Binjiang ( simplified Chinese : 滨江区 ; traditional Chinese : 濱江區 ; pinyin : Bīnjiāng Qū ) is one of ten urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Hangzhou , the capital of Zhejiang Province , in East China , it is located in the core urban area of Hangzhou. It is across the Qiantang River from West Lake and the older parts of Hangzhou. Like Pudong in Shanghai , it a very modern, and rapidly developing, area that was mostly farmland until ten years ago. The district's total area is 72.2 square kilometres (27.9 sq mi), and its permanent population totals 503,859 people as of 2020. The district people's government is situated on Xixing Road.
23-503: The district's name is derived from its geographic location along the Qiantang River , and literally translates to river bank ( simplified Chinese : 滨江区 ; traditional Chinese : 濱江區 ; pinyin : Bīnjiāng Qū ; lit. 'river bank district'). The area of present-day Binjiang District belonged to the ancient Chinese state of Yue . Xixing Old Street ( Chinese : 西兴老街 ; pinyin : Xīxìng Lǎo Jiē ),
46-479: A sub-provincial city are sub-prefecture-level; and districts of a prefecture-level city are county-level . The term was also formerly used to refer to obsolete county-controlled districts (also known as district public office ). However, if the word district is encountered in the context of ancient Chinese history , then it is a translation for xian , another type of administrative division in China. Before
69-462: A district. After the 1990s, county-controlled districts began to be phased out, and their role was taken over by larger towns or townships created by merging smaller ones. At the end of 2014, there was just one county-controlled district left in China: (See Administrative divisions of China for how these two types of districts fit into the general administrative hierarchy of mainland China.) If
92-517: A growth rate of 7.2%. In 2019, Binjiang District's GDP totaled ¥159.22 billion, and grew at a rate of 8.2%. In 2020, Binjiang District's primary sector accounted for just 0.03% of its GDP, while its secondary sector accounted for 46.34% of it, and its tertiary sector was responsible for 53.62% of it. Binjiang District is a major corporate center within China , and some of the country's largest private enterprises have headquarters or major offices in
115-592: A neighborhood within Xixing Subdistrict [ zh ] , has been continuously inhabited since the Spring and Autumn period . Xixing was established by Yue statesman Fan Li . The area fell under the jurisdiction of Xiaoshan County [ zh ] , the subdivisions of which are known as far back as the Tang dynasty . Present-day Binjiang District lies along the ancient Grand Canal , which made
138-422: Is a community , usually a small town or city , that is composed mostly of residents , as opposed to commercial businesses and/or industrial facilities, all three of which are considered to be the three main types of occupants of the typical community. Residential communities are typically communities that help support more commercial or industrial communities with consumers and workers . That phenomenon
161-446: Is a sub-county in China. A branch of a county government, a district public office (Chinese: 区公所 ; pinyin: Qū gōngsuǒ ) is the administrative office in a district; it is not a local government . A county-controlled district was once an important subdivision of a county all over China from the 1950s to 1990s. It was common for there to be about five to ten districts in a county, then about three to five towns and townships in
184-1601: Is home to four metro stations on Line 1: Jiangling Road station , Binhe Road station , Xixing station , and Binkang Road station . The district is home to four metro stations on Line 5: Changhe station , Jucai Road station , Jianghui Road station , and Binkang Road station. The district is home to ten metro stations on Line 6: Xipu Road station , Zhejiang Chinese Medical University station , Weiye Road station , Chengye Road station , Jianye Road station , Changhe station, Jianghan Road station , Jiangling Road station, Xingmin station , and Olympic Sports Center station . District (China) 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 The term district , in
207-544: Is probably because some people prefer not to live in an urban or industrial area, but rather a suburban or rural setting. For that reason, they are also called dormitory towns , bedroom communities , or commuter towns . An example of residential community would include a small town or city outside a larger city or a large town located near a smaller but more commercially- or industrially-centered town or city, for instance Taitou in Gaocun, Wuqing, and Tianjin, China. In
230-513: The People's Republic of China , a community ( 社区 ), also called residential unit or residential quarter ( 小区 ) or neighbourhood ( 居民区 ) or residential community ( 居住区 ), is an urban residential area and its residents administrated by a subdistrict ( 街道办事处 ). Communities are generally organized around a territory consisting of 100 to 700 households. The reform that created residential communities as local government in their current form
253-505: The Tang dynasty , the ancient town of Xixing ( Chinese : 西兴 ; pinyin : Xīxìng ), located within present-day Xixing Subdistrict [ zh ] and then known as Xiling ( Chinese : 西陵 ; pinyin : Xīlíng ), was a major center for Tang poetry. Xixing was the subject of a poem by Bai Juyi . Binjiang District is served by three lines on the Hangzhou Metro : Line 1 , Line 5 , and Line 6 . The district
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#1732776091520276-699: The district . Geely , a major automotive manufacturing company which was the 10th largest private enterprise in China as of 2020, has its headquarters in the district. Other large companies headquartered in Binjiang District include video surveillance company Dahua Technology , appliance company Supor , and logistics company BEST [ zh ] . Other major firms with a presence in Binjiang District include Alibaba , NetEase , H3C [ zh ] , Hikvision , Uniview , CHINT Group ( Chinese : 正泰太阳能 ), Supcon ( Chinese : 浙江中控 ), and Focused Photonics ( Chinese : 聚光科技 ). During
