Chaoyang District (Chinese: 朝阳区; pinyin: cháoyángqū) is an urban district of Beijing. It borders the districts of Shunyi to the northeast, Tongzhou to the east and southeast, Daxing to the south, Fengtai to the southwest, Dongcheng, Xicheng, and Haidian to the west, and Changping to the northwest.
Chaoyang is home to the majority of Beijing's many foreign embassies, the well-known Sanlitun bar street, as well as Beijing's growing central business district. The Olympic Green, built for the 2008 Summer Olympics, is also in Chaoyang. Chaoyang extends west to Chaoyangmen on the eastern 2nd Ring Road, and nearly as far east as the Ximazhuang toll station on the Jingtong Expressway. Within the urban area of Beijing, it occupies 470.8 square kilometres (181.8 sq mi), making it the central city's largest district, with Haidian second. As of November 2020, Chaoyang had a total population of 3,452,460, making it the most populous district in Beijing. The district has jurisdiction over 24 subdistrict offices and 19 area offices. Chaoyang is also home to Silk Street, Bainaohui Computer Shopping Mall, Alien Street (老番街市场), and many other market areas, shopping malls, and restaurant strips.
Chaoyang District has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dwa). The average annual temperature in Chaoyang is 12.9 °C (55.2 °F). The average annual rainfall is 582 mm (22.9 in) with July as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 26.8 °C (80.2 °F), and lowest in January, at around −3.0 °C (26.6 °F).
Administrative divisions
editChaoyang is divided into 24 subdistricts, and 19 townships of which carry the "area" (地区) label:
Government and infrastructure
editThe Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Culture are headquartered in the district.
In the year of 2022, the GDP of Chaoyang district was 791.12 billion yuan ($117.62 billion by nominal), with GDP per capita at 229,843 yuan ($34,172 by nominal).
China National Aviation Holdings Company (parent company of Air China), SOHO China, CITIC Group, Sinopec, Qihoo 360, COFCO, and Beijing Capital Airlines have their headquarters in Chaoyang District. Renren Inc. has its headquarters on the 23rd floor of the Jing An Center (静安中心; 靜安中心; Jìng'ān Zhōngxīn) in Chaoyang District.
Wanda Group has its headquarters in the Wanda Plaza (万达广场). Wanda Cinemas is headquartered in the same complex.
China Resources Beverage, the distributor of C'estbon water, has its north China regional office in the district.
According to Chaoyang's official website, the district "is home to more than 60 percent of the foreign business agencies in Beijing, over 3,000 foreign companies, 167 international news agencies, and two-thirds of the 158 of the global top 500 transnational companies that have invested in Beijing." Some of these are:
ABB Group (China headquarters), Air France, All Nippon Airways, (Beijing Office, Beijing Fortune Building) Halliburton, IBM, KBR, Kerr-McGee China Petroleum Ltd. (an Occidental Petroleum subsidiary), Korean Air (Hyundai Motor Tower (现代汽车大厦; Xiàndài qìchē dàshà)), Kroll Inc., Lummus Technology, a subsidiary of CB&I, Lufthansa (Beijing Lufthansa Center), Asiana Airlines, Standard & Poor's, Swire Group, Etihad Airways, EVA Air, and Qatar Airways.
The Hong Kong-based company Swire Properties has two locations in Chaoyang.
Beijing Hyundai Motor Company (simplified Chinese: 北京现代汽车有限公司; traditional Chinese: 北京現代汽車有限公司; pinyin: Běijīng Xiàndài Qìchē Yǒuxiàngōngsī; Korean: 북경현대), a 50–50 joint venture of the Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co. and Hyundai Motor Company, has its sales offices in the Hyundai Motor Tower in Chaoyang District.
Chaoyang serves as Beijing's diplomatic district. All foreign embassies to China are located in the district except for that of Russia and Luxembourg, which both are in Dongcheng. Chaoyang has three embassy areas in the Ritan, Sanlitun, and Liangmaqiao neighborhoods.
Chaoyang District is one of the fastest growing districts in the Beijing Metropolitan Area. There are several subway lines running through the district. The Beijing Capital Airport, although surrounded by the Shunyi District, is an exclave of Chaoyang District. The municipality as well as the Chinese national government spend almost a half million USD per day on developing this district.
Chaoyang is currently served by 14 metro lines of the Beijing Subway:
- Line 1 – Yong'anli, Guomao 10, Dawanglu 14, Sihui Batong, Sihuidong Batong
- Line 2 – Jianguomen 1, Chaoyangmen 6
- Line 5 – Lishuiqiao 13, Lishuiqiao South, Beiyuanlu North, Datunlu East 15, Huixinxijie Beikou, Huixinxijie Nankou 10, Hepingxiqiao
- Line 6 – Chaoyangmen 2, Dongdaqiao, Hujialou 10, Jintailu 14, Shilipu, Qingnianlu, Dalianpo, Huangqu, Changying, Caofang
- Line 7 – Shuangjing 10, Jiulongshan 14, Dajiaoting, Baiziwan, Huagong, Nanlouzizhuang, Happy Valley, Fatou, Shuanghe, Jiaohuachang, Huang Chang, Lang Xin Zhuang, Hei Zhuang Hu
- Line 8 – Lincuiqiao, South Gate of Forest Park, Olympic Green 15, Olympic Sports Center, Beitucheng 10, Anhuaqiao
- Line 10 – Jiandemen, Beitucheng 8, Anzhenmen, Huixinxijie Nankou 5, Shaoyaoju 13, Taiyanggong, Sanyuanqiao Capital Airport, Liangmaqiao, Agricultural Exhibition Center, Tuanjiehu, Hujialou 6, Jintaixizhao, Guomao 1, Shuangjing 7, Jinsong, Panjiayuan, Shilihe 14 17, Chengshousi
- Line 13 – Lishuiqiao 5, Beiyuan, Wangjing West 15, Shaoyaoju 10, Guangximen, Liufang
- Line 14 – Shilihe 10 17, Beigongda Ximen, Jiulongshan 7, Dawanglu 1, Jintailu 6, Zaoying, Dongfengbeiqiao, Jiangtai, Wangjing South, Futong, Wangjing 15, Donghuqu, Laiguangying, Shangezhuang
- Line 15 – Olympic Park 8, Anlilu, Datunlu East 5, Guānzhuang, Wangjingxi 13, Wangjing 14 ,Wangjingdong, Cuigezhuang, Maquanying, Sunhe
- Line 17 – Shilihe 10 14, Zhoujiazhuang, Shibalidian
- Capital Airport Express – Sanyuanqiao 10, Terminal 2
- Batong line (through operation to Line 1) – Sihui 1, Sihuidong 1, Gaobeidian, Communication University of China, Shuang Qiao, Guaanzhuang, Baliqiao
- Yizhuang line – Xiaocun, Xiaohongmen
Tertiary academic institutions
edit- No.80 High School of Beijing (北京市第八十中学)
- RDFZ Chaoyang School (人大附中朝阳学校)
- RDFZ Chaoyang Branch School (人大附中朝阳分校)
- Beijing Ritan High School (北京日坛中学)
- Beijing No. 17 High School (北京市第十七中学)
- The Affiliated High School to UIBE [zh](对外经济贸易大学附属中学)
- Beijing Chen Jing Lun High School (北京市陈经纶中学)
- Beijing Hepingjie No.1 Middle School (北京市和平街第一中学)
- The High School Affiliated to Beijing University of Technology (北京工业大学附属中学)
International schools and kindergartens
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