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Daqing (Simplified Chinese: 大庆; Traditional Chinese: 大慶; pinyin: Dàqìng) (pronounced Da Tshing) is a city in northeast China in the Heilongjiang province. The name means "Great Celebration".

It was founded in 1959 to house workers extracting oil and gas from the Daqing oilfield and to host industries which could take advantage of the energy and petrochemicals. Since its foundation it has been advocated as a model of good practice in industry and healthcare by the Chinese government. The fact that Mao Zedong promulgated his Supreme Directive, In industry, learn from Daqing, in 1960s showed how important a role Daqing has played in industry in China. The film, Entrepreneurial Pioneers (Chinese: 创业) made in early 1970s is a literary rendition of the history of Daqing. Its agricultural counterpart is Dazhai, a village in the hilly Xiyang county, Shanxi Province, for which Mao Zedong issued the directive In agriculture, learn from Dazhai, also in 1960s.

Contents 1 Administrative divisions: 2 Demographics: 3 Economy 4 Sister cities 5 External link

Daqing is divided into 9 county-level divisions: 5 districts, 3 counties and 1 autonomous county.

Districts:

• Saertu District (萨尔图区)
• Honggang District (红岗区)
• Longfeng District (龙凤区)
• Xincun District
• Ranghulu District (让胡路区)
• Datong District (大同区)

Counties:

• Lindian County (林甸县)
• Zhaozhou County (肇州县)
• Zhaoyuan County (肇源县)

Autonomous County:

• Duerbote Mongolian Autonomous County(杜尔伯特蒙古族自治县)

Daqing has a population of 2.58 million, urban population 1.184 million, of them mainly Han Chinese, with a few population of other 31 minority ethnic groups including Manchu, Mongolian, Korean, and Hui nationalities. The population density is 112.69/km², urban population density 205.07/km².

Daqing's economy highly depends on petroleum and related industries. Daqing's oilfield is China's largest oilfield, and the world's fourth most productive oil field. Petroleum accounts for 61.9% of GDP. 2004 Gross Domestic Product was RMB 123.95b; with its small population, this makes the GDP Per capita RMB 89,962 (about US$10,891), so Daqing is ranked second by GDP per capita among China's main cities.

Daqing has town twinning relationships with:

• Calgary, Canada
• Chungju, South Korea

• Daqing government official website

Prefecture-level divisions of Heilongjiang Sub-provincial cities: Harbin Prefecture-level cities: Daqing | Hegang | Heihe | Jiamusi | Jixi Mudanjiang | Qiqihar | Qitaihe | Shuangyashan | Suihua | Yichun Prefectures: Daxing'anling Prefecture

List of Heilongjiang County-level divisions