Jiangmen
Jiangmen
江门市 Kongmoon; Chiangmen | |
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 Clockwise from top right: Renshou Lu, Gudou Hotspring Resort, Xinhui Confucian Temple, Changdi Lu, & Jingtang Library | |
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 Location of Jiangmen in Guangdong | |
  Jiangmen Location in China | |
| Coordinates (Jiangmen municipal government): 22°34′44″N 113°04′53″E / 22.5789°N 113.0815°ECoordinates: 22°34′44″N 113°04′53″E / 22.5789°N 113.0815°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Guangdong |
| City Seat | Pengjiang District |
| Area | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 9,443 km2 (3,646 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,692 km2 (653 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 17,573 km2 (6,785 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 10 m (30 ft) |
| Population (2010 census) | |
| • Prefecture-level city | 4,448,871 |
| • Density | 470/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 1,822,640 |
| • Urban density | 1,100/km2 (2,800/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 44,449,738 |
| • Metro density | 2,500/km2 (6,600/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard Time) |
| Postal code | 529000 |
| Area code(s) | 750 |
| ISO 3166 code | CN-GD-07 |
| License plate prefixes | 粤J |
| Website | www |
| Jiangmen | |||
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 "Jiangmen" in Chinese calligraphy | |||
| Simplified Chinese | 江门 | ||
| Traditional Chinese | 江門 | ||
| Postal | Kongmoon | ||
| Literal meaning | River Gate | ||
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Jiangmen (Chinese: 江门) , alternately romanized in Cantonese as Kongmoon, is a prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province in southern China. Its three urban districts are now part of the Guangzhou–Shenzhen conurbation and the entire prefecture had a population of about 4.45 million in 2010.
Names[]
Jiangmen is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese name 江門 or 江门, based on its pronunciation in the Mandarin dialect. Its former Wade-Giles spelling was Chiang-men. The Postal Map spelling "Kongmoon" was based upon the same name's Cantonese pronunciation Gong¹-moon⁴. Other forms of the name include Kong Moon,[citation needed] Kongmun,[1] and Kiangmoon.[citation needed]
Jiangmen is also known as Pengjiang.[clarification needed][why?] Its rural hinterland is known to the Chinese diaspora as the "Four Counties" (q.v.), although the addition of Heshan to Jiangmen has prompted the remaining locals to begin calling it the "Five Counties" instead.
History[]
Jiangmen was forced to open up to western trade in 1904, after a 1902 declaration which made it a treaty port.[2] During the subsequent period of western influence, a number of western-style buildings were constructed along the city's waterfront, and currently, the city's government is partaking in a renewal project to restore many of these buildings.[citation needed]
On 6 August 1925, the Guangdong provincial government placed Jiangmen under direct administration of the provincial government.[2] Jiangmen was given a city government on 26 November of the same year.[2] In 1931, this status would be revoked, and the city was placed under the administration of Xinhui County.[2]
The city was incorporated into the People's Republic of China on 23 October 1949, and was proclaimed a city in 1951.[2] The city later became the prefectural seat for the Sze Yup ("Four County") region including Taishan, Kaiping, Xinhui, Enping.[citation needed] In Mainland China but not abroad, the area became known as the "Five Counties" when Heshan was added to Jiangmen's jurisdiction.[citation needed]
In June 1983, the city was upgraded to a prefecture-level city.[2]
In 2011, the city banned pet dogs in public after rabies killed 42 people over the preceding 3 years.[3] The city reserved a 13-acre site to allow rural Chinese to adopt the 30,000 dogs,[3][4] but public outcry led to a softer implementation where violators would be told to leave rather than have the dog confiscated.[5]
Geography[]
The city is located on the lower reaches of the Xi River and the , in the west of the Pearl River Delta in the middle of southern Guangdong Province.[2] It faces the South China Sea in the south and is 100 kilometres (62 mi) away from Guangzhou and Zhuhai by highway.[citation needed] Jiangmen city has an area of 9,260 square kilometres (3,580 sq mi), about one quarter the size of the Pearl River Delta.[citation needed]
Climate[]
The climate is subtropical with monsoonal influences. The annual average temperature is 22.36 °C (72.25 °F).
