Chishui () is a

county-level city A county-level municipality (), county-level city or county city, formerly known as prefecture-controlled city (1949–1970: ; 1970–1983: ), is a county-level administrative division of the People's Republic of China. County-level ...

of Guizhou Province, China, bordering

Sichuan Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of t ...

to the north and west. It is under the administration of the

prefecture-level city A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking below a province and above a county in China's administrative structure. During the Republican era, many of Chi ...

Zunyi Zunyi () is a prefecture-level city in northern Guizhou province, People's Republic of China, situated between the provincial capital Guiyang to the south and Chongqing to the north, also bordering Sichuan to the northwest. Along with Guiyang an ...

. The city has a total area of 1,801 km², and in 2007, it had a population of 300,00

Chishui is famous for its bamboo forestry, the city has around of bamboo forest coverage. The bamboo is used for paper production and bamboo weaving among others. In 1935 the

Battle of Chishui River The Battle of Chishui River (), more widely known as The Four Crossings of Chishui River or Crossing the Chishui River Four Times () in Mainland China, was a major battle between the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the Nationalist Party (KMT) ...

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