Changzhi County (长治县) is a county in the prefecture of Changzhi (长治市) in the province of Shanxi of the People's Republic of China. The city of Changzhi counts about half a million residents. Changzhi lies between the city of Huozhou in Shanxi and the city of Hebi in Henan. Not to be confused with the neighboring province of Shaanxi Shanxi (Chinese: 山西; pinyin: Shānxī; Wade-Giles: Shan-hsi; Postal System Pinyin: Shansi) is a northern province of the Peoples Republic of China. ... The Peoples Republic of China (PRC) comprises most of the cultural, historic, and geographic area known as China. ... Not to be confused with the unrelated provinces of Hainan and Hunan Henan (Chinese: 河南; pinyin: Hénán; Wade-Giles: Ho-nan), is a province of the Peoples Republic of China, located in the central part of the country. ...

Laogais and a Laogai enterprise named after Changzhi

• Changzhi Prison is a laogai in Xidaije.
• Changzhi Reeducation Through Labor is a laogai, whose inmates have to work at the enterprise of Daxinzhuang Farm.
• Provincial No. 5 Prison is a laogai, whose residents have to work at Changzhi Machine Repair Works.

Source: Laogai Handbook 2003-2004 Laogai (勞改; pinyin: láo găi), which means reform through labor, is a slogan of the Chinese criminal justice system and has been used to refer to the use of prison labor in the Peoples Republic of China. ... Laogai (勞改; pinyin: láo găi), which means reform through labor, is a slogan of the Chinese criminal justice system and has been used to refer to the use of prison labor in the Peoples Republic of China. ... Laogai (勞改; pinyin: láo găi), which means reform through labor, is a slogan of the Chinese criminal justice system and has been used to refer to the use of prison labor in the Peoples Republic of China. ...