Wangjing Subdistrict

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Wangjing SOHO
POSCO Center in Wangjing

Wangjing (Chinese: 望京街道; pinyin: Wàngjīng Jiēdào) is a major residential and technological area and subdistrict of Chaoyang District, in the northeast of Beijing.

Koreatown[]

Korean shop signs in Wangjing, Beijing

Expansive in dimensions, Wangjing is a very important residential zone and has a large number of high-rise apartments built from the mid-1990s onwards. Due to the large number of South Korean residents, Wangjing has also become known as Beijing's Koreatown. More than 70,000 South Koreans were living in the neighborhood in 2007.[1]

Demographics[]

In 2010, Wangjing had a population of 168,167.[2]

See also: Korean people in Beijing

As of 2010, many South Koreans moving to Beijing had settled in Wangjing. Most South Korean businesspeople and their families in Beijing live in Wangjing. Hyejin Kim, author of International Ethnic Networks and Intra-Ethnic Conflict: Koreans in China, wrote that the growth of Wangjing has eclipsed Wudaokou in Haidian District as a Korean area.[3]

Technology Center[]

Wangjing houses many technology companies, both small startup companies, as well as national, and large international corporations. Examples include:

Architecture[]

Wanjing SOHO stands halfway between Beijing Capital International Airport and the city center. Designed by Zaha Hadid, the three towers, 387, 416, and 656 (200m) feet tall, are surrounded by a 196,850-square-foot public park in Wangjing, a tech business hub in northeast Beijing. It was commissioned by SOHO China.[5]

Education[]

There are several schools in Wangjing:

References[]

  • Kim, Hyejin. International Ethnic Networks and Intra-Ethnic Conflict: Koreans in China. Palgrave Macmillan, May 15, 2010. ISBN 0230308937, 9780230308930.

Notes[]

  1. ^ Koreatown Grows in District of Beijing
  2. ^ 2011年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：朝阳区 (in Simplified Chinese). National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China. Archived from the original on 2012-10-31. Retrieved 2013-02-23.
  3. ^ Kim, Hyejin, unstated (PT146) on Google Books. "Since the announcement of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, South Koreans have eagerly begun to buy newly built apartments."
  4. ^ Invest in Beijing, Official Chinese Government Information about Wangjing Science and Technology Park
  5. ^ "Wangjing Soho". July 27, 2017. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  6. ^ "Welcome to Korean International School in Beijing" (Archive) Korean International School in Beijing. Retrieved on January 25, 2014.

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Coordinates: 39°59′34″N 116°28′10″E / 39.99278°N 116.46944°E / 39.99278; 116.46944

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