Chaoyang, Beijing Explained

Chaoyang
Native Name:朝阳区
Native Name Lang:zh-Hans
Settlement Type:District
Image Map1:Chaoyang-beijing.png
Mapsize1:220px
Map Caption1:Location of Chaoyang District in Beijing
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:People's Republic of China
Subdivision Type1:Municipality
Subdivision Type2:Township-level divisions
Subdivision Name1:Beijing
Subdivision Name2:43 subdistricts
Seat Type:District seat
Seat:Jianwai Subdistrict (Chinese: 建外街道)
Area Total Km2:470.8
Elevation M:34
Population Total:3,452,460 [1]
Population As Of:2020
Population Density Km2:auto
Postal Code:10002X
Timezone:China Standard
Utc Offset:+8

Chaoyang District is an urban district of Beijing. It borders the districts of Shunyi to the northeast, Tongzhou to the east and southeast, Daxing to the south, Fengtai to the southwest, Dongcheng, Xicheng, and Haidian to the west, and Changping to the northwest.

Chaoyang is home to the majority of Beijing's many foreign embassies, the well-known Sanlitun bar street, as well as Beijing's growing central business district. The Olympic Green, built for the 2008 Summer Olympics, is also in Chaoyang. Chaoyang extends west to Chaoyangmen on the eastern 2nd Ring Road, and nearly as far east as the Ximazhuang toll station on the Jingtong Expressway. Within the urban area of Beijing, it occupies,[2] making it the central city's largest district, with Haidian second. As of November 2020, Chaoyang had a total population of 3,452,460,[3] making it the most populous district in Beijing. The district has jurisdiction over 24 subdistrict offices and 19 area offices.[2] Chaoyang is also home to Silk Street, Bainaohui Computer Shopping Mall, Alien Street (老番街市场), and many other market areas, shopping malls, and restaurant strips.

Administrative divisions

Chaoyang is divided into 24 subdistricts, and 19 townships of which carry the "area" (Chinese: {{linktext|地|区) label:[4] [5]

Name Chinese (S) Population (2020)[6] Area (km2)
Chinese: 建外街道 36,414 4.40
Chinese: 朝外街道 33,212 2.20
Chinese: 呼家楼街道 53,018 2.80
Sanlitun SubdistrictChinese: 三里屯街道 32,347 2.90
Chinese: 左家庄街道 70,245 4.17
Chinese: 香河园街道 43,002 2.50
Chinese: 和平街街道 81,180 4.54
Chinese: 安贞街道 57,016 3.60
Chinese: 亚运村街道 67,745 5.13
Chinese: 小关街道 61,966 2.58
Chinese: 酒仙桥街道 63,911 5.30
Chinese: 麦子店街道 30,103 6.80
Chinese: 团结湖街道 32,091 1.23
Chinese: 六里屯街道 75,229 4.40
Chinese: 八里庄街道 98,084 4.40
Chinese: 双井街道 93,962 5.10
Chinese: 劲松街道 103,316 5.20
Chinese: 潘家园街道 102,272 4.30
Chinese: 垡头街道 78,952 9.60
Chinese: 大屯街道 132,457 10.01
Chinese: 望京街道 146,220 10.36
Chinese: 奥运村街道 109,688 19.60
Chinese: 首都机场街道 16,837 12.50
Donghu SubdistrictChinese: 东湖街道 62,467 10.40
Nanmofang (Township) Area Chinese: 南磨房(乡)地区 127,268 10.00
Gaobeidian (Township) Area Chinese: 高碑店(乡)地区 109,631 15.30
Jiangtai (Township) Area Chinese: 将台(乡)地区 53,714 13.70
Taiyanggong (Township) Area Chinese: 太阳宫(乡)地区 86,935 5.85
Xiaohongmen (Township) Area Chinese: 小红门(乡)地区 83,675 12.50
Shibalidian (Township) Area Chinese: 十八里店(乡)地区 178,177 23.30
Pingfang (Township) Area Chinese: 平房(乡)地区 85,581 15.18
Dongfeng (Township) Area Chinese: 东风(乡)地区 63,236 5.30
Laiguangying (Township) Area Chinese: 来广营(乡)地区 163,970 31.30
Changying (Township) Area Chinese: 常营(乡)地区 113,891 11.30
Sanjianfang (Township) Area Chinese: 三间房(乡)地区 109,672 8.80
Guanzhuang (Township) Area Chinese: 管庄(乡)地区 93,273 10.30
Jinzhan (Township) Area Chinese: 金盏(乡)地区 82,756 44.30
Sunhe (Township) Area Chinese: 孙河(乡)地区 31,288 26.50
Cuigezhuang (Township) Area Chinese: 崔各庄(乡)地区 107,029 24.40
Dongba (Township) Area Chinese: 东坝(乡)地区 124,163 24.60
Heizhuanghu (Township) Area Chinese: 黑庄户(乡)地区 49,983 19.60
Dougezhuang (Township) Area Chinese: 豆各庄(乡)地区 53,766 14.10
Wangsiying (Township) Area Chinese: 王四营(乡)地区 54,679 19.30

