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14-508: Laizhou traditionally boasts strong economy due to its abundant natural resources, such as gold, magnesium, granite, and salt. Laizhou produces about 15% of the gold production of the whole nation, around 55,000 pounds annually. It is ranked 37th among the similar size cities in the nation and the top 10 in Shandong Province. In 2010, the GDP of Laizhou reached US$ 7.3 billion. Laizhou Port is one of

28-543: A Laizhou native, is called Godfather of Compact Planting Hybrid Maize for his contribution. Apple orchards and apple seedling nursery are popular in eastern part of Laizhou, led by one of the best apple seedling nurseries in China, Laizhou All Nature Horticultural Nursery in Xiao Caogou Village. Laizhou No. 1 High School ranks among the top 100 high schools in China, has sent thousands of graduates to top universities all over

42-497: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Port of Huanghua The Port of Huanghua , also known as the Port of Cangzhou Huanghua is an artificial deep-water international seaport on the coast of Huanghua , Cangzhou Prefecture , Hebei , People's Republic of China . It is located on the south side of the Bohai Bay , 90 km from Cangzhou city. Huanghua port is one of

56-779: Is owned by China Shenhua Energy, its port division provides all coal transportation services at Huanghua. The Port of Huanghua is divided into four port areas: the Coal Port Area ( 煤炭港区 ), the Comprehensive Cargo Port Area ( 综合港区 ), the Estuary Port Area ( 河口港区 ), and the Bulk Cargo Port Area ( 散货港区 ), which is under construction. The port currently operates a total of 10 berths including two general bulk berths, two general cargo berths and four multipurpose berths. Construction of two 200,000-tonne ore berths

70-690: Is the drainage destination of the Hai River and 15 other rivers. Due to these rivers' muddy runoff, the bay used to be a highly silty water body, but extensive damming of the various river systems has greatly diminished siltage. Nevertheless, the Bohai Bay in effect concentrates the runoff of the whole eastern North China Plain , and the Bay is an intensely polluted body of water. Reduced silt deposition and sea level rise are causing problems with sea encroachment in some coastal areas. Fisheries were traditionally some of

84-515: The Port of Tianjin , the large Port of Tangshan itself which consists of three ports ( Caofeidian , Jingtang and Fennan), and the Port of Huanghua , making the Bay into a very crowded waterway. Land reclamation in Tianjin and in Caofeidian have greatly changed the littoral zone, and destroyed much of the area's wetlands . Land reclamation has also affected migratory birds. As is the case of most of

98-650: The Yellow Sea . It is bounded by the coastlines of eastern Hebei province ( Tangshan and Cangzhou ), Tianjin municipality and northern Shandong province ( Binzhou and Dongying ) south of the Daqing River estuary (which is an old mouth of Luan River in Laoting County ) and north of the Yellow River estuary. It is the most southerly water in the northern hemisphere where sea ice can form. The Bohai Bay

112-672: The Bohai Sea, the Bohai Bay is rich in hydrocarbon deposits and has several active offshore oil fields . Jidong Nanpu contains 7,500,000,000 barrels (1.19 × 10  m ), while the bay as a whole is estimated to contain 146 billion barrels (23.2 × 10 ^  m ). On June 4, 2011, a large oil spill occurred related to the China National Offshore Oil Corporation . 39°5′2.6″N 118°49′5.9″E  /  39.084056°N 118.818306°E  / 39.084056; 118.818306 This Chinese location article

126-457: The largest and fastest growing ports in North China, with a throughput of 171.03 million tons of total cargo in 2013, an increase of 35.42% year on year. Throughput increased to 204 million tonnes in the first ten months of 2016, largely due to coal transportation. Investment in the port is over $ 8 billion, and over 20 shipping companies opened 13 shipping lines from the port. Huanghua Port

140-568: The major ports in the Yellow River Delta. Laizhou embraces Bohai Bay to its west border and is famous for swimming crabs and razor clams. Claimed as the Capital of the Chinese Rose, Laizhou hosts Chinese Rose Festival on May 25 every year, attracting thousands of visitors. Laizhou is also well known for its creative straw handmade crafts, one of Laizhou's main exporting commodities. Li Denghai,

154-410: The nation. Laizhou Martial Arts Institute was selected to participate in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Opening Ceremony. Over the years, Laizhou has been awarded including: Top Longevity Cities of China, Excellent Tourist City in China, The Happiest City in China, Nation's Cleanest City, Best Corn Seed Region in China, Capital of Handmade Straw Crafts in China, H. Bentley Glass (1906–2005), US geneticist,

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168-420: The richest in China, fed by enormous sediment runoff and extensive shallows to serve as hatcheries . Pollution, eutrophication , habitat destruction caused by land reclamation, and intense overfishing have resulted in a collapse of stocks, and a decline of trawl catch per unit of effort (CPUE) from 138.8 kg/net.hr to 11.2 kg/net.hr from 1959 to 1998. The Bohai Bay is ringed by several major ports:

182-508: Was born in Laizshou. As 2012, this city is divided to 5 subdistricts and 11 towns. This Shandong location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Bohai Bay Bohai Bay ( simplified Chinese : 渤海湾 ; traditional Chinese : 渤海灣 ; pinyin : Bóhǎi Wān ) is one of the three major bays of the Bohai Sea , the northwestern and innermost gulf of

196-646: Was completed in 2015. When fully developed the port will cover 141 square kilometres. The Huanghua Port is operated by the Qinhuangdao Port Co., Ltd, a subsidiary of the Hebei Port Group Co., Ltd In 2016, Huanghua Port became the largest coal transportation port in China. In 2016, it shipped over 170 million tonnes of coal, a year on year increase of 47%. 38°11′43″N 117°51′11″E  /  38.19528°N 117.85306°E  / 38.19528; 117.85306 This Hebei location article

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