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Nanhui
Nanhui District (), Postal romanization, formerly romanized as Nanhwei, was a district of Shanghai until it was merged into Pudong New Area in May 2009. It had a land area of about and a coastline. The population of Nanhui was as of August 2006. On May 6, 2009, it was announced that the State Council of the People's Republic of China, State Council of China had approved the proposal to merge Nanhui District into Pudong, which is also a district of Shanghai. History About 2000 years ago, the water of the Yangtze River ran to the south because of sea tide and met the Qiantang River so as to form the land near the Tang dynasty, so this district was named by Nanhuizui (Nan is South, Hui means confluence, converge, and Zui means mouth in Chinese). Nanhui County was established from Shanghai County in 1726. In 2001, Nanhui County was renamed Nanhui District. In May 2009 Nanhui was merged into Pudong New Area. Climate Economy Nanhui's GDP in 2006 is about US$4.5 billion. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pudong New Area
Pudong is a district of Shanghai located east of the Huangpu, the river which flows through central Shanghai. The name ''Pudong'' was originally applied to the Huangpu's east bank, directly across from the west bank or Puxi, the historic city center. It now refers to the broader Pudong New Area, a state-level new area which extends all the way to the East China Sea. The traditional area of Pudong is now home to the Lujiazui Finance and Trade Zone and the Shanghai Stock Exchange and many of Shanghai's best-known buildings, such as the Oriental Pearl Tower, the Jin Mao Tower, the Shanghai World Financial Center, and the Shanghai Tower. These modern skyscrapers directly face Puxi's historic Bund, a remnant of former foreign concessions in China. The rest of the new area includes the Port of Shanghai, the Shanghai Expo and Century Park, Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park, Shanghai Pudong International Airport, the Jiuduansha Wetland Nature Reserve, Nanhui New City, and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pudong
Pudong is a list of administrative divisions of Shanghai, district of Shanghai located east of the Huangpu River, Huangpu, the river which flows through central Shanghai. The name ''Pudong'' was originally applied to the Huangpu's east bank (geography), bank, directly across from the west bank or Puxi, the historic city center. It now refers to the broader Pudong New Area, a new areas, state-level new area which extends all the way to the East China Sea. The traditional area of Pudong is now home to the Lujiazui, Lujiazui Finance and Trade Zone and the Shanghai Stock Exchange and many of Shanghai's best-known buildings, such as the Oriental Pearl Tower, the Jin Mao Tower, the Shanghai World Financial Center, and the Shanghai Tower. These modern skyscrapers directly face Puxi's historic The Bund (Shanghai), Bund, a remnant of former concessions in China, foreign concessions in China. The rest of the new area includes the Port of Shanghai, the Shanghai Expo Park, Shanghai Expo a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nanhui High School
Shanghai Nanhui Senior High School (上海南汇中学) is a senior high school in Pudong District, Shanghai Shanghai, Shanghainese: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: is a direct-administered municipality and the most populous urban area in China. The city is located on the Chinese shoreline on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the .... History Established in 1927 by industrialist Zhao Xinmei, the school initially operated in Wenchang Palace, located in Huinan Town. Originally known as Nanhui Girls' Elementary School, it boasted a modest enrollment of 111 students and a faculty of over 10 teachers by 1936. However, the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937 prompted the relocation of the school to the French Concession of Shanghai. With the complete occupation of Shanghai by Japanese forces in 1941, the school ceased operations. Following the end of World War II, the school resumed its activities in its original location in 1946, undergoing a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lingang New City
Nanhui New City () is a planned city located in the Pudong New Area of Shanghai, China. It was formerly called Lingang New City (临港新城) until it was renamed in April 2012. Construction began in 2003 and is scheduled to be completed in 2020, with the German architecture company Gerkan, Marg and Partners leading the project. The project is estimated to have cost $4.5 billion. The city is aimed to house 450,000 to 800,000 residents while attracting 10 million annual tourists. Climate Nanhui New City has a humid subtropical climate (Köppen: ''Cfa''), with an average annual temperature of . The highest temperature record since 1951 was on 8 August 2013. Location The site is located at the tip of the peninsula between the Yangtze and the Qiantang rivers on Hangzhou Bay. It is approximately 60 kilometers southeast of downtown Shanghai. A major portion of the site was reclaimed from the sea. The city was slated to become a "mini-Hong Kong". However, despite real es ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhang Wentian
Zhang Wentian; 30 August 1900 – 1 July 1976), also known as Luo Fu ( zh, c=洛甫, w=Lo Fu (30 August 1900 – 1 July 1976) was a Chinese politician who was a high-ranking leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Born in Nanhui District, Nanhui, he attended the Hohai University, Hohai Civil Engineering School in Nanjing and spent a year at the University of California. He later joined the CCP in 1925 and was sent to study at Moscow Sun Yat-sen University, Sun Yat-sen University in Moscow, from 1926 to 1930. He was a member of the group known as the 28 Bolsheviks, but switched to supporting Mao Zedong during the Long March. He was General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 1935 to 1943, when the post was abolished. He remained a member of the Politburo, but ranked 12th of 13 in the 7th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party, 7th Politburo and reduced to Alternate Member in the 8th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party, 8th Politburo. He was First Vice Minis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shanghai I&C Foreign Languages College
