Yangquan No. 1 Prison

Yangquan No. 1 Prison is a prison in Yinying Town in Shanxi province of China. It is one of the largest prisons. It was founded in 1952. It is connected to Yinying Coal Mine, said to be a forced labour mine, which produces 1.38 million tonnes of high grade anthracite per year. In 1992 it housed 7000 inmates.

Taiyuan No. 3 Prison

Taiyuan No. 3 Prison is a prison in Nancheng District in Shanxi province of China. It is connected to a gas compressor factory. It was founded in 1952.

Taiyuan City Reeducation through labor

Taiyuan City Reeducation through labor is a labor camp in the Shanxi province of China. It is connected to Taiyuan Reeducation through labor Gujiao Center for Cooking. It is situated in Jiancaoping district of Taiyuan City.

Shanxi Experimental Secondary School

Shanxi Experimental Secondary School is recognized as the one of top high schools in Shanxi Province, P.R.China. Located across a street to the provincial government buildings of Shanxi Province in Taiyuan City, Shanxi Experimental Secondary School gains the largest budget among all the high schools in Shanxi Province each year from the government. It is also the only high school in Shanxi Province governed directly by the provincial education department other than the city education department. Shanxi Experimental Secondary School was founded in 1882 by Zhang Zhidong, a famous scholar, reformer, and official in the late Qing Dynasty.

The school is prestigious for its strict admission and its high education quality. In 2007, Shanxi Experimental Secondary School has the highest requirement of entrance score of the all the high schools in Shanxi Province in the provincial standard High School Entrance Examination. In the same year, the graduation classes have the highest average score in the National University Entrance Exam in Shanxi Province. The Chinese top universities such as Tsinghua University and Peking University have early admission tests in Shanxi Experimental Secondary School each year, which is the only test location in the province. More than 50 students are admitted by the two top universities every year. Many students from Shanxi Experimental Secondary School are remarkable for the national and international science Olympiad competition awards, such as Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Mathematics. Also, the school is famous for its international student exchange program. A large number of students have visited and studied in the colleges in Toronto, Sydney, Auckland, Edinburgh and London. Some of the graduating students are admitted by Stanford University, Cornell University, Harvard University, Columbia University, University of Toronto and other world-famous universities

Qiao's Compound

Located 30 kilometers north west of the historic city lies the historic Qiao family home of fame. Begun during the reign of the Qing Dynasty's Emperor Qian Long and finished in the eighteenth century, it is a courtyard estate covering 9000 square meters and having 313 rooms with 4000 square meters within 6 large courtyards and 19 smaller courtyards. From the air the it appears to spell out the Chinese word for happiness. Architects consider it to be one of the finest remaining examples of imposing private residences in northern China. It has been converted into a museum and has many period furnishings.

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Politics of Shanxi

The politics of Shanxi Province in the People's Republic of China is structured in a dual party-government system like all other governing institutions in mainland China.

The Governor of Shanxi is the highest ranking official in the People's Government of Shanxi. However, in the province's dual party-government governing system, the Governor has less power than the Shanxi Communist Party of China Provincial Committee Secretary , colloquially termed the "Shanxi CPC Party Chief".

List of Shanxi CPC Party Secretaries

Secretaries of the Shanxi Committee:
#Cheng Zihua : 1949－1950
#Lai Ruoyu : 1950－1952
#Xie Xuegong : 1952
#Gao Kelin : 1952
#Tao Lujia : 1952.12－1965
#Wei Heng : 1965－1967
#Liu Geping : 1967－1971
#Xie Zhenhua : 1971－1975
#Wang Qian : 197－1980
#Huo Shilian : 1980－1983
#Li Ligong : 1983－1991
#Wang Maolin : 1991－1993
#Hu Fuguo : 1993－1999
#Tian Chengping : 1999－2005
#Zhang Baoshun : 2005-incumbent

List of Governors of Shanxi

#Cheng Zihua : 1949－1951
#Pei Lisheng : 1950－1951
#Lai Ruoyu : 1951－1952
#Pei Lisheng : 1952-1956
#Wang Shiying : 1956－1958
#Wei Heng : 1958－1965
#Wang Qian : 1965－1967
#Liu Geping : 1967－1971
#Xie Zhenhua : 1971－1975
#Wang Qian : 1975－1979
#Luo Guibo : 1979－1983
#Wang Senhao : 1983－1992
#Hu Fuguo : 1992－1993
#Sun Wensheng : 1993－1999
#Liu Zhenhua : 1999－2004
#Zhang Baoshun : 2004-2005
#Yu Youjun : 2005-2007
#Meng Xuenong : 2007.09－2008.09
# : 2008.09-present

