Huancui 环翠区 | |
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 Monument commemorating theFirst Sino-Japanese War onLiugong Island | |
 Huancui in Weihai | |
 Weihai in Shandong | |
| Coordinates (Huancui government):37°30′07″N122°07′23″E / 37.502°N 122.123°E /37.502; 122.123 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Shandong |
| Prefecture-level city | Weihai |
| Area | |
• Total | 991 km2 (383 sq mi) |
| Population (2019)[1] | |
• Total | 368,500 |
| • Density | 370/km2 (960/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
| Postal code | 264200 |
| Website | www |
Huancui (Chinese:环翠;pinyin:Huáncuì) is adistrict and the seat of the city ofWeihai,Shandong province, China.
In 1398, theHongwu Emperor launched an initiative to counteract raidingwokou, which involved sending imperial troops to the area of present-day Huancui to defend the coast.[2]
The city ofWeihaiwei and nearbyLiugong Island were forcibly leased toBritish forces from 1898 to 1930 asBritish Weihaiwei.[2]
The area was liberated fromJapanese forces in August 1945.[2]
On June 15, 1987, Weihai was expanded from acounty-level city to aprefecture-level city, and the area of the county-level city became contemporary Huancui District.[2]
Huancui District is relatively low in elevation, with only a few peaks rising above 500 metres (1,600 ft) in height.[3] The district's southern edge lies along the eastern portion of theJiaolai Plains [zh].[3]
The district has acontinental climate, with four seasons and relatively moderate temperatures.[3] The district experiences an average annual temperature of 12 °C (54 °F), an average annual precipitation of 737.7 millimetres (29.04 in), and 2,480.0 average hours of sunshine per year.[3]
As of 2020, Huancui District is divided to fivesubdistricts and threetowns.[2][4] Thesetownship-level divisions are then divided into 102residential communities and 62administrative villages.[2]
The district's five subdistricts areHuancuilou Subdistrict [zh],Jingyuan Subdistrict [zh],Zhudao Subdistrict [zh],Sunjiatuan Subdistrict [zh], andSongshan Subdistrict.[2][4]
The district's three towns areZhangcun [zh],Yangting [zh], andWenquan.[2][4]
Huancui District recorded agross domestic product of ¥37.603 billion in 2019, which grew at an annual increase of 3.2%.[5] The district'sprimary sector shrunk 1.1% in 2019, accounting for ¥3.028 billion, or 8.1% of the economy.[5] The district'ssecondary sector grew 5.0% in 2019, accounting for ¥12.076 billion, or 32.1% of the economy.[5] The district'stertiary sector grew 2.6% in 2019, accounting for ¥22.499 billion, or 59.8% of the economy.[5] The district's official urban unemployment rate in 2019 was 0.67%.[5]
As of 2019, Huancui District has the largestaquaculture sector inWeihai, and the sector grew 10.7% that year.[5] In 2019, the district's aquaculture sector attracted ¥3.173 billion of investment, and the district government began a collaboration withShandong University's Weihai Campus to promote industry research in the district.[5]
The district conducts a significant amount of foreign trade, totaling ¥21.57 billion in 2019.[5] Of this, 15.75 ¥billion was in exports, and ¥5.82 billion was in imports.[5] In 2019, 18.4% of the district's exports were toSouth Korea, 17.9% went to theEuropean Union, 17.3% went toJapan, 13.1% went to theUnited States, and the remaining 33.3% went to other trading partners.[5] 43.1% of the district's exports in 2019 weretextiles andapparel, 18.0% of the district's exports wereelectronics andmachinery, 5.5% of the district's exports were agricultural goods, and the remaining 33.4% of exports were in other sectors.[5]