Chengde

Kashiwa-Chengde relationship

Kashiwa-Chengde relationship

Friendship Cities agreement signed November 1st 1983 in Kashiwa.

Contact with Chengde began in 1980 when the mayor of Kashiwa and a citizens group visited China on a mission for the China-Japan Friendship Association 　
　

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Friendship exchange

Youth exchange

The cities have been brought closer by a successful student exchange home-stay program, first by Kashiwa in 1986, then reciprocated by Chengde in 2001. 　
　

Other groups

Kashiwa welcomed Chengde’s survey teams of various fields including city-planning, commerce and trade, education, agriculture, and healthcare.

Kashiwa citizens

Every five years a citizens group visits Chengde. They attend a courtesy call at government offices, take part in a commemorative tree planting ceremony, and make home-visits to further strengthen ties.　

Schools

Annual student exchange between Kashiwa Municipal High School and Chengde First Jr. High School. Students always enjoy this program and included sporting events.

Kashiwa City sponsored tree planting campaign

In 1993, Kashiwa began a tree planting campaign in Chengde, in alliance with the city’s “green fund”. This support helped create the Kashiwa-Chengde Friendship Forest, Japan (Kashiwa) Botanical Garden, and Japanese Garden, Yunshan?@huayuan.

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About Chengde

Location

About 250 km northeast of Beijing. Chengde is a famous resort site along the Wulie River. The area stretches between the Inner Mongolian Plateau and Huabei Plain.

Population

3.6 million, 1.3 million of which are made up of 25 ethnic groups. There are 290,000 city residents.　

Area

About 40,000 square km (nearly equal to Kanto area plus Chiba Pref). The city of Chengde supervises 8 prefectures and 3 districts. 　　

Climate

Average temperature of 8.9 C. Mostly sunny in spring, warm and rainy in summer, fresh and clean in autumn, and cold in winter. 　

History

Chengde is an ancient city with a proud heritage. The ethnic groups of Donghu Shanrong, Xiongnu, and Menggu once reigned in the area during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). Emperors Kangxi and Qianlong governed this area and stayed in a Chengde summer house. Several jurisdictional changes occurred after the Qing Dynasty, and the present city of Chengde was established in 1993.

Industry

Sightseeing is the key industry. Every year 5.5 million tourists visit Chengde as the area offers more than twenty national sightseeing spots and produces a variety of goods. Road network improvement. The Beijing-Chengde Highway should be completed shortly. Besides agriculture, heavy industry also developed recently. Metal resources are abundant.

Access from Beijing

Many quality hotels are available such as the Yunshan and Qianyang hotels.

Accommodations

Many quality hotels are available such as the Yunshan and Qianyang hotels.

Time difference

One hour behind Tokyo.

Water

You must boil water to drink.

Voltage

220V

Chengde highlights

The Great Wall. From Jinshanling. you can view the Great Wall in its nearly original condition. In the city area, you can see Bishu Shanzhuang (summer villa) and Waiba Temples, some of the biggest in China. Both buildings are registered as World Heritage Sites. In the suburb, you can visit the grandiose prairie, and natural beauty Mulanweichang in the forest park of Mongolian highlands.Famous folk dance Qingyuegong is performed in the evening. 　

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