Zhuzhou


Zhuzhou, formerly Jianning, is a prefecture-level city of Hunan Province, China, straddling the Xiang River southeast of the provincial capital, Changsha, and bordering Jiangxi province to the east. It is part of the "Greater Changsha Metropolitan Region, also known as Changzhutan Golden Triangle". The city has jurisdiction over five counties and four districts, and covers an area of.
, Zhuzhou had 3,871,100 inhabitants, of whom 1,055,373 lived in the built-up area. With Xiangtan areas adjoining Zhuzhou due to be agglomerated in a few years' time, the joint built-up area will be home to 2,933,069 inhabitants.
Zhuzhou is located in a subtropical monsoon climate zone and with its abundant mineral and organic resources has one of the highest agricultural yields in Hunan province. Zhuzhou is home to a provincial public university of Hunan University of Technology.
Zhuzhou is a key center for Xiang Opera and home to the traditional Xiangxiu Fire Dragon Dance, performed during the Lantern Festival.

Geography

Zhuzhou has a humid subtropical climate with long, hot summers, and cool to cold, cloudy, damp winters with occasional snow flurries. Within its administrative area, the annual mean temperature is 17.7 °C, with the coolest month being January, which averages 5.3 °C, and the hottest July, at 29.5 °C.

Administrative divisions

Zhuzhou city administers five districts, one county-level city and three Counties of the [People's Republic of China|counties].
Zhuzhou has also establish following administrative areas:
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Government

The government of Zhuzhou has a structured in a dual party-government system like all other governing institutions in mainland China.
The mayor of Zhuzhou is the highest-ranking official in the People's Government of Zhuzhou or Zhuzhou Municipal Government. However, in the city's dual party-government governing system, the mayor has less power than the Communist Party of Zhuzhou Municipal Committee Secretary, colloquially termed the "CPC Party Chief of Zhuzhou" or "Communist Party Secretary of Zhuzhou".
Wu Zhankui served 16 years as the 3rd, 5th and 10th mayor of Zhuzhou from 1953 to 1955, 1956 to 1968, and 1980 to 1983. He is the longest term mayor of Zhuzhou.
No.English nameChinese nameTook officeLeft office
1Yang Dipulabels=noApril 1951July 1951
2Chen Jichanglabels=noJuly 1951April 1953
3Wu Zhankuilabels=noApril 1953May 1955
4Ma Zhuangkunlabels=noMay 1955July 1956
5Wu Zhankuilabels=noJuly 1956January 1968
7Wang Dajulabels=noJanuary 1968October 1968
8Gao Jitanglabels=noOctober 1968November 1977
9Zhou Zhenglabels=noNovember 1977June 1980
10Wu Zhankuilabels=noDecember 1980May 1983
11Xue Houminlabels=noOctober 1983December 1984
12Zhou Jitailabels=noMay 1985July 1990
13Zhou Bohualabels=noJuly 1990January 1993
14Wang Tingminglabels=noJanuary 1993April 2000
15Xiao Yayulabels=noApril 2000April 2003
16Yan Shishenglabels=noApril 2003April 2007
17Chen Junwenlabels=noApril 2007April 2008
18Chen Junwenlabels=noJanuary 2008April 2008
19Wang Qunlabels=noMay 2008January 2009
20Wang Qunlabels=noJanuary 2009March 2013
21Mao Tengfeilabels=noMay 2013March 2016
22Yang Weiguolabels=noMay 2016July 2021
23Chen Huiqing陈恢清August 2021-

No.English nameChinese nameTook officeLeft office
1Yang Dipulabels=noApril 1951July 1951
2Chen Jichanglabels=noJuly 1951November 1952
3Hou Xiyilabels=noDecember 1952June 1954
4Wang Zhiguolabels=noJune 1954September 1954
5Ma Zhuangkunlabels=noSeptember 1954December 1967
6Gao Jitanglabels=noOctober 1968November 1977
7Zhou Zhenglabels=noNovember 1977May 1980
8Zhu Yuanminglabels=noMay 1980February 1982
9Li Zhaominlabels=noFebruary 1982May 1983
10Sun Wenshenglabels=noMay 1983July 1984
11Cao Bochunlabels=noJuly 1984May 1990
12Zhou Jitailabels=noJune 1990January 1994
13Cheng Xinghanlabels=noFebruary 1994April 2000
14Wang Tingminglabels=noApril 2000March 2003
15Xiao Yayulabels=noMarch 2003March 2008
16Chen Junwenlabels=noMarch 2008April 2013
17He Anjielabels=noApril 2013March 2016
18Mao Tengfeilabels=noMarch 2016April 2021
19Cao Huiquan曹慧泉April 2021–

Transportation

Zhuzhou is a very important transportation junction in South China. The Beijing–Guangzhou railway and the Shanghai–Kunming railway meet here, which makes Zhuzhou railway station, conveniently located in downtown Zhuzhou, one of the five special class passenger-and-goods transportation stations in China. On average, a train passes through every three minutes. Zhuzhou North Station is the largest goods transportation marshalling station in South China, with 110 trains and more than 30,000 passengers passing through every day.
The Beijing–Guangzhou high-speed railway serves the city as well. As almost everywhere along this line, the high-speed railway is routed away from the city core. High-speed trains to Guangzhou, Wuhan, Beijing, Xi'an and points in between stop at Zhuzhou West railway station, which is located about to the west of downtown Zhuzhou.
As well through its comprehensive railway system, Zhuzhou is connected to the rest of the country by 106 National Highway, 320 National Highway, 211 Provincial Highway, the Beijing–Zhuhai expressway, the Shanghai–Ruili expressway, and three highways linking south Fujian, south Jiangxi and south Hunan Province.
Zhuzhou is away from Changsha Huanghua International Airport. It takes about 30 minutes to drive to the airport by the Changsha–Zhuzhou Highway.
The Xiang River flows through Zhuzhou, which makes it one of the eight river ports of Hunan Province.
Phase 1 of the world's first Autonomous Rail Rapid Transit system, opened in 2018 and was later extended. The system uses 300 passenger rubber tyred vehicles capable of both following markings on the roadway and being steered by a driver. It is commonly called either a "guided bus" and a "trackless tram". The system was developed by the CRRC Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Research Institute.
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Industry

Zhuzhou is the second largest city in Hunan Province; it is an industrial city with four key industries are metallurgy, machine manufacture, chemicals and building materials.
Zhuzhou became one of the eight key national-wide industrial cities in the 1st Five-Year-Plan. four out of 156 key projects were set up in Zhuzhou. Later on, more than 20 important factories were built in Zhuzhou.
Zhuzhou's high-tech industrial development zone was approved by the State Council in December 1992 and was designated in a area next to the Xiang River.
The high-tech industrial development zone is located less than from China National Highway 320, and provides incentives to encourage investment in biotechnology and pharmaceuticals; construction materials production, food and agricultural processing, heavy industry, and telecommunications equipment production.

Colleges and universities

This is a list of institutions with full-time bachelor programs in Zhuzhou:

Twin towns – sister cities

Zhuzhou is twinned with: