Fushun
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Fushun (Simplified Chinese: 抚顺; Traditional Chinese: 撫順; pinyin: Fǔshùn) is a city in Liaoning, China, about 45 km from Shenyang, with a population about 1.3 million and an area of 10,816 km², including 675 km² of the city proper.
The world's largest artifitial pit, known as the magnificent West Pit, is located not far from the downtown.
It was formerly called Fouchouen in French. The film The Lover starring Tony Leung Ka Fai described a love story between a young French woman and a young man from Fouchouen.
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[edit] Notable figures
Lei Feng, who was a soldier enshrined in new China history after 1949, died in this city. There is a memorial park named after him in Fushun's Wanghua District.
Wang Nan,famous table-tennis sportswoman, who has won many gold medals in the world.
[edit] Education
The highest-ranked institution of higher education is Liaoning University of Petro-Chemical Technology, ranked 123rd in China overall.
Fushun No.2 high School,one of the best high schools in Liaoning Province.
[edit] General information
Fushun is a highly industrialized area. It is connected by rail with nearby Shenyang and with Dalian. Fushun’s enormous open-pit coal mine, which has been in operation since about the 12th century, is now highly mechanized. Oil deposits, also mined there, are processed in the Fushun oil refineries. Fushun has a major aluminum-reduction plant and factories making automobiles, machinery, chemicals, cement, and rubber. The city was occupied by Russia until 1905 and by Japan until 1945.
Fushun is still known as "the capital of coal", located 45 km east of Shenyang. It has developed as a thriving center for fuel, power and raw materials but is also offering more and more opportunities in textiles and electronics.
[edit] Population
3.0 million inhabitants, including 1.4 million in the urban area.
[edit] Communication and transport
Fushun is only 40 km away from Shenyang Taoxian airport. Railways and highways connect the city to Shenyang and Jilin Province. The seaports of Dalian and Yingkou are also located very close, 400 and 200 km away respectively, with good highway connections.
[edit] Resources
Fushun is rich in many types of resources including wood, coal, iron, copper , magnesium, gold, marble, titanium, and marl. Hydraulic and thermal power is also an important locally available resource.
[edit] Industrial development
Fushun has developed through the utilization of the abundant natural mineral deposits found in the area and is a nationally important heavy industrial base for petroleum, chemical, metallurgy machinery and construction material industries. New sectors also becoming prominent are electronics, light industry, weaving and spinning.
[edit] Tourism
Fushun is a famous tourist attraction in northeast China. With 40% forest coverage, she has a developed tourist industry with high mountains and thick woods and a number of historic and cultural sites within the area. Its recent success of applying two World Heritage sites will surely attract more tourist. Fushun is the origin of Qing Dynasty, known as Xing City. So you can find many historic sites there.
[edit] Sports
It used to be home of the Chinese Super League (soccer) team of Liaoning FC at Leifeng Stadium, however the team could not afford rent at the Leifeng Stadium so it moved to Beijing, where it now plays out of Chaolai Soccer Base in the northeastern part of that city.
Also there is a superior table tennis sports waman, Wang Nan, who is among the top of the world.
[edit] External links
- http://www.fushun.com.cn/ (in Chinese)
- http://www.fushun.net/ (in Chinese)
- http://www.teach-in-china.cn/fushun.php (With some information about: natural resources, transportation and communication, industry, tourism)
- http://www.lnpu.edu.cn/english/general/index.htm (A Brief Introduction to Liaoning University of Petroleum)
Prefecture-level divisions of Liaoning
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