Pingfang District () is one of nine
districts
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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' ...
of
Harbin
Harbin (; mnc, , v=Halbin; ) is a sub-provincial city and the provincial capital and the largest city of Heilongjiang province, People's Republic of China, as well as the second largest city by urban population after Shenyang and largest ...
, the capital of
Heilongjiang Province,
Northeast China
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, forming part of the city's urban core. The least spacious of Harbin's
county-level divisions, it borders the districts of
Xiangfang
Xiangfang District () is one of nine districts of the prefecture-level city of Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang Province, Northeast China. It is an urban district in the pre-1940 part of Harbin, bordering the districts of Daowai to the north, ...
to the north,
Acheng to the east,
Shuangcheng
Shuangcheng District () is one of nine districts of the prefecture-level city of Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang Province, Northeast China, covering part of the southwestern suburbs. The district was approved to establish from the former ''Shu ...
to the southwest, and
Nangang to the west.
History
Pingfang was the headquarters of the
Japan
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ese
Biological Warfare Unit 731 during the
Japanese invasion of China
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and
World War II
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. It had an airport, railway and dungeons. Most of Pingfang was burnt by Japanese officials to
destroy evidence but the incinerator where the remains of victims were burnt remains and is still in use as part of a factory.
Administrative divisions
Pingfang District is divided into 9 subdistricts and 1 town.
;9 subdistricts
*
Xingjian (),
Baoguo (),
Lianmeng (),
Youxie (),
Xinjiang
Xinjiang, SASM/GNC: ''Xinjang''; zh, c=, p=Xīnjiāng; formerly romanized as Sinkiang (, ), officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China (PRC), located in the northwest ...
(),
Xinwei (),
Pingxin (),
Jian'an (),
Pingsheng ()
;1 town
*
Pingfang ()
Economy
Pingfang is an industrial center of Harbin nowadays. Hafei (a factory producing helicopters, small airplanes, minivans, and cars), Dongan (a factory producing aircraft and automobile engines), and Northeast Light Alloy Processing Plant are the three major manufacturers there.
Harbin Aircraft Industry Group (Hafei) has its headquarters in the district.
Home
" (English). Harbin Aircraft Industry Group. Retrieved on August 8, 2014. "ADDRESS: NO,15, YOUXIE STREET, PINGFANG DISTRICT, HARBIN."
Chinese address
: ""
References
External links
Unit 731, a half century of denial
Military history of Japan during World War II
Districts of Harbin
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