Government and infrastructure

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Culture are headquartered in the district.[7] [8]

Economy

In the year of 2022, the GDP of Chaoyang district was 791.12 billion yuan ($117.62 billion by nominal),[9] with GDP per capita at 229,843 yuan ($34,172 by nominal).

China National Aviation Holdings Company (parent company of Air China),[10] SOHO China,[11] CITIC Group,[12] Sinopec,[13] Qihoo 360,[14] COFCO,[15] and Beijing Capital Airlines have their headquarters in Chaoyang District.[16] [17] Renren Inc. has its headquarters on the 23rd floor of the Jing An Center in Chaoyang District.[18]

Wanda Group has its headquarters in the Wanda Plaza (Chinese: 万达广场).[19] Wanda Cinemas is headquartered in the same complex.[20]

China Resources Beverage, the distributor of C'estbon water, has its north China regional office in the district.[21]

Foreign companies

According to Chaoyang's official website, the district "is home to more than 60 percent of the foreign business agencies in Beijing, over 3,000 foreign companies, 167 international news agencies, and two-thirds of the 158 of the global top 500 transnational companies that have invested in Beijing."[22] Some of these are:

ABB Group (China headquarters),[23] [24] Air France,[25] All Nippon Airways, (Beijing Office, Beijing Fortune Building)[26] Halliburton,[27] IBM,[28] KBR,[29] Kerr-McGee China Petroleum Ltd. (an Occidental Petroleum subsidiary), Korean Air (Hyundai Motor Tower),[30] Kroll Inc.,[31] Lummus Technology, a subsidiary of CB&I,[32] Lufthansa (Beijing Lufthansa Center),[33] Asiana Airlines,[34] Standard & Poor's,[35] Swire Group,[36] Etihad Airways,[37] EVA Air,[38] and Qatar Airways.[39]

The Hong Kong-based company Swire Properties has two locations in Chaoyang.[40]

Beijing Hyundai Motor Company (;), a 50–50 joint venture of the Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co. and Hyundai Motor Company,[41] has its sales offices in the Hyundai Motor Tower in Chaoyang District.[42]

Embassies

Chaoyang serves as Beijing's diplomatic district. All foreign embassies to China are located in the district except for that of Russia and Luxembourg, which both are in Dongcheng. Chaoyang has three embassy areas in the Ritan, Sanlitun, and Liangmaqiao neighborhoods.[22]

Developments

Chaoyang District is one of the fastest growing districts in the Beijing Metropolitan Area. There are several subway lines running through the district. The Beijing Capital Airport, although surrounded by the Shunyi District, is an exclave of Chaoyang District.[43] The municipality as well as the Chinese national government spend almost a half million USD per day on developing this district.

Transport

Metro

Chaoyang is currently served by 14 metro lines of the Beijing Subway:

Education

See also: List of schools in Chaoyang District, Beijing.

Tertiary academic institutions

Public schools

International schools and kindergartens

Notable areas

Climate

Chaoyang District has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dwa). The average annual temperature in Chaoyang is . The average annual rainfall is with July as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around, and lowest in January, at around .