299-1039: The xian of China.) Residential communities of China 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 A residential community
322-633: The 1980s, cities in China were administrative divisions containing mostly urban, built-up areas, with very little farmland, except for the immediate suburbs in order to ensure a large supply of food or raw materials. As a result, districts were also mostly urban or suburban in nature. After the 1980s, prefectures began to be replaced with prefecture-level cities . From then on, "cities" in mainland China became just like any other administrative division, containing urban areas, towns, villages, and farmland. These cities are subdivided into districts, counties , autonomous counties , and county-level cities . At
345-671: The area central to the movement of goods and people from north China to south China. The area was a major point for the export of goods abroad. During the Tang dynasty, the ancient town of Xixing was a major center for poetry . During the Japanese invasion of China , most townships in Xiaoshan County were occupied or semi-occupied by the Japanese army. In 1947, Heshang District ( Chinese : 河上区 ; pinyin : Héshàng Qū )
368-497: The collapse of the previously existing social institutions ( danwei ) during the mid-1990s. Shequ were supposed to relieve the state of certain duties and responsibilities by transferring them to citizens participating in the shequ. They take over responsibilities which in democratic states are assumed by organisations of the civil community. Each community has a community committee, neighborhood committee or residents' committee ( 社区居民委员会 ). The creation, adjustment or dissolution of
391-444: The context of China , is used to refer to several unrelated political divisions in both ancient and modern China. In the modern context, district ( 区 ), formally city-governed district , city-controlled district , or municipal district ( 市辖区 ), are subdivisions of a municipality or a prefecture-level city . The rank of a district derives from the rank of its city. Districts of a municipality are prefecture-level ; districts of
414-1155: The same time, counties and county-level cities began to be replaced with districts, especially after 1990. From then onwards, districts were no longer strictly urban entities—some districts today are just like counties, with large towns and townships under them governing rural areas. A regular district under a municipality or prefecture-level city . A type of city districts that are specially created for ethnic minorities . Currently there are five such "ethnic districts": three in Henan , one in Heilongjiang , and one in Inner Mongolia . One county-level special district, located in Guizhou . One special sub-prefectural-level forestry district, located in Hubei . A county-controlled district , sometimes translated as county-governed district ; county district ; or sub-county (Chinese: 县辖区，区 ; pinyin: Xiànxiáqū, Qū )
437-420: The three towns of Xixing [ zh ] , Changhe [ zh ] , and Puyan [ zh ] . On May 8, 1996, Xiaoshan was merged into nearby Xihu District . On December 12, 1996, Binjiang District was created, with the three towns which formerly belonged to Xiaoshan. The district's three towns were upgraded to subdistricts on December 3, 2003. In August 2015, Binjiang District
460-422: The word "district" is encountered in the context of ancient Chinese history , then the word is a translation for xian , another type of administrative division in China. Xian has been translated using several English terms. In the context of ancient history, "district" and "prefecture" are commonly used, while "county" is used for more contemporary contexts. (See Counties of China for more information on
483-1182: Was approved as China's tenth National Independent Innovation Demonstration Zone [ zh ] . Binjiang District is bordered by Xiaoshan District to its east and south, and by the Qiantang River to its north and west. Across the Qiantang River lies Jianggan District , Shangcheng District , and Xihu District . Binjiang District has jurisdiction over three subdistricts : Xixing Subdistrict [ zh ] , Changhe Subdistrict [ zh ] , and Puyan Subdistrict [ zh ] . These subdistricts are then further divided into 53 residential communities . As of 2020, 192,265 people (38.16% of its total population) live in Puyan Subdistrict [ zh ] , 168,276 (33.40%) live in Changhe Subdistrict [ zh ] , and 143,318 (28.44%) live in Xixing Subdistrict [ zh ] . As of 2020, Binjiang District's gross domestic product (GDP) totals 174.57 billion renminbi (RMB), and posted
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#1732776091520506-444: Was called shèqū (社区). Originally, these organizations consisted of participating citizens and chiefs, the latter ones being installed by the central governance. Shequ represented an attempt to restructure the relationship between state and urban community in China. The social anthropologist Fei Xiaotong is considered the first to have proposed the introduction of the idea of shequ in China. The introduction of shequ started after
529-526: Was established within Xiaoshan County as a county-controlled district . The area came under control of the People's Republic of China in May 1949. In September 1958, people's communes were established throughout nearly all of Xiaoshan County. They remained commonplace in Xiaoshan County until their abolition in May 1984. Xiaoshan County was changed to a county-level city on November 27, 1987, and administered
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