Fengtai District ( zh, s=丰台区, p=Fēngtái Qū) is a district of the city of

Beijing Beijing, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With more than 22 million residents, it is the world's List of national capitals by population, most populous national capital city as well as ...

. It lies mostly to the southwest of the city center, extending into the city's southwestern suburbs beyond the Sixth Ring Road, but also to the south and, to a smaller extent, the southeast, where it has borders with Chaoyang and Dongcheng.

History

The

Western Han dynasty The Han dynasty was an imperial dynasty of China (202 BC9 AD, 25–220 AD) established by Liu Bang and ruled by the House of Liu. The dynasty was preceded by the short-lived Qin dynasty (221–206 BC) and a warring in ...

Prince Liu Jian and his wife were buried in Dabaotai village in southwestern Fengtai over 2,000 years ago. The tombs were discovered in 1974 and are now open to visitors at the

Dabaotai Western Han Dynasty Mausoleum The Beijing Dabaotai Western Han Dynasty Mausoleum () is a museum built over the tombs of Western Han dynasty prince Liu Jian and his wife at Dabaotai in Fengtai District of southwestern Beijing Municipality about southwest of Beijing's city ce ...

on Fengbo Road. In

Qing Dynasty The Qing dynasty ( ), officially the Great Qing, was a Manchu-led Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China and an early modern empire in East Asia. The last imperial dynasty in Chinese history, the Qing dynasty was preceded by the ...

times, Fengtai was where the Imperial Manchu Army had its camps, trained, and held parades on festive occasions. It is in area, making it the third-largest precinct in the greater urban part of Beijing, and is home to over 2 million inhabitants. It is divided into 14 subdistricts of the city proper of Beijing, 2 towns, and 5 townships (2 of which are suburbs of the city proper of Beijing). This precinct is newly urbanized in comparison to those precincts in the old city, and until the mid-1980s, it was still a mostly rural area where pig pens and goat pens were common, and major parts of the precinct had no electricity. It was only during the recent rapid economic development that the precinct was urbanized. Its

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is 100071.

Administrative divisions

As of 2025, the district administers 24

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and 2

towns A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

Notable communities

* Zhejiangcun

Transportation

The southwestern stretches of the

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, 3rd,

4th Fourth or the fourth may refer to: * the ordinal form of the number 4 * ''Fourth'' (album), by Soft Machine, 1971 * Fourth (angle), an ancient astronomical subdivision * Fourth (music), a musical interval * ''The Fourth'', a 1972 Soviet drama ...

5th Fifth is the ordinal form of the number five. Fifth or The Fifth may refer to: * Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, as in the expression "pleading the Fifth" * Fifth Avenue * Fifth column, a political term * Fifth disease, a cont ...

and 6th Ring Roads all run through the district, as well as the Jingshi Expressway ( Jingzhu Expressway).

Railway stations

Beijing West railway station Beijingxi (Beijing West) railway station (), colloquially referred to as ''West Station'' (), is located in western Beijing's Fengtai District. Opened in early 1996 after three years of construction, it was the largest railway station in As ...

and

Beijing South railway station Beijingnan (Beijing South) railway station () is a large railway station in Fengtai District, Beijing, about south of central Beijing, between the 2nd and 3rd ring roads. The station in its present form opened on 1 August 2008 and mainly serve ...

are both located in the northeastern part of Fengtai, near its border with

Xicheng District Xicheng () is a district of the city of Beijing. Its cover the western half of the old city (largely inside the 2nd Ring Road; the eastern half is Dongcheng District, Beijing, Dongcheng District), and has 1,106,214 inhabitants (2020 Census). It ...

Beijing Fengtai railway station Beijing Fengtai railway station () is a railway station located in the Fengtai District of Beijing. It was renamed from Fengtai railway station to Beijing Fengtai railway station in 2021. The new railway station opened on 20 June 2022. The new r ...

opened in 2022.

Metro

Fengtai is currently served by thirteen metro lines of the

Beijing Subway The Beijing Subway is the rapid transit system of Beijing Direct-controlled municipality, Municipality that consists of 29 lines including 24 rapid transit lines, two airport rail links, one maglev line and two light rail, light rail tram line ...

: * -

, Majiapu, Jiaomen West , Gongyixiqiao * -

Puhuangyu Puhuangyu Station () is an interchange station, interchange subway station between Line 5, Beijing Subway, Line 5 and Line 14, Beijing Subway, Line 14 of the Beijing Subway. Line 14 station was opened on December 26, 2015. The name Puhuangyu com ...

, Liujiayao, Songjiazhuang * -

* - Haihutun, Dahongmen South, Heyi, Donggaodi, Huojianwanyuan * -

, Liuliqiao East, Liuliqiao , Qilizhuang , Fengtai Dongdajie, Fengtainanlu , Keyilu, Fengtai Science Park, Guogongzhuang * - Fenzhongsi, Songjiazhuang , Shiliuzhuang, Dahongmen, Jiaomen East, Jiaomen West , Caoqiao , Jijiamiao, Shoujingmao ,

Fengtai railway station Beijing Fengtai railway station () is a railway station located in the Fengtai District of Beijing. It was renamed from Fengtai railway station to Beijing Fengtai railway station in 2021. The new railway station opened on 20 June 2022. The new r ...

