Binzhou

Coordinates: 37°22′59″N 117°58′16″E / 37.383°N 117.971°E / 37.383; 117.971
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Binzhou
滨州市
License Plate
Prefix
鲁M
Binzhou
Hanyu Pinyin
Bīnzhōu
Wade–GilesPin-chou
IPA[pín.ʈʂóʊ]
Former names
Hanyu Pinyin
Pútái
Wade–GilesP'u-t'ai

Binzhou (

Zhanhua urban Districts was home to 1,188,597 inhabitants.[6][7]

History

Putai, north of the Yellow River in 1911.[8]

Human settlement dates to at least the

Yingqiu (modern Zibo), except for a brief hiatus under Duke Hu
. He relocated to Bogu but was overcome by the revolting people of Yingqiu; his successor restored the former capital.

The name Binzhou arose under the

Putai County
was abolished in March 1956 and the name now survives only as the town's Pucheng Subdistrict.

Public works have reduced the destructiveness of the river, permitting Binzhou and neighboring Dongying to be developed into cities. The former Huimin Prefecture (惠民地区) was renamed Binzhou in 1984. It was given city status in 1992. At the end of 2022, the city had a resident population of 3,918,600 people.[9] The major Industries are based on oil (Shengli Oil Field), chemicals, and textiles.[10]

Administration

The

counties
.

Map

Geography

Binzhou lies on the

Bay of Bohai, and Hebei
.

Climate

Binzhou has a monsoon-influenced humid continental climate (Köppen Dwa), with four well-defined seasons. Binzhou is one of the warmest cities in the world with a continental climate, with summers reaching as high as 31 °C, and the average temperature in the city being 13.0 °C. Conditions are warm and nearly rainless in spring, hot and humid in summer, crisp in autumn and cold and dry in winter. More than half of the annual precipitation occurs in July and August alone; snow occasionally falls during winter, though heavy falls are very rare.

Climate data for Binzhou (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1971–2010)
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Record high °C (°F) 18.4
(65.1) 		23.5
(74.3) 		30.0
(86.0) 		34.3
(93.7) 		39.8
(103.6) 		40.7
(105.3) 		39.2
(102.6) 		36.5
(97.7) 		36.8
(98.2) 		32.0
(89.6) 		26.8
(80.2) 		20.0
(68.0) 		40.7
(105.3)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) 3.3
(37.9) 		7.0
(44.6) 		13.6
(56.5) 		20.8
(69.4) 		26.5
(79.7) 		30.8
(87.4) 		31.8
(89.2) 		30.4
(86.7) 		27.0
(80.6) 		20.7
(69.3) 		12.3
(54.1) 		5.0
(41.0) 		19.1
(66.4)
Daily mean °C (°F) −2.2
(28.0) 		1.0
(33.8) 		7.2
(45.0) 		14.4
(57.9) 		20.4
(68.7) 		25.0
(77.0) 		27.1
(80.8) 		25.9
(78.6) 		21.3
(70.3) 		14.4
(57.9) 		6.4
(43.5) 		−0.2
(31.6) 		13.4
(56.1)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) −6.3
(20.7) 		−3.6
(25.5) 		2.0
(35.6) 		8.7
(47.7) 		14.6
(58.3) 		19.6
(67.3) 		23.0
(73.4) 		22.2
(72.0) 		16.7
(62.1) 		9.3
(48.7) 		1.8
(35.2) 		−4.2
(24.4) 		8.7
(47.6)
Record low °C (°F) −21.1
(−6.0) 		−21.4
(−6.5) 		−16.6
(2.1) 		−2.5
(27.5) 		3.4
(38.1) 		10.6
(51.1) 		12.5
(54.5) 		12.4
(54.3) 		5.0
(41.0) 		−3.9
(25.0) 		−12.9
(8.8) 		−20.0
(−4.0) 		−21.4
(−6.5)
Average precipitation mm (inches) 4.7
(0.19) 		9.8
(0.39) 		9.3
(0.37) 		27.2
(1.07) 		48.3
(1.90) 		79.1
(3.11) 		162.5
(6.40) 		153.2
(6.03) 		42.6
(1.68) 		27.7
(1.09) 		19.6
(0.77) 		5.2
(0.20) 		589.2
(23.2)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) 1.9 2.8 2.6 4.9 6.0 7.6 10.9 9.6 5.7 5.1 4.0 2.7 63.8
Average snowy days 3.2 2.6 1.2 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.7 2.2 10
Average
relative humidity
(%) 		61 58 53 55 60 64 77 80 73 69 67 63 65
Mean monthly sunshine hours 162.6 165.2 214.9 236.4 267.1 235.1 195.7 198.4 200.7 194.8 162.8 154.9 2,388.6
Percent possible sunshine 53 54 58 60 61 53 44 48 54 57 54 52 54
Source 1: China Meteorological Administration[11][12]
Source 2: Weather China[13]

