Get to know Xinxing District
- Administrative area
- District · 市辖区
- Part of
- Qitaihe
- Chinese name
- 新兴区
- Local areas
- District guide
Area & population
- Area in the source
- 2,003.00 km²
- Population · 2010
- 236,768
Source: cited geographic source, as of the dates shown.
Setting and landscape
The district borders Taoshan District (桃山区) to the east, Huanan County (桦南县) to the west and north, and Jixi (鸡西) to the south. Its climate is classed as cold-temperate. Forest land covers about 1.3 million mu according to the district government, and the district includes 11 forest farms alongside its 24 villages.
History and coal
Development of the area began in 1958, and it became a district of Qitaihe in 1984. The district government describes the Ma'anshan Liao and Jin site (马鞍山辽金文化遗址) as the birthplace of ancient Jin culture.
The district is the main coal-producing area of Qitaihe. Prime coking coal makes up 82% of the district's coal reserves, and the district government describes it as a national base for coking coal and the largest producer of high-grade coke in north-east China. Local industry also includes graphene: Baotailong (宝泰隆) began volume production from a 150-tonne graphene plant in 2017.
Xinxing is also known for short-track speed skating. It is the home town of world champions Yang Yang (杨扬), Wang Meng (王蒙), Liu Qiuhong (刘秋红) and Zhang Jie (张杰), and hosts a national training base for young short-track skaters.
What to see
The Ma'anshan azalea scenic area (马鞍山映山红景区) at Ma'an village (马鞍村) is a spring flower-viewing site. The village has laid out a 20,000-square-metre viewing garden around a natural belt of azaleas, and transplanted azaleas, flowering almond, wild apricot and lilac into it. Heilongjiang's culture and tourism department reports that the azaleas usually peak from late April to early May; in 2025 the village scheduled its azalea festival for 28 April.
Getting oriented
Qitaihe railway station lies within the district. National roads G201 and G229 and the Qitaihe–Yilan expressway (七依高速) cross it, and the district government puts Harbin at 360 kilometres away.
Highlights
- Ma'anshan azalea scenic area 马鞍山映山红景区: A 20,000-square-metre azalea garden at Ma'an village, at peak bloom from late April to early May.
- Ma'anshan Liao and Jin site 马鞍山辽金文化遗址: Archaeological site that the district government links to the origins of Jin culture.
Sources for this guide
走进新兴 — 七台河市新兴区人民政府 · Xinxing District People's Government, Qitaihe
七台河映山红赏花攻略来了 — 黑龙江省文化和旅游厅 · Heilongjiang Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism (from Heilongjiang Daily)
新兴区 (七台河市) — 维基百科 · Wikipedia (Chinese) · CC BY-SA 4.0
Original English written from the listed sources and checked sentence by sentence against quoted extracts by a separate reviewer. Updated 2026-09-24.
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Xinxing District 新兴区
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Sources & geographic information
Administrative names and parent areas: Official geographic directory · Reference date 2026-09-06.
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