Furong, Changsha


Furong District is one of six urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Changsha, Hunan Province, China. It is the smallest district of Changsha by area. Furong District is a part of the core of the Changsha urban area, located in the midst of the city. The district is bordered by Yuhua District to the south, Changsha County to the east, Kaifu District to the northwest, and Tianxin District to the southwest. Furong covers with population of 539,200, registered population of 403,948. The district has 13 subdistricts under its jurisdiction. The government seat is at Dongtundu subdistrict.

History

Furong District was formed on 22 April 1996 as a result of adjusting the administrative districts of Changsha. It covers most of the land of the historic East District, including Jiucaiyuan, Fuhoujie, Wulipai, Liuzhengjie, Wenyilu, Jiefanglu, Duzhengjie, Chaoyanglu and Renminlu 9 subdistricts; parts of the former Suburb District, of which are Xianghu Fish Farm, state-run Dongtundu Farm, Huoxing Town, Dong'an Township and Mawangdui Township in which excluding Wuyi, Huoxian, Youyi and Gaoqiao 4 villages.
The Shaoguang Community was merged into Dong'an Township from Langli Town of Changsha County on 8 August 2008.

Subdivision

Furong has 13 subdistricts under its jurisdiction.
;13 subdistricts
  • Chaoyangjie
  • Dingwangtai
  • Dong'an
  • Donghu
  • Dongtundu
  • Hehuayuan
  • Huoxing
  • Jiucaiyuan
  • Mapoling
  • Mawangdui
  • Wenyilu
  • Wulipai
  • Xianghu

    Economy

According to preliminary accounting of the statistical authority, the gross domestic product of Furong District in 2017 was 130,159 million yuan, up by 9 percent over the previous year. Of this total, the value added of the primary industry was 81 million yuan, up by -45.2 percent, that of the secondary industry was 17,907 million yuan, up by 2.2 percent, and that of the tertiary industry was 112,244 million yuan, up by 10.2 percent. The value added of the primary industry accounted for 0.06 percent of the GDP; that of the secondary industry accounted for 13.76 percent; and that of the tertiary industry accounted for 86.24 percent.