Penglang (Chinese: 蓬朗) is a Chinese town in the eastern edge of
Kunshan
Kunshan is a county-level city in southeastern Jiangsu province with Shanghai bordering its eastern border and Suzhou on its western boundary. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Suzhou.
Name
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It is associated with the southern suburbs of
Taicang
Taicang is a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Suzhou, Jiangsu province, China. The city located in the south of the Yangtze River estuary opposite Nantong, being bordered by Shanghai proper to the south, while the river also delineates ...
and the
Jiading District
Jiading is a suburban district of Shanghai. It had a population of 1,471,100 in 2010.
History
Historically, Jiading was a separate municipality/town, until, in 1958, becoming under the administration of Shanghai. In 1993, Jiading's designate ...
of
Shanghai
Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flow ...
. Penglang occupies 35 square kilometers. It is composed of three administrative villages and four communities. The resident population is 22,049 and the
shack population is 67,045.
Transport
The highway net leads in all directions. It passes through the southern east-west road of Kun Ka Road, the main road of 204 national highway and the Shanghai Jiading Expressway.
Economy
The district has Ivo (Kunshan),
Konka Electronics (Kunshan),
Kenda industry Co.,
and more than 550 other enterprises and institutions.
Kunshan Economy and Technology Development Zone positions Penglang as "the future of eastern Kunshan industrial service life and the important model of the city, also the important industry upgrade and developmental space base".
Culture
Penglang has a long history. It began in the
Song Dynasty
The Song dynasty (; ; 960–1279) was an imperial dynasty of China that began in 960 and lasted until 1279. The dynasty was founded by Emperor Taizu of Song following his usurpation of the throne of the Later Zhou. The Song conquered the rest ...
. The famous educator HuShiyu, is from Penglang, who was the teacher of
Ye Shengtao
Ye Shengtao (28 October 1894 – 16 February 1988) was a Chinese writer, journalist, educator, publisher and politician. He was a founder of the Association for Literary Studies (), the first literature association during the May Fourth Movement ...
. Penglang also has other notables, such as Fanghuan, politician and educator and a poet, Zhangyong.
References
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