Fushun
Fushun
抚顺市 | ||
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Province Liaoning | | |
Districts and counties | List
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Government | ||
• Postal code | 113000 | |
Area code | 24 | |
ISO 3166 code | CN-LN-04 | |
Licence plates | 辽D | |
Administrative division code | 210400 | |
Website | www.fushun.gov.cn www.fsgs.gov.cn |
Fushun (simplified Chinese: 抚顺; traditional Chinese: 撫順; pinyin: Fǔshùn, historically Fuxi (撫西)[3]) is a prefecture level city in Liaoning province, China, about 45 km (28 mi) east of Shenyang, with a total area of 11,272 km2 (4,352 sq mi), 714 km2 (276 sq mi) of which is the city proper. Situated on the Hun River ("muddy river"), it is one of the industrial and economic development hubs in Liaoning.
History
The Ming first constructed Fushun walled city in 1384 after the division of the Yuan dynasty. "Fushun" is an abbreviation of the Chinese saying "to pacify the frontiers; to guide the Yi foreigners" (撫綏邊疆,順導夷民).
The Jurchen (Manchu) leader
Fushun was in ruins in the one-and-a-half centuries of early
Population
As of the 2020 census, Fushun has a total population of 1,854,372 people, whom 8,192,848 lived in the built-up (or metro) area encompassing 8 out of 10 Shenyang urban districts (all but Shenbei Xin and Liaozhong not being conurbated yet) and the 4 Fushun urban districts. This makes Shenyang-Fushun the 8th most populous built up area in China after the Pearl River Delta conurbation of Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Dongguan, Foshan, Jiangmen, Zhongshan and Huizhou, then Shanghai-Suzhou, Beijing, Tianjin, Hangzhou-Shaoxing, Wuhan and Nanjing.
Administrative divisions
Fushun consists of 4 districts, 1 county and 2 autonomous counties.
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# | Name | Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin
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Population (2003 est.) | Area (km2) | Density (/km2) |
1 | Shuncheng District | 顺城区 | Shùnchéng Qū | 472,920 | 379 | 1,248 |
2 | Xinfu District | 新抚区 | Xīnfǔ Qū | 252,631 | 110 | 2,297 |
3 | Dongzhou District | 东洲区 | Dōngzhōu Qū | 320,949 | 610 | 526 |
4 | Wanghua District | 望花区 | Wànghuā Qū | 384,514 | 317 | 1,213 |
5 | Fushun County | 抚顺县 | Fǔshùn Xiàn | 162,588 | 1,647 | 99 |
6 | Xinbin Manchu Autonomous County |
新宾满族自治县 | Xīnbīn Mǎnzú Zìzhìxiàn |
254,118 | 4,288 | 59 |
7 | Qingyuan Manchu Autonomous County |
清原满族自治县 | Qīngyuán Mǎnzú Zìzhìxiàn |
290,370 | 3,924 | 74 |
Climate
Fushun belong to
Climate data for Fushun (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) | 7.6 (45.7) |
17.0 (62.6) |
20.5 (68.9) |
29.8 (85.6) |
34.0 (93.2) |
37.5 (99.5) |
37.7 (99.9) |
35.7 (96.3) |
33.3 (91.9) |
28.5 (83.3) |
22.1 (71.8) |
12.6 (54.7) |
37.7 (99.9) |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −5.1 (22.8) |
−0.2 (31.6) |
7.2 (45.0) |
16.9 (62.4) |
23.6 (74.5) |
27.4 (81.3) |
29.3 (84.7) |
28.4 (83.1) |
24.2 (75.6) |
16.3 (61.3) |
5.6 (42.1) |
−3.0 (26.6) |
14.2 (57.6) |
Daily mean °C (°F) | −13.4 (7.9) |
−8.1 (17.4) |
0.4 (32.7) |
9.6 (49.3) |
16.5 (61.7) |
21.2 (70.2) |
24.0 (75.2) |
22.6 (72.7) |
16.5 (61.7) |
