Puning (; postal: Puning) is a county-level city in the municipal region of

Jieyang Jieyang () is a prefecture-level city in eastern Guangdong Province (Yuedong), People's Republic of China, part of the Chaoshan region whose people speak Chaoshan Min distinct from neighbouring Yue speakers. It is historically important as th ...

, in the southeast of

Guangdong Guangdong (, ), alternatively romanized as Canton or Kwangtung, is a coastal province in South China on the north shore of the South China Sea. The capital of the province is Guangzhou. With a population of 126.01 million (as of 2020) ...

Province, China.

Economy

Puning's main industries include:

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, Plum,

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and so on. The specialties there are Puning miso (in Hong xiangyangzhen producing the most authentic) and Puning dried tofu (also known as Puning tofu).

Fruit

As the city is located in the south of the

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, there is plenty of sunshine and abundant rainfall, spring-fertile land and the development of fruit production with a unique natural and geographical conditions. Puning is the famous "Shuiguozhixiang", the city's existing base of high-value high-quality fruit, 35.3 thousand hectares, gross output value of fruit production among the national fruit hundred counties (cities). A long history of fruit cultivation, fruit cultivation experienced and fruit varieties are excellent, rare, valuable resources, particularly a wide variety.

Merlin Panlong Court

Panlong Temple (formerly Panlong House, Panlong Pavilion Temple) is located in Puning quicksand Merlin, about 20 kilometers southwest of the town area, the radius of 4 square kilometers. It is one of eastern Guangdong 10 square temples, but also major tourist scenic spots. 2002年10月17日 17 October 2002 (lunar 12 September) Reconstruction of the completion of set off.

Textiles

China's textile and apparel industry, Puning has become a big name, the reform and opening up, Puning Li with overseas Chinese and market advantages, the development of textile and garment industry, particularly in recent years the development of T-shirt production scale.

Medicine

Puning has a long history of traditional Chinese medicine and is a well-known traditional Chinese medicine base. At the beginning of this year following the reform and opening up trend, Puning committed to expanding the traditional Chinese medicine market, which enables the rapid development of Chinese herbal medicine industry is to build the United States as a leader Kang a large number of medicine production base.

In the news

The city's family planning excesses attracted first national then international attention in 2010 April due to the

Iron Fist Campaign The Iron Fist Campaign was a compulsory sterilization program conducted in the summer of 2010 by family planning officials in Puning, a county in Guangdong, China. Background In 1979, the Chinese government introduced the one-child policy, which ...

Notable people from Puning

Cai Cheng Cai Cheng ( (November 1927 – September 2, 2009), was a politician of the People's Republic of China, born in Puning, Jieyang, Guangdong. Biography He was the Minister of Justice from 1988 to 1993. Cai Cheng was the 13th CPC Central Comm ...

- Chinese politician *

Ke Hua Ke Hua (; 19 December 1915 – 1 January 2019) was a Chinese diplomat who served as Chinese Ambassador to Guinea from 1960 to 1964, Chinese Ambassador to Ghana from 1972 to 1974, Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines from 1975 to 1978, and Ch ...

- Chinese politician, diplomat and father of

Ke Lingling Ke Lingling (born 1951; zh, c=柯玲玲, p=kē líng líng; also known as Ke Xiaoming ()) is the ex-wife of Xi Jinping, who is now the General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and known as the paramount leader. She is from Puning, Guang ...

- former wife of

Xi Jinping Xi Jinping ( ; ; ; born 15 June 1953) is a Chinese politician who has served as the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), and thus as the paramount leader of China, ...

and daughter of

Chuang Shih-ping Chuang Shih-ping, (, 20 January 1911 – 2 June 2007) was a Hong Kong businessman who was the founder of the Hong Kong Nanyang Commercial Bank in 1949 and the Macau Banco Nan Tung in 1950. Zhuang was born in Puning, Guangdong and he came to H ...

- Chinese-born

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Chan Tung Chan Tung (1954-2001), Hong Kong's famous chef, was born in Puning, Guangdong. He was famous for teaching cooking in the TV programmes. Chan learnt cooking in his father's restaurant since he was 10 years old. However, he did not gain any spe ...

- Chinese-born

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and

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Chen Xinren Chen Xinren (; November 7, 1915 – July 25, 2005) was a People's Republic of China diplomat. He was born in Puning County, Guangdong Province (now Puning City, Guangdong). He was ambassador of the People's Republic of China to Finland (1954–19 ...

- Chinese diplomat *

Zheng Zeguang Zheng Zeguang (; born October 1963) is a Chinese diplomat currently serving as the Chinese Ambassador to the United Kingdom, and former Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of China. Career After teaching at a Guangdong middle school from 1980 to ...

- current

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* Zhou Zhenhong - Chinese politician * Fang Zong'ao - Chinese

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, jurist, law professor and economics professor

Climate

References

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