Qingshan, Wuhan
{{Infobox settlement
|name = Qingshan
|native_name = {{nobold|{{lang|zh-hans|青山区}}}}
|official_name =
|settlement_type = District
|postal_code_type = Postal code
|image_skyline = 青山公园1.JPG
|image_caption = Qingshan Park Main Gate
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|pushpin_map = China Hubei
|pushpin_label = Qingshan
|pushpin_map_caption = Location in Hubei
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = People's Republic of China
|subdivision_type1 = Province
|subdivision_name1 = Hubei
|subdivision_type2 = Sub-provincial city
|subdivision_name2 = Wuhan
|subdivision_type3 = Subdivisions
|subdivision_name3 =
|area_total_km2 = 68.40
|population_footnotes = {{cite web|title=武汉市2010年第六次全国人口普查主要数据公报|url=http://www.whtj.gov.cn/Article/ShowArticle.aspx?id=6417|publisher=Wuhan Statistics Bureau|language=zh|date=2011-05-11|access-date=2011-06-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111025103716/http://www.whtj.gov.cn/Article/ShowArticle.aspx?id=6417|archive-date=2011-10-25|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web |title=China: Húbĕi (Prefectures, Cities, Districts and Counties) - Population Statistics, Charts and Map |url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/china/hubei/admin/ |access-date=2024-11-22 |website=www.citypopulation.de}}
|population_total = 431,818
|population_as_of = 2020
|population_density_km2 = auto
|coordinates_footnotes = {{Google maps|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Qingshan,+Wuhan,+Hubei/@30.6306637,114.4046131,13z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x342ea6fd62c55d35:0x877c8b81d221b184|title=Qingshan|access-date=2014-07-02}}
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|timezone = China Standard
|utc_offset = +8
|website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20001018000752/http://www.qingshan.gov.cn/ Official Site]
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Qingshan District ({{lang-zh|s=青山区|t=青山區|p=Qīngshān Qū|l=azure mountain}}) forms part of the urban core of and is one of 13 urban districts of the prefecture-level city of Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province, China. On the right bank of the Yangtze, it borders the districts of Wuchang (for a very small section) to the southwest and Hongshan to the east and south, except for Tianxing Island which lies due north of Qingshan; on the opposite bank it borders Jiang'an.
Qingshan District has been described as Wuhan's industrial hub.{{Cite web |title=Riverfront industrial town transformed into eco-city-Xinhua |url=https://english.news.cn/20230617/b8c16f76ae3a4a5d989632471effd31b/c.html |access-date=2024-08-07 |website=english.news.cn}}
Geography
=Administrative divisions=
As of 2015, Qingshan District administers ten subdistricts, one administrative committee and one economic development zone:{{cite web |url=http://www.qingshan.gov.cn/zjqs/csqs/201612/t20161214_70950.shtml |script-title=zh:行政区划 |language=zh-hans |publisher=Qingshan District People's Government |quote="{{lang|zh-hans|2015年，青山区辖10个行政街道、1个管理委员会、1个经济开发区，{...}1个管理委员会是钢都花园{...}红钢城街道{...}新沟桥街道{...}红卫路街道{...}冶金街道{...}钢花村街道{...}工人村街道{...}青山镇街道{...}厂前街道{...}武东街道{...}白玉山街道{...}钢都管委会{...}青山区经济开发区（北湖园区办）{...}}}" |date=14 December 2016 |access-date=16 December 2017 }}{{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web|url=http://www.xzqh.org/html/show/hb/15276.html |script-title=zh:青山区历史沿革 |trans-title=Historical Development of Qingshan District | language = zh-hans|publisher=XZQH.org |quote="{{lang|zh-hans|2010年第六次人口普查，青山区常住总人口485607人，其中：红卫路街道82337人，冶金街道78887人，新沟桥街道54932人，红钢城街道37992人，工人村街道14141人，青山镇街道20791人，厂前街道9961人，武东街道25254人，白玉山街道37703人，钢花村街道77222人，武钢厂区281人，钢都花园管委会39919人，北湖管委会6187人。}}"|date=7 July 2014|access-date=16 December 2017}}
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! Location Name !! Chinese (S) !! Hanyu Pinyin | ||
| Honggangcheng Subdistrict | {{lang|zh-hans|红钢城街道}} | {{transl|zh|Hónggāngchéng Jiēdào}} |
| Xingouqiao Subdistrict | {{lang|zh-hans|新沟桥街道}} | {{transl|zh|Xīngōuqiáo Jiēdào}} |
| Hongweilu Subdistrict | {{lang|zh-hans|红卫路街道}} | {{transl|zh|Hóngwèilù Jiēdào}} |
| Yejin Subdistrict | {{lang|zh|冶金街道}} | {{transl|zh|Yějīn Jiēdào}} |
| Ganghuacun Subdistrict | {{lang|zh-hans|钢花村街道}} | {{transl|zh|Gānghuācūn Jiēdào}} |
