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Daqing (Simplified Chinese: 大庆; Traditional Chinese: 大慶) (pronounced Da Tshing) is a city in northeast China in the Heilongjiang province. The name means "Great Celebration".

It was founded in 1959 to house workers extracting oil and gas from the Daqing oilfield and to host industries which could take advantage of the energy and petrochemicals. Since its foundation it has been advocated as a model of good practice in industry and healthcare by the Chinese government.

Categories: China geography stubs | Cities in China

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World Energy Cities Partnership (322 words)
	Daqing is now diversifying from its energy-based economy.
	Daqing is accelerating its pace to modernize its social, business and cultural structure while striving to recreate itself into a vibrant and modern city.
	Daqing continues to build on its past pioneering spirit to bring the city into a new bright future.

Daqing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (288 words)
	Daqing (Simplified Chinese: 大庆; Traditional Chinese: 大慶; pinyin: Dàqìng) (pronounced Da Tshing) is a city in northeast China in the Heilongjiang province.
	Daqing is divided into 9 county-level divisions: 5 districts, 3 counties and 1 autonomy county.
	Daqing has a population of 2.58 million, urban population 1.184 million, of them mainly Han Chinese, with a few population of other 31 minority ethical groups including Manchu, Mongolian, Korean and Hui nationalities.

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