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Quzhou Airbase
28°58'N 118°54'E

Quzhou Airport is an important air base of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force. In 1993, Quzhou Airport opened civil aviation services. It is currently the 85th Regiment and 86th Regiment of the 29th Division of the Nanjing Military Region Air Force. It is equipped with Russian-made Su-27 fighters, Su-30 fighters and J-7 fighters. The main purpose is to contend with the Republic of China Air Force, Japan Air Self-Defense Force, the US Air Force and the US Navy in the Asia-Pacific region. At the end of 2013, in order to enhance the actual power of the Eastern Navy, 80 J-10 fighter jets were deployed at Quzhou Airport. Tthe 85th Aviation BGD usually operates Su-30MKK - but Tajo Tkaoya noted that in January 2012 it seemed they got a detachment J-20.

Quzhou Airport ( IATA Code : Juz ; ICAO Code : ZSJU ) located in People's Republic of China Zhejiang Quzhou City , is located in a China Zhejiang Quzhou 's combined military and civilian airport, belong to 4C airport. It is also an important air base used by the Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force. The airport is very close to the urban area, close to the eastern section of the Quzhou city wall , with convenient transportation, with a special railway line directly connecting to Quzhou Station . Since Quzhou Airport is located in a hot spot in the East China Sea, its military status is important, and the development of civil aviation services is slow and often interfered by military activities. In the old city of Quzhou City, the height of buildings is restricted due to the main takeoff and landing routes of aircraft. The eastward expansion of the city was also blocked by the airport.

Quzhou Airport was built in 1933, due to the slow progress of the country’s economic conditions at that time. 1937 Battle of Shanghai and eight hundred and fourteen air combat , the sharp rise in Quzhou strategic position, in a very short period of time to complete the repairs and for the Republic of China Air Force military aircraft taking off and landing. In 1938, the Japanese army occupied Hangzhou and moved south along the Zhejiang-Jiangxi Railway. In order to prevent the Japanese army from seizing the Quzhou Airport and invading the mainland, the Chinese army destroyed the airport.

In April 1942 the US Army Air Corps James Harold Doolittle led the B-25 Mitchell bombers from the USS Hornet off the aircraft carrier air strikes Tokyo time, also planned to Quzhou Airport as an alternate point, although bad weather prevented landing. The crew abandoned the plane and escaped and were rescued by local people.

Quzhou City is located in the west of Zhejiang Province, the source of the Qiantang River, and the borders of the four provinces of Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi and Anhui. At the end of 2019, the total registered population was 2.5763 million, of which the male population was 1.3152 million and the female population was 1.2636 million, accounting for 51.0% and 49.0% of the total population, respectively. The city covers an area of ??8844 square kilometers. It governs 2 districts of Kecheng and Qujiang, 3 counties of Longyou, Changshan and Kaihua, and Jiangshan city. Quzhou is a famous historical and cultural city. It was built in the third year of the Eastern Han dynasty (192), with a history of more than 6,000 years of civilization and a history of more than 1,800 years.

This airfield, located just east of the town of Quzhou, is a dual use airfield. Based on CORONA imagery, this base consists of a hard-surface runway that is about 8,000 feet long. It has at least 60 revetted hardstands in two equal groupings at either end of the base. Considering that each revetment may hold up to three combat aircraft, this base could support up to 180 of these aircraft. In addition, adequate alert hardstand space exists for more than 100 aircraft. There appear to be weapons storage areas that could support ground-attack aircraft. Petroleum, oil, and lubricants (POL) storage is also evident.

High resolution imagery was available from two sources, including declassified CORONA imagery. As of 08 April 2000 Russian 2-meter resolution KVR-1000 imagery coverage was not available via the SPIN-2 service on TerraServer. As of 08 April 2000 archival Space Imaging IKONOS 1-meter imagery available on the CARTERRAT Archive includes a pair of adjacent scenes, acquired on 29 March 2000. These scenes are precisely centered on Quzhou Airbase.

The domestic aviation, railway, highway and water transportation are complete, and the civil aviation directly reaches 13 cities including Beijing, Shenzhen, Kunming, Qingdao, Chongqing, Jinan, Haikou, Dalian, Chengdu, Guiyang, Xi’an, Guangzhou, Zhoushan, Quzhou Port Longyou Port Area, Quzhou The Jianggang District was officially opened, and the Hangqu cruise ship was officially opened. Hangjinqu, Hangxinjing Expressway, Huangqunan and Longliwen Expressways form a "two horizontal and two vertical" road network framework. The beautiful 215-kilometer highway along the Yangtze River runs through the entire line. The Hangzhou-Changzhou High-speed Railway and the Qu-Jiu Railway traverse the entire territory. The Qu-Ning Railway will be officially opened to traffic at the end of September 2020.

