Beijing Jinyu Ducks (北京金隅鸭) or Beijing Ducks or Beijing Jinyu are a basketball team in the North Division of the Chinese Basketball Association, based in Beijing. They were formerly known as the Beijing Shougang Ducks (北京首钢) or Beijing Shougang; the name change was likely due to a change of corporate sponsorship. They should not be confused with the Beijing Olympians, which is a different team. Basketball Basketball is a ball sport in which two teams of five players each try to score points by throwing a ball through a hoop. ... The Chinese Basketball Association, commonly known as the CBA, is the premier professional basketball league in the Peoples Republic of China and has been in existence since 1995. ... Beijing listen (Chinese: 北京; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Pei-ching; ; Postal System Pinyin: Peking), is the capital city of the Peoples Republic of China. ...
During at least part of the 2003–2004 season, it seems they were known as Beijing Wanfeng Aote (北京万丰奥特); again, this seems to have had something to do with corporate sponsorship.
Its corporate sponsor is presumably Beijing Jinyu Group Co., Ltd. (北京金隅集团有限责任公司), the largest construction material conglomerate in China.
In the 2004–2005 season, the Beijing Ducks finished in second place in the North Division, but lost in the quarter-finals to the South Division's Bayi Rockets.
Beijing is one of the 4 municipalities of the People's Republic of China, which have a provincial-level status, and is under the direct control of the central government.
Beijing is one of the largest cities in China, second only to Shanghai as the nation's biggest in terms of population.
Beijing borders Hebei province to the north, west, south, and for a tiny fraction to the east.
Beijing Municipality borders Hebei Province to the north, west, south, and for a small section in the east, and Tianjin Municipality to the southeast.
Beijing is situated at the northern tip of the roughly triangular North China Plain which opens to the south and east of the city.
Beijing's 18 districts and counties are further subdivided into 273 lower (third)-level administrative units at the township level: 119 towns, 24 townships, 5 ethnic townships and 125 subdistricts.
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