8.4 (47.1) |
−1.1 (30.0) |
−10.3 (13.5) |
7.2 (44.9) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −19.8 (−3.6) |
−14.6 (5.7) |
−5.7 (21.7) |
2.3 (36.1) |
9.3 (48.7) |
15.3 (59.5) |
19.5 (67.1) |
18.1 (64.6) |
10.4 (50.7) |
2.1 (35.8) |
−6.6 (20.1) |
−16.1 (3.0) |
1.2 (34.1) |
Record low °C (°F) | −37.3 (−35.1) |
−31.4 (−24.5) |
−23.1 (−9.6) |
−9.4 (15.1) |
−2.6 (27.3) |
4.5 (40.1) |
11.3 (52.3) |
5.0 (41.0) |
−2.3 (27.9) |
−10.5 (13.1) |
−23.9 (−11.0) |
−31.6 (−24.9) |
−37.3 (−35.1) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 6.7 (0.26) |
11.1 (0.44) |
18.2 (0.72) |
38.8 (1.53) |
65.2 (2.57) |
107.6 (4.24) |
201.3 (7.93) |
187.5 (7.38) |
52.5 (2.07) |
49.1 (1.93) |
26.4 (1.04) |
13.5 (0.53) |
777.9 (30.64) |
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm) | 4.4 | 4.4 | 5.6 | 7.4 | 9.5 | 12.8 | 13.7 | 12.5 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 6.2 | 5.7 | 97.4 |
Average snowy days | 6.2 | 5.8 | 5.5 | 1.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.9 | 5.1 | 7.7 | 32.9 |
Average relative humidity (%)
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68 | 63 | 57 | 52 | 59 | 70 | 80 | 83 | 77 | 70 | 68 | 70 | 68 |
Mean monthly sunshine hours | 187.9 | 199.5 | 235.8 | 237.9 | 258.8 | 230.5 | 200.2 | 212.4 | 232.0 | 208.6 | 169.6 | 164.1 | 2,537.3 |
Percent possible sunshine | 64 | 66 | 63 | 59 | 57 | 51 | 44 | 50 | 63 | 62 | 58 | 58 | 58 |
Source: China Meteorological Administration[11][12] |
Economy
Fushun is a highly industrialized area and nicknamed "the City of Coal". It has developed as a thriving center for fuel, power and raw materials and is also offering more and more opportunities in textiles and electronics. One of the world's largest open-pit coal mines, the West Open Mine, is located south of the city. Exploited from the 12th century, it was operated as an open pit mine during the 20th and early 21st Century; however, as of 2015, the West Open pit, 1,000 feet deep, with an area of 4.2 square miles, was exhausted and unstable. Total coal production in Fushun as a whole had fallen below 3 million tons, down from 18.3 million tons in 1962.[13] Fushun has a major aluminum-reduction plant and factories producing automobiles, machinery, chemicals, cement, and rubber.
The total GDP of the city of Fushun was 54.27 billion yuan in 2009 (ranked 4th out of the 58 cities and counties in Liaoning province). The GDP per capita of the city of Fushun was 40391 yuan in 2009. (ranked 21st out of all 58 cities and counties in Liaoning province).[14]
Resources
Fushun is rich in wood, coal, oil shale, iron, copper, magnesium, gold, marble, titanium, and marl resources.
Fushun is known as "the capital of coal". The main coal and oil shale company is Fushun Mining Group, which produced about 6 million tons of coal in 2001, mainly blending coking coal and steam coal.[15][16] The company also has coalbed methane resources of around 8.9 billion cubic meters.[16] In addition, it owns geological reserves of high grade oil shale, about 3.5 billion tons, of which the exploitable reserve is 920 million tons.
Industrial development
Hydroelectric and thermal power are important locally available energy sources.