Quzhou is located at the junction of Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, and Anhui. It is deeply influenced by the surrounding regional culture from sculpture architecture, eating habits to local folk arts and customs. Based on the inclusive of many cultural factors such as Wuyue culture, Huizhou culture, Fujian’s Bamin culture and Hakka culture, the people of Quzhou rely on their diligence and wisdom to form a distinctive Quzhou in the long historical process.

Quzhou has a long history and rich humanities. It was a land of Baiyue in ancient times, and the She people still live here today. This area is dominated by Han people. The local people of Quzhou basically have the same customs as most Han people. The most important ones are the Spring Festival, Lantern Festival, Qingming Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Tanabata, Central Plains, Mid-Autumn Festival, Double Ninth Festival and other traditional festivals. In addition, Quzhou people also celebrate the beginning of summer, the winter solstice, the June year, and the mochi.

Quzhou has a long history and profound cultural heritage. Archaeological data show that as far back as 50,000 to 60,000 years ago, the territory was mild in climate, abundant in rainfall, and densely covered with jungles. It was a primitive world filled with the fragrance of birds and flowers, the singing of horses and deer, the roar of apes and tigers, herds of bison, and wild boars. Our ancestors thrived here. It belonged to the land of Yue during the Xia, Shang, and Western Zhou Dynasties. At the beginning of the Spring and Autumn Period, it was the country of Gumie, and later it was the country of Gumie in the western part of the country. The county government is now Longyou. In the third year of the Eastern Han dynasty (192), Xin'an County was established at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and Qu County was built thereafter. In the third year of Chen Yongding in the Southern Dynasty (559), Xin'an County was once believed, which was the beginning of the establishment of a leading county in Qudi.

In the fourth year of Tang Wude (621), Quzhou was set up and abandoned; in the second year of Chuigong (686), it was rebuilt, more than a thousand years later, until liberation in 1949. Qucheng calendar was the location of the administrative office of the road district of the prefecture. From 1949 to 1955, it was the resident of the Quzhou Commissioner’s Office in Zhejiang Province. It was established as a provincial city in 1985. In 1958, the Quzhou Chemical Plant, the predecessor of Juhua, was established and became one of the national chemical industrial bases. In 1994, Qucheng was named a national historical and cultural city by the State Council. In December 2018, it was awarded the title of "International Garden City" by the United Nations.

It was named a national historical and cultural city in 1994, with a long history and a Jiangnan region. The best-preserved ancient state-level city, Quzhou Fucheng, the national key cultural relics protection unit Quzhoufu city wall, the restored Tianwang Pagoda, Wenchang Pavilion and other historical and cultural monuments. Quzhou is the residence and second hometown of the descendants of the sage Confucius. It is the center of spreading Confucianism culture in the south of the Yangtze River. In history, Confucianism was strong and talented, and it was known as the "Southeast Queli and Nankong Holy Land".

The population of the city is mainly Han. Quzhou is an area where ethnic minorities live scattered and mixed. There are 41 ethnic minorities and a population of 20,800. They are scattered in the mountainous and fringe areas of 120 townships (towns) in the city. Among the minority population, there are 15,800 She people, followed by Buyi, Miao and Hui. The ethnic minorities who have lived in Quzhou for a long time are mainly She and Hui, and the masses of other ethnic minorities basically came to Quzhou due to marriage, job distribution and transfer. However, Longyou County is relatively concentrated in the ethnic minority population. The ethnic minority population has exceeded 10,000. The Muchen She Nationality Township has been established, which is one of the nine key ethnic minority counties in the province.

The Confucian Nanzong Family Temple in Quzhou is one of only two Confucian family temples in the country. Quzhou is the ancestral home of Mao Zedong, a great man. Jiangshan Qingyang Village was unanimously recognized as the ancestral home of Mao Zedong and the "Birthplace of Mao Clan in Jiangnan" by the Central Party History Research Office, the National Archives Bureau and Mao Zedong's grandchildren. The Qingyang Mao Clan Genealogy was included The first batch of "Chinese Archives Document Heritage List". Quzhou is also the birthplace of Go culture. As early as the Eastern Jin Dynasty, there was a story of a king of woodsmen meeting gods playing Go in Lanke Mountain. This is the earliest written record of the origin of Go in China.

