Qingshan, Wuhan Explained
| Qingshan |
| Settlement Type: | District |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Pushpin Map: | China Hubei |
| Pushpin Label: | Qingshan |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Hubei |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | People's Republic of China |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Hubei |
| Subdivision Type2: | Sub-provincial city |
| Subdivision Name2: | Wuhan |
| Subdivision Type3: | Subdivisions |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 68.40 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 485375 |
| Population As Of: | 2010 |
| Population Density Km2: | 7096 |
| Coordinates: | 30.6307°N 114.4046°W |
| Timezone: | China Standard |
| Utc Offset: | +8 |
| Website: | Official Site |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Wuhan district map |
Qingshan District forms part of the urban core of and is one of 13 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province, China. On the right bank of the Yangtze, it borders the districts of Wuchang (for a very small section) to the southwest and Hongshan to the east and south, except for Tianxing Island which lies due north of Qingshan; on the opposite bank it borders Jiang'an.
Qingshan District has been described as Wuhan's industrial hub.[3]
Geography
Administrative divisions
As of 2015, Qingshan District administers ten subdistricts, one administrative committee and one economic development zone:[4] [5]
| Location Name | Chinese (S) | Hanyu Pinyin |
|---|
| Chinese: 红钢城街道 | |
| Chinese: 新沟桥街道 | |
| Chinese: 红卫路街道 | |
| Chinese: 冶金街道 | |
| Ganghuacun Subdistrict | Chinese: 钢花村街道 | |
| Chinese: 工人村街道 | |
| Chinese: 青山镇街道 | |
| Chinese: 厂前街道 | |
| Chinese: 武东街道 | |
| Chinese: 白玉山街道 | |
| Chinese: 钢都花园管委会 | |
| Chinese: 青山区经济开发区（北湖园区） | | |
Economy
Qingshan District has been described as Wuhan's industrial hub, it is home to Qingshan shipyard of China Changjiang National Shipping (Group) Corporation and a factory of the Wuhan Iron and Steel Corporation. Its eight 'pillar industries' are metallurgy, chemical manufacture, environmental protection, electric power, machinery, shipping, construction, and building materials.[6]
Environment
Due to its history as an industrial base, the district is considered severely polluted with heavy metals.[7] The local air quality has been improved in recent years but is still considered to exceed acceptable levels and is among the worst of Wuhan's districts.[8] [9]
The district is a demo area of the sponge city concept to reduce flooding.[10] [11]
Notes and References
- Web site: Wuhan Statistical Yearbook 2010 . Wuhan Statistics Bureau . 2011-07-31 . 15 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111105213243/http://www.whtj.gov.cn/documents/tjnj2010.pdf . November 5, 2011 .
- Web site: 武汉市2010年第六次全国人口普查主要数据公报. Wuhan Statistics Bureau. zh. 2011-05-11. 2011-06-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20111025103716/http://www.whtj.gov.cn/Article/ShowArticle.aspx?id=6417. 2011-10-25. dead.
- Web site: Riverfront industrial town transformed into eco-city-Xinhua . 2024-08-07 . english.news.cn.
- Web site: http://www.qingshan.gov.cn/zjqs/csqs/201612/t20161214_70950.shtml . zh:行政区划 . zh-hans . Qingshan District People's Government . "Chinese: 2015年，青山区辖10个行政街道、1个管理委员会、1个经济开发区，{..." . 14 December 2016 . 16 December 2017 .
- Web site: http://www.xzqh.org/html/show/hb/15276.html . zh:青山区历史沿革 . Historical Development of Qingshan District . zh-hans. XZQH.org . "Chinese: 2010年第六次人口普查，青山区常住总人口485607人，其中：红卫路街道82337人，冶金街道78887人，新沟桥街道54932人，红钢城街道37992人，工人村街道14141人，青山镇街道20791人，厂前街道9961人，武东街道25254人，白玉山街道37703人，钢花村街道77222人，武钢厂区281人，钢都花园管委会39919人，北湖管委会6187人。". 7 July 2014. 16 December 2017.
- Chen . Hong . Zhan . Changlin . Liu . Shan . Zhang . Jiaquan . Liu . Hongxia . Liu . Ziguo . Liu . Ting . Liu . Xianli . Xiao . Wensheng . January 2022 . Pollution Characteristics and Human Health Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in Street Dust from a Typical Industrial Zone in Wuhan City, Central China . International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health . en . 19 . 17 . 10970 . 10.3390/ijerph191710970 . free . 36078702 . 9518381 . 1660-4601.
- Yang . Yong . Mei . Yang . Zhang . Chutian . Zhang . Ruoxi . Liao . Xiangshen . Liu . Yinyin . 2016-01-02 . Heavy metal contamination in surface soils of the industrial district of Wuhan, China . Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: An International Journal . en . 22 . 1 . 126–140 . 10.1080/10807039.2015.1056291 . 2016HERA...22..126Y . 1080-7039.
- Wang . Jing . Mao . Xiang . Fan . Chuangang . Liu . Shuaxia . He . Zuan . 2020 . Composition characteristics and chronic health risk assessment of atmospheric PM2.5 pollution in Qingshan District of Wuhan . Journal of Public Health and Preventive Medicine . zh . 94–98.
- Chen . Guici . Zhang . Zuo . Zuo . Qian . 2020-06-01 . Air Quality Analysis of Wuhan from the Perspective of Functional Data . IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science . 526 . 1 . 012029 . 10.1088/1755-1315/526/1/012029 . 2020E&ES..526a2029C . 1755-1307. free .
- Web site: Building Climate Resilience And Water Security In Cities: Lessons From The Sponge City Of Wuhan, China . Coalition for Urban Transition.
- News: Schlossberg . Tatiana . 2022-03-28 . Turning Cities Into Sponges to Save Lives and Property . 2024-08-07 . The New York Times . en-US . 0362-4331.