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Economy[]
Jiangmen was selected by the Chinese state as a pilot city for a nationwide information programme.[which?] It was also chosen by the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council (PECC) as a trial city for the Regional Integration for Sustainable Economics (RISE) project.[6] According to the World Bank's "Report on Investment Environment in China" for 2005, Jiangmen was ranked the sixth most conducive city in China for investment.[7]
The economic development strategies within Jiangmen focus on the three urban districts, and the south, middle and north lines.[citation needed] It is planned to develop four main economic areas: the central urban district of the city, the Yinzhou Lake (银州湖; 銀州湖) economic area, and two economic areas along the various transport axes.[citation needed]
In 2018, the city reported a GDP of 290.041 billion Yuan, government revenue totaling 24.393 billion Yuan, and retail sales totaling 140.758 billion Yuan.[8]
Manufacturing industries[]
Similar to other cities in the western Pearl River Delta, the manufacturing sector plays a significant role in Jiangmen's economy. The chief industries include manufacturing of machinery, textiles, paper, food products, electronics, and building materials.[7] Other major industries include motorcycles, household appliances, food processing, synthetic fibers and garments, and stainless steel products.[citation needed] Global brand names with a presence in the city include BP, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Hyundai, Panasonic, Veolia, Hutchison Whampoa, ABB Group, and Tesco.[7] Some worldwide brand which have factories in Jiangmen such include Asia Pacific Resources International Holdings and Lee Kum Kee foods.[citation needed]
Uranium processing plant[]
The city was the proposed site of a $6.5 billion, 40 billion renminbi, uranium processing plant which would have supplied about half of the enriched uranium needed by China's nuclear power plants. Announcement of the plant in July 2013 was met by public protests.[9] The proposal was withdrawn out of "respect for public opinion" shortly thereafter.[10]
Jiangmen port[]
Jiangmen Port is the second largest river port in Guangdong province.[citation needed] The local government plans to develop a harbour industrial zone with heavy industries to include petrochemical and machinery plants, as well as an ocean-based economy.[citation needed]
Administration[]
| Administrative divisions of Jiangmen | ||||||||||||
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| Division code[11] | English name | Chinese | Pinyin | Area in km2[12] | Population 2010[13] | Seat | Postal code | Divisions[14] | ||||
| Subdistricts | Towns | Residential communities | Administrative villages | |||||||||
| 440700 | Jiangmen City | 江门市 | Jiāngmén Shì | 9505.42 | 4,450,703 | Pengjiang District | 529000 | 15 | 61 | 264 | 1051 | |
| 440703 | Pengjiang District | 蓬江区 | Péngjiāng Qū | 321.97 | 719,146 | 529000 | 6 | 3 | 84 | 56 | ||
| 440704 | Jianghai District | 江海区 | Jiānghǎi Qū | 109.16 | 254,313 | 529000 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 36 | ||
| 440705 | Xinhui District | 新会区 | Xīnhuì Qū | 1354.72 | 849,155 | 529100 | 1 | 10 | 31 | 193 | ||
| 440781 | Taishan City | 台山市 | Táishān Shì | 3286.30 | 941,095 | Taicheng Subdistrict | 529200 | 1 | 16 | 36 | 277 | |
| 440783 | Kaiping City | 开平市 | Kāipíng Shì | 1656.94 | 699,242 | 529300 | 2 | 13 | 41 | 226 | ||
| 440784 | Heshan City | 鹤山市 | Hèshān Shì | 1082.73 | 494,938 | 529700 | 1 | 9 | 26 | 112 | ||
| 440785 | Enping City | 恩平市 | Ēnpíng Shì | 1693.60 | 492,814 | 529400 | 1 | 10 | 23 | 151 | ||
Culture[]
Jiangmen is the homeland of approximately 4 million overseas Chinese, who live in 107 countries and regions throughout the world.[7] Strong oversea connections are especially found in the villages.[citation needed]
Tourism[]
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A significant amount of historical heritage survives from the period of mass emigration prior to World War II. The most significant are the fortified multi-story towers found mainly in Kaiping. These are known as "Gold Mountain Towers" or diaolou. A number of natural hotspring resorts has been developed successfully by using its wealthy natural heated ground water resources such as Gudou Hotspring Resort (古兜温泉). Guifeng Mountain, a mountain visited by many tourists, is the peak of Jiangmen with an elevation of 545 meters above sea level.