Niwa The National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research or NIWA (), is a Crown Research Institute of New Zealand. Established in 1992, NIWA conducts research across a broad range of disciplines in the environmental sciences. It also maintai ...

, Xiju , Liuliqiao * - Zhangguozhuang, Garden Expo Park, Dawayao, Guozhuangzi, Dajing, Qilizhuang , Xiju , Dongguantou, Lize Shangwuqu , Caihuying, Xitieying, Jingfengmen ,

Fangzhuang Fangzhuang Subdistrict () is a Subdistricts of China, subdistrict and residential area in northern Fengtai District. It is bounded to the north and south by the 2nd Ring Road, 2nd and 3rd Ring Road (Beijing), 3rd Ring Roads, and to the west and ea ...

* - Dongguantounan , Lize Shangwuqu ,

, Fengtai Nanlu , Fufengqiao, Kandan, Yushuzhuang, Hongtaizhuang, Wanpingcheng * - Jingfengmen , Caoqiao , Xinfadi, Xingong * - Gongyixiqiao , Xingong * - Dongguantounan , Shoujingmao , Huaxiang Dongqiao, Baipenyao, Guogongzhuang ,

Dabaotai Dabaotai station () is a station on Fangshan Line of the Beijing Subway, located in Fengtai District at the southern entrance of Beijing World Park. The station was the northern terminus of the line until it was extended one stop to Guogongzhuan ...

* - Songjiazhuang * -

Tourism

Beijing World Park Beijing World Park () is a theme park that attempts to give visitors the chance to see the world without having to leave Beijing. The park covers 46.7 hectares and is located in the southwestern Fengtai District of Beijing. It is about 17 ...

White Cloud Temple The White Cloud Temple, also known as Baiyun Temple or the Abbey or Monastery of the White Clouds, is a Taoist temple and monastery located in Beijing, China. It is one of "The Three Great Ancestral Courts" of the Quanzhen School of Taoism and ...

Marco Polo Bridge The Marco Polo Bridge or Lugou Bridge () is a stone bridge located 15 km southwest of Beijing's city center in the Fengtai District. It bridges the Yongding River, a major tributary of Hai River. Situated at the eastern end of the bridge ...

Wanping Fortress Wanping Fortress, also known as Wanping Castle (), is a Ming Dynasty fortress or "walled city" in Fengtai District, Beijing. It was erected in 1638–1640, with the purpose of defending Beijing against Li Zicheng and the peasant uprising. From ...

, at the eastern end of the bridge *

Museum of the War of Chinese People's Resistance Against Japanese Aggression The Museum of the War of Chinese People's Resistance Against Japanese Aggression () or Chinese People's Anti-Japanese War Memorial Hall is a museum and memorial hall in Beijing. It is the most comprehensive museum in China about the Second Sino-Ja ...

, inside the fortress

Economy

In 2017, the regional GDP of the district is 142.75 billion yuan, with GDP per capita at 65.3 thousand yuan.

China United Airlines China United Airlines (CUA) () is a low-cost airline and a subsidiary of China Eastern Airlines. It is headquartered at Beijing Daxing International Airport in Beijing. In 2019, the painted aircraft of China United Airlines won Top 1 at the Wo ...

previously had its headquarters in Fengtai District.

Okay Airways Okay Airways () is an airline headquartered in Daxing District, Beijing, People's Republic of China. It operates passenger flight services and dedicated cargo services. Its main hubs are Tianjin Binhai International Airport and Xi'an Xianyang In ...

previously had its headquarters in Fengtai District.China to approve private airline - report.(Okay Airways Co)(Brief Article)
" '' Airline Industry Information''. February 22, 2005. Retrieved on October 4, 2009.

Education

Capital Medical University Capital Medical University (CCMU; ) is a municipal public university in Beijing, China. It is affiliated with the City of Beijing, and co-funded by the Beijing Municipal People's Government, the National Health Commission, and the Ministry of Educ ...

and

Capital University of Economics and Business The Capital University of Economics and Business (CUEB; ) is a municipal public university in Fengtai, Beijing Beijing, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With more than 22 millio ...

are located in this district.

Climate

Fengtai has a

humid continental climate A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers, and cold ...

(

Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification divides Earth climates into five main climate groups, with each group being divided based on patterns of seasonal precipitation and temperature. The five main groups are ''A'' (tropical), ''B'' (arid), ''C'' (te ...

''Dwa''). The average annual temperature in Fengtai is . The average annual rainfall is with July as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around , and lowest in January, at around .

References

Notes

General references

* Harper, Damian, ''Beijing: City Guide'', 7th Edition, Oakland, California: Lonely Planet Publications, 2007. Cf. pp. 96–98, 138, 266–267. * Harper, Damian
''Beijing: City Guide''
6th Edition, Oakland, California : Lonely Planet Publications, 2005. . Cf. section beginning on p. 88, "Fengtai & Xuanwu".

External links

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