Changyi, Shandong
Changyi
昌邑市 Changi | ||
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Postal code 261300[1] | ||
Coastline | 113 kilometres (70 mi) | |
Website | www |
Changyi (
Etymology and name
Changyi, from the Chinese characters 昌 for prosperous and 邑 for city, means literally the "Prosperous City". The site of ancient Ziyi (鄑邑; Zīyì) is located in Changyi.[2] Changyi was called Duchang (都昌), as it was named Duchang County by the Qin dynasty (221–206 BC). The area was renamed “Changyi” during the Northern Song dynasty in 962 AD, and has retained its name since then.[citation needed]
History
Early history
Changyi is over 2200 years old. In the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, the city served as the manor of Yanzi (晏子) and Sun Bin (孙膑).
People's Republic
In 1988, Changyi was designated a “coastal open city” by the Central Government of China, and in 1994 it was established as a county-level city to replace the old Changyi County.
Geography
Changyi is located in the northwest corner of the Shandong Peninsula and in the southern Bohai Laizhou Bay area, with geographical coordinates of latitude 36 ° 25'-37 ° 08 ', longitude 119 ° 13'-119 ° 37'. Situated on southern Laizhou Bay area of the Bohai Sea, it neighbors Yantai, Laizhou, Qingdao, and Pingdu to its east, and Weifang City to its west. It belongs to the Qingdao One-hour Economic Zone” and “Weifang Half-hour Economic Zone.” It has Shandong's largest reservoir, the Xiashan Reservoir (峡山水库). The city has a total area of 1,627.5 km2 (628.4 sq mi).
Climate
Climate data for Changyi (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Record high °C (°F) | 15.7 (60.3) |
22.5 (72.5) |
30.2 (86.4) |
35.1 (95.2) |
38.6 (101.5) |
41.3 (106.3) |
38.5 (101.3) |
36.7 (98.1) |
38.0 (100.4) |
32.3 (90.1) |
26.2 (79.2) |
19.6 (67.3) |
41.3 (106.3) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 3.2 (37.8) |
6.7 (44.1) |
13.3 (55.9) |
20.2 (68.4) |
26.0 (78.8) |
30.0 (86.0) |
31.3 (88.3) |
30.2 (86.4) |
26.8 (80.2) |
20.7 (69.3) |
12.6 (54.7) |
5.3 (41.5) |
18.9 (66.0) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −1.9 (28.6) |
1.0 (33.8) |
6.7 (44.1) |
13.5 (56.3) |
19.6 (67.3) |
23.9 (75.0) |
26.5 (79.7) |
25.7 (78.3) |
21.4 (70.5) |
14.8 (58.6) |
7.2 (45.0) |
0.3 (32.5) |
13.2 (55.8) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −5.6 (21.9) |
−3.2 (26.2) |
1.7 (35.1) |
8.0 (46.4) |
14.1 (57.4) |
18.8 (65.8) |
22.6 (72.7) |
22.1 (71.8) |
17.0 (62.6) |
10.2 (50.4) |
2.9 (37.2) |
−3.5 (25.7) |
8.8 (47.8) |
Record low °C (°F) | −19.0 (−2.2) |
−14.9 (5.2) |
−9.4 (15.1) |
−3.8 (25.2) |
0.9 (33.6) |
8.9 (48.0) |
13.4 (56.1) |
12.2 (54.0) |
5.3 (41.5) |
−2.6 (27.3) |
−11.1 (12.0) |
−17.6 (0.3) |
−19.0 (−2.2) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 7.0 (0.28) |
13.0 (0.51) |
12.1 (0.48) |
28.7 (1.13) |
51.1 (2.01) |
69.9 (2.75) |
141.9 (5.59) |
135.4 (5.33) |
56.4 (2.22) |
25.2 (0.99) |
26.6 (1.05) |
10.0 (0.39) |
577.3 (22.73) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 2.7 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 5.4 | 6.6 | 7.9 | 11.6 | 10.9 | 6.5 | 5.2 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 71.6 |
Average snowy days | 4.0 | 3.7 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 13.2 |
Average relative humidity (%)
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65 | 62 | 56 | 56 | 61 | 67 | 77 | 81 | 74 | 68 | 67 | 65 | 67 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 145.5 | 149.8 | 200.8 | 225.0 | 246.4 | 210.6 | 187.2 | 192.7 | 193.7 | 185.7 | 156.1 | 147.2 | 2,240.7 |
Percent possible sunshine | 47 | 49 | 54 | 57 | 56 | 48 | 42 | 46 | 53 | 54 | 51 | 49 | 51 |
Source: China Meteorological Administration[3][4] |
Administrative divisions
As 2012, this city is divided to 3 subdistricts and 6 towns.[5]
- Subdistricts
- Kuiju Subdistrict (奎聚街道)
- Duchang Subdistrict (都昌街道)
- Weizi Subdistrict (围子街道)
- Towns
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Economy
The economy of Changyi is more industrially based, and has formed a competitive market marked by new products, new technologies, and new projects, such as the
Development of high-tech industries
Currently, Changyi has one national post-doctoral research institution, 29 of the Provincial and Weifang municipal engineering and technical centers, produces two top national brand-name products, four famous national trademarks, twelve Shandong name-brands, and 26 famous Shandong trademarks. The city has been nationally named an advanced city for science and technology for six consecutive years. Changyi is fast in developing strategic new enterprises marked by new energy sources, new materials, high-end equipment manufacturing, energy saving and environmental protection, and bio-pharmaceutical industry. The urban and rural household waste utilization project has applied for 13 Intellectual property in the People's Republic of China, passed the provincial assessment of science and technology achievements, and reached the international advanced level, and won major energy-saving achievement award of Shandong Province. Jinsida Project of Treatment and Recycling of Printing and Dyeing Waste Water has applied for 12 national patents, and been included in the top 10 model technology projects of sustainable development in Shandong Province, winning the 3rd place of scientific and technological progress in Shandong. Swiss electric company direct drive permanent magnet wind turbine won 11 national patents and is designated as one of the 2011 key projects of Shandong Province.
