| Minning | |
| Native Name: | 闽宁镇 |
| Native Name Lang: | zh-cn |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Pushpin Map: | China Ningxia |
| Pushpin Label Position: | top |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Ningxia |
| Coordinates: | 38.2444°N 105.9717°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | People's Republic of China |
| Subdivision Type1: | Autonomous region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Ningxia |
| Subdivision Type2: | Prefecture-level city |
| Subdivision Name2: | Yinchuan |
| Subdivision Type3: | County |
| Subdivision Name3: | Yongning County |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | China Standard |
| Utc Offset1: | +8 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Minning is a town under the administration of Yongning County, Ningxia, China.[1], it administers Funing Community (Chinese: 福宁社区) and the following six villages:[2]
Minning, which literally means "Fujian–Ningxia", was named by Xi Jinping in 1997, then deputy secretary of the Fujian Provincial Party Committee and the leader of the Fujian-Ningxia poverty-alleviation leading group. The town was officially established in 2001 after its population swelled to 14,000.[3] Most of its residents are resettled farmers from Xihaigu in southern Ningxia, one of the poorest places in China and a main target of the government's poverty-alleviation resettlement program.[4]
The 2021 TV series Minning Town is based on the history of this town. Starring Huang Xuan, Zu Feng, Rayzha Alimjan, Zhang Jiayi, Huang Yao, Bai Yufan, Guo Jingfei, You Yongzhi, Yao Chen, Huang Jue, Tao Hong, Yan Ni with Wang Kai and Bai Yu, the show was a huge critical success and described as "a new standard for Chinese dramas".[5] It won Best Television Series and three other awards at the 2021 Shanghai Television Festival.[6]
NCPA commissioned an opera of the same name premiered September 2022.[7]