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 北京市第七次全国人口普查公报 .
  2. Web site: 朝阳概况 .
  3. Web site: 北京市第七次全国人口普查公报 .
  4. These townships are officially classified as subdistricts, but as they coincide with the area of the same name, they are commonly named "areas" (Chinese: 地区)
  5. Web site: http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjbz/cxfldm/2011/11/01/110105.html . zh:2011年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：朝阳区 . National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China . zh-hans . February 23, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121031132707/http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjbz/cxfldm/2011/11/01/110105.html . October 31, 2012 .
  6. Web site: 北京市朝阳区第七次全国人口普查公报 .
  7. http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/default.htm Home
  8. http://www.ccnt.gov.cn/English/index.html Home
  9. Web site: 2022年1-12月朝阳区主要经济指标. January 20, 2023 .
  10. "Connect Us." China National Aviation Holdings Company. Retrieved on December 19, 2011. "Address: 25-28/F,Air China Plaza,No.36 Xiaoyun Road,Chaoyang District,Beijing"
  11. "Contact Us ." SOHO. Retrieved on August 23, 2012. "11F, Building A, Chaowai SOHO 6B Chaowai Street, Chaoyang District Beijing 100020, China" – Chinese address : "Chinese: 地址：北京市朝阳区朝外大街乙6号朝外SOHO A区11层"
  12. "Contact Us ." CITIC Group. Retrieved on August 13, 2011. "Address: Chaoyang District, Beijing Xin Yuan Nan Road Building in Beijing on the 6th"
  13. "Welcome to Sinopec." Sinopec. Retrieved on July 8, 2010. "Address: 22 Chaoyangmen North Street, Chaoyang District,Beijing"
  14. "Contact Us." Qihoo 360. Retrieved on May 11, 2016. "Address :Building #2, No. 6 Jiuxianqiao Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100015, China"
  15. Web site: Contact Us. COFCO. December 30, 2020. Address: COFCO Fortune Plaza, No.8, Chao Yang Men South St., Chao Yang District, Beijing, China. - Chinese address: "中国北京朝阳区朝阳门南大街8号中粮福临门大厦"
  16. "联系方式 ." Beijing Capital Airlines. Retrieved on August 26, 2012. "Chinese: 北京首都国际机场货运北路3号首都航空大厦"
  17. "youjidizhi.doc." (Archive) Beijing Capital Airlines. Retrieved on August 26, 2012. "Address：Capital Airlines Building，No 3，North Cargo Road,Beijing Capital International Airport"
  18. "Contact Us." Renren Corporate. Retrieved on November 19, 2012. "Renren Inc. Beijing Headquarter 23/F, Jing An Center No.8 North Third Ring Road East Chao Yang District, Beijing" – Chinese: "Chinese: 北京市朝阳区北三环东路8号静安中心23层"
  19. "Contact ." Wanda Group. Retrieved on January 4, 2015. "Headquarters Address:Tower B, Wanda Plaza, No. 93 Jianguo Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing" – Chinese address : "Chinese: 北京市朝阳区建国路93号万达广场B座"
  20. Web site: http://wandafilm.com/helper/contact_us.jsp . zh:联系我们 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150103171441/http://wandafilm.com/helper/contact_us.jsp . January 3, 2015 . . January 3, 2015 . "Chinese: 公司地址：北京市朝阳区建国路93号 万达广场B座11层".
  21. "Contact 联系我们 ." China Resources Beverage. Retrieved on April 10, 2014. "Chinese: 华北分公司 地址： 北京市朝阳区朝阳路高井财满街2期8号楼1单元1101号"
  22. "A Sketch of Chaoyang ." Chaoyang District. Retrieved on October 27, 2010.
  23. "Beijing (10 Jiuxianqiao Road) ." ABB Group. Retrieved on February 6, 2009.
  24. "Addresses in China ." ABB Group. Retrieved on February 6, 2009.
  25. "Contact us." Air France China. Retrieved on June 27, 2010.
  26. "ANA City offices Asia ." All Nippon Airways. Retrieved on August 13, 2011. "2nd floor Beijing Fortune Bldg., N200, No.5 Dong San Huan Bei Lu, Chao Yang District, Beijing 100004"
  27. "Office Location" Halliburton. Retrieved on January 13, 2009.
  28. "IBM China." IBM. Retrieved on October 21, 2009.
  29. "Locations." KBR. Retrieved on December 26, 2010. "Kellogg China, Inc. Beijing Liaison Office Unit D Floor 7 Tower A of Gateway Plaza No. 18 Xianguangli, Dangsanhuan Beilu Chao Yang District, P.R. China"