Shanghai, Shanghainese: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: is a direct-administered municipality and the most populous urban area in China. The city is located on the Chinese shoreline on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flowing through it. The population of the city proper is the second largest in the world after Chongqing, with around 24.87 million inhabitants in 2023, while the urban area is the most populous in China, with 29.87 million residents. As of 2022, the Greater Shanghai metropolitan area was estimated to produce a gross metropolitan product ( nominal) of nearly 13 trillion RMB ($1.9 trillion). Shanghai is one of the world's major centers for finance, business and economics, research, science and technology, manufacturing, transportation, tourism, and culture. The Port of Shanghai is the world's busiest container port. Originally a fishing village and market town, Shanghai grew to global prominence in the 19th century due to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuan Shuxun
Yuan Shuxun (1847–1915) was a Qing Dynasty official who served as Viceroy of Liangguang from June 28, 1909, to October 29, 1910. Life He was born in Xiangtan, Hunan Province. In 1877, he became magistrate for Gaochun County (now Gaochun District, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province). In 1882, he became magistrate for Tongshan County (now Tongshan District, Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province). He served as magistrate of Nanhui County (now Nanhui District) from 1886 and of Shanghai County (now Minhang District) in 1891 and 1892. In 1901, he served as acting circuit intendant of Shanghai. He was the Qing governor of Shandong province from 1908 to June 1909. He then served as viceroy of Liangguang The Viceroy of Liangguang, fully in Chinese as the Governor-General of Two Guang Provinces and Other Local Areas, in Charge of Military Affairs, Food and Wages and Governor Affairs, was one of eight regional Viceroys during the Ming and Qing d .... References 1847 births 1915 deaths Politici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
T-7 (rocket)
The T-7 was China's first sounding rocket. A test rocket, dubbed the T-7M, was first successfully launched on 19 February 1960 in Nanhui, Shanghai, and a full-scale rocket was launched on 13 September 1960. Wang Xiji of the Shanghai Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering was the chief designer. Twenty-four T-7 rockets were launched between 1960 and 1965, and it was retired after a final launch in 1969. Specifications The T-7 was designed to carry a payload of to an altitude of . It had a length of , a launch weight of and a diameter of . History In 1958, China started its satellite program and tasked the Shanghai Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering with the development of rockets for satellite launches. Wang Xiji, a professor of the Department of Engineering Mechanics at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, was appointed the chief engineer in charge of the rocket development, and was appointed deputy director of the institute in charge of the overall pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pudong International Airport
Shanghai Pudong International Airport is one of the two international airports serving Shanghai, China. Pudong Airport serves both international flights and a smaller number of domestic flights, while the city's other major airport, Shanghai–Hongqiao, mainly serves domestic and regional flights in East Asia. Located about east of the city center, Pudong Airport occupies a site adjacent to the coastline in eastern Pudong. The airport is operated by Shanghai Airport Authority. The airport is the main hub for China Eastern Airlines and Shanghai Airlines, and a major international hub for Air China, as well as a secondary hub for China Southern Airlines. It is also the hub for privately owned Juneyao Air and Spring Airlines, and an Asia-Pacific cargo hub for FedEx, UPS and DHL. The DHL hub, opened in July 2012, is reportedly the largest express hub in Asia. Pudong Airport had two main passenger terminals, flanked on both sides by four operational parallel runways. A thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yangshan Port
Yangshan Port (Chinese language, Chinese: , pinyin, p ''Yángshān Gǎng'', Wu Chinese, Wu ''Yan-se Kaon''), formally the Yangshan Deep-Water Port (, pinyin, p ''Yángshān Shēnshuǐ Gǎng'', Wu Chinese, Wu ''Yan-se Sen-sy Kaon''), is an offshore deep-water port for containerization in Hangzhou Bay south of Shanghai, China, built on land reclamations of the People's Republic of China, land reclamation joining the Lesser Yangshan Island with numerous other nearby islands of the northwestern Zhoushan archipelago. It is connected to Shanghai's Pudong New Area on the Chinese mainland, mainland by the Donghai Bridge, forming part of the Port of Shanghai, while the other islands of Yangshan archipelago (including the Greater Yangshan Island, where the civilian population of the archipelago live) are administered separately as part of Zhejiang's Shengsi County. Yangshan Port is part of China's Maritime Silk Road, built to allow the Port of Shanghai to grow desp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinese Space Program
The space program of the People's Republic of China is about the activities in outer space conducted and directed by the China, People's Republic of China. The roots of the Chinese space program trace back to the 1950s, when, with the help of the Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship, Alliance and Mutual Assistance, newly allied Soviet Union, China began development of its first ballistic missile and rocket programs in response to the perceived American (and, Sino-Soviet split, later, Soviet) threats. Driven by the successes of Soviet Sputnik 1 and American Explorer 1 satellite launches in 1957 and 1958 respectively, China would launch its first satellite, Dong Fang Hong 1 in April 1970 aboard a Long March 1 rocket, making it the fifth nation to place a satellite in orbit. China has one of the most active space programs in the world. With space launch capability provided by the Long March rocket family and four spaceports (Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, Jiuquan, Taiyuan Satelli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
