Gongqingcheng
Gongqingcheng
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Gongqingcheng (
History
During the 1950s and 1960s, hundreds of thousands of students were sent from China's cities into the countryside and directed to become farmers. Gongqingcheng was founded in 1955 when the first group of 98 students from
After 37 years, Gongqingcheng gradually grew from a village commune into a small city. It is known by the nickname "Little Shanghai", and has a library, stadium, amusement park, and hospitals.[3] Modern Gongqingcheng is covered by a network of canals, lakes, and rivers, in which fish and ducks are farmed. it has a wide variety of industries, manufacturing textiles, electronics, machinery, building materials, and foodstuffs. It is a center of agriculture, and has industries related to plantation, breeding, and processing agricultural produce.[3]
On 3 May 2010 there was a groundbreaking ceremony for "The world's first" digital ecological city. DigiEcoCity LTD of Finland with the help of Nokia Siemens Network will develop a city that will be energy plus self-sufficient, producing more energy than it consumes, and it is also intended to have zero emissions in harmful pollution. "The President of China, Hu Jintao, has set a goal of developing Gongqingcheng into a model city for China's urbanization program.
Administration
The administrative center for this area is in Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province.
Gongqingcheng local government is located at Gongqingcheng People's Government Centre on Gongqingcheng Avenue.
Administrative divisions
Gongqingcheng City has 1 subdistrict, 2 towns and 3 townships.[4]
- 1 subdistrict
- Chashan (茶山街道)
- 2 towns
- Ganlu (甘露镇)
- Jiangyi(江益镇)
- 3 townships
Education
Gongqingcheng College of Nanchang University, Nanchang University Poyang Hu Campus, is located here with an enrollment of over 10,000 students and in 2012 was given a higher accreditation by Jiangxi Province.
There are two middle schools and one elementary school in the city:
- Gongqingcheng No. 1 Middle School
- Gongqingcheng No. 2. Middle School
- Nanhu Elementary School
Twinning
In 2009 Gongqingcheng became a sister city of the
Geography
Gongqingcheng is located 56 kilometres (35 mi) from Jiujiang, the most northern important city in Jiangxi, and equally far from Nanchang, the provincial capital. Gongqingcheng is located in close to patty fields and a river, reflecting its history as a farming colony. The city covers a few hectares of land, and is approximately 42.7 metres above sea level.[5]
Every year, thousands of white cranes nest on Poyang Lake, China's largest freshwater lake, making it an important bird Sanctuary.[3] The Poyang Lake Ecosystem Research Center is under construction in Gongqing.
Services
The city has two hospitals which can provide for basic medical services:
There is also a Jinhu Hospital Outpatient Clinic located in the city.
There is a China Post post office, but the outlet handles domestic mail and does not handle overseas mail.
The city has a
The city has three large grocery stores that opened in 2005. As of May 2012 a Walmart was being built.
Tourism
The city has a movie house, a roller rink, and at least four tourist-level hotels.
The new Mount Lu International Golf Club developed by the Jiahao Company of Hong Kong can be found on the city's perimeter.
Restaurants are plentiful, with the more upmarket including Yushan and Chashan, both are located in the city's best hotels.
The city also boasts a coffee/karaoke bar: Chengshi kafei (City Coffee). Most hotels will also have karaoke rooms.
The area is noted for its ducks and many orange orchards are present. The ducks are important for their feathers used in production of clothes, the most important industry of Gongqing. The Yaya company - once famous all over China for its winter clothes, duck down coats, - is situated here. The tile and clothing industries are the base of the economy with clothing having reportedly 20,000 workers. A large in progress industrial park is expanding this base.
The city is dusty but has, by Chinese standards, relatively good air and water quality. It is currently under constant construction and there are frequent electric and water stoppages.
Hu Yaobang's Tomb
Hu Yaobang's tomb, the most impressive tomb of any senior leader in the history of the
A ceremony, led by Chinese prime minister Wen Jiabao, was held in Beijing in November 2005 to commemorate the popular leader for the first time since his death. A similar event was also held in Gongqingcheng later the same winter.
Transportation
Rail
To the west lie the
Roads
There is a major toll road, 105/316 according to the Collins' map of China,[full citation needed] connecting these three cities with Gongqingcheng being roughly in the middle. G70 Fuzhou–Yinchuan Expressway is located to the west of the city.
Public Transit/Taxis
.Buses are plentiful (1 hour and 15 minutes to Nanchang and improved, 1 hour plus to Jiujiang)
Local taxi service is cheap, reliable, and plentiful.
Airport
There are two airports located outside of Gongqingcheng:
- closest airport is Nanchang Changbei International Airport located 30 kilometres (19 mi) to the south and has flights mainly in China and other destinations in Asia.
- Jiujiang Lushan Airport is located 39.8 kilometres (24.7 mi) to the north and connects to domestic locations only