Chifeng

Prefecture-level city in Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China

Chifeng 赤峰市 • ᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨᠬᠠᠳᠠ ᠬᠣᠲᠠ
Prefecture-level city
A major street in Chifeng
Location of Chifeng City jurisdiction in Inner Mongolia
Chifeng Location of the city centre in Inner Mongolia
Coordinates: 42°15′N 118°53′E / 42.250°N 118.883°E / 42.250; 118.883Coordinates: 42°15′N 118°53′E / 42.250°N 118.883°E / 42.250; 118.883
Country	People's Republic of China
Autonomous region	Inner Mongolia
Municipal seat	Hongshan District
Area
• Prefecture-level city	90,275 km2 (34,855 sq mi)
• Urban (2018)[1]	168 km2 (65 sq mi)
• Metro	7,012 km2 (2,707 sq mi)
Elevation	586 m (1,923 ft)
Population (2010 census)
• Prefecture-level city	4,341,245
• Density	48/km2 (120/sq mi)
• Urban (2018)[2]	910,000
• Urban density	5,400/km2 (14,000/sq mi)
• Metro	1,094,970
• Metro density	160/km2 (400/sq mi)
Time zone	China Standard (UTC+8)
Postal code	024000
Area code(s)	0476
ISO 3166 code	CN-NM-04
Licence plate prefixes	蒙D
Website	www.chifeng.gov.cn

Chifeng
Chinese name
Chinese	赤峰
Hanyu Pinyin	Chìfēng
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Chìfēng Bopomofo ㄔˋ   ㄈㄥ Gwoyeu Romatzyh Chyhfeng Wade–Giles Chʻih4-fêng1 Yale Romanization Chr̀fēng IPA [ʈʂʰɚ̂.fə́ŋ]
Mongolian name
Mongolian Cyrillic	Улаанхад хот
Mongolian script	ᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨᠬᠠᠳᠠ ᠬᠣᠲᠠ
Transcriptions SASM/GNC Ulaɣanqada qota

Chifeng (Chinese: 赤峰市), also known as Ulankhad (Mongolian: ᠤᠯᠠᠭᠠᠨᠬᠠᠳᠠ ᠬᠣᠲᠠ (Улаанхад хот) Ulaɣanqada qota [ʊlaːnxad xɔt], "red cliff"), is a prefecture-level city in southeastern Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China. It borders Xilin Gol League to the north and west, Tongliao to the northeast, Chaoyang (Liaoning) to the southeast, and Chengde (Hebei) to the south. The city has a total administrative area of 90,275 square kilometres (34,855 sq mi) and has a population of 4,341,245 inhabitants. As of the 2010 census, 1,094,970 of those residents reside within in the urban districts of Hongshan, Yuanbaoshan and Songshan. However, a large part of Songshan is still rural and Yuanbaoshan is a de facto separate town 27 kilometers away from the core district of Chifeng. The city was the administrative center of the defunct Ju Ud League (昭乌达盟; ᠵᠤᠤ ᠤᠳᠠ ᠴᠢᠭᠤᠯᠭᠠᠨ).

History[edit]

The C-shaped jade dragon of the Hongshan Culture

According to archeological studies, human occupation of the Chifeng area can be traced back at least ten thousand years, and Neolithic cultural history can be traced back nearly eight thousand years. Representative ruins and relics of Hongshan Culture, Grassland Bronze Culture, Qindan Nationality-Liao Culture and Mongolian-Yuan Culture have been discovered in Chifeng. The ruins of an ancient village, named Xinglongwa, are regarded as "the first village of China" by historians. The biggest jade dragon unearthed in the area is known as "the first dragon of China". The discovery of ruins and relics of ancient cultures have come from more than 6,800 sites. Named after Chifeng's Hongshan District, Hongshan Culture was a Neolithic culture in northeastern China, whose sites have been found mainly in Chifeng, and dated from about 4700 to 2900 BC.^[3]