List of Chairmen of Shanxi People's Congress

#Ruan Posheng : 1979－1988
#Wang Tingdong : 1988－1993
#Lu Gongxun : 1993－2003
#Tian Chengping : 2003－2005
#Zhang Baoshun : 2006－incumbent

List of Chairmen of Shanxi Committee

#Tao Lujia : 1955－1965
#Wei Heng : 1965－1967
#Wang Qian : 1977－1979
#Zheng Lin : 1979－1983
#Wu Guangtang : 1983－1985
#Li Xiuren : 1985－1993
#Wang Maolin : 1993
#Hu Fuguo : 1994－1995
#Guo Yuhuai : 1995－2000
#Tian Chengping : 2000－2001
#Zheng Shekui : 2001－2003
#Liu Zemin : 2003－incumbent

List of prisons in Shanxi province

This is a list of prisons within Shanxi province of the People's Republic of China.
* Changzhi Prison
* Datong Prison
* Fenyang Prison
* Huozhou Prison
* Jincheng Prison
* Jinzhong Prison
* Linfen Prison
* Lucheng Prison
* Pingyao Prison
* Prov. No. 2 Prison
* Prov. No. 5 Prison
* Prov. No. 6 Prison
* Quwo Prison
* Shanxi Women’s Prison
* Taiyuan No.1 Prison
* Taiyuan No. 2 Prison
* Taiyuan No. 3 Prison
* Xinzhou Prison
* Yangquan No.1 Prison
* Yangquan No.2 Prison
* Yongji Prison
* Yuanping Prison

List of laojiaos in Shanxi

This is a list of laojiaos in Shanxi province of the People's Republic of China.
A laojiao is a labor camp.

*Changzhi Daxinzhuang Reeducation Through Labor - Changzhi City
*Datong City Reeducation Through Labor - Datong City
*Datong Xiazhai Reeducation Through Labor - Datong City
*Hongdong Reeducation Through Labor - Hongdong County
*Provincial Juvenile Reeducation Through Labor - Yongjiyu Village
*Provincial Reeducation Through Labor - 5 Xindian St. Xinghualing District Taiyuan City
*Provincial Women's Reeducation Through Labor - Xindian, Taiyuan City
*Taiyuan City Reeducation Through Labor - North of Zhencheng Village, Baibanxiang, Jiancaoping District, Taiyuan City
*Xiaoyi Reeducation Through Labor - Xiaoyi County
*Yangquan Reeducation Through Labor - Dongnaowan, Development Area of Yangquan
*Yongji Dongcun Reeducation Through Labor - Yongji County
*Yuncheng Reeducation Through Labor - Yuncheng County
*Yuxiang Reeducation Through Labor - Yongji County

List of administrative divisions of Shanxi

Shanxi, a of the People's Republic of China, is made up of prefecture-level divisions, which are divided into county-level divisions, which are then divided into township-level divisions. These are:

* 11 prefecture-level divisions
** all of which are prefecture-level cities
* 119 county level divisions
** 11 county-level cities
** 85
** 23 s
* 1386 township-level divisions
** 564 s
** 634 s
** 188 subdistricts

These administrative divisions are explained in greater detail at Political divisions of China. The following table lists only the prefecture-level and county-level divisions of Shanxi.

Recent changes:
* 1996: Lishi County of Luliang Prefecture becomes Lishi County-level City.
* 1996: Suburban District of Jincheng Prefecture-level City becomes Zezhou County.
* 1996: Fenyang County of Luliang Prefecture becomes Fenyang County-level City.
* 1997: Reorganization of the districts of Taiyuan Prefecture-level City: Nancheng , Beicheng , Hexi , Nanjiao and Beijiao Districts are disbanded and replaced with Xiaodian, Yingze, Xinghualing, Jiancaoping, Wanbailin and Jinyuan Districts.
* 1999: Jinzhong Prefecture becomes Jinzhong Prefecture-level City; its capital, Yuci County-level City, becomes Yuci District.
* 2000: Xinzhou Prefecture becomes Xinzhou Prefecture-level City; its capital, Xinzhou County-level City, becomes Xinfu District.
* 2000: Yuncheng Prefecture becomes Yuncheng Prefecture-level City; its capital, Yuncheng County-level City, becomes Yanhu District.
* 2000: Linfen Prefecture becomes Linfen Prefecture-level City; its capital, Linfen County-level City, becomes Yaodu District.
* 2003: The last prefecture of the Shanxi Province, Luliang Prefecture , becomes Luliang Prefecture-level City; its capital, Lishi County-level City, becomes Lishi District.

Jinzhong Prison

Jinzhong Prison is a prison in Jinzhong District in Shanxi province of China. It has or had 13 jail areas. It is connected to prison enterprises. It used to be known as Shanxi Provincial No. 1 Prison.

