Binjiang () is an

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, China. The district's total area is , and its permanent population totals 503,859 people as of 2020.

Toponymy

The district's name is derived from its geographic location along the

Qiantang River The Qiantang River (), formerly known as the Hangchow River Postal Map Romanization, or Tsientang River, is a rivers of China, river in East China. An important commercial artery, it runs for through Zhejiang, passing through the provincial c ...

, and literally translates to river bank ().

History

The area of present-day Binjiang District belonged to the ancient Chinese state of Yue. Xixing Old Street (), a neighborhood within , has been continuously inhabited since the

Spring and Autumn period The Spring and Autumn period () was a period in History of China, Chinese history corresponding roughly to the first half of the Eastern Zhou (256 BCE), characterized by the gradual erosion of royal power as local lords nominally subject t ...

. Xixing was established by Yue statesman

Fan Li Fan Li (fl. 5th-century BCE) from the Spring and Autumn period, was a Chinese businessman, military strategist, and politician. Fan Li was an important political and military advisor to Goujian, the king of Yue. He later was known as Tao Zhu ...

. The area fell under the jurisdiction of , the subdivisions of which are known as far back as the

Tang dynasty The Tang dynasty (, ; zh, c=唐朝), or the Tang Empire, was an Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907, with an Wu Zhou, interregnum between 690 and 705. It was preceded by the Sui dynasty and followed ...

. Present-day Binjiang District lies along the ancient Grand Canal, which made the area central to the movement of goods and people from north China to south China. The area was a major point for the export of goods abroad. During the Tang dynasty, the ancient town of Xixing was a major center for

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. During the

Japanese invasion of China The Second Sino-Japanese War was fought between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan between 1937 and 1945, following a period of war localized to Manchuria that started in 1931. It is considered part of World War II, and often r ...

, most

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in Xiaoshan County were occupied or semi-occupied by the Japanese army. In 1947, Heshang District () was established within Xiaoshan County as a

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. The area came under control of the People's Republic of China in May 1949. In September 1958,

people's communes The people's commune ( zh, c=, p=rénmín gōngshè) was the highest of three administrative levels in rural areas of the People's Republic of China during the period from 1958 to 1983, until they were replaced by Townships of the People's Rep ...

were established throughout nearly all of Xiaoshan County. They remained commonplace in Xiaoshan County until their abolition in May 1984. Xiaoshan County was changed to a

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on November 27, 1987, and administered the three

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of , , and . On May 8, 1996, Xiaoshan was merged into nearby Xihu District. On December 12, 1996, Binjiang District was created, with the three towns which formerly belonged to Xiaoshan. The district's three towns were upgraded to

subdistricts A subdistrict or sub-district is an administrative division that is generally smaller than a district. Equivalents * Administrative posts of East Timor, formerly Portuguese-language * Kelurahan, in Indonesia * Mukim, a township in Brunei, Indon ...

on December 3, 2003. In August 2015, Binjiang District was approved as China's tenth .

Geography

Binjiang District is bordered by

Xiaoshan District Xiaoshan suburban district HangzhouZhejiang was formerly a city in its own right, separated by the Qiantang River from Hangzhou proper, but the municipality was annexed by its more populous neighbor in 2001. Xiaoshan has a permanent population wi ...

to its east and south, and by the

to its north and west. Across the Qiantang River lies

Jianggan District Jianggan District was one of ten urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang Province, East China. The district was located in the northeast of Hangzhou and on the northern (left) bank of the Qiantang River. ...

Shangcheng District Shangcheng District () urban district HangzhouZhejiang History The district lies beside Hangzhou's famous West Lake and includes the territory of the former imperial Chinese cities of Qiantang and Lin'an, the imperial capital of the Song dyn ...

, and Xihu District.

Administrative divisions

Binjiang District has jurisdiction over three

: , , and . These subdistricts are then further divided into 53 residential communities.

Demographics

As of 2020, 192,265 people (38.16% of its total population) live in , 168,276 (33.40%) live in , and 143,318 (28.44%) live in .