Chifeng was the political, economic and cultural center of the Liao Dynasty, therefore, the amount of ruins and relics of the Liao Dynasty in Chifeng is ranked the most important in China. During the Qing Dynasty, today's Chifeng region was under the administration of 'Ju Ud League', one of the six original Leagues in Inner Mongolia. Mongolian Banners (county level regions) were organized into conventional assemblies at the league level. In republican era, Chifeng was under the administration of Rehe Province, along with parts of today's Liaoning and Hebei including Chaoyang and Chengde. After the Mukden Incident in 1931, the Japanese puppet state Manchukuo was established in Hsinking(today's Jilin provincial capital Changchun), and Juud League was captured by Manchukuo in 1933.^[4] Chifeng was established as the third largest city of Rehe Province after Chengde and Chaoyang. After Operation August Storm, the Soviet-Mongolian Cavalry-Mechanized Group entered Chifeng. After Rehe Province was rendered defunct in 1955, Chifeng was placed administratively under the newly established Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region under CCP rule, whose provincial seat was previously at Ulanhot and transferred to Zhangjiakou and then Hohhot in the 1950s. In the 1970s, going by the name Juud League, Chifeng was under the administration of Liaoning province. After 1979, Chifeng was under Inner Mongolian rule, and Juud League was dissolved on October 10, 1983.

Geography[edit]

Chifeng is situated along the upper reaches of the Xiliao River. Within its area are the southwesternmost extension of the Greater Khingan, the Inner Mongolia Plateau as well as the Xiliao River Plain, and finally the northernmost extent of the Yan Mountains. Bordering prefecture-level divisions are Tongliao to the northeast, Chaoyang (Liaoning) to the southeast, Chengde (Hebei) to the south, and the Xilingol League and to the west. From north to south Chifeng City stretches 457.5 km (284.3 mi), while from east to west it stretches 375 km (233 mi). Elevations decrease from a high of2,067 m (6,781 ft) in the west to less than 300 m (980 ft) in the east.

Climate[edit]

Chifeng has a four-season, monsoon-influenced, continental steppe climate (Köppen BSk), with long, cold, windy, but dry winters, and hot, humid summers. Monthly mean temperatures range from −10.7 °C (12.7 °F) in January to 23.6 °C (74.5 °F) in July, with an annual mean of 7.49 °C (45.5 °F). Nearly half of the year's rainfall occurs in July and August, and even then dry and sunny weather dominates the city. With monthly percent possible sunshine ranging from 55% in July to 71% in January and February, sunshine is abundant year-round, and the city receives 2,866 hours of bright sunshine annually, about 65% of the possible total.

Administrative divisions[edit]

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Chifeng has three districts, two counties and seven banners:

Map
1 2 Songshan Ar Horqin Banner Bairin Left Banner Bairin Right Banner Linxi County Hexigten Banner Ongniud Banner Harqin Banner Ningcheng County Aohan Banner 1. Hongshan 2. Yuanbaoshan
#	Name	Mongolian	Chinese characters	Pinyin	Population (2010)	Area (km²)	Density (/km²)
1	Hongshan District	ᠬᠦᠩ ᠱᠠᠨ ᠲᠣᠭᠣᠷᠢᠭ (Küŋ šan toɣoriɣ)	红山区	Hóngshān Qū	434,785	170	1,765
2	Yuanbaoshan District	ᠶᠤᠸᠠᠨ ᠪᠣᠣ ᠱᠠᠨ ᠲᠣᠭᠣᠷᠢᠭ (Yuvan boo šan toɣoriɣ)	元宝山区	Yuánbǎoshān Qū	325,170	887	327
3	Songshan District	ᠰᠦᠩ ᠱᠠᠨ ᠲᠣᠭᠣᠷᠢᠭ (Süŋ šan toɣoriɣ)	松山区	Sōngshān Qū	573,571	5,955	91
4	Ningcheng County	ᠨᠢᠩᠴᠧᠩ ᠰᠢᠶᠠᠨ (Niŋčėŋ siyan)	宁城县	Níngchéng Xiàn	546,845	4,305	139
5	Linxi County	ᠯᠢᠨᠰᠢ ᠰᠢᠶᠠᠨ (Linsi siyan)	林西县	Línxī Xiàn	200,619	3,933	61
6	Ar Horqin Banner	ᠠᠷᠤ ᠬᠣᠷᠴᠢᠨ ᠬᠣᠰᠢᠭᠤ (Aru Qorčin qosiɣu)	阿鲁科尔沁旗	Ālǔkē'ěrqìn Qí	272,205	14,555	21
7	Bairin Left Banner (Bairin Jun Banner)	ᠪᠠᠭᠠᠷᠢᠨ ᠵᠡᠭᠦᠨ ᠬᠣᠰᠢᠭᠤ (Baɣarin Jegün qosiɣu)	巴林左旗	Bālín Zuǒ Qí	327,765	6,713	52
8	Bairin Right Banner (Bairin Barun Banner)	ᠪᠠᠭᠠᠷᠢᠨ ᠪᠠᠷᠠᠭᠤᠨ ᠬᠣᠰᠢᠭᠤ (Baɣarin Baraɣun qosiɣu)	巴林右旗	Bālín Yòu Qí	175,543	9,837	18
9	Hexigten Banner	ᠬᠡᠰᠢᠭᠲᠡᠨ ᠬᠣᠰᠢᠭᠤ (Kesigten qosiɣu)	克什克腾旗	Kèshíkèténg Qí	211,155	20,673	12
10	Ongniud Banner	ᠣᠩᠨᠢᠭᠤᠳ ᠬᠣᠰᠢᠭᠤ (Oŋniɣud qosiɣu)	翁牛特旗	Wēngniútè Qí	433,298	11,882	40
11	Harqin Banner	ᠬᠠᠷᠠᠴᠢᠨ ᠬᠣᠰᠢᠭᠤ (Qaračin qosiɣu)	喀喇沁旗	Kālāqìn Qí	293,246	3,071	120
12	Aohan Banner	ᠠᠤᠬᠠᠨ ᠬᠣᠰᠢᠭᠤ (Auqan qosiɣu)	敖汉旗	Áohàn Qi	547,043	8,294	71

Demographics[edit]

In 2004, Chifeng had 4,435,737 inhabitants (49.14 per km²).

Economy[edit]

During the period of "the 10th Five-Year Plan", Chifeng conducted the strategy of "found the municipality by ecology, strengthen the municipality by industry, prosper the municipality by science and education", by strengthening the development of resources, and seizing the historic opportunity of Western Development.

Following the strategy, Chifeng began tightening up ecological and infrastructure construction, actively promoting the process of agricultural and animal husbandry industrialization, industrialization and urbanization, greatly encouraging the development of service industry and county-level economy, trying to expand the general economy volume, increasing industry level, and enhancing the core competition.

As a result, the social economy development quickly. Currently, the industrial economic system dominated with minerals, energy, medicines and foods and the agricultural and animal husbandry industrialization development structure dominated with meat, milk, vegetables and grass in Chifeng has been initially taking into shape. Chifeng has become the base of agriculture and animal husbandry and industry of the eastern part of Inner Mongolia. Compared with those of the end of "the 9th Five-Year Plan", GDP of the municipality, average regional GDP and the fiscal income doubled, the investment of fixed asset quadrupled.

In 2005, GDP of the municipality reached 34.56 billion Yuan, fiscal income reached 3.15 billion Yuan, the investment of fixed asset reached 23.1 billion Yuan, the general retail amount of social consumption reached 13.7 billion Yuan, the urban per capita disposable income came to 7,572 Yuan and average pure income of farmers and herdsmen was 2,817 Yuan. Chifeng had been cited as "Pacesetter of National Sand Control and Ecological Construction", "National Sanitary City", "National Model City of supporting army and cherishing the people", "National Perfect Tourism City", "National perfect City in Social Security", "Perfect Area of Spiritual Civilization" and "China's 50 Credit security areas in investment environment".

