Langfang is a prefecture-level city of Hebei Province , and was known as Tianjin Prefecture until 1973. It was renamed Langfang Prefecture after Tianjin became a municipality and finally upgraded into a prefecture-level city in 1988. Langfang is located approximately midway between Beijing and Tianjin . At the 2020 census, the population of Langfang was 5,464,087, of whom 1,147,591 lived in the built-up ( or metro ) area made of Guangyang and Anci districts; its total area is around 6,417.28 km (2,477.73 sq mi). Langfang borders Baoding to the southwest, Cangzhou to the south (both prefecture-level cities of Hebei), Beijing to the north and Tianjin to the east. Sanhe City and Dachang Hui County are now conurbated with Beijing, so that they form part of the same built-up area. Langfang is the smallest prefecture-level city of Hebei Province by land area.
48-398: Langfang consists of 2 county-level districts , 2 county-level cities , 5 counties , 1 autonomous county , and one economic development zone ( 开发区 ). Development area: Langfang City is located in the central part of Hebei Province, with latitude ranging from 38 ° 30 'to 40 ° 05' north and longitude ranging from 116 ° 07 'to 117 ° 15' east. To the north is Yanshan Mountain, to the west
96-479: 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
144-689: A ceremony attended by the Chinese president and General Secretary of the Communist Party Xi Jinping . Inaugural flights from seven Chinese airlines began later in the afternoon, although flights operating out of the airport on the day were member-only, with the first official flight out of the airport an Airbus A380 operated by China Southern Airlines . Flights for the public began the following day on 26 September 2019. The first commercial flight landed at Beijing Daxing at 10:12 (UTC+8), September 26, 2019. The airport serves as
192-462: 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
240-520: A result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine . Some foreign Star Alliance airlines are joining full member Air China and connecting partner Juneyao at Daxing. In January 2020, LOT Polish launched a 4-weekly flight from Warsaw, complementing its three-weekly flight to Capital. Lufthansa and Swiss International Air Lines initially announced in the same month that they would move their Frankfurt-Beijing and Zurich-Beijing flights from Capital to Daxing at
288-655: Is 60 km (37 mi) from Beijing Capital International Airport, and 70 km (43 mi) from Tianjin Binhai International Airport, airports which are China's first and twelfth largest airports in terms of cargo transport, respectively. The nation's fourth largest seaport, Tianjin Port, is 105 km (65 mi) from Langfang EPZ. Part of the Beijing Daxing International Airport ( IATA : PKX , ICAO : ZBAD )
336-501: Is Taihang Mountain, to the east is Bohai Sea, and to the south is the vast North China Plain. The area of this city is 6429 square kilometers. In the northern region, there are Sanhe County, Dachang Hui Autonomous County, and Xianghe County; In the central and southern regions, there are Anci District, Yongqing County, Gu'an County, Baxian County, Wen'an County, and Dacheng County. The city governs one district and eight counties, 44 towns, 110 townships, and 3228 administrative villages. On
384-621: Is a hub for SkyTeam alliance airlines and some Oneworld members, while Hainan Airlines and most Star Alliance members have remained at Beijing Capital International Airport . After almost five years of construction, the CN¥ 80 billion (US$ 11.4 billion) facility features a 700,000 m (7,500,000 sq ft) terminal , the world's largest single-building airport terminal, and sits on 47 km (18 sq mi) of land. The airport won awards for best hygiene measures and best in size and region in 2020, and both awards plus Voice of
432-559: Is a part of Langfang City. The exclave comprises Sanhe County-level city, Xianghe County , and Dachang Hui Autonomous County and is located between the municipalities of Beijing and Tianjin. On June 26, 1900, during the Boxer Movement , belligerent European forces heading towards Beijing were stopped by Boxers at the Battle of Langfang , and were defeated and forced to turn back to Tianjin. The Chinese forces were victorious. It
480-531: Is a special enclosed area approved by the State Council and supervised by customs. In accordance with the instructions of the State Council leadership to optimize stock, control increment, standardize management, and improve level, the current "grazing style" for processing trade has been changed to a "captive style" centralized management. Currently, export processing zones have become an important carrier for regulating processing trade management and promoting
528-446: 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
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#1732773112238576-681: Is located in Guangyang District of Langfang. It is also only a one-hour drive from Beijing Capital International Airport ( IATA : PEK , ICAO : ZBAA ) and the Tianjin New Port. The Guangyang railway station serves the older Beijing–Shanghai railway , while the newer Langfang railway station opened in July 2011 as the penultimate stop on the Beijing–Shanghai high-speed railway . Langfang Railway Station. The station