The local government's economic development strategies emphasize the development of tourism and protection of the environment.[citation needed]
Education[]
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Wuyi University is the main university in Jiangmen.
The only international school in Jiangmen is Boren Sino-Canadian School, while bilingual schools include WuYi Country Garden Bilingual School and China-Hong Kong English School.
Jiangmen Polytechnic College, located at Chaolian Island, enrolls about 13,000 students in various technical and humanities programs.
Jiangmen No. 1 Middle School is claimed[by whom?] to be the top middle school in the district. It used to be one of the best middle schools in Guangdong Province in the 1980s and 1990s. However, the quality of its education has been dropping in recent years and within the district of Jiangmen, its status is being constantly challenged by schools such as Xinhui No. 1 Middle School in Xinhui, Kaiqiao (Kaiping Emigrant) Middle School in Kiaping and Heshan No.1 Middle School in Heshan.
Transport[]
Roads and highways[]
Jiangmen has a mature network of inter-city and intra-city highways and expressways, whose total length has reached 10,084.97 kilometres (6,266.51 mi) as of 2016.[15] G15 Shenyang–Haikou Expressway travels at the north, connecting downtown Jiangmen to three of its administrative divisions Heshan, Kaiping and Enping, as well as nearby cities Yangjiang, Zhongshan and Foshan. goes along Jiangmen's coastlines, linking Zhuhai at the east and Yangjiang at the west. G94 Pearl River Delta Ring Expressway, , and run through northeast Jiangmen. connects Taishan and joints S32 at the south.
China National Highway 325 is the only highway in the national trunk road system that goes into Jiangmen. Several provincial highways, such as S273, S274, S276 and S367 link the city's suburb areas to major towns.
Railways[]
Although the very first railway, Sun Ning Railway, began operation in 1909, it was discontinued in 1938 to deny its use by the Japanese military. The second operational railway is the Xinhui branch of Guangzhou–Zhuhai intercity railway (opened 2011), which provides frequent service from Xinhui railway station to Guangzhou South Railway Station, where connections to the nation's high-speed railway network are available. Since the late 2012, Jiangmen is also served by the freight-only Guangzhou–Zhuhai Railway. Shenzhen–Zhanjiang high-speed railway, which opened in 2018, connects Jiangmen at Jiangmen East railway station, , Taishan, and . Since then, Jiangmen is served by direct trains to Shanghai.[16]
Ferries[]
Making use of the Jiangmen Port facilities, Chu Kong Passenger Transport (CKS) connects Jiangmen with high speed ferry services to Hong Kong (95 nautical miles) taking about 2.5 hours each way.
Coaches[]
There are 18 coach terminals across Jiangmen as of 2016. 1,137 licensed coaches owned by 23 operators provide inter-county and inter-city bus services to major cities within and outside Guangdong.[17]
Public transportation[]
Bus service within Pengjiang and Jianghai Districts are provided by Jiangmen Bus Co. Ltd.. Bus routes in Xinhui District were formerly operated by Macao-based Xinfuli Co., but all routes were consolidated into the city-owned bus system run by Jiangmen Automobile Transportation Group Co. Ltd. in 2010. Transit buses in other districts are operated by Jiangmen Automobile Transportation Group and other private companies.
