Daqing

Daqing (Simplified Chinese: 大庆; Traditional Chinese: 大慶; pinyin: Dàqìng) (pronounced Da Tshing) is a city in northeast China in the Heilongjiang province. The name means "Great Celebration".

It was founded in 1959 to house workers extracting oil and gas from the Daqing oilfield and to host industries which could take advantage of the energy and petrochemicals. Since its foundation it has been advocated as a model of good practice in industry and healthcare by the Chinese government.

Administrative divisions:

Daqing is divided into 9 county-level divisions: 5 districts,3 counties and 1 autonomy county.

Districts:

• Saertu District(萨尔图区)
• Honggang District(红岗区)
• Longfeng District(龙凤区)
• Ranghulu District(让胡路区)
• Datong District(大同区)

Counties:

• Lindian(林甸县)
• Zhaozhou(肇州县)
• Zhaoyuan(肇源县)

Autonomy County:

• Duerbote Mongolian Autonomy County(杜尔伯特蒙古族自治县)

Demographics:

Daqing has a population of 2.58 million, urban population 1.184 million, of them mainly Han Chinese, with a few population of other 31 minority ethical groups including Manchu, Mongolian, Korean and Hui nationalities. The population density is 112.69/km², urban population density 205.07/km².

Economy:

Daqing's economy highly depends on Petroleum and related industies. Daqing oilfield is China's largest oilfield and world's fourth largest productive oil field so far. Petroleum accounts for 61.9% of GDP. 2004 Gross Domestic Product is RMB123.95 Bil, with its small population, making it GDP Per capita it is RMB89,962.56(US$10,891), ranked No.2 in China's main cities.

External Link:

Daqing government official website