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Henan
Henan; alternatively Honan is a province in Central China. Henan is home to many heritage sites, including Yinxu, the ruins of the final capital of the Shang dynasty () and the Shaolin Temple. Four of the historical capitals of China, Luoyang, Anyang, Kaifeng and Zhengzhou, are in Henan. While the province's name means 'south of the river', approximately a quarter of the province lies north of the Yellow River. With an area of , Henan covers a large part of the fertile and densely populated North China Plain. Its neighboring provinces are Shaanxi, Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong, Anhui, and Hubei. Henan is China's third-most populous province and the most populous among inland provinces, with a population of over 99 million as of 2020. It is also the world's seventh-most populous administrative division; if it were a country by itself, Henan would be the 17th-most populous in the world, behind Egypt and Vietnam. People from Henan often suffer from regional discrimination ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Henan Provincial People's Congress
Henan; Chinese postal romanization, alternatively Honan is a Provinces of China, province in Central China. Henan is home to many heritage sites, including Yinxu, the ruins of the final capital of the Shang dynasty () and the Shaolin Temple. Four of the historical capitals of China, Luoyang, Anyang, Kaifeng and Zhengzhou, are in Henan. While the province's name means 'south of the river', approximately a quarter of the province lies north of the Yellow River. With an area of , Henan covers a large part of the fertile and densely populated North China Plain. Its neighboring provinces are Shaanxi, Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong, Anhui, and Hubei. Henan is China's List of Chinese administrative divisions by population, third-most populous province and the most populous among inland provinces, with a population of over 99 million as of 2020. It is also the List of first-level administrative divisions by population, world's seventh-most populous administrative division; if it were a coun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Zhengzhou
Zhengzhou is the capital of Henan, China. Located in northern Henan, it is one of the nine National central city, national central cities in China, and serves as the political, economic, technological, and educational center of the province. The Zhengzhou metropolitan area (including Zhengzhou and Kaifeng) is the core area of the Central Plains Economic Zone. The city lies on the southern bank of the Yellow River. Zhengzhou is a major hub of China's domestic and international transportation network; for example, it is connected to Europe and has an international airport. Zhengzhou is a National Civilized City and a List of National Famous Historical and Cultural Cities in China, State-list Famous Historical and Culture City. As of 2020, there are two List of World Heritage Sites in China, World Cultural Heritage Sites in Zhengzhou. The Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange (ZCE) is China's first futures exchange. Zhengzhou Airport Economy Zone is China's first Airport Economy Zone. As o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Governor Of Henan
The governor of Henan, officially the Governor of the Henan Provincial People's Government, is the head of Henan Province and leader of the Henan Provincial People's Government. The governor is elected by the Henan Provincial People's Congress, and responsible to it and its Standing Committee. The governor is a provincial level official and is responsible for the overall decision-making of the provincial government. The governor is assisted by an executive vice governor as well as several vice governors. The governor generally serves as the deputy secretary of the Henan Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and as a member of the CCP Central Committee. The governor is the second-highest ranking official in the province after the secretary of the CCP Henan Committee. The current governor is Wang Kai, who took office on 2 April 2021. List of governors People's Republic of China References {{Regional leaders in China Politics of Henan Henan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Yellow River
The Yellow River, also known as Huanghe, is the second-longest river in China and the List of rivers by length, sixth-longest river system on Earth, with an estimated length of and a Drainage basin, watershed of . Beginning in the Bayan Har Mountains, the river flows generally eastwards before entering the long Ordos Loop, which runs northeast at Gansu through the Ordos Plateau and turns east in Inner Mongolia. The river then turns sharply southwards to form the border between Shanxi and Shaanxi, turns eastwards at its confluence with the Wei River, and flows across the North China Plain before emptying into the Bohai Sea. The river is named for the yellow color of its water, which comes from the large amount of sediment discharged into the water as the river flows through the Loess Plateau. The Yellow River basin was the birthplace of Yellow River civilization, ancient Chinese civilization. According to traditional Chinese historiography, the Xia dynasty originated on it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kaifeng
Kaifeng ( zh, s=开封, p=Kāifēng) is a prefecture-level city in east-Zhongyuan, central Henan province, China. It is one of the Historical capitals of China, Eight Ancient Capitals of China, having been the capital eight times in history, and is most known for having been the Chinese capital during the Song dynasty#Northern Song, 960–1127, Northern Song dynasty. As of the 2020 Chinese census, 2020 census, 4,824,016 people lived in Kaifeng's Prefecture, of whom 1,735,581 lived in the metropolitan area consisting of Xiangfu, Longting, Shunhe Hui, Gulou and Yuwantai Districts. Located along the Yellow River's southern bank, it borders the provincial capital of Zhengzhou to the west, Xinxiang to the northwest, Shangqiu to the east, Zhoukou to the southeast, Xuchang to the southwest, and Heze of Shandong to the northeast. Kaifeng is a major city for scientific research, appearing among the world's top 200 List of cities by scientific output, cities by scientific output as track ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Party Secretary Of Henan