Quzhou is a city with beautiful ecological landscape. Named because of the mountain and prospered by the water, the Xianxialing Mountains, Huaiyu Mountains, and Qianligang Mountains surround Quzhou on three sides. Nine rivers such as Changshan River, Jiangshan River and Wuxi River gather together in the city. The city’s forest coverage rate is 71.5%, the water quality of outbound water is above Class II, and it has won the highest honor for water control in Zhejiang Province "Dayu Ding" for 6 consecutive years. The urban air quality rate (AQI) is 93.4%, and the urban PM2.5 concentration is 33. Microgram/cubic meter, the green coverage rate of urban built-up areas is 42.8%, and the per capita green area of ??parks is 15.2 square meters. It is an important ecological barrier, national ecological demonstration area, national garden city, and national forest city in Zhejiang. It was awarded in December 2018 The United Nations "International Garden City" title.

Quzhou is an excellent tourist city in China and the first national recreation area pilot. It has 2 5A-level scenic spots and 13 4A-level scenic spots, including the Gengong Buddhist Cultural Tourism Zone and Jianglangshan-Nianbadu Tourism Zone. Jianglang Mountain is Zhejiang The first World Natural Heritage, Qianjiangyuan National Park is the only national park system pilot in East China. Longyou Jiangxiyan, Dujiangyan, Lingqu, etc. are among the world's irrigation engineering heritage. At present, Quzhou is vigorously creating a national tourism demonstration zone, actively promoting the construction of Zhejiang, Anhui, Fujian and Jiangxi national eco-tourism cooperation zones, cooperating with the Taohuayuan Foundation to build a natural reserve, launching the "Global Free Tour to Quzhou" activity, creating good concerts, "Four Good Quzhou" cultural tourism products such as delicious "three Qu flavors", beautiful gardens, and fun sports fields, and strive to build "Poetry and Painting Zhejiang" as China's best tourist destination and a world-class eco-tourism destination.

Quzhou is an open city. It is adjacent to Nanping, Fujian in the south, Shangrao and Jingdezhen, Jiangxi in the west, Huangshan in Anhui to the north, and Jinhua, Lishui and Hangzhou in the east.

Quzhou insists on taking advantage of the power to open up development, and strive to open the two major channels, the tangible and the intangible. The tangible major corridor is a modern comprehensive transportation network system composed of high-speed rail, high-speed, aviation, shipping, etc. The construction and relocation of the Hangzhou-Quzhou high-speed rail was officially launched on December 6, 2019. It is planned to be completed and opened to traffic in 2022, when Quzhou and The space-time distance of Hangzhou will be shortened to about 40 minutes, and the hub will be connected to the hub, the West Station and West Station, from high ground to high ground, and commuting from high ground to high ground. The invisible channel is the Hangzhou-Quzhou innovative cooperation mechanism, creating an upgraded version of the Hangzhou-Quzhou mountain-sea collaboration, fully integrating into the Hangzhou metropolitan circle and innovation ecosystem, and accelerating the urbanization and integration of Hangzhou-Quzhou. It formally joined the Hangzhou Metropolitan Circle on October 25, 2018.

Quzhou is a city of innovation and vitality. In 1985, it was separated from the Jinhua area and rebuilt a prefecture-level city. For more than 30 years, economic and social development has achieved historic achievements and historic changes, and the building of a moderately prosperous society has achieved initial results. The Quzhou Research Institute and the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China jointly established the Yangtze River Delta Research Institute, the Graduate School, the National University Science Park, and the International Union College. The "Cun Bo Academy" was established. The Shulan Hospital signed a contract with Ye Tan Finance and Wenzhou Medical University. Industrial innovation has explored new paths, and the innovation-driven ecosystem has become increasingly sound.

Entering the new era, Quzhou's development has ushered in an unprecedented major opportunity, standing on its own strong wind outlet, is in a critical period of accumulation, fission development, transition period, full of vitality, promising and promising. Quzhou City will hold high the great banner of Xi Jinping’s thoughts on socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, always keep in mind the "eight entrustments" that General Secretary Xi Jinping gave to Quzhou during his administration in Zhejiang, and implement the "eight-eight strategy" in accordance with the loyalty of the provincial party committee and strive to build the requirements of the “window” centered on the vision of “vital new Quzhou, beautiful large gardens, development of high quality and modern governance”, and strive to promote transportation leadership, urban empowerment, industrial innovation, rural revitalization, team building, grassroots governance, and business environment , "Eight tasks" of urban civilization, accelerate the construction of four provincial border cities and open bridgeheads in the inland, draw a blueprint to the end, work year after year, work hard and work smartly, and effectively serve as an "important window". Maker, maintainer, exhibitor.

- CORONA 2000 - IKONOS






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