Beiding Island (Dodd Island, Pei-ting Tao, Beiding Dao, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency) (,

pinyin Hanyu Pinyin, or simply pinyin, officially the Chinese Phonetic Alphabet, is the most common romanization system for Standard Chinese. ''Hanyu'' () literally means 'Han Chinese, Han language'—that is, the Chinese language—while ''pinyin' ...

: ''Běidìng Dǎo'') is an island located east of Greater Kinmen in

Jinhu Township Jinhu may refer to: Mainland China *Jinhu County (金湖县), of Huai'an, Jiangsu *Jinhu, Jianhu County (阜余镇), town in Jianhu County, Jiangsu *Jinhu, Gongqingcheng (金湖镇), town in Gongqingcheng City, Jiangxi Taiwan

*Jinhu, Kinmen ( ...

Kinmen County Kinmen, alternatively known as Quemoy, is a group of islands governed as a county by the Republic of China (Taiwan), only east from the city of Xiamen in Fujian, located at the southeastern coast of the People's Republic of China, from which ...

Fujian Province, Republic of China Fuchien ( ), formerly romanized as Fukien, is a ''de jure'' administrative division of Taiwan (ROC), whose constitution retains provinces as a titular division with no practical administrative function. It includes three small archipe ...

(Taiwan). On September 8, 1978, a butchers group from Jinhu visited Dongding Island and Beiding Island to bring gifts to the soldiers there. They wished the soldiers a happy upcoming

Mid-Autumn Festival The Mid-Autumn Festival (for other names, see § Etymology) is a harvest festival celebrated in Chinese culture. It is held on the 15th day of the 8th month of the Chinese lunisolar calendar with a full moon at night, corresponding to mid- ...

. On March 31, 2018, the Chinese freight ship YUAN TAI（遠泰）789 struck rocks in the waters near Beiding Island. Nine crew members escaped without injury.

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