18-464: Chongming is an island in the Yangtze estuary north of Shanghai , China . It may refer either to: Chongming Island itself Chongming District , the area of Shanghai including Changxing, Hengsha, and most (but not all) of Chongming Island Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
36-616: A population over 50,000. In June 1955, the State Council issued the "Decision on the Establishment of Cities and Towns", which clarified the criteria for the establishment of towns. By the end of 1978, there were only 2,173 townships in the country. After the abolition of the people's commune system , the establishment of townships was given importance. On 29 November 1984, the State Council announced new standards for
54-524: Is an intertidal wetland . The 114.6 km (44.2 sq mi) area above sea level comprises four major shoals : Upper, Middle, Lower, and South Jiuduansha. These shoals and the waters surrounding them to a depth of 6 meters or 20 feet (occupying an additional 308.6 km or 119.2 sq mi) form the Jiuduansha Wetland Nature Reserve , a nationally-protected area of Shanghai. The shoals began forming during
72-412: Is now the second-largest island of mainland China (after Hainan ). The natural expansion of the island has been greatly accelerated by reclamation projects , which doubled its size between 1950 and 2010. This growth caused it to absorb the former island of Yonglongsha , creating a long pene-exclave of Jiangsu on its northern shore administered as the townships of Haiyong and Qilong . The island
90-483: The Yangtze estuary between the Municipality of Shanghai and Jiangsu Province . They are administered as Chongming County , with its seat at Chengqiao on Chongming Island. The county was added to Shanghai from Jiangsu in 1958 and remains mostly rural: In 2008, its registered population of 693 000 included 450 300 farmers. Chongming Island ( 崇明岛 ) (1,267 km or 489 sq mi )
108-414: The Yangtze floods of the late 1940s and early 1950s, but were developed and protected as a replacement for the wetlands of eastern Pudong during the construction of Shanghai's international airport in the 1990s. The cordgrass introduced in 1995 has succeeded in stabilizing the shoals but is now considered to be highly invasive , displacing the native reeds and bullrushes and degrading parts of
126-580: The PRC. Much like other levels of government in mainland China, the township's governance is divided between the Communist Party Township Secretary, and the " county magistrate " (Chinese: 乡长 ; pinyin: xiāngzhǎng ). The township party secretary, along with the township's party committee, determines policy. The magistrate is in charge of administering the daily affairs of government and executing policies as determined by
144-583: The basic level (fourth-level administrative units) of political divisions in the People's Republic of China . They are similar to municipalities and communes in other countries and in turn may contain village committees and villages. In 1995 there were 29,648 townships and 17,570 towns (a total of 47,218 township-level divisions) in China which included the territories held by the Republic of China and claimed by
162-533: The city's 19 uninhabited islands covered 226.27 square kilometers (87.36 sq mi), with a total coastline length of 309 kilometers (192 mi). The Yangshan area of the Port of Shanghai is also located on two islands, Greater and Lesser Yangshan in Hangzhou Bay , but these are administered as part of Zhejiang 's Shengsi County . All three inhabited islands of Shanghai are alluvial islands in
180-754: The establishment of townships. A similar to township unit in the system of administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China is a region with self-jurisdiction which functions at a PRC township-level administrative division. Divisions of this sort can include development zones, science and technology parks, university cities , companies , farms , fishing ground , ranches , orchards , national parks , etc., even prisons . The township-level administrative division (the lowest level division) includes townships, towns , subdistricts , ethnic townships , and sums . Some county-level administrative districts that govern towns and villages will also be defined as
198-409: The founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, there was a lack of uniform regulations for establishing towns, and there were too many towns formed. By the end of 1954, there were 5,400 towns throughout the country, including 920 with a population of less than 2,000, 2,302 with a population of 2,000-5,000, 1,373 with a population of 5,000-10,000, 784 with a population of 10,000-50,000, and 21 with
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#1732765052802216-1315: The highest point in Shanghai with an elevation of 103.4 meters (339 ft). Township (PRC) Provinces Autonomous regions Sub-provincial autonomous prefectures Autonomous prefectures Leagues (Aimag) (abolishing) Prefectures Provincial-controlled cities Provincial-controlled counties Autonomous counties County-level cities Districts Ethnic districts Banners (Hoxu) Autonomous banners Shennongjia Forestry District Liuzhi Special District Wolong Special Administrative Region Workers and peasants districts Ethnic townships Towns Subdistricts Subdistrict bureaux Sum Ethnic sum County-controlled districts County-controlled district bureaux (obsolete) Management committees Town-level city Areas Villages · Gaqa · Ranches Village Committees Communities Capital cities New areas Autonomous administrative divisions National Central Cities History: before 1912 , 1912–49 , 1949–present Townships ( simplified Chinese : 乡 ; traditional Chinese : 鄉 ; pinyin : xiāng ), formally township-level divisions (Chinese: 乡级行政区 ; pinyin: Xiāng Jí Xíngzhèngqū ), are
234-588: The jurisdiction of the Shanghai municipal government . They comprise three large inhabited islands and a shifting number of smaller, uninhabited ones. Most are alluvial islands in the Yangtze River Delta in China , although a number of islands in Hangzhou Bay off Jinshan District are also administered by Shanghai. The alluvial islands are relatively young and their number varies over time. In 2006,
252-465: The party committee. A township official is the lowest-level ranked official in the civil service hierarchy; in practice, however, the township party secretary and magistrate can amass high levels of personal power. A township government is formally responsible for local economic development, planning, maintenance of local roads, family planning, sanitation & health, sports, and "other responsibilities as determined by higher level governments". After
270-636: The southern channel of the Yangtze opposite the mouth of the Huangpu , the major river of central Shanghai. It is connected to Chongming by the Yangtze Bridge and Shanghai's Pudong New Area by the Yangtze Tunnel . Hengsha Island ( 横沙岛 ) (55.74 km or 21.52 sq mi ) lies to Changxing's east and is connected with the mainland and other islands by ferry service. Jiuduansha
288-500: The title Chongming . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Chongming&oldid=784361737 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Islands of Shanghai The islands of Shanghai are those under
306-652: The wetlands. A wetland museum, as well as a Science Popularization Park on about 5 square kilometers (1.9 sq mi) of the island, are planned to increase public awareness and support. Dajinshan Island ( t 大金山島 , s 大金山岛 , p Dàjīnshān Dǎo , lit. "Greater Gold Mountain Island"), Xiaojinshan Island ("Lesser Gold Mountain Island"), and Fushan Island in Jinshan District are nature reserves under city jurisdiction. They are located in Hangzhou Bay . Dajinshan has
324-557: Was connected to Changxing by the Yangtze Bridge in 2009 and to Qidong in Jiangsu by the Chongqi Bridge in 2011. The Chonghai Bridge , to Haimen in Jiangsu, remains under construction and plans for Shanghai's S7 (Huchong) Expressway call for the creation of a bridge directly from Baoshan District to Chengqiao . Changxing Island ( 长兴岛 ) (88.54 km or 34.19 sq mi ) lies between Chongming and Shanghai in
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