624-1554: Is located on Jiefang Road, Guangyang District, Langfang City, Hebei Province. Langfang Railway Station is 74 kilometers upstream from Beijing Station and 1393 kilometers downstream from Shanghai Station on the Beijing Shanghai Railway. It is under the jurisdiction of the Beijing Railway Bureau's Beijing Rolling Stock Depot and is currently a second-class station and interval station. District (PRC)#City districts 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
672-662: The Beijing Subway connects the airport to the urban area of Beijing and began operation on September 26, 2019. The line links Caoqiao station on Line 10 to the airport. Initially, only the Caoqiao-to-airport segment was opened, with a northern extension to Lize Shangwuqu scheduled to begin construction in 2020 and finish in 2022. A southern extension of the line, also known as Line R1 of Xiong'an Rail Transit [ zh ] (or Xiong'an to Daxing Airport Express), from Daxing Airport to Xiong'an Terminal
720-493: The Beijing–Xiong'an intercity railway starts from Beijing West railway station . It will connect the urban area of Beijing, Daxing District of Beijing, Bazhou , and Xiong'an to the new airport. The section between the airport to Beijing will operate at speeds of 250 km/h (160 mph) and the section between the airport to Xiong'an will operate at speeds of 350 km/h (220 mph). The airport-to-Beijing section
768-410: The xian of China.) Beijing Daxing International Airport Beijing Daxing International Airport ( IATA : PKX , ICAO : ZBAD ) is one of two international airports serving Beijing , the capital of China (the other one being Beijing Capital International Airport ). The airport is located on the border of Beijing and Langfang , Hebei . It has been nicknamed "the starfish ". It
816-684: 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
864-448: The 37 km (23 mi) Beijing–Xiong'an intercity railway (Beijing section), to Beijing West railway station . The airport's master plan was prepared by NACO (Netherlands Airport Consultants) and will feature a ground transportation hub providing the airport with public transportation links to high-speed rail, metro, expressways, Beijing Airport Bus routes, local buses and inter-airport transportation system. The terminal building
912-519: The Capital Airport Group to enter the new airport. CAAC required each Mainland Chinese airline (other than China Postal Airlines ) to serve only one Beijing-area airport following the opening of Daxing, but allowed foreign airlines (including Hong Kong , Macau and Taiwan -based airlines) to operate from both airports if they wished to do so. China Eastern Group and China Southern Group were each allocated 40% of landing slots with
960-640: The Customer in 2021 by Airports Council International . A third airport for Beijing was proposed in 2008. By 2012, the existing Beijing Capital International Airport was running at near its full design capacity. Early media reports in September 2011 suggested that there could be up to nine runways at the new airport: eight runways for civil aviation plus one runway dedicated to military usage. It would replace Beijing Capital International Airport (which had 83 million passengers in 2013, second most in
1008-530: The Taihang Mountains, forming a convergence of boundary layer pollutants. In addition, influenced by the westerly wind belt and the leeward slope terrain of the Taihang Mountains, various types of terrain depressions often form in the Hebei Plain, causing the convergence of pollutants in the region. The "Northern Three Counties of Langfang City" exclave , separated from the rest of the province,
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#17327731122381056-464: The airport officially finished construction and was in preparation for its September opening. The construction of the airport itself cost CN¥ 120bn (approximately US$ 17 bn ), with other projects in the periphery costing CN¥330bn (US$ 46.2bn), giving a total cost of CN¥450bn (US$ 63bn). The airport opened on September 25, 2019—just six days before the 70th anniversary of the People's Republic of China —in
1104-444: 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
1152-836: The end of March 2020 have not been realised because of the COVID-19 pandemic . Furthermore, Delta Air Lines announced their intention to move at the end of April 2020, but are currently delayed by the slow reopening of China-US flight allocations . The Oneworld alliance announced in February 2019, that its member airlines were considering a formal co-location scheme at Daxing, particularly as many of them, now have codeshare partnerships with China Southern . Alliance members, British Airways and Malaysia Airlines moved their London-Heathrow and Kuala Lumpur to Beijing flights to Daxing. S7 Airlines moved two of its five Russian destinations to Daxing from Capital on March 29, 2020 while suspending
1200-424: The end of March 2020. However, these plans have not yet materialize because of the lingering effects on Chinese aviation brought by the COVID-19 pandemic . On October 25, 2020, China Southern Airlines transferred all its Beijing flights to Daxing Airport. The first phase of the airport project is designed with a target of 72 million passengers, 2 million tons of cargo and mail, and 620,000 aircraft movements in
