Time Zone |
Asia/Shanghai |
Standard Time GMT / UTC |
UTC+8 |
Daylight Saving Time |
Daylight saving time is not observed in the current region. |
Time Zone |
Asia/Shanghai |
Standard Time GMT / UTC |
UTC+8 |
Daylight Saving Time |
Daylight saving time is not observed in the current region. |
Fuling is located in the central part of Chongqing Municipality, China, at the confluence of the Yangtze River and the Wujiang River, and is one of the important metropolitan areas of Chongqing and the core node of the Upper Yangtze River Economic Belt. With a total area of 2,941 square kilometers and a population of about 1.15 million, it is predominantly hilly and mountainous, with a subtropical monsoon climate and four distinct seasons.
Fuling has a history of more than 2,300 years of establishment and was once the hometown of the State of Ba. It is famous for the "hometown of squash", and Fuling squash is a national geographic indications product. Modern industries are mainly food processing, equipment manufacturing and new materials, and the golden waterway of the Yangtze River and many highways and railroads form a comprehensive transportation network.
It has famous attractions such as Baiheliang Underwater Museum (the world's first underwater site museum) and Wuling Mountain Rift Valley. As a strategic node of the Twin Cities Economic Circle in the Chengdu-Chongqing region, it is actively promoting the integration of industry and city, and building a demonstration zone for green development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt.
Mancheng District, belonging to Baoding City, Hebei Province, is located in the northwestern part of the North China Plain, about 15 kilometers away from Baoding City, with a total area of 658 square kilometers. As an important jurisdiction of Baoding, Mancheng is located in the core area of Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei synergistic development, with convenient transportation, the Beijing-Guangzhou Railway and Beijing-Kunming Expressway passing through the city.
Mancheng is the location of the tomb of Liu Sheng, the King of Zhongshan Jing of the Western Han Dynasty, and the "Golden Wisps of Jade Clothes" unearthed in 1968 shocked the world, and is now a national key cultural relics protection unit. The city has historical and natural landscapes such as the Han Tomb on Lingshan Mountain and Longtan Canyon, and produces agricultural products such as strawberries and miller's persimmons, which are known as the "Hometown of Strawberries in China".
Mancheng is now integrated into the development pattern of the main city of Baoding, and has formed three leading industries, namely paper making, machinery manufacturing and food processing. In recent years, Mancheng has actively developed eco-tourism and built several modernized agricultural parks, becoming an important base for leisure tourism and supply of green agricultural products in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region.