Shuangliu District () is one of 11 urban districts of the

prefecture-level city A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking below a province and above a county in China's administrative structure. During the Republican era, many of China' ...

Chengdu Chengdu (, ; Simplified Chinese characters, simplified Chinese: 成都; pinyin: ''Chéngdū''; Sichuanese dialects, Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: ), Chinese postal romanization, alternatively Romanization of Chi ...

, the capital of

Sichuan Province Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of the ...

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. The district covers an area of , and has a population of approximately 1,396,400 as of 2019. It is the home of

Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport is one of two international airports serving Chengdu, the capital of China's Sichuan province, the other one being Chengdu Tianfu International Airport (TFU), and a major air hub. Located about southwes ...

, the fourth busiest airport in China. Shuangliu District is rapidly being urbanized by the growth of Chengdu and the airport's recent expansion. The district is bordered by the

prefecture-level cities A prefecture-level city () or prefectural city is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking below a province and above a county in China's administrative structure. During the Republican era, many of China' ...

Ziyang Ziyang () prefecture-level city in eastern Sichuan province, China. It is bordered by the provincial capital of Chengdu to the northwest, Deyang to the north, Suining to the northeast, Chongqing municipality to the east, and Neijiang to the west ...

to the southeast and

Meishan Meishan (; Sichuanese Pinyin: Mi2san1; local pronunciation: ; ), formerly known as Meizhou () or Qingzhou (), is a prefecture-level city with 2,955,219 inhabitants as of 2020 census whom 1,232,648 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of th ...

to the south.

History

The area of present-day Shuangliu District was home to the ancient city of , which served as the capital of a number of ancient clans. The area of present-day Shuangliu District was incorporated into the

Qin state Qin () was an ancient Chinese state during the Zhou dynasty. Traditionally dated to 897 BC, it took its origin in a reconquest of western lands previously lost to the Rong; its position at the western edge of Chinese civilization permitted ex ...

in 316 BCE as . In 127 BCE, the area was administered as Guangdu County (). In 9 CE, the county was renamed to Jiudu Pavilion (), and in 58 CE, its named was reverted to Guangdu County. In 352 CE, the area was reorganized as . In 559 CE, under the

Northern Zhou Zhou (), known in historiography as the Northern Zhou (), was a Xianbei-led dynasty of China that lasted from 557 to 581. One of the Northern dynasties of China's Northern and Southern dynasties period, it succeeded the Western Wei dynasty and ...

, Ningshu Commandery was abolished and replaced by Shu Commandery and Guangdu County was once again restored. In 601, under the

Sui dynasty The Sui dynasty (, ) was a short-lived imperial dynasty of China that lasted from 581 to 618. The Sui unified the Northern and Southern dynasties, thus ending the long period of division following the fall of the Western Jin dynasty, and layi ...

, Shuangliu County was established within Shu Commandery. On March 1, 2016, Shuangliu County was upgraded to Shuangliu District.

Government

District government

As a district, Shuangliu is headed by a

Party Committee Secretary A Party Committee Secretary () is the leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) organization in a province, city, village, or other administrative unit. In most cases, it is the ''de facto'' highest political office of its area of jurisdictio ...

(). On May 31, 2018, Han Yi was appointed as the Party Committee Secretary of the district. Since December 19, 2016, Chen Lin has served as the Director of the Standing Committee of the Shuangliu's People's Congress, the district's

legislative body A legislature is an assembly with the authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country or city. They are often contrasted with the executive and judicial powers of government. Laws enacted by legislatures are usually known as p ...

Administrative divisions

As of 2020, Shuangliu District is divided into 15

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and 4

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Subdistricts

The 15 subdistricts of Shuangliu District are as follows: * Dongsheng Subdistrict () * () * () * () * () * () * () * Wan'an Subdistrict () * () * () * () * () * () * () * ()

Towns

The 4 towns of Shuangliu District are as follows: *

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() *

Huanglongxi Huanglongxi ( Mandarin: ''黄龙溪镇'' or ''黃龍溪鎮'') is a historic Chinese town located in Chengdu, Sichuan. It is named after the Huanglong River, which flows through the town. The town is over 1,700 years old and has been restored ...

() * () * ()

Demographics

As of 2019, the district has an estimated population of 1,396,400, of which, 652,100 are

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holders. In 2019, the district reported a

rate of natural increase In Demography, the rate of natural increase (RNI), also known as natural population change, is defined as the birth rate minus the death rate of a particular population, over a particular time period. It is typically expressed either as a number ...

of 13.15 per thousand.

Economy

The district reported a GDP of 96.205 billion Yuan for 2019, an 8.8% increase from 2018. The following table shows a breakdown of the district's GDP: The now-defunct

China Southwest Airlines China Southwest Airlines (CSWA, ) was an airline with its head office on the property of Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport in Shuangliu County, Chengdu, Sichuan, People's Republic of China. On 28 October 2002, China Southwest Airlines was m ...

had its headquarters on the property of Shuangliu Airport.

Education

Colleges and universities

Sichuan University Sichuan University (SCU) is a National university, national National Key Universities, key public university, public research university in Chengdu, Sichuan, China. The university is wholly funded by Ministry of Education of the People's Republic ...

's Jiang'an Campus is in the county.

Southwest University for Nationalities Southwest Minzu University (), formerly Southwest University for Nationalities (SWUN), is a multi-disciplinary higher education institute under the control of the State Ethnic Affairs Commission of China. The university was founded in July 1950 ...

maintains a campus near the airport.

Primary and secondary schools

;Junior high school *Shuangliu Experimental Secondary School *Tanghu Secondary School *Shuangliu Foreign Language Secondary School *Dongsheng 1st Secondary School *Dongsheng 2nd Secondary School *Dongsheng 3rd Secondary School * Léman International School - Chengdu, a K-12 international school, is located in Da'an Village (), Zhengxing Township (), Shuangliu County.Contact Us
" Léman International School - Chengdu. Retrieved on October 1, 2015. "G213 National Road, Da'an Village Zhengxing County, Shuangliu Township, Chengdu, 610218 China" ;Senior high school *Shuangliu High School *Tanghu High School *Shuangliu Foreign Language High School *Dongsheng 1st High School *Dongsheng 2nd High School *Dongsheng 3rd High School

Transportation

Road transport

The district is served by

China National Highway 318 China National Highway 318 (G318) runs from Shanghai to Zhangmu on the China-Nepal border. It is the longest China National Highway at in length and runs west from Shanghai towards Zhejiang, Anhui, Hubei, Chongqing, Sichuan, and ends in Tibet Au ...

Air transport

Shuangliu District is home to the

, which, in 2018, saw the fourth largest passenger traffic in China, and the twenty-sixth largest in the world.

Notable people

Ye Guangfu Ye Guangfu (; born September 1980) is a Chinese fighter pilot and People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps (PLAAC) taikonaut selected as part of the Shenzhou program. Biography Ye was born in Shuangliu District, Chengdu, Sichuan in Septembe ...

(b. 1980),

People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps The People's Liberation Army Astronaut Corps (PLAAC; ), also known as the Chinese Astronaut Corps (), is a Beijing-based sub-corps-level People's Liberation Army Strategic Support Force (PLASSF) unit directly under the PLASSF Space Systems Depar ...

astronaut

References

External links

Official website of Shuangliu County
{{Authority control Districts of Chengdu