Dongping National Forest Park () is a

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park located on the north side of

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. The park is from Nanmen Port (the district government seat of

), which is connected to Jianshe on the southern side and neighboring Dongfeng Farm on the western and northern sides. At long from east to west and wide from south to north and covering an area of , it is the largest man-planted forest in

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and is also the biggest forest park in Shanghai.

History

Dongping National Forest Park grew out of Dongping Forest Farm which was enclosed and founded in 1959. Since it was formally opened to the public in June 1989, it has attracted thousands of tourists every year. Top Chinese central leaders such as

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and

Chen Muhua Chen Muhua (; 1921 – 12 May 2011) was a Chinese Communist revolutionary and politician who served as Vice Premier, State Councilor, Minister of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade, Commissioner of the National Family Planning Commission, Gov ...

have visited the park. Because of continual improvements to its scale and facilities, it was named Dongping National Forest Park by the Ministry of Chinese Forest Industry in June 1993 and evaluated as one of the ten new resorts in Shanghai at the beginning of 1997.

References

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