Gongqingcheng
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Gongqingcheng 共青城市 |
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 Gongqingcheng
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| Coordinates: 29°14′N 115°48′E / 29.233°N 115.800°ECoordinates: 29°14′N 115°48′E / 29.233°N 115.800°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Jiangxi |
| Prefecture-level city | Jiujiang |
| Seat | Chashan Subdistrict |
| Area | |
| • Total | 193 km2 (75 sq mi) |
| • Land | 169.2 km2 (65.3 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 37 m (121 ft) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 120,000 |
| • Density | 620/km2 (1,600/sq mi) |
| Time zone | China Standard Time (UTC+8) |
| Subdistricts | 1 |
| Towns | 3 |
| Website | [1] |
Gongqingcheng (Chinese: 共青城; pinyin: Gòngqīngchéng) is a county-level city in northern Jiangxi province, People's Republic of China, established on 10 September 2010. It is under the administration of Jiujiang City, 55 kilometres (34 mi) to the northeast, and is located 62 kilometres (39 mi) north of Nanchang, the provincial capital. Situated in the vicinity of De'an, Yongxiu, and Xingzi Counties, it lies in the foothills of Mount Lu and lies on the western shore of Poyang Lake. With an area of 193 square kilometres (75 sq mi), it is home to 120,000 people, including 68,000 permanent residents. There are plans for the city to expand the population to 400,000 people. It is the only city in China to be named after the Communist Youth League of China, which in Chinese is abbreviated to "共青团"; hence its name literally means "Communist Youth League City".
During the 1950s and 1960s, hundreds of thousands of students were sent from China's cities into the countryside and directed to become farmers. Gongqing was founded in 1955, when the first group of 98 students from Shanghai were directed to go into the countryside to farm a wilderness area near Poyang Lake. Hu Yaobang, as the leader of the Communist Youth League, made a special trip to the area forty days after the students arrived, and he consoled and ate with them. Hu led the students to a barren area of land in Jiangxi, determined that the current site of Gongqing was suitable for cultivation, and founded the settlement. Hu named the city, writing gong qing zhen to describe the results of the students' efforts.
After 37 years, Gongqing 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. Modern Gongqing 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.
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