Gaocun (), formerly Gaocun township (), is a town in

Wuqing District Wuqing District () is a district of Tianjin, bordering Hebei province to the north and west, Beijing Municipality to the northwest, Baodi District to the northeast, and Beichen District and Xiqing District to the southeast/south. Administrative ...

in the northwest of Tianjin Municipality. It is located half-way between the city centres of Beijing and Tianjin at the Gaocun exit on the Jingjintang Expressway. Gaocun was promoted from village status to township status in 2013 at around the same time when the region underwent rapid development. Beijing Capital Land has invested billions of Chinese yuan into the Gaocun area by building a Science Park, an international school called Haileybury International School, Wisdom Plaza and Jingjinhui entertainment complex. Two shopping malls are currently under construction.

Administrative divisions

In 2017, Gaocun town incorporated the following residential communities and villages: Residential communities: * Niuzhen (), Taitou () Villages: *

Gaocun Gaocun Town () is a town and the county seat of Mayang Miao Autonomous County in Hunan, China. The town is located in the mid-northern region of the county, it was reformed to merge ''Luxikou Township'' (), Liping Township (), ''Gudapo Township'' ...

(), Lancheng (), Houhoushang (), Renzhuang (),

Jianchang Jianchang () is a county of Huludao City in the southwest of Liaoning province, China. It is the largest division of Huludao, with an area of , and population of 600,000, located in mountainous terrain west of that city, serviced by China Natio ...

(), Yongxingzhuang (), Zhonghan (), Dazhou (), Xiaozhou (), Lilao () and Tianhu (). Former villages: * Niu Village 1 (), Niu Village 2 (), Niu Village 3 (), Niu Village 4 (), and Taitou ()

Lifestyle

Residential areas

Taitou residential compound is a lively community of around 1,000 Chinese residents and around 30 expatriate teachers employed by Haileybury International School.

Transportation

Residents use a combination of electric cars, hybrid vehicles, petrol cars, electric rickshaws and bicycles to commute around the local area.

Places of interest

Places of interest in Gaocun

* Gaocun Township People's Government, Gaocun main street * Beckham Burger Restaurant, Gaocun main street * Gaocun Farmers' Market (only open between sunrise and noon on days whose lunar date ends with an odd-numbered digit that is not 7)

Places of interest at Wisdom Plaza (under construction)

* Face-to-Face Noodle Bar, Wisdom Plaza * Beijing Institute of Big Data Research, Wisdom Plaza * Apple'tree (restaurant and yoga studio), Wisdom Plaza * GreenGo electric car rental service{{Cite web, url=https://www.green-go.cn/LGDT.html , script-title=zh:GreenGo 共享汽车, website=www.green-go.cn, access-date=2018-10-05

Places of interest in Taitou

* Taitou residential compound * Family Destiny Restaurant (known colloquially by the expatriate community as the "Dirty Dragon") * Taitou intercity bus station (outside Taitou West Gate), which has at two buses to south-east Beijing each day

Places of interest around rural Gaocun township

* Haileybury International School *Pinwei, a Chinese restaurant half-way between Taitou and Haileybury International School *Central Park (a paved, landscaped, tree-lined park 6.5 kilometres in circumference *Road corn

References

Towns in Tianjin