| Gongrencun Subdistrict | {{lang|zh|工人村街道}} | {{transl|zh|Gōngréncūn Jiēdào}} |
| Qingshanzhen Subdistrict | {{lang|zh-hans|青山镇街道}} | {{transl|zh|Qīngshānzhèn Jiēdào}} |
| Changqian Subdistrict | {{lang|zh-hans|厂前街道}} | {{transl|zh|Chǎngqián Jiēdào}} |
| Wudong Subdistrict | {{lang|zh-hans|武东街道}} | {{transl|zh|Wǔdōng Jiēdào}} |
| Baiyushan Subdistrict | {{lang|zh|白玉山街道}} | {{transl|zh|Báiyùshān Jiēdào}} |
| Gangduhuayuan Administrative Committee | {{lang|zh-hans|钢都花园管委会}} | {{transl|zh|Gāngdūhuāyuán{{lang|zh-hans|《汉语拼音正词法基本规则》6.2.2.3条.2012}}, pp.8 Words that have become proper nouns in the name of a Han Chinese location name are written without any spaces. Guǎnwěihuì}} |
| Qingshan District Economic Development Zone | {{lang|zh-hans|青山区经济开发区（北湖园区）}} | {{transl|zh|Qīngshān Qū Jīngjì Kāifāqū (Běihúyuán Qū)}} |
Economy
Qingshan District has been described as Wuhan's industrial hub, it is home to Qingshan shipyard of China Changjiang National Shipping (Group) Corporation and a factory of the Wuhan Iron and Steel Corporation. Its eight 'pillar industries' are metallurgy, chemical manufacture, environmental protection, electric power, machinery, shipping, construction, and building materials.{{Cite journal |last1=Chen |first1=Hong |last2=Zhan |first2=Changlin |last3=Liu |first3=Shan |last4=Zhang |first4=Jiaquan |last5=Liu |first5=Hongxia |last6=Liu |first6=Ziguo |last7=Liu |first7=Ting |last8=Liu |first8=Xianli |last9=Xiao |first9=Wensheng |date=January 2022 |title=Pollution Characteristics and Human Health Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in Street Dust from a Typical Industrial Zone in Wuhan City, Central China |journal=International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |language=en |volume=19 |issue=17 |pages=10970 |doi=10.3390/ijerph191710970 |doi-access=free |pmid=36078702 |pmc=9518381 |issn=1660-4601}}
Environment
Due to its history as an industrial base, the district is considered severely polluted with heavy metals.{{Cite journal |last1=Yang |first1=Yong |last2=Mei |first2=Yang |last3=Zhang |first3=Chutian |last4=Zhang |first4=Ruoxi |last5=Liao |first5=Xiangshen |last6=Liu |first6=Yinyin |date=2016-01-02 |title=Heavy metal contamination in surface soils of the industrial district of Wuhan, China |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10807039.2015.1056291 |journal=Human and Ecological Risk Assessment|language=en |volume=22 |issue=1 |pages=126–140 |doi=10.1080/10807039.2015.1056291 |bibcode=2016HERA...22..126Y |issn=1080-7039}} The local air quality has been improved in recent years but is still considered to exceed acceptable levels and is among the worst of Wuhan's districts.{{Cite journal |last1=Wang |first1=Jing |last2=Mao |first2=Xiang |last3=Fan |first3=Chuangang |last4=Liu |first4=Shuaxia |last5=He |first5=Zuan |date=2020 |title=Composition characteristics and chronic health risk assessment of atmospheric PM2.5 pollution in Qingshan District of Wuhan |url=https://pesquisa.bvsalud.org/portal/resource/pt/wpr-823141 |journal=Journal of Public Health and Preventive Medicine |language=zh |pages=94–98}}{{Cite journal |last1=Chen |first1=Guici |last2=Zhang |first2=Zuo |last3=Zuo |first3=Qian |date=2020-06-01 |title=Air Quality Analysis of Wuhan from the Perspective of Functional Data |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1755-1315/526/1/012029 |journal=IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science |volume=526 |issue=1 |pages=012029 |doi=10.1088/1755-1315/526/1/012029 |bibcode=2020E&ES..526a2029C |issn=1755-1307|doi-access=free }}
The district is a demo area of the sponge city concept to reduce flooding.{{Cite web |title=Building Climate Resilience And Water Security In Cities: Lessons From The Sponge City Of Wuhan, China |url=https://urbantransitions.global/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Building-climate-resilience-and-water-security-in-cities-lessons-from-the-Sponge-City-of-Wuhan-China-final.pdf |publisher=Coalition for Urban Transition}}{{Cite news |last=Schlossberg |first=Tatiana |date=2022-03-28 |title=Turning Cities Into Sponges to Save Lives and Property |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/28/climate/sponge-cities-philadelphia-wuhan-malmo.html |access-date=2024-08-07 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}
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