Nanhui District
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Nanhui District formerly Nanhui County, was a district of Shanghai
Shanghai
Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...

, China's largest city, until its merger with Pudong
Pudong
Pudong |Bank]]") is an area of Shanghai, China, located along the east side of the Huangpu River, across from the historic city center of Shanghai in Puxi. Formerly a little-developed agricultural area linked only by ferries, Pudong has grown rapidly since the 1990s and emerged as China's financial...

 in May 2009. It had a land area of about 809.5 km² and 59.5 kilometers coastline. The population of Nanhui was 975,017 as of 2006 (2006-08-02). On May 6, 2009, it was disclosed that the State Council
State Council of the People's Republic of China
The State Council of the People's Republic of China , which is largely synonymous with the Central People's Government after 1954, is the chief administrative authority of the People's Republic of China. It is chaired by the Premier and includes the heads of each governmental department and agency...

 had approved the proposal to merge Nanhui District to Pudong New Area
Pudong
Pudong |Bank]]") is an area of Shanghai, China, located along the east side of the Huangpu River, across from the historic city center of Shanghai in Puxi. Formerly a little-developed agricultural area linked only by ferries, Pudong has grown rapidly since the 1990s and emerged as China's financial...

.

History

About 2000 years ago, the water of the Yangtze River
Yangtze River
The Yangtze, Yangzi or Cháng Jiāng is the longest river in Asia, and the third-longest in the world. It flows for from the glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau in Qinghai eastward across southwest, central and eastern China before emptying into the East China Sea at Shanghai. It is also one of the...

 ran to the south because of sea tide and met the Qiantang River so as to form the land near Tang dynasty
Tang Dynasty
The Tang Dynasty was an imperial dynasty of China preceded by the Sui Dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period. It was founded by the Li family, who seized power during the decline and collapse of the Sui Empire...

,so this district was named by Nanhuizui (Nan is South , Hui means converge, and Zui means mouth in Chinese).

In 2001, Nanhui County was renamed to Nanhui District.

Nanhui became part of Pudong district in May 2009 and therefore ceased to exist as a separate city district.

Economy

Nanhui's GDP in 2006 is about 4.5 billion USD. Per Capita Annual Total Income and Net Income of Rural Households is a bit more than 1000USD.Public finance-revenue is about 1.38 billion USD. In the past, Nanhui got the good rank in Public finance-revenue (the Top 10 of rich county in China). Foreign exchange through exports is about 1.88 billion USD.

Nanhui District is now special in developing the Yangshan international deep-water port in the southeast and Pudong International Airport in the northeast.Yangshan
Yangshan
Yangshan Port , or Yangshan Deep-Water Port , is a deepwater port for container ships in Hangzhou Bay south of Shanghai.Built to allow the Port of Shanghai to grow despite shallow waters near the shore, it allows berths with depths of up to 15 metres to be built, and can handle today's largest...

 deep-water port is a new port in Shanghai. It is connected the Linggang New City with the East China Sea Bridge. It can help Shanghai become the Top 1 harbour city in the world. With the development of Yangshan port and Pudong airport, Nanhui District is developing very fast. Recently the center of Nanhui district enlarge its area to catch up with the development of Shanghai. Huanglu Town has been incorporated in to the center of Nanhui.

Medicine System

Nanhui Zhongxin Yiyuan is famous and strong in Shanghai
Shanghai
Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...

. The new center of Zhongxin Yiyuan is being built near the urban.

Education

Nanhui District started to build the College City, including the Shanghai University of Electric Power
Shanghai University of Electric Power
Shanghai University of Electric Power is a public university in Shanghai, People's Republic of China.-History:"Shanghai University of Electric Power" was originated from the "Shanghai Training School of Electric Power" "上海电业学校", which is founded in 1951. In January, 1985, it was renamed into the...

, Shanghai Fisheries University, Shanghai Top technique college and Shanghai I&C Foreign Languages College.

Nanhui High School is famous in Shanghai. Many students have graduated and entered many good universities such as Tsinghua University
Tsinghua University
Tsinghua University , colloquially known in Chinese as Qinghua, is a university in Beijing, China. The school is one of the nine universities of the C9 League. It was established in 1911 under the name "Tsinghua Xuetang" or "Tsinghua College" and was renamed the "Tsinghua School" one year later...

, Fudan University
Fudan University
Fudan University , located in Shanghai, is one of the oldest and most selective universities in China, and is a member of the C9 League. Its institutional predecessor was founded in 1905, shortly before the end of China's imperial Qing dynasty...

,etc.

Culture and travel

There is a big "peach blossom" festival (桃花节) held in Nanhui from March to April every year. More than 100,000 travelers come here and enjoy the beautiful scene.

There is a famous safari park in Nanhui. It is established by Shanghai Government and State Forestry Administration in 1995. It is also an AAAA national visiting spot.

Important Culture Sights: Zhang Wentian
Zhang Wentian
Zhang Wentian . He is also known as Luo Fu . His names in Wade-Giles are Chang Wen-t'ien and Lo Fu.Born in Jiangsu, he attended engineering school in Nanjing and also spent a year at the University of California. He later joined the Communist Party and was sent to study at Sun Yat-sen University...

's Residence.

Famous calligrapher: Su Juxian (January 1, 1882 – December 30, 1991). Su Juxian was the 28th offspring of the great poet Su Dongpo
Su Shi
Su Shi , was a writer, poet, artist, calligrapher, pharmacologist, gastronome, and statesman of the Song Dynasty, and one of the major poets of the Song era. His courtesy name was Zizhan and his pseudonym was Dongpo Jushi , and he is often referred to as Su Dongpo...

. He was the oldest man in Shanghai (110 years old), and also the oldest poet and calligrapher in China. He donated his body to be researched in science field after he died in 1991.

Suborbital Launch Site

China's first ever T-7M sounding rocket was successfully launched on February 19, 1960.

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