Chaoyang, Beijing Municipality, China

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🇨🇳 Chaoyang District (朝阳区) is a core district of Beijing. It borders the districts of Shunyi to the north-east, Tongzhou to the east and south-east, Daxing to the south, Fengtai to the south-west, Dongcheng, Xicheng and Haidian to the west, and Changping to the northwest.

Chaoyang is home to the majority of Beijing's many foreign embassies, the well-known Sanlitun bar street, as well as Beijing's growing central business district. The Olympic Green, built for the 2008 Summer Olympics, is also in Chaoyang. Chaoyang extends west to Chaoyangmen on the eastern 2nd Ring Road, and nearly as far east as the Ximazhuang toll station on the Jingtong Expressway. Within the urban area of Beijing, it occupies 475 square km (183 sq mi), making it the central city's largest district, with Haidian second. It is the most populous district in Beijing. The district has jurisdiction over 22 sub-district offices and 20 area offices. Chaoyang is also home to Silk Street, and many other market areas, shopping malls, and restaurant strips.

Economy Wanda Plaza in Chaoyang District houses the headquarters of Wanda Group and Wanda Cinemas.

In 2017, the regional GDP of the district was 563.55 billion yuan, with GDP per capita at 150.7 thousand yuan.

China National Aviation Holdings Company (parent company of Air China), SOHO China, CITIC Group, Sinopec, Qihoo 360, COFCO, and Beijing Capital Airlines have their headquarters in Chaoyang District. Renren Inc. has its headquarters on the 23rd floor of the Jing An Center (静安中心; 靜安中心; Jìng'ān Zhōngxīn) in Chaoyang District.

Wanda Group has its headquarters in the Wanda Plaza (万达广场). Wanda Cinemas is headquartered in the same complex.

China Resources Beverage, the distributor of C'estbon water, has its north China regional office in the district.

Foreign companies According to Chaoyang's official website, the district "is home to more than 60 percent of the foreign business agencies in Beijing, over 3,000 foreign companies, 167 international news agencies, and two-thirds of the 158 of the global top 500 transnational companies that have invested in Beijing". Some of these are:

ABB Group (China headquarters), Air France, All Nippon Airways, (Beijing Office, Beijing Fortune Building) Halliburton, IBM, KBR, Kerr-McGee China Petroleum Ltd. ( an Occidental Petroleum subsidiary), Korean Air (Hyundai Motor Tower (现代汽车大厦; Xiàndài qìchē dàshà)), Kroll Inc., Lummus Technology, a subsidiary of CB&I, Lufthansa (Beijing Lufthansa Center), Asiana Airlines, Standard & Poor's, Swire Group, Etihad Airways, EVA Air, and Qatar Airways.

The Hong Kong-based company Swire Properties has two locations in Chaoyang.

Beijing Hyundai Motor Company (simplified Chinese: 北京现代汽车有限公司; traditional Chinese: 北京現代汽車有限公司; Běijīng Xiàndài Qìchē Yǒuxiàngōngsī; Korean: 북경현대), a 50–50 joint venture of the Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co. and Hyundai Motor Company, has its sales offices in the Hyundai Motor Tower in Chaoyang District.

Embassies Chaoyang serves as Beijing's diplomatic district. All foreign embassies to China are located in the district except for that of Russia, which is in Dongcheng. Chaoyang has three embassy areas in the Sanlitun, Chaoyangmenwai, and Liangmahe neighbourhoods.

Developments Chaoyang District is one of the fastest growing districts in the Beijing Metropolitan Area. There are several subway lines running through the district. The Beijing Capital Airport, is surrounded by the Shunyi District. The municipality as well as the Chinese national government spend almost a half million USD per day on developing this district.

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Chaoyang has a population of over 3,545,000 people. Chaoyang also forms part of the wider Beijing metropolitan area which has a population of over 21,640,000 people.

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Twin Towns - Sister Cities Chaoyang has links with:

🇺🇸 Birmingham, USA 🇨🇳 Jiamusi, China 🇨🇳 Jingdezhen, China 🇯🇵 Ōta, Japan
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Antipodal to Chaoyang is: -63.558,-39.926

Locations Near: Chaoyang 116.442,39.9255

🇨🇳 Dongcheng 116.414,39.924 d: 2.4  

🇨🇳 Dongcheng District 116.4,39.917 d: 3.7  

🇨🇳 Cheongwen 116.413,39.891 d: 4.6  

🇨🇳 Beijing 116.383,39.9 d: 5.8  

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🇨🇳 Haidian 116.298,39.96 d: 12.9  

🇨🇳 Fengtai 116.287,39.859 d: 15.2  

🇨🇳 Tongzhou 116.644,39.9 d: 17.5  

🇨🇳 Shijingshan 116.223,39.906 d: 18.8  

🇨🇳 Daxing 116.341,39.727 d: 23.7  

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