Friday, October 10, 2008

Shengyou

Shengyou is a village south of the Dingzhou City in Hebei Province, China. Here occurred an incident when over two hundred allegedly hired thugs descended on a village in northern China and clashed with local residents over a land dispute. Seven people were killed and 48 others injured and hospitalized, eight of whom in critical condition. The chaos was captured on video by one of the farmers and later released by Washington Post.

Roman Catholic Diocese of Hengshui

The Diocese of Hengshui is a small diocese in Hebei province, China.

The diocese has 27 priests, 60 and approximately 26,000 lay Catholics.

Bishop Peter Feng was ordained Coadjutor Bishop of Hengshui on the feast of the , 2004.

Politics of Hebei

The politics of Hebei Province in the People's Republic of China is structured in a dual party-government system like all other governing institutions in mainland China.

The Governor of Hebei is the highest ranking official in the People's Government of Hebei. However, in the province's dual party-government governing system, the Governor has less power than the Hebei Communist Party of China Provincial Committee Secretary, colloquially termed the "Hebei CPC Party Chief".

Secretaries of the CPC Hebei Committee


#Lin Tie : 1949-1966
#Liu Zihou : 1966-1967
#Li Xuefeng : 1968-1971
#Liu Zihou: 1971-1979
#Jin Ming : 1979-1982
#Gao Yang : 1982-1985
#Xing Chongzhi : 1985-1993
#Cheng Weigao : 1993-1998
#Ye Liansong : 1998-2000
#Wang Xudong : 2000-2002
#Bai Keming : 2002-2007
#Zhang Yunchuan : 2007-incumbent

Governors of Hebei


#Yang Xiufeng : 1949-1952
#Lin Tie : 1952-1958
#Liu Zihou : 1958-1967
#Li Xuefeng : 1968-1971
#Liu Zihou: 1971-1979
#Li Erzhong : 1980-1982
#Liu Bingyan : 1982-1983
#Zhang Shuguang : 1983-1986
#Xie Feng : 1986-1988
#Yue Qifeng : 1988-1990
#Cheng Weigao : 1990-1993
#Ye Liansong : 1993-1998
#Niu Maosheng : 1998-2002
#Ji Yunshi : 2002-2006
#Guo Gengmao : 2006-2008
#Hu Chunhua : 2008 - incumbent

List of Chairmen of Hebei People's Congress


#Jiang Yizhen : 1980-1983
#Liu Bingyan : 1983-1985
#Sun Guozhi : 1985-1988
#Guo Zhi : 1988-1993
#Lu Chuanzan : 1993-January 1998
#Cheng Weigao : January 1998-January 2003
#Bai Keming : January 2003-incumbent

List of Chairmen of the CPPCC Hebei Committee


#Ma Guorui : 1955-1964
#Yan Dakai : 1964-1967
#Liu Zihou : 1977-1980
#Yin Zhe : 1980-1988
#Li Wenshan : 1988-1998
#Lu Chuanzan : 1998-2003
#Zhao Jinduo : 2003-incumbent

Oriental University City

Oriental University City is an area of 30 universities near Langfang, Hebei in the People's Republic of China. It was built in less than three years with four billion yuan . The combined enrollment of all the universities is 50,000.

List of prisons in Hebei province

This is a list of prisons within Hebei province of the People's Republic of China.
* Baoding Prison
* Cangnan Prison
* Chengde Prison
* Cangzhou Prison
* Daming Prison
* Dingzhou Prison
* Guyuan Prison
* Hangu Prison
* Hengshui Prison
* Huolu Prison
* Jidong Prison
* Jizhong Prison
* Longyao Prison
* Shahe Prison
* Shangbancheng Prison
* Shenzhou Prison
* Shijiazhuang Prison
* Shijiazhuang Beijiao Prison
* Taihang Prison
* Tangshan Prison
* Wandi Prison
* Xingtai Prison
* Xuanhua Prison
* Zhanghe Prison
* Zhangjiakou Prison
* Zhuolu Prison

List of laojiaos in Hebei

This is a list of laojiaos within Hebei province of the People's Republic of China.
A laojiao is a labor camp.
* Baoding RTL
* Chengde RTL
* Handan RTL
* Kaiping RTL
* Qinhuangdao RTL
* Shijiazhuang RTL
* Shijiazhuang Women's RTL
* Tangshan RTL
* Wanzhuang RTL
* Xingtai RTL
* Zhangjiakou RTL

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List of administrative divisions of Hebei

The of Hebei, a of the People's Republic of China, consists of prefecture-level divisions subdivided into county-level divisions then subdivided into township-level divisions. These are:

* 11 prefecture-level divisions
** all of which are prefecture-level cities
* 172 county-level divisions
** 22 county-level cities
** 108
** 6 autonomous counties
** 36 s
* 2207 township-level divisions
** 1 district public office
** 937 s
** 979 s
** 55 ethnic townships
** 235 subdistricts

All of these administrative divisions are explained in greater detail at Political divisions of China. This chart lists only prefecture-level and county-level divisions of Hebei.


Recent changes:
* 1995: Dongkuang District of Tangshan Prefecture-level City is renamed Guye District.
* 1996: Hengshui Prefecture becomes Hengshui Prefecture-level City; Hengshui County-level City becomes Taocheng County.
* 1996: Qiu County is renamed Qiu County .
* 1996: Qian'an County becomes Qian'an County-level City.
* 1997: Suburban District of Cangzhou Prefecture-level City is disbanded.
* 2000: Anci District is created in Langfang Prefecture-level City.
* 2001: Suburban District of Shijiazhuang Prefecture-level City is disbanded; Yuhua District is created within Shijiazhuang Prefecture-level City.
* 2002: Fengnan County-level City of Tangshan Prefecture-level City becomes Fengnan District; Fengrun County and New District of Tangshan Prefecture-level City are merged to become Fengrun District.

Chang'an District, Shijiazhuang

Chang'an District is in the northeast of Shijiazhuang city. The area is 110.24 km2. There are 426,500 residents, among which 109,700 residents are farmers. The leading pharmaceutical manufacturer in China, North China Pharmaceutical Group Corp located in Chang'an District, Shijiazhang.