Economy

As of 2020, Binjiang District's

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(GDP) totals 174.57 billion

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(RMB), and posted a growth rate of 7.2%. In 2019, Binjiang District's GDP totaled ¥159.22 billion, and grew at a rate of 8.2%. In 2020, Binjiang District's

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accounted for just 0.03% of its GDP, while its

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accounted for 46.34% of it, and its

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was responsible for 53.62% of it. Binjiang District is a major corporate center within

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, and some of the country's largest private enterprises have headquarters or major offices in the

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Geely Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., Ltd. (ZGH), commonly known as Geely Holding ( ; ), is a Chinese multinational automotive conglomerate headquartered in Hangzhou, China. The company was founded by, and is privately owned by Chinese entrepre ...

, a major automotive manufacturing company which was the 10th largest private enterprise in China as of 2020, has its headquarters in the district. Other large companies headquartered in Binjiang District include video surveillance company

Dahua Technology Zhejiang Dahua Technology Co., Ltd. (commonly known as Dahua Technology) is a publicly traded company based in Binjiang District, Hangzhou, which manufactures video surveillance equipment. A minority of Dahua is state-owned (11.67% as of 2023). ...

, appliance company

Supor Supor (), full name Zhejiang Supor Co., Ltd., is a Chinese cookware and small appliances company, headquartered in Binjiang District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China. It was founded in 1994. In 2006 it was the largest such company in China. That year ...

, and logistics company . Other major firms with a presence in Binjiang District include

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NetEase NetEase, Inc. () is a Chinese Internet technology company founded by Ding Lei in June 1997. It provides online services with content, community, communications, and commerce. The company develops and operates online PC and mobile games, adverti ...

, ,

Hikvision Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co., Ltd., often shortened to Hikvision, is a Chinese partly State-owned enterprise, state-owned manufacturer and supplier of video surveillance equipment for civilian and military purposes, headquartered in ...

Uniview Uniview (; abbreviated as UNV), also known as Uniview Technologies, short for Zhejiang Uniview Technologies Co., Ltd., is a Chinese video surveillance manufacturer founded in 2005, with headquarters in Hangzhou. The company was previously invested ...

, CHINT Group (), Supcon (), and Focused Photonics ().

Culture

During the

, the ancient town of Xixing (), located within present-day and then known as Xiling (), was a major center for Tang poetry. Xixing was the subject of a poem by

Bai Juyi Bai Juyi (also Bo Juyi or Po Chü-i; , Mandarin Chinese, Mandarin pinyin ''Bǎi Jūyì''; 772–846), courtesy name Letian (樂天), was a Chinese musician, poet, and politician during the Tang dynasty. Many of his poems concern his career o ...

Transportation

Metro

Binjiang District is served by three lines on the

Hangzhou Metro The Hangzhou Metro () is a rapid transit system that serves Hangzhou, the capital city of Zhejiang province, China. The system opened on November 24, 2012. It is the 17th city in China to operate a rapid transit system. Network There are curre ...

: Line 1, Line 5, and Line 6.

Line 1

The district is home to four metro stations on Line 1: Jiangling Road station, Binhe Road station, Xixing station, and Binkang Road station.

Line 5

The district is home to four metro stations on Line 5: Changhe station, Jucai Road station, Jianghui Road station, and Binkang Road station.

Line 6

The district is home to ten metro stations on Line 6: Xipu Road station, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University station, Weiye Road station, Chengye Road station,

Jianye Road station Jianye Road ( zh, s=建业路, c=, t=建業路, p=) is a metro station on Line 6 of the Hangzhou Metro in China. It was opened on 30 December 2020, together with the Line 6. It is located in the Binjiang District of Hangzhou, the capital city of ...

, Changhe station, Jianghan Road station, Jiangling Road station, Xingmin station, and Olympic Sports Center station.

Road

* * S4 Airport Expressway * Zhonghe Elevated Bridge * Guanshan Tunnel

References

{{authority control Geography of Hangzhou Districts of Zhejiang