Zhengzhou

Zhengzhou 郑州市 Chengchow
Prefecture-level city
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Nickname(s):  business city, green city
Motto(s):  Partnership, Openness, Innovation, and Harmony (博大、开放、创新、和谐)
Location of Zhengzhou City; jurisdiction in Henan
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Coordinates (Henan Provincial Hall of the People): 34°45′50″N 113°41′02″E / 34.764°N 113.684°E / 34.764; 113.684
Country	China
Province	Henan
Established	16th century BCE[a]
City seat	Zhongyuan
Subdivisions	List Districts Erqi Guancheng Hui Huiji Jinshui Shangjie Zhongyuan County-level cities Dengfeng Gongyi Xingyang Xinmi Xinzheng County Zhongmu
Government
• Type	Prefecture-level city
• Body	Zhengzhou Municipal People's Congress
• CCP Secretary	An Wei（安伟）
• Congress Chairman	Zhou Fuqiang（周富强）
• Mayor	He Xiong（何雄）
• CPPCC Chairman	Du Xinjun（杜新军）
Area [1]
• Prefecture-level city	7,567 km2 (2,922 sq mi)
• Urban	1,284.89 km2 (496.10 sq mi)
• Metro	4,271.4 km2 (1,649.2 sq mi)
Population  (2020 census)[2]
• Prefecture-level city	12,600,574
• Density	1,700/km2 (4,300/sq mi)
• Urban	6,650,532
• Urban density	5,200/km2 (13,000/sq mi)
• Metro	10,260,667
• Metro density	2,400/km2 (6,200/sq mi)
GDP[3][4]
• Prefecture-level city	CN¥ 1,361 trillion US$ 216 billion
• Per capita	CN¥ 101,512 US$ 16,123
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	450000
Area code	371
ISO 3166 code	CN-HA-01
License plate prefixes	豫A 豫V
Website	www.zhengzhou.gov.cn

Zhengzhou
"Zhèngzhōu" in Simplified (top) and Traditional (bottom) Chinese characters
Simplified Chinese	郑州
Traditional Chinese	鄭州
Literal meaning	"Zhèng Settlement"
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Zhèngzhōu Bopomofo ㄓㄥˋ   ㄓㄡ Wade–Giles Cheng4-chou1 IPA [ʈʂə̂ŋ.ʈʂóʊ] Yue: Cantonese Yale Romanization Jehng-jāu Jyutping Zeng6-zau1 IPA [tsɛːŋ˨.tsɐu˥] Southern Min Hokkien POJ Tēⁿ-chiu Tâi-lô Tēnn-tsiu

Zhengzhou^[b] is the capital and largest city of Henan Province in the central part of the People's Republic of China.^[6] Located in northern Henan, it is one of the National Central Cities in China,^[7] and serves as the political, economic, technological, and educational center of the province.^[8] The Zhengzhou metropolitan area (including Zhengzhou and Kaifeng) is the core area of the Central Plains Economic Zone.^[9][10]

The city lies on the southern bank of the Yellow River.^[11] Zhengzhou is a major hub of China's domestic and international transportation network; for example, it is connected to Europe.^[12] and an international airport.^[13] Zhengzhou is a National Civilized City [zh] and a State-list Famous Historical and Culture City.^[14] As of 2020, there are two World Cultural Heritage Sites in Zhengzhou. The Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange (ZCE) is China's first futures exchange. Zhengzhou Airport Economy Zone is China's first Airport Economy Zone.^[15]

As of the 2020 Chinese census, the prefecture-level city of Zhengzhou had a population of 12,600,574 inhabitants,^[16] whom 10,260,667 lived in its built-up (or metro) area made of 6 urban districts plus Zhongmu county, Xinzheng and Xingyang cities now largely being conurbated.^[17][18] The city had a total GDP of 1.014 trillion (RMB) in 2018.^[19][20] Greater Zhengzhou was named as one of the 13 emerging mega-cities in China in a July 2012 report by the Economist Intelligence Unit,^[21] and officially named as the eighth National Central City^[22] in 2017 by the central government in Beijing.^[23]

Zhengzhou is a major city for scientific research, appearing among the world's top 100 cities as tracked by the Nature Index.^[24] The city is home to several national key universities in China, notably Zhengzhou University, Henan University, Henan Agricultural University, Henan University of Chinese Medicine, and Henan University of Technology.^[25]

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