Coastal development
Changyi City has 53 km (33 mi) of coastline, 430 mu of shallow sea area, over 300 thousand mu of tidal flats. In recent years, construction of the "yellow-blue areas" has built up an opportunity of national strategic importance, and the city has gone all out to speed up coastal development. The first is the strategic planning based on location and resources to establish development goals to create "one city, one district, one port, and four bases." "One city" means to construct the coastal city of advanced economy, complete and perfect infrastructure, sound ecological environment, livable modern coastal city. " One District" means to build the Binhai (Xiaying) Economic Development Zone into an influential modern economic coastal economic zone in the province or even nationally. "One port" means to accelerate the construction of the east port of Weifang Port (Xiaying Port). "Four bases" means to build an emerging industrial base of 100 billion yuan, a high-end chemical industrial base of 200 billion yuan, and a port logistics base of 20 million tons, and green energy base of two billion kilowatt-hour. The second is to improve the facilities. At present, Binhai Economic Development Zone (Xiaying) has completed the infrastructure investing over 10 billion yuan, supporting an area of over 90 square km, and has built a 616 square km coastal development framework, which has formed the initial concentration of industry, and distinctive Northern coastal ecosystems of industrial uplift belt. The third is to speed up port construction. Taking full advantage of the favorable natural conditions for port building in Xiaying, to speed up the construction of the East Port (Xiaying Port) of Weifang Port to create an important engine for the coastal economic development. The first phase of the project invests 100 billion yuan to build twelve 10-thousand-ton berths with an annual throughput of more than 20 million tons. The fourth is to promote industrial aggregation. Emphasizing the salt chemical industry chain investment and introduce new industries of strategic importance and actively develop new energy industry and advanced manufacturing. At present, 109 projects with a total investment of more than 33 billion yuan have been settled. The Haitian bio-chemical industry, new Jiayuan Chemical new dyes and other 47 projects were completed and commissioned; Jindian Chemical Industry, KDN pharmaceutical etc. 48 projects are under construction. The fifth is to improve the services. "The Beneficial policies for Investment in the Changyi Binhai Economic Development Zone” was developed to attract foreign investment, to give maximum discount in the fees charged and formalities. Promote the administrative services, such as safety supervision, industry and commerce, environmental protection, taxation, finance and other departments in the coastal economic development zone were set up with strong staff, to provide zero-distance service for projects and business development.
Education
Changyi currently has 113 schools of various levels, a total of 72,330 students, and a total of 5,709 faculty and staff members. There are 146 kindergartens, 866 teachers and 16,390 custodians. In recent years, Changyi has won numerous national and provincial awards and honorary titles for its advancement in education and for promoting diverse education systems and pre-school education. In basic education, Changyi was the first in the province to implement the reform of
Demographics
The population in 1999 was 684,434.
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1999 | 684,434 | — |
2016 | 580,000 | −0.97% |
1999[6] 2016 [7] |
References
- ^ "全国邮编区号搜索" (in Chinese). www.ip138.com 查询网. Retrieved 7 December 2017.
市、县、区名 山东省潍坊市昌邑市{...} 邮政编码 261300
- ^ 龙池镇 [Longchi Town)] (in Chinese). Weifangshiqingwang (translation: Website Information about the City of Weifang). Retrieved 7 December 2017.
鄑邑故城遗址在龙池镇瓦城村一带。
- ^ 中国气象数据网 – WeatherBk Data (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
- ^ 中国气象数据网 (in Simplified Chinese). China Meteorological Administration. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
- ^ "码和城乡划分代码 www.stats.gov.cn" (in Chinese). XZQH. Retrieved 2013-05-24.
- ^ National Population Statistics Materials by County and City – 1999 Period, in China County & City Population 1999, Harvard China Historical GIS
- ^ "INFOBASE". lib.sdsqw.cn. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
External links
- (in Chinese) Official homepage