During "11th Five-Year Plan", Chifeng is further conducting the development strategy of "found the municipality by ecology, strengthen the municipality by industry, prosper the municipality by science and education", by speeding up the process of new type industrialization, Agriculture and animal husbandry industrialization and urbanization, putting stress on industrial economy, project construction and investment introduction, in order to conscientiously increase fiscal income, average income of urban residents and farmers, try to create harmonious Chifeng.

It is planned that, by 2010, GDP will come to 85 billion Yuan, by around 20% up averagely; fiscal income will come to 10 billion Yuan, around 26% up averagely. Through the fast development during "11th Five-year Plan", Chifeng will be built as a producing base of green agricultural and animal husbandry products, energy supply base accessing to northeastern and northern China, important raw material and deep-processing base of nonferrous metal, tourism site of grassland, central city and goods interflow center between Inner Mongolia and Hebei.

Mineral resources[edit]

In mineral resources, there are over 70 mineral deposits. The area is rich in coal, oil and gas; nonferrous and ferrous metals, namely iron, tin, zinc, lead, gold, silver, molybdenum etc. have large reserves. Non-metal minerals include limestone, marble, fluorspar, silica, pearlite, bentonite etc.

In agricultural and animal husbandry products, besides the dominant crops of corn, rice, millet, there are cash crops like beans, buckwheat, oil-used sunflower seeds, sugar beets, tobacco, and Chinese herbals. Yearly yield of grains can reach 6 billion Jin. The facility agriculture featured by greenhouse and cold-keeping shed has come to 220,000mu. The area of natural grassland in the municipality is over 8,900mu. The raising livestock is over 14 million all over the municipality.

Power generation[edit]

In wind and water resources, there are many large and ideal national-grade wind power plants, and more than 60 large and middle size reservoirs. The ground water amounts to 5 billion m3.

Industries[edit]

Major industries include finance, insurance, telecommunications, distribution, logistics, hotels and restaurants, leisure and entertainment. High-tech industrial zone spans 24 km² (9.3 sq mi).

Transportation[edit]

Chifeng is a transportation hub connecting the east and west area of Inner Mongolia. Tianjin, Beijing, Shenyang and other major cities are only 500 km (310 mi) away from Chifeng, while Jinzhou, Huludao, Qinhuangdao, are less than 300 km (190 mi) away.

Rail[edit]

Chifeng has direct train service from its train station to Beijing, Harbin, Shenyang, Dalian, Shanhaiguan, and Hebei.

Roads and expressways[edit]

There are 8 provincial and national highways linking Chifeng with surrounding cities, such as Hohhot and cities in Liaoning Province.

Air[edit]

Chifeng's airport has service to major cities such as Beijing, Hohhot, and other cities.

Education[edit]

• Chifeng University

Famous people[edit]

• Bao Xishun, recognized as world's tallest man from 2005 until 2007, is from Chifeng, as is his wife.
• Siqingaowa, actress.
• Wang Luodan, actress.

References[edit]

Notes

Sources

• Chifeng (China) -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia
• Chifeng Introduction—Chifeng Economic Commission

Literature[edit]

• Jinri Nei Menggu: Chifeng 今日内蒙古: 赤峰 (Inner Mongolia Today: Chifeng), 内蒙古人民出版社 Nei Menggu renmin chubanshe, 呼和浩特 Hohhot 1997, ISBN 7-204-03544-5, 9+121 pages

External links[edit]

• (in Chinese) Chifeng City Government
• (in Mongolian) Chifu City Government
• (in Chinese) Chifeng - Baidu Encyclopedia
• (in Chinese) Sina Cities Alliance - Chifeng
• (in Chinese) Chifeng Travel Network (official government)
• (in Chinese) Chifeng Train Timetable
• (in Chinese) Chifeng local entertainment information site
• (in Chinese) Chifeng Daily - Dahongshan evening - Chifeng region's most authoritative news website
• (in Mongolian) Chifeng Mongolian Web
• (in Chinese) Chifeng College
• (in Chinese) Chifeng Education Network