  30. Web site: http://www.koreanair.com/local/cn/ld/sch/au/ci/sch_au_ci.jsp . zh:公司资料 / 联系信息 . . August 30, 2011 . "China Headquarters Unit 1, 9th Floor, Hyundai Motor Tower No 38, Xiao Yun Road, Chao Yang District, Beijing". – Address in Chinese: "Chinese: 中国总部 北京市朝阳区霄云路38号现代汽车大厦"
  31. "Office locations ." Kroll Inc. Retrieved on August 14, 2011. "Beijing Unit 805, Tower 1 China Central Place, No. 81 Jianguo Lu, Chaoyang District Beijing 100025 China"
  32. "Worldwide Offices ." CB&I. Retrieved on January 13, 2009.
  33. "City office information." Lufthansa. Retrieved on February 6, 2009.
  34. "Worldwide Offices China." Asiana Airlines. Retrieved on January 19, 2009.
  35. "Office Locations Asia." Beijing Suite 1601, 16/F Tower D, Beijing CITC A6 Jianguo Menwai Avenue Chaoyang District, Beijing 100022 "
  36. "Contact Information JOHN SWIRE & SONS OFFICES." Swire Group. Retrieved on September 12, 2011. "John Swire & Sons (China) Ltd. Room 1706, Capital Mansion 6 Xin Yuan Nan Road Chao Yang District Beijing 100004 China"
  37. "Our offices ." Etihad Airways. Retrieved on February 6, 2009.
  38. "Contact Us Asia ." EVA Air. Retrieved on February 6, 2009.
  39. "Beijing ." Qatar Airways. Retrieved on February 9, 2009.
  40. "Contact Us." Swire Properties. Retrieved on September 12, 2011. "Address 10/F, Zhong Yu Plaza, No. 6A Gongtibei Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing" and "Address 18 Jiuxianqiao Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing"
  41. "HYUNDAI SIGNS A DEAL TO BUILD A THIRD PLANT IN CHINA." Hyundai Motor Company. Retrieved on October 20, 2012.
  42. "Chinese: [http://www.beijing-hyundai.com.cn/other/content_us.aspx 联系我们]." (Archive, Image, Archive, Image 2, Archive) Beijing Hyundai Motor Company. Retrieved on October 20, 2012. "Chinese: 销售本部地址: 北京市朝阳区霄云路38号现代汽车大厦6层"
  43. Web site: Beijing Airport (PEK) Info & Guide.
  44. 1 Dingfuzhuang Nan Li, Jianguo Rd 100024
  45. 1 Dingfuzhuang Dong Jie, Jianguo Rd 100024
  46. "Home." Beijing BISS International School. Retrieved on June 19, 2013. "No. 17, Area 4, Zhen Xi Li, Chaoyang District, Beijing 1000029,People's Republic of China"
  47. "Contact Us ." Yew Chung International School of Beijing. Retrieved on July 19, 2013. "Honglingjin Park, 5 Houbalizhuang, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100025, P.R.C. Chinese: 中国北京市朝阳区后八里庄5号红领巾公园 100025"
  48. Web site: http://www.jsb.org.cn/newsdetail.php?newsid=52 . ja:ホームページ . https://web.archive.org/web/20130110035100/http://www.jsb.org.cn/newsdetail.php?newsid=52 . January 10, 2013 . . November 10, 2012 . "".
  49. "Welcome to Korean International School in Beijing" (Archive) Korean International School in Beijing. Retrieved on January 25, 2014.
  50. "http://www.harrowbeijing.cn." Harrow International School Beijing. Retrieved on October 24, 2019.
  51. "I want information on basic education. " City of Beijing International website. Retrieved on November 10, 2012. "Japanese School of Beijing Add: 6 Jiangtai Xilu, Chaoyang District"
  52. http://www.dspeking.net.cn/ Home page
  53. "Contact Us ." Pakistan Embassy College Beijing. Retrieved on September 16, 2015. " Pakistan Embassy College Beijing Embassy of Pakistan Compound No. 1, Dong Zhi Men Wai Da Jie, Sanlitun, Chaoyang District. Beijing 100600, CHINA."
  54. "Sanlitun Campus ." The British School of Beijing. Retrieved on June 20, 2013. "Sanlitun Campus: 5 Xiliujie, Sanlitun Road Chaoyang District Beijing 100027, China Chinese: 北京英国学校(三里屯小学部)：中国北京市朝阳区三里屯西六街5号, 邮编：100027" and "Sanlitun Early Years Campus: No.7 Beixiaojie, Sanlitun Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100027, China"
  55. "Web site: 美邦教育,少儿英语， . 2014-01-05 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140106040849/http://www.mbjy.com.cn/ . 2014-01-06 . ." Star Education Beijing. Retrieved on January 5, 2014. "Chinese: 北京市朝阳区慈云寺桥东南角住邦2000大厦一号楼A座801"

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