Shixing County, under the Shaoguan City, Guangdong Province, is located in the northern part of Guangdong Province, the southern foot of the Nanling Mountain Range, living in the upper reaches of the Beijiang River, Zhenjiang River in the middle of the zone, the land across the longitude of 113 ° 54 ′ 114 ° 22 ′, the north latitude of 24 ° 31 ′ 25 ° 60 ′. The total area is 2,131 square kilometers. Shixing County is located in the subtropical zone, with abundant heat and rainfall throughout the year, and obvious alternation of cold and warmth, with low-temperature and rainy spring, high-temperature and humid summer, warm days and cool nights in fall, and cold and rainy winter. As of 2017, Shixing County has jurisdiction over nine towns and one township. The county government is located in Taiping Township. According to the seventh census, as of 00:00 on November 1, 2020, the resident population of Shixing County was 198,060 people.
In the spring of 263, in order to strengthen the development of Lingnan area and build a strategic rear, Sun Wu analyzed the land of Nanxiang in Nanye County and set up Shixing County. "Shixing" a beginning of this. 1983 June, Shaoguan area and Shaoguan city merger, to the city jurisdiction county, Shixing County belongs to Shaoguan city. Shixing county connects the national highway 106 line of national highway 323 line, provincial highway S244 line through the whole territory. Through the Beijing-Zhuhai Expressway Shixing to Guangzhou drive only 3 hours.
Shixing County has a long history and culture, with a history of more than 1700 years, is the famous prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, Zhang Jiuling, the Ming Dynasty household minister Tan Dachu, anti-Japanese general Zhang Fakui and mathematician Zhu Xi Ping's hometown, the ancient name of the "grain silo in northern Guangdong", now known as "Pearl of the South Ridge". Shixing is a purely Hakka county, and the Hakka language is spoken throughout the county. Shixing County is officially recognized by the United Nations as "China's cultural heritage of geographical names - Millennium Ancient County", "China's hometown of the culture of the enclosure".
In 2020, the GDP of Shixing County will be 8.025 billion yuan, with a year-on-year growth of 3.0%, of which the added value of the primary industry will be 2.378 billion yuan, with a growth of 3.5% and a contribution rate of 30.7% to the economic growth, the added value of the secondary industry will be 2.082 billion yuan, with a growth of 3.4% and a contribution rate of 31.8% to the economic growth, and the added value of the tertiary industry will be 3.565 billion yuan, with a growth of 2.4%.
On October 9, 2020, it was awarded the title of the fourth batch of national ecological civilization construction demonstration cities and counties by the Ministry of Ecology and Environment.
Chinese name
Shixing county in Beijing
Foreign name
Shixing
Admin Div. Cat.
county
Affiliated region
Shaoguan City, Guangdong Province, China
Subordinate regions
9 towns, 1 ethnic township
Government seat
Taiping town (place name)
Telephone area code
0751
Postal code
512500
Geographical location
Northeast Shaoguan City, Guangdong Province
Area
2174.12 square kilometers
Demographic
252,000 people (2017)
Climatic conditions
meso-subtropical climate
Famous sights
Chebaling, Mantang Hakka Dawei, Donghuping Folk Culture Village, Nanling Red Desert, etc.
Station
Shixing Railway Station
License plate code
Yue F
Admin Div. code
440222
Gross regional product (GDP)
$8.61 billion (2017)










