Zhenhai District
| Zhenhai District | |
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| • Chinese | 镇海区 |
| • Pinyin | Zhènhǎi Qū |
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| Country | China |
| Province | Zhejiang |
| Prefecture | Ningbo |
| Time zone | China Standard (UTC+8) |
| Website | www.zh.gov.cn |
Zhenhai (simplified Chinese: 镇海区; traditional Chinese: 鎮海區; pinyin: Zhènhǎi Qū; Wade–Giles: Chen-Hai) is a district of Ningbo prefecture-level city, Zhejiang, and also a town within that district. Located at the mouth of the Yong River 12 miles (19 km) north-east of Ningbo proper, the town of Zhenhai lies at the foot of Zhaobao Hill on a tongue of land. It is partly protected from the sea to the north by a dike about 3 miles (4.8 km) long, composed entirely of large blocks of granite.[1]
The Zhenhai district has a population of 200,000. Its jurisdiction encompasses towns, townships and street committees.[citation needed]
The British captured Zhenhai on 10 October 1841 during the First Opium War.[1] The Zhenhai Coastal Battery is the site of the Battle of Zhenhai (1885) in the Sino-French War.[citation needed]
Air pollution
Zhenhai has been suffering from severe air pollution for long time mainly caused by Ningbo Petro-Chemical Economic and Technical Development Zone built on its eastern coast, which is the base of nearly 200 chemical plants including Zhenhai Refining and Chemical Corporation(ZRCC),a subsidiary of Sinopec and the largest oil refinery in China, LG-Yongxing, the largest ABS plastic producer in China and Zhenhai Port Liquid Chemical Dock, the largest liquid chemical dock in China. In September, 2007, 400 tones of acrylonitrile leaked in LG-Yongxing and then polluted air and underground water around adjacent areas.[2][3] In late April, 2012, 3 million bees died in an orchard in Xiepu Town next to the Petro-Chemical Zone because of pollutants discharged by a chemical plant.[4]
From May 16 to 17, 2002, residents in Zhenhai launched protests against environmental degradation caused by the chemical industry,and they blocked the district's traffic on main streets.[5] In October, 2012, anger people staged demonstrations against a giant petro-chemical project scheduled by ZRCC and clashed with the police.The 50 billion yuan ($8 billion) investment integrated project,according to some people,will affect more than 9800 households. Many argue that the environment in Zhenhai has been tremendously overloaded and the new project to be built will bring even more harm to the ecosystem.[6]
Notable individuals
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Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Chisholm 1911.
- ↑ "Zhenhai successfully deal with a chemical leak accident (镇海妥善处置一起化学品泄漏事故)" (in zh-hans). Ningbo Daily. 2007-10-09. Retrieved 2012-10-26.
- ↑ "Advanced techniques for water pollution prevention (水污染治理先进技术汇编)". Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China. August 2011. pp. 167–168. Retrieved 2012-10-26.
- ↑ "3 million bees died without evidences, reasons and remains to be investigated (300萬隻蜜蜂離奇集體死亡 死因待查)" (in zh-hant). Apple Daily. 2012-05-06. Retrieved 2012-05-07.
- ↑ "Big events in Zhenhai, 2002 (镇海区2002年大事记)" (in zh-hans). Zhenhai Archive. 2007-10-10. Retrieved 2012-10-26.
- ↑ E China city defends chemical plant after protests
References
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Chên-hai". Encyclopædia Britannica 6 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press
Coordinates: 29°58′N 121°43′E / 29.96°N 121.72°E
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