang was a part of Wushang City. During the Tang Dynasty, Yongkang was promoted to state. In 1992, the State Council approved the county to city.