1248-588: The hub for China United Airlines immediately after its opening and all their services have been relocated to Beijing Daxing. Others, such as China Eastern Airlines and China Southern Airlines , will also relocate. Upon opening of the Daxing Airport, Beijing Nanyuan Airport , the oldest airport in China, closed on the same day. A military airfield will coexist in Daxing, as was the case in Nanyuan. It
1296-652: The intercity railway connector (Daxing Airport to Langfang East railway station) is under construction. Phase 1 of the railway will be finished in December 2022. The speed will be 200 km/h. Another high-speed railway service, the Tianjin–Daxing Airport intercity railway , will connect Tianjin West railway station with Daxing Airport. Operation is projected to commence in the first half of 2023. The speed will be 250 km/h. The Daxing Airport Express of
1344-727: The large number of passengers expected," with plans to incorporate interactive pet hotels, a childcare and nursery, hybrid online retail and dining, and a showroom for companies. Other contractors involved in the project include China Electronics Engineering Design Institute, Civil Aviation Electronic Technology, The Third Rail Survey and Design Institute Group Corporation (TSDI China), Beijing City Construction Design Research General Institute and Beijing General Municipal Engineering Design & Research Institute. Beijing TsingHua TonHeng Urban Planning and Design Institute, Central Academy of Fine Arts, Dtree, Lea-Elliot, Lighting Design Studio, and East Sign Design & Engineering were also involved in
1392-616: The long term. Technological features of the airport include radio frequency identification for baggage tracking, geothermal heat pumps for heating and cooling, and facial recognition security access. The airport is linked to the city through various means of transportation, and a ground transportation center was constructed beneath the terminal building for this purpose. Two underground railway stations (for Beijing–Xiong'an intercity railway and Intercity Railway Connector ) and three metro stations ( Daxing Airport Express , Line 20 (Line R4) and another planned metro line) were built beneath
1440-546: The new airport, while Air China and other Star Alliance carriers would remain at Capital. China Southern, China Eastern and Beijing Capital Airlines ' intentions to move to Daxing were confirmed by a Xinhua report in December 2017. Ten passenger airlines ( China Southern Airlines , China United Airlines , Shanghai Airlines , Beijing Capital Airlines , Hebei Airlines , Spring Airlines , Okay Airways , Juneyao Airlines , XiamenAir and Donghai Airlines ) and one cargo airline ( China Postal Airlines ) signed agreements with
1488-677: The other hand, air pollution is a severe problem and in 2013 it was ranked among the 10 worst cities in China for air pollution, along with 6 other cities in Hebei including Xingtai , Shijiazhuang , Baoding , Handan , Hengshui and Tangshan , are among China's 10 most polluted cities.From the perspective of atmospheric environment, pollutants emitted from the Shanxi Plateau, Beijing Tianjin Tangshan, southern Hebei, Shandong, and southern Henan are transported by various wind belts in front of
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1536-466: The other three. Qatar Airways announced its intention to move to Daxing between June and August 2020 and is currently flying out of the airport. Royal Air Maroc which joined the alliance on 1 April 2020 already operates out of Daxing. However, Cathay Pacific has decided to maintain its flights at Capital. Finnair , which flew from Helsinki-to-Daxing while retaining a daily flight to Capital, has suspended both routes because of Russian airspace bans as
1584-507: The primary builder of pipelines in China, and the ENN Group , a natural gas company, are both based in the city. In recent years, Langfang has focused on digital industrialization, industrial digitization, digital governance, and data value, strengthening the digital economy and empowering high-quality development. The Langfang Export Processing Zone (Langfang EPZ) was established by the State Council in 2005. Langfang Export Processing Zone
1632-474: The project. Suppliers include Xsight Systems, T-Systems, Schindler, Thales, Beijing EasySky Technology and Oasys. Construction of the airport began on December 26, 2014, and was led by chief engineer Guo Yanchi. By March 2017, the terminal had its concrete structure capped. On January 23, 2019, the first flight inspection began to be carried out and was expected to be completed in March. On June 30, 2019,
1680-798: The remaining 20% for smaller Mainland China and international airlines. However, on 1 May 2019, this plan was changed by CAAC, with China Eastern Group relinquishing 10% of its allocated slots (to give it 30% of slots) to Air China Group in exchange for the China Eastern group continuing to operate its Shanghai-Beijing flights at Beijing Capital Airport. SkyTeam members are slowly moving services to Daxing. XiamenAir has relocated their routes to Daxing. In June 2020, Aeroflot ended flights from Capital in favor of Daxing. Similarly, China Eastern Airlines has shifted all of its operations to Daxing except for flights to Shanghai-Honqiao. However, their plan to launch new international routes to Paris and Tokyo at
1728-1155: 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 )
