Chaoyang is home to the majority of Beijing's many foreign embassies, the well-known Sanlitun bar street, as well as Beijing's growing central business district. The Olympic Green, built for the 2008 Summer Olympics, is also in Chaoyang. Chaoyang extends west to Chaoyangmen on the eastern 2nd Ring Road, and nearly as far east as the Ximazhuang toll station on the Jingtong Expressway. Within the urban area of Beijing, it occupies 470.8 square kilometres (181.8 sq mi),[2] making it the central city's largest district, with Haidian second. As of November 2020, Chaoyang had a total population of 3,452,460,[3] making it the most populous district in Beijing. The district has jurisdiction over 24 subdistrict offices and 19 area offices.[2]
Chaoyang is also home to Silk Street, Bainaohui Computer Shopping Mall, Alien Street (老番街市场), and many other market areas, shopping malls, and restaurant strips.
In the year of 2022, the GDP of Chaoyang district was 791.12 billion yuan ($117.62 billion by nominal),[9] with GDP per capita at 229,843 yuan ($34,172 by nominal).
According to Chaoyang's official website, the district "is home to more than 60 percent of the foreign business agencies in Beijing, over 3,000 foreign companies, 167 international news agencies, and two-thirds of the 158 of the global top 500 transnational companies that have invested in Beijing."[22] Some of these are:
Beijing Hyundai Motor Company (simplified Chinese: 北京现代汽车有限公司; traditional Chinese: 北京現代汽車有限公司; pinyin: Běijīng Xiàndài Qìchē Yǒuxiàngōngsī; Korean: 북경현대), a 50–50 joint venture of the Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co. and Hyundai Motor Company,[41] has its sales offices in the Hyundai Motor Tower in Chaoyang District.[42]
Chaoyang serves as Beijing's diplomatic district. All foreign embassies to China are located in the district except for that of Russia and Luxembourg, which both are in Dongcheng. Chaoyang has three embassy areas in the Ritan, Sanlitun, and Liangmaqiao neighborhoods.[22]
Chaoyang District is one of the fastest growing districts in the Beijing Metropolitan Area. There are several subway lines running through the district. The Beijing Capital Airport, although surrounded by the Shunyi District, is an exclave of Chaoyang District.[43] The municipality as well as the Chinese national government spend almost a half million USD per day on developing this district.[citation needed]
Chaoyang District has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classificationDwa). The average annual temperature in Chaoyang is 12.9 °C (55.2 °F). The average annual rainfall is 582 mm (22.9 in) with July as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in July, at around 26.8 °C (80.2 °F), and lowest in January, at around −3.0 °C (26.6 °F).
Climate data for Chaoyang District (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1981–2010)
^These townships are officially classified as subdistricts, but as they coincide with the area of the same name, they are commonly named "areas" (地区)
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