Haiyang
Haiyang, is a coastal city in the Shandong province in eastern China, located on the Yellow Sea coast of the Shandong Peninsula. Its name translates directly from "yang" side of the "ocean" in Mandarin. It is a county-level city under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Yantai and was the host city for the 2012 Asian Beach Games.
It is also the site of the new Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant and in 2021, became China's first city to fully utilize nuclear energy for its district heating system. Haiyang is the hometown of writer Sun Junqing, whose 1962 work about the hope for a better year of farming in 1963 after the Great Chinese Famine is part of the Putonghua Proficiency Test.
History
Early history
Haiyang was first settled with Laiyi people, one of the peripheral Chinese ethnic minorities, some 2,300 years ago, and was annexed into Qi in 567 BC. Haiyang was, consecutively, under administration of State of Qi in Warring States period. After Qin Shi Huang unified China, Haiyang was put under the administration of Jiaodong Commandery. It was under the Lai Prefecture in Tang, Song, and Yuan dynasties, and Dengzhou Prefecture in Ming dynasty.From fortress to county
In 1389, during the early Ming dynasty Dasongwei Fortress, one of the nine coastal fortresses of the time to guard against Wokou and other pirates invasions, was set up to govern the area known today as Haiyang. In 1734, during the Yongzheng Era, Dasongwei Fortress was officially renamed as Haiyang, which name is still used today for the land covering the south coast of Shandong Peninsula, with an area of more than 3,000 kilometers. In 1947, the newly founded communist government cut off the eastern land of Haiyang to create another county of Rushan, and since then, Haiyang's 1,886 kilometer area forms a shape that resembles a flying phoenix towards the Pacific Ocean.European settlement
From the late 19th century until World War I, Haiyang was a coastal town in Shandong Province, located near the European settlements of Qingdao and Weihaiwei. Qingdao was leased to Germany in 1898, while Weihaiwei was leased to Britain in the same year. Trade activities in the region continued through the establishment of communist control in 1949, which brought significant changes in local governance and economic practices.Geography
Administrative Divisions
As of 2012, Haiyang administers four subdistricts and 9 towns:| Name | Chinese | Hanyu Pinyin |
| Subdistricts | ||
| Dongcun | 东村街道 | Dōngcūn Jiēdào |
| Fangyuan | 方圆街道 | Fāngyuán Jiēdào |
| Fengcheng | 凤城街道 | Fèngchéng Jiēdào |
| Longshan | 龙山街道 | Lóngshān Jiēdào |
| Towns | ||
| Lidian | 里店镇 | Lǐdiàn Zhèn |
| Xiaoji | 小纪镇 | Xiǎojǐ Zhèn |
| Xingcun | 行村镇 | Xíngcūn zhèn |
| Xin'an | 辛安镇 | Xīn'ān Zhèn |
| Liugezhuang | 留格庄镇 | Liúgézhuāng Zhèn |
| Panshi | 盘石镇 | Pánshí Zhèn |
| Zhuwu | 朱吴镇 | Zhūwú Zhèn |
| Facheng | 发城镇 | Fāchéng Zhèn |
| Guocheng | 郭城镇 | Guōchéng Zhèn |