Heping District, Shenyang


Heping District is one of ten districts of the prefecture-level city of Shenyang, the capital of the Chinese province of Liaoning. It borders the districts of Huanggu to the north, Shenhe to the east, Dongling to the southeast, Sujiatun to the south, and Tiexi and Yuhong to the west.

Economy

Northeast Electricity, China Post, railways, other such industrial hubs and many media outlets such as Liaoning Radio and Television, Shenyang Radio and Television and Shenyang Daily newspaper are also located in this district.
All Nippon Airways has its Shenyang Office in Tower 2 of City Plaza Shenyang in the district.

Politics

Heping District is also the core area for many political institutions in the Northeast, including CPC Liaoning Provincial Committee, headquarters of the Northern Theater Command, General Logistics Department and the consulates-general of the United States, Japan, South Korea, North Korea and other countries.

Administrative divisions

There are 21 subdistricts in the Heping District:
The district, better known as the downtown, sprung up around Shenyang Railway Station, the former hub of the South Manchurian Railway.

Education

Heping District has all manner of commercial businesses that are brightly neon-lit at night, centered around Taiyuan Street, one of the most famous shopping districts in Northeast China. At the center of the district is Zhongshan Square, which features one of China's largest statues of Chairman Mao—a record of the era of the Cultural Revolution. Northwest of Zhongshan Square lies the West Pagoda Korean Neighborhood or Koreatown. Many of the boulevards in this area are lined of very large ginkgo trees, which become golden in color and produce their distinctive fruits in autumn.