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Major Cities

Binzhou City

I. Facts about Binzhou
Situated in the northern part of Shandong Province, at the center of Yellow River Delta and southwest of the Bohai Sea, Binzhou City has a total area of more than 9,444.65 sq. km. and a population of 3.26 million. Binzhou city has a 238.9 km long coastline with the Yellow River running through the city.

Located at the joint of the Bohai economic zone and the Yellow River Economic Delta, Binzhou City is also the connecting points which link Beijing, Tianjin and Tangshan economic areas and Shandong Peninsula; it is also the geographical axis of the 2,500 kilometer winding coastline around Bohai Sea. It is the main region in developing and constructing Yellow River Delta and “Shandong on the Sea”, and the main oil-producing area of the ShengLi Oilfield Corp. as well, which is the second largest oilfield in China.

Binzhou is well known as the communication center of the northern part of China and the hub of five provinces, it has a convenient transportation system. Yellow River Highway Bridge plays a very important role in linking up Jiangsu Province, Shandong Province, Beijing and Tianjin. The National Road 205 runs through from its north part to its south part while National Road 220 from its east part to its west part. And the network of the local communication extends in all directions. Jinan-Qingdao Expressway goes through its south, connected with Binzhou and Boshan expressway an advanced highway frame has come into being. Jiaozhou-Jinan railroad runs through its south part with a branch railroad expanding into the center of the city. The planned Huangda railroad will go through its center which will constitute the main traffic artery in the north part of Shandong Province. The Huanghua Port with the cargo-handled capacity of 100,000 tons is under construction at the northern gate of the city, and separated only by a river with Wudi. At present, it is two hours’ driving to Jinan airport, one hour and a half to Huanghua Port, three hours to Qingdao, a port city, and one day round trip to Beijing.

II. Administrative Division
Binzhou has jurisdiction over one district, Bincheng District, and six counties, Huimin, Yangxin, Wudi, Zhanhua, Boxing and Zouping and an economic zone, and eighty four town-level administration institutions in total, including six community centers, fifty five towns, twenty two villages, and a sea defense office.

III. Infrastructure
The total highway mileage open to traffic has reached 8,234 kilometers including the urban highway 4,015.7 kilometers and the rural highway 4,219.1 kilometers. A series of projects are under construction such as Binzhou-Boshan expressway, Yellow River Railroad Binzhou section, the second Yellow River Bridge and Dagao General Aviation Center of Binzhou, China.

The power plants over 500kw can generate a total capacity of 257,500kw. And the voltage transformers over 35kv can transform the total volume of 1.79myria volt, with 1,524.2 kilometers long, 35kv plus transmission line.

With the capacitance of switchboard reaching 850,000 lines and the communication ware rubber extending 22,016 kilometers long, the mobile phone subscribers have amounted to 300,000. The whole urban and rural areas have been covered by group exchange board net, digital information net, internet, multi-media communication net, and ATM broad-band net.

The urban area covers 66.48 sq. km. with 334 kilometers long urban roads. The average road area per person is 11.2 sq.meters. And the urban green-belt area is 370 hectares that makes up 31.7% of the vegetation coverage and 26% of the grass coverage. The public green area is 9.87 sq. meters per capita. So, the level of urbanization has reached 32.8%. The city is furnished with all necessary infrastructure facilities, such as the supply of gas and heat, sewage treatment, and fire protection. The annual water supply has reached 2.16 billion tons. The urban infrastructure project of “four circuits around the city and five inner seas” has been up to an advanced level domestically and internationally.

The urban industrial wastewater is completely purified with 100% required standard. The comprehensive treatment of industrial solid wastes has come to 98.2%. With the 13% forest coverage, the number of the reported of air condition above II exceeds 69.2%. The average traffic noise equivalent value in urban districts is 66.6 decibels.

IV. Banking and Insurance Institutions
Binzhou Central Branch Bank of the People’s Bank of China
NO. 530, Yellow River 3rd Road
Tel: 3324329
Binzhou Branch of Agriculture Bank of China
NO.669, Yellow River 3rd Road
Tel: 3310668
Binzhou Branch of Commercial Bank of China
NO.633, Bohai Sea 7th Road
Tel: 3222107
Binzhou Branch of Construction Bank of China
NO. 513-5, Bohai Sea 8th Road
Tel: 3324854
Binzhou Branch of Bank of China
NO. 506, Yellow River 6th Road
Tel: 3370888
Binzhou Branch of the People’s Insurance Company of China.
NO. 500, Yellow River 5th Road
Tel: 95518
Binzhou Central Branch of the Pacific Property Insurance Co. Ltd. of China
NO. 607, Yellow River Road 6
Tel: 95500
Binzhou Central Branch of the Pacific Life Insurance Co. Ltd. of China
NO. 563, Yellow River Road 5
Tel: 3313954


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