The secretary of the Henan Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party is the Party leader, leader of the Henan Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, Henan Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). As the CCP is the One-party state, sole ruling party of the China, People's Republic of China (PRC), the secretary is the highest ranking post in Henan. The secretary is officially appointed by the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, CCP Central Committee based on the recommendation of the Organization Department of the Chinese Communist Party, CCP Organization Department, which is then approved by the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party, Politburo and its Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, Standing Committee. The secretary can be also appointed by a plenary meeting of the Henan Provincial Committee, but the candidate must be the same as the one approved by the central government. The secretary leads the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Dengfeng
Dengfeng (; postal: Tengfeng) is a county-level city of Henan Province, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Zhengzhou. Dengfeng has an area of and a population of 630,000. It occupies the southwestern corner of Zhengzhou and is its westernmost county-level division. Dengfeng is located at the foot of the Mount Song, one of the most sacred mountains in China. The city is one of the most renowned spiritual centers of China, and is home to various religious institutions and famous temples such as the Taoist Zhongyue Temple, the Buddhist Shaolin Temple (a renowned center for martial arts), as well as the Confucian Songyang Academy and the Gaocheng Observatory, hence its poetic expression derived from Chinese literature as the spiritual "center of heaven and earth". Parts of the city were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2010. History The first Xia dynasty capital, Yangcheng, was built west of Gaocheng Township on the Ying River u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Kong Changsheng
Kong Changsheng (; born February 1963) is a Chinese politician, currently serving as chairman of the Henan Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, in office since January 2023. Kong was a delegate to the 13th National People's Congress. He was an alternate of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. Early life and education Kong was born in Jingning County, Gansu, Jingning County, Gansu, in February 1963. In 1985, he graduated from the Northwest University of Politics and Law, where he majored in law. Career Kong joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in January 1988. He worked in the Ministry of Personnel (later reshuffled as Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security in 2008) for a long time, and eventually became vice minister in August 2014. Kong was appointed head of the Organization Department of the Chinese Communist Party, Organization Department of the CCP Henan Provincial Committee in February 2017 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Wang Kai (politician)
Wang Kai (; born July 1962) is a Chinese politician currently serving as the governor of Henan. Previously he served as the party chief of Changchun, the capital of northeast China's Jilin province. He entered the workforce in October 1983, and joined the Chinese Communist Party in December 1984. Early life and education Wang was born in Luoyang, Henan, in July 1962. After taking his college entrance examination in 1979, he was admitted to Shanxi University, where he majored in political economics. After university in 1983, he became a teacher at the Chinese Communist Party's School in Jincheng of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). In September 1988, he entered the Renmin University of China, earning a master's degree in political economics. Career In July 1991, he was appointed an official of the Case Room of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the Party's agency in charge of anti-corruption efforts. In April 2001, he was transferred to southwest China's Guangxi a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Longmen Grottoes
The Longmen Grottoes () or Longmen Caves are some of the finest examples of Chinese Buddhist art. Housing tens of thousands of statues of Shakyamuni Buddha and his disciples, they are located south of present-day Luoyang in Henan province, China. The images, many once painted, were carved as outside rock reliefs and inside artificial caves excavated from the limestone cliffs of the Xiangshan () and Longmenshan, running east and west. The Yi River () flows northward between them and the area used to be called Yique (). The alternative name of "Dragon's Gate Grottoes" derives from the resemblance of the two hills that check the flow of the Yi River to the typical " Chinese gate towers" that once marked the entrance to Luoyang from the south. There are as many as 100,000 statues within the 2,345 caves, ranging from to in height. The area also contains nearly 2,500 stelae and inscriptions, hence the name "Forest of Ancient Stelae", as well as over sixty Buddhist pagodas. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Lou Yangsheng
Lou Yangsheng (; born October 1959) is a Chinese politician who served as Party Secretary of Henan from 2021 to 2024. Originally from Zhejiang province, Lou was the Party Secretary of Lishui in his early career. He headed the party's propaganda department in Hainan before being transferred to Shanxi to become the provincial Deputy Party Secretary. Biography Lou Yangsheng was born in Pujiang County, Zhejiang, in 1959. During the Cultural Revolution, he worked as a sent-down youth in rural areas near his hometown. In March 1979, Lou was one of the first batch of students admitted to university after the restoration of the ''Gaokao'' exams under Deng Xiaoping. He attended Zhejiang Normal University and joined the Chinese Communist Party during his time at the university. He then worked as a middle school teacher in Longyou County. In 1984, Lou became the Communist Youth League secretary of county, beginning his political career. Lou spent most of his political career in Zhejiang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Mount Song
Mount Song (, "lofty mountain") is an isolated mountain range in north central China's Henan Province, along the southern bank of the Yellow River. It is known in literary and folk tradition as the central mountain of the Five Great Mountains of China. Since at least as early as the early 1st millennium BC, Chinese astronomical mythology had acquired the idea that Mount Song is "the centre of Heaven and Earth." It was respected as such by the successive dynasties of the Chinese Empire. The name Songshan also applies to a peak of the range located at , elevation . It is the 4th highest peak, but second in prominence at . Songshan National Scenic Spot is named after it. The highest peak in the range is Lian Tian Feng at , also most prominent at . It is located at the coordinates shown for the article. On its upper slopes is the Sanhuangzhai Scenic Spot, further west seen from Route G1516 (Yanluo Expressway), which skirts the range on the south. The location is across the Shaoyang v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
