Jinzhou

• Name — Jinzhou • Native Name — 锦州市 • Other Name — Chinchow • Type — Prefecture-level city • Coor Pinpoint — Liaoshen campaign memorial • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — People's Republic of China • Subdivision Type1 — Province • Subdivision Name1 — Liaoning • Seat Type — Municipal seat • Parts Type — Districts and Counties • Parts Style — coll • P1 — Taihe District • P2 — Guta District • P3 — Linghe District • P4 — Linghai City • P5 — Beizhen City • P6 — Heishan County • P7 — Yi County • Leader Title — CPC Party Secretary • Leader Name — Liu Zhiqiang (刘志强) • Leader Title1 — Mayor • Leader Name1 — Wang Wenquan (王文权) • Area Footnotes — • # — Name — Chinese — Hanyu Pinyin — Population (2003 est.) — Area (km 2) — Density (/km 2) • 1 — Taihe District — 太和区 — 210,000 — 459 — 458 • 2 — Guta District — 古塔区 — 240,000 — 28 — 8,571 • 3 — Linghe District — 凌河区 — 420,000 — 48 — 8,750 • 4 — Linghai City — zh-Hans-CN — 600,000 — 2,862 — 210 • 5 — Beizhen City — 北镇市 — 530,000 — 1,782 — 297 • 6 — Heishan County — 黑山县 — 630,000 — 2,436 — 259 • 7 — Yi County — 义县 — 440,000 — 2,496 — 176 • 8 — Jinzhou Economic and Technical Development Zone — 锦州经济 技术开发区

Jinzhou has a wide range of industries. Major traditional industries include petrochemistry, metallurgy, textiles, pharmacy and building materials. Jinzhou Economic and Technical Development Zone: The Jinzhou Economic and Technical Development Zone was established in 1992. It is among the first province-level development zones approved by Liaoning Province. The development zone enjoys convenient transportation with easy access to Jinzhou Seaport, Jinzhou airport and several state highways. Shopping and Services: Within the city, some western franchises have set up shop, most notably KFC, which has a long established foothold in Chinese markets. RT-Mart, New-Mart and Do-Do Express are major food and sundries retailers. Bank of Jinzhou (Jinzhou Yinhang) is the only bank in Jinzhou upon this writing with native English speaking staff, while Western Union, Bank of China and many other banking service are also present in the city. Visa and MasterCard are not accepted in Jinzhou, aside from a few large bank branches with access to these networks. • Illustration — Photograph of a shopping mall in Jinzhou city.

Jinzhou Jinzhouwan Airport provides air transport to major airports in China. There are two railway stations in the city, one designated for long trips and one for shorter routes. The most popular way to get around Jinzhou is on foot or by bicycle. Taxis crowd the streets and start at 6 RMB per trip. Bus routes also blanket the city and provide the most economical means of transportation, but are not always reliable.

Jinzhou is headquarters of the 40th Group Army of the People's Liberation Army, one of the three group armies that comprise the Shenyang Military Region responsible for defending China's northeastern borders with Russia and North Korea.

The Liaoshen Campaign Memorial commemorates the Liaoshen Campaign of 1948. It is a large museum that holds and displays over 16,000 pieces of equipment used during the campaign, including rifles, machine guns, mortars, cannons, and tanks. It also holds thousands of pictures and documents. The best known exhibit inside the museum is the Panoramic Picture Hall, which reproduces the complete Battle of Jinzhou on a rotating circular screen. Yiwulü Mountain is located in the west of Beizhen City of Jinzhou. It is one of the three sacred mountains in Northeast China. Wanghai Mountain is the main peak, with a height of 867 meters above the sea level, and tourist spots such as Beizhen Temple, Shenshui Bridge, Fish Pool, Guanyin Pavilion, Sijiao Pavilion, Kuangguang Pavilion, Lotus Stone, Cloud Pass and Wanghai Temple are scattered throughout the mountain range. Mount Bijia is an island in the Bohai Sea south of Jinzhou and the site of a Chinese Buddhist temple. During most of the day, Mount Bijia can only be accessed by boat, but when the tide wanes, a natural causeway connects Mount Bijia to the mainland. People can walk to Mount Bijia from the seafront on foot and local people have named this natural wonder Tian Qiao, (lit: Sky Bridge). On the top of the mountain there is a tall stone pavilion, which resembles a gigantic pen resting on a pen holder, hence the name "Bijiashan", meaning the "Pen Holder Mountain". • Illustration — Photograph of Mount Bijia at high tide. Guangji Pagoda: The Guangji Pagoda is located in Guta Park situated at the heart of Jinzhou. The 72-meter-tall tower is an example of beautiful Liao-style architecture, with thirteen levels in an octagonal shape. A quiet temple beneath completes the ancient Chinese setting. Visitors will see locals gather for early morning rituals, exercise and various other activities. There is no fee for admission to the temple grounds. • Illustration — Guangji Pagoda • Illustration — The statue of Yelü Chucai, an ancient Chinese philosopher, located in the southeast corner of Guta Park. During the winter, a small ice park on the Xiaoling River is set up, and lasts as long as the river is frozen. Activities include, riding ATVs on the frozen river, ice skating, ice skating chairs and vehicles, and rubber tyre rides, while being pulled by vehicles. Jinzhou is currently most famous for its Night Market which usually runs during summer evenings and becomes the Morning Market during the colder seasons. One can enjoy many snacks, drinks, partake in various activities and be part of the bustling atmosphere. The Jinzhou Night Market is located on Nanning Street （南宁路）

One of the bestselling nonfiction novels of the 1990s, "Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China", provides some detailed descriptions of Jinzhou both before and after the "1949 Liberation of China".

• Wang Lijun, municipal police chief. His dependability became known to Bo Xilai during his stint as Liaoning governor from 2000 to 2004. When Bo was promoted to Party Secretary of Chongqing in 2008 and found the huge corruption-pyramid fostered under Wang Yang (whose secretaryship had been moved to Guangdong), he called on Wang Lijun to take over this new municipal police force and use what he could of it to execute a crackdown, which led to the 2009 Chongqing Triad scandal. • 2010 Nobel Peace Prize Winner Liu Xiaobo was incarcerated at a prison in Jinzhou, although he is originally from Changchun, Jilin. • Chinese fashion designer Momo Wang was born and raised in Jinzhou. • Zhang Xiaoguang, Chinese taikonaut. • Zhang Ning, Chinese female badminton player and 2-time olympic champion.

• Liaoning University of Technology • Bohai University • Liaoning Medical University

Jinzhou has one sister city, as designated by Sister Cities International. • Arvada, Colorado, United States