1776-481: The southern part of Daxing District of Beijing, along the border of Beijing and Hebei Province. No design or plans were released due to ongoing negotiations. It was stated that it would consist of 7 runways, 6 for civilian use and 1 for military purposes. Construction has been completed as of September 2019 with a capacity of handling 75 million passengers by 2025. The cost of construction was initially estimated to be at least 70 billion RMB (US$ 11.2 billion), including
1824-436: The terminal building. Currently, only one of the metro lines ( Daxing Airport Express ) and one of the railway lines ( Beijing–Xiong'an intercity railway ) are in operation. The airport is also served by a highway system including Beijing Daxing Airport Expressway [ zh ] and Beijing Daxing Airport North Line Expressway [ zh ] connecting the airport and Beijing city. A high-speed railway service,
1872-629: The transformation and upgrading of processing trade in China.It has a planned area of 0.5 km2 and commenced operation in October 2008. It is the only state-level development zone in Langfang. Langfang EPZ is located in the Langfang Economic and Technical Development Zone (Langfang ETDZ), which is a province-level development zone. It is 38 km (24 mi) from Beijing's third ring-road, and 50 km (31 mi) from down-town Tianjin. It
1920-422: 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
1968-480: The world) as the main airport of Beijing, and be the largest in China. The airport was planned to be able to handle 120 to 200 million passengers a year, which, if capacity were fully used, would make it the world's busiest airport by passenger traffic , surpassing Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport by far. Official approval for construction by National Development and Reform Commission on December 22, 2014. It called for an airport to be constructed in
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2016-520: Was completed on June 30, 2019, and began operations on September 26, 2019. Beijing Daxing covers an expanse of 2,679 hectares (6,620 acres ) and has four civilian runways and one military runway. The airport is 46 kilometers (29 mi) south of Tiananmen Square , 26 kilometers (16 mi) west of downtown Langfang , 50 kilometers (31 mi) northeast of Xiong'an New Area , and 65 kilometers (40 mi) south of Beijing Capital International Airport , and serves Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei . It
2064-535: Was designed by British architects Zaha Hadid Architects , French planners ADPI and partners, and executed by the Beijing Institute of Architectural Design (BIAD). It consists of a central hub with six curved spokes. The façade was designed by XinShan Curtainwall and Beijing Institute of Architectural Design. Arup was subcontracted by Beijing Institute of Architectural Design as the fire engineering consultant, while China IPPR International Engineering
2112-540: Was initially planned for airlines of the SkyTeam alliance to be relocated to the new airport, while Star Alliance airlines would remain at Capital, effectively making both airports hubs. This was confirmed in 2016, when the Civil Aviation Administration of China announced that China Southern Airlines , China Eastern Airlines and XiamenAir along with other SkyTeam airlines would move to
2160-570: Was opened on September 26, 2019, while the airport-to- Xiong'an section is expected to open in late 2020 . It will take 28 minutes from Beijing West railway station to the new airport. Another intercity railway, the Intercity Railway Connector , will connect Langfang , Yizhuang , Beijing Sub-administrative Center in Tongzhou District and Beijing Capital International Airport to Daxing Airport. Phase I of
2208-487: Was responsible for security system and baggage system designs. BuroHappold Engineering , as part of the consortium, worked with the architects to integrate engineering solutions into the design of the airport. Hong Kong design studio Lead 8 was appointed as lead designer of the integrated service building (the sixth pier) in 2018. The terminal, according to Lead 8, will encompass "a purposeful design of work spaces, with integrated retail, dining, and entertainment options for
2256-683: Was the earliest, largest in number, most widespread in territory, had the greatest impact, and achieved the most significant results in the nationwide armed resistance against Japan. Langfang's economy emphasizes computers and technology and manufacturing. To that effect Langfang is home to an Export Processing Zone , an area for factories, and the Oriental University City , a 4-billion yuan investment that began construction in 1999, where some 30 universities enroll about 50,000 students. There are two national oil and gas companies based in Langfang. The China Petroleum Pipeline Bureau ,
2304-629: Was the site of another battle during the Second Sino-Japanese War .In the summer of 1938, on the vast fertile land on both sides of the Luan River east of Beiping and Tianjin, and west of Shanhaiguan and Qinhuangdao, a anti Japanese storm swept across the eastern region of Hebei Province - the Jidong People's Anti Japanese Armed Uprising. The Jidong Uprising, in the history of anti fascist armed uprisings during World War II,
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