Fushun has developed through the utilization of the abundant natural mineral deposits found in the area and is a nationally important heavy industrial base for petroleum, chemical, metallurgy machinery and construction material industries. New sectors also becoming prominent are electronics, light industry, weaving and spinning.
In 1928, the commercial-scale production of
From 1965 oil shale usage in Fushun started to decline[19] with the discovery of Da Qing oil field in the 1960s. Sinopec, a shale oil producer during those times, shut down its oil shale operations in the beginning of the 1990s.[18] At the same time, the Fushun Oil Shale Retorting Plant was established as a part of the Fushun Mining Group. It started production in 1992. In the same year, the China National Oil Shale Association was established in Fushun.[18]
At the end of 2006, the Fushun Mining Group operated the largest shale oil plant in the world, consisting of seven retorting units with 20 retorts in each unit, for a total 140 sets of Fushun type retorts.[19][20]
There are also two oil refineries. Fushun Petrochemical Company, a subsidiary of PetroChina, is building a refining and petrochemical complex in Fushun.[21]
Transportation
Fushun is located 40 km (25 mi) from Shenyang Taoxian airport. Railways and highways connect the city to Shenyang and Jilin Province. The seaports of Dalian and Yingkou are also nearby, 400 and 200 km (250 and 120 mi) away respectively, with good highway connections.
Education
The highest-ranked institution of higher education is the
The 44 middle school is located in the second street, Xin Fu District. Location is close to Fushun's CBD. Transport is very convenient. All students come from this community. Because of the population's decline in current years there are not many students compared to 10 years ago. There were over 1000 students in the 1990S, while now around 200 students. Although the number of students has dropped, the quality of education, the advanced learning facilities and modern school are still evident. There are indoors gymnasium, big dance and musical instrument rooms. The play yard is all about synthetic surface track. The 44 middle school is actually changed in term of their learning and teaching's facilities, equipment and school's building. It represents new outlooks regarding middle-level education in a third-line city in China.
Tourism
Fushun has high mountains and thick woods. Houshi National Forest Park, about 55 km (34 mi) from downtown Fushun, is rated by the central government as an
There are a number of historic and cultural sites. Fushun's success in applying for two UNESCO
In more recent times, Fushun was where Lei Feng was stationed as a soldier and died, and a memorial museum telling his life story is a popular attraction. It is located at Wang Hua District in Fushun. It was also in Fushun that the last emperor, Puyi, was imprisoned after the end of World War II. The Fushun War Criminal Prison is converted into a museum in 1986. Another war memorial, the Pingdingshan Tragedy Memorial Hall Ruins, tells the story of a massacre of Chinese people by the Japanese in 1931. It was rebuilt and expanded in 2007. It includes a pit filled with about 800 bodies—largely infants, adults, and the elderly who were killed by the Japanese.
The Ring of Life monument opened in 2013 and features an observation deck overseeing the city. This circular tower, 515-foot (approximately 157 meters) tall, cost over $15 million to build.[22] It is covered with 12,000 LED lights.[23]
Sports
The city used to be home of the Chinese Super League (soccer) team of Liaoning FC at
Notable figures
- Nurhachi, the first Manchu ruler, was born in today's Xinbin Manchu Autonomous County.
- Lei Feng, who was a soldier enshrined in new China history after 1949, died in this city. There is a memorial park named after him in Fushun's Wanghua District.
- Yoshiko Yamaguchi was a famous Fushun-born ethnic Japanese singer and movie star in China during the 1930s and 1940s.
- Wang Nan, famous table-tennis sportswoman, who has won many gold medals around the world.
- Puyi, the last Emperor of China, spent ten years in the Fushun War Criminal Prison.
- Liu Ce, sanda fighter and professional kickboxer, K-1 Cruiserweight champion and K-1 30th Anniversary Openweight Grand Prix Winner.
Other notable people
- Journalist Dong Yuyu, arrested by Chinese authorities in 2022 on charges of espionage, was born in Fushun in 1962.[24]
Sister cities
International
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