By 2016, there are 1,077 taxicabs in Jiangmen, most of which are operated by local companies.[17]
Notable people[]
- Adrienne Clarkson (born 1939), Broadcast journalist and Governor General of Canada (1999–2005)
- Alan Chin (born 1987), American contemporary artist
- Andy Lau (born 1961), Hong Kong's most commercially successful film actor
- Anna May Wong (1905–1961), actress
- Annie Wu Suk-ching, Founder of Beijing Air Catering Ltd. and member of the Standing Committee of the National Committee of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
- Anthony Wong (born 1961), Award-winning British Hong Kong actor, screenwriter and film director
- Arthur Chin (1913–1997), Kuomintang fighter pilot and flying ace
- Bill Lann Lee (born 1949), U.S. Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights in the Clinton Administration
- Chen Yunchang (1919–2016), Actress considered to be the third "Queen of Chinese Cinema"
- Chin Siu Dek, Grandmaster of Kung Fu San Soo
- Danny Chan (1958–1993), Hong Kong singer
- Donnie Yen (born 1963), Hong Kong Chinese martial artist, actor, director, fight choreographer and producer
- Ed Lee (1952–2017), Mayor of San Francisco (2011–2017), born in Seattle but parents were immigrants from Taishan
- Evan Low (born 1983), Mayor of Campbell, California
- Flora Chan (born 1970), Hong Kong actress and singer
- Gary Locke (born 1950), Governor of Washington State (1996–2006), U.S. Secretary of Commerce (2009–2011) and U.S. Ambassador to China (2011–2014)
- Gordon Lam (born 1967), Hong Kong actor
- Hiram Fong (1906–2004), U.S. Senator from Hawaii (1959–1977)
- Hu Die (1908–1989), Actress considered to be the first "Queen of Chinese Cinema"
- Inky Mark (born 1947), Canadian politician, mayor of Dauphin (1994–1997) and Member of Parliament (1997–2004)
- Jack Yan (born 1972), Magazine publisher in New Zealand
- James Hong (born 1929), American actor with over 500 television, film and video game credits, and former civil engineer
- James Tak Wu, Founder of Maxim's Catering Limited, Hong Kong's largest food and beverage corporation and restaurant chain
- James Wong Howe (1899–1976), American cinematographer
- John Tsang (born 1951), Financial Secretary of Hong Kong
- Julius Chan (born 1939), Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea (1980–1982, 1994–1997, 1997)
- Ken Hom (born 1949), American chef, author and television–show presenter
- Kylie Kwong (born 1969), Australian chef, restaurateur, author and television-show presenter
- Leland Yee (born 1948), California State Senator and accused arms dealer
- Li Enliang (1912–2008), Chinese civil engineer and educator
- Margaret Chin (born 1954), American politician on the New York City Council representing Chinatown
- Matt Fong (1953–2011), Treasurer of the State of California (1995–1999)
- Mel Chin (born 1951), American contemporary conceptual artist
- Myolie Wu (born 1979), Hong Kong actress and singer
- Norman Kwong (born 1929), championship-winning Canadian football player (1948, 1954, 1955, 1956) and Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta (2005-2010)
- Patrick Yu (born 1922), Hong Kong lawyer, Crown Counsel and founder of its first law school
- Wong Koon Chung (born 1964), Lead guitarist for Beyond
- Raymond "Shrimp Boy" Chow (born 1959), Mobster and Dragon Head of the San Francisco Chinese Freemasons
- Shawn Yue (born 1981), Hong Kong actor and singer
- Tony Leung (born 1962), Hong Kong actor
- Tyrus Wong (born 1910), American painter, muralist, ceramicist, lithographer, designer and kite maker
- William Poy Lee (born 1951), American author of The Eighth Promise
- Wong Ka Keung (born 1964), Bassist for Beyond
- Wong Ka Kui (1962–1993), Lead singer of Beyond
- Wong Kim Ark (born c.1871), Defendant in United States v. Wong Kim Ark - 169 U.S. 649 (1898)
- Wu Lien-teh (1879–1960), doctor
- Yip Sai Wing (born 1963), Drummer for Beyond
See also[]
- List of prefecture-level divisions of China
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