Transportation

Education

Notable people

Economy

Binzhou, and neighboring

Shengli Field was discovered, most of the field was incorporated into newly created Dongying, although Binzhou maintain some oil operations. Binzhou has been diversifying its economy away from agriculture by attracting manufacturing and foreign direct investment into the city. Among Binzhou's large businesses are Weiqiao,[15] a textile company, and Binzhou Pride, a new[when?] auto company targeting the low-cost market.[citation needed
]

The Binzhou local government has also plowed resources into a new economic development zone on the outskirts of the new city, complete with a human-made lake.[16]

Binzhou's role in pet food crisis

In April 2007, Binzhou made international headlines when Binzhou Futian Biology Technology, in Wudi County, was identified by US officials as one of two sources of contaminated wheat gluten in the 2007 pet food recalls. Shortly after, the company was shuttered by Chinese authorities, who also detained its general manager.[17]

Reform

In 2004, the Binzhou government implemented Democratic Political Discussion Day, held on the 5th of each month. Under this scheme, every village-level government on this day is required to hold "open debate" and conference for villagers (essentially a town hall). At these meetings, a monthly financial report is presented, highlighting past and planned expenditure, investment performance and such other financial information. In theory, this is supposed to open village finances to greater public scrutiny and debate. Also released at these meetings are reports on the past performance of the government and governmental officials, and future actions and decisions planned, and just like the financial reports, these are also under the public scrutiny and debate. The resulting event is a secret ballot for every villager to vote for everything discussed at these meetings and governments cannot proceed on any issues unless they are passed with a majority vote. The issues passed by popular vote would then be carried out, and at the same time, the government would also make improvement and adjustment on the policies and issues that did not pass, and then present the revisions for the public scrutiny and debate at the next meeting.

Result of the political reform

Ever since the implementation of the political reform at Binzhou, the policy and performance have become transparent and obvious, corruption was checked, cadres' performance and popular support increased, and economy has steadily developed. The letters of petition from villagers to the government reduced more than 30%, and more importantly, in comparison to the era prior to the implementation of the political reform where over 90% of the petitions were criticism and complaints, over 90% of the petition after the implementation of the political reform was suggestions for improvement and requests for assistance.

The obvious achievement of the political reform of Binzhou is widely reported in the domestic Chinese media, as well as many overseas Chinese media, such as Zhong Guo Daily News in Southern California, or its more commonly known Chinese name among local Chinese readers, China Daily (Not to be confused China Daily, the official English publication of Chinese government), and is termed by both domestic and overseas scholars as a good example for governments in other parts of China to follow, and along with Chinese media, they have urged authorities to slowly but steadily expand the reform to a greater scale.

City gallery

  • The center lake of Binzhou (2009)
    The center lake of Binzhou (2009)
  • It is one of summer evening public performs of Binzhou (2009)
    It is one of summer evening public performs of Binzhou (2009)
  • Old people practice Taiji in a residential area (2009)
    Old people practice Taiji in a residential area (2009)
  • A floral sculpture in park (2010)
    A floral sculpture in park (2010)
  • Evening (2010)
    Evening (2010)
  • A residential development in the new part of the city (2006)
    A residential development in the new part of the city (2006)
  • A random giant giraffe display in an old apartment complex (2006)
    A random giant giraffe display in an old apartment complex (2006)

References

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  2. ^ "China: Shāndōng (Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map". www.citypopulation.de.
  3. ^ "Shandong Statistical Yearbook-2016". www.stats-sd.gov.cn.
  4. ^ a b "China", Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. V, 1878***Please note that no wikilink is available to this article in EB9***
  5. ^ "Twenty-five years of global education: 4-H Michigan China Art Project". MSU Extension. 26 June 2013.
  6. ^ "The seventh national population census data of Binzhou City has been released! The permanent population is 3.9286 million, with a population increase ranking seventh in the province". Binzhou Daily · Binzhou Net NetEase Official Account. 2021-06-11.
  7. ^ "Heavyweight! Announcement of the Seventh National Population Census of Binzhou City". Binzhou Municipal Office of Human Resources and Social Security. 2021-06-15.
  8. ^ a b Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "China" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 166–231.
  9. ^ "山东省人民政府 滨州". 山东省人民政府 (in Chinese). 2023-05-22. Retrieved 2024-05-06.
  10. ISBN 978-7-5636-2126-2
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  11. ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  12. ^ "Experience Template" 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  13. ^ 滨州 - 气象数据 -中国天气网 (in Chinese). Weather China. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  14. ^ "Zhang Shiping". Forbes. Retrieved 18 February 2015.
  15. ^ Weiqiao Textile
  16. ^ Binzhou economic development zone
  17. ^ David Barboza (June 5, 2007). "When Fakery Turns Fatal". The New York Times. Retrieved 2007-06-22.
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