Dazhai

Dazhai is the name of a mountainous North China village of several hundred farmers in Xiyang, Shanxi, in the People's Republic of China. Dazhai had been an ordinary village until 1960s, when Mao Zedong published his Supreme Directive, "Learn from Dazhai in agriculture" and set up Dazhai as a national agricultural model for all the farmers across the country.

Subsequently, countless newspaper and magazine stories and books as well as films were published nationwide about how hard and diligently the villagers of Dazhai had worked to build the village into one with not only well-managed and bountiful , but engineering marvels such as amazing reservoirs and grandiose aqueducts crossing deep valleys for irrigation. They allegedly worked on their own on the principle of self-reliance, without any financial and technical support from the government. A number of songs about Dazhai were popular for a while, the best-known perhaps being Dazhai Yakexi , about a farmer telling how happy he was after he visited Dazhai. The song was adapted to a dance in which a Uyghur man sang while six ladies accompanied him with dances in the Uyghur traditional style. Both the singer and the dancers were in dresses typical of the Uyghur nationality, which the Han Chinese people found aesthetically appealing.

The slogans were "Move the mountains to make farm fields," "Change the sky and alter the land," "Work bitterly, diligently, and with extra energy, and build our village into a Daizhai-like one in three years."

During the years until the downfall of the Gang of Four in 1976, farmers from all over the country were organized to visit Dazhai, and well-trained tour guides took posts on several important scenes to explain to visitors how the villagers in Daizhai made such achievements with their own hands. One of such scenes was the top of the Tiger Head Mountain where visitors could have a panoramic view of the farm fields, the major irrigation projects as well as the residential area of the villagers. Perhaps hundreds of millions of farmers visited the place during the period and the expenses on their trips were paid by the government.

At this time, all farmers in China had to show their political zest in following Mao Zedong's directive Learn from Dazhai in agriculture. They not only worked during the day, but at night as well, not only in the warm season, but in the depth of winter as well - a dramatic deviation from their age-old tradition. In many places, the farmers literally - and blindly - moved mountains , built reservoirs, tunnels, canals, and so on. As spiritual motivation, loud speakers were installed at work sites to broadcast music and songs and films were shown at night on the scene while the farmers took a break. Unfortunately, many of these large-scale projects were proved utterly useless later.

Meanwhile, a number of leaders of the village made dramatic advances in their political career. Chen Yonggui, the patriarchal leader of the village, was put to the position of vice-premier of the central government despite the fact that he was only semiliterate. Guo Fenglian, the Dazhai party secretary, was a favorite of Jiang Qing , and played a significant part in the Chinese political scene.

This campaign was as much political as it was agricultural, and it came to an abrupt end upon Mao's death in 1976. Today, Dazhai is a tourist attraction.

The industrial counterpart of Dazhai was Daqing, and the corresponding directive given by Mao was Learn from Daqing in industry.

Modern Backlash

In recent years Dazhai has endured ridicule as a symbol of ultra left wing political ideals due to the part it played in promoting communist ideals of communal agriculture , especially when one considers the town's featured role in the widespread Mao slogan, "In Agriculture learn from Dazhai."

Datong City Reeducation through labor

Datong City Reeducation through labor is a prison in Datong City in Shanxi province of China. It is connected to a coal mine which in 2004, covered 616 mu in area.

2008 Shanxi mudslide

The 2008 Shanxi mudslide was caused by the collapse of an unlicensed mine landfill in Xiangfen county, Linfen, Shanxi Province, People's Republic of China and killed at least 267 people and injured 34. Around 8:00 a.m. on September 8, 2008, the retaining wall of a waste iron ore reservoir collapsed after torrential rain, causing a major mudslide which inundated a village and crowded marketplace. The unlicensed Tashan Mine was operated by the Tashan Mining Company. The reservoir was supposedly decommissioned a few years later, but its new owner, Zhang Peiliang, put it back into use when he took over the company in 2005. In 2006, the Tashan Mining Company did not renew its safety production license, and in 2007, the mining license of Zhang also expired.

Damages and casualties

The entire village of Yunhe was inundated by the mudslide, including an outdoor market crowded with customers. Some 268,000 cubic meters of mudslide sludge flooded over an area of 30.2 hectares in the disaster, and the mud was up to six meters deep in some parts. Up to 500 people may still be buried, according to the Information Centre for Human Rights and Democracy.

Rescue efforts

5,300 police and , using more than 110 excavators, were looking for survivors. The rescuers covered about 90% of the mudslide zone so far. In addition, 2,100 medical workers were at the site to provide medical care. The State Administration of Work Safety said that an investigation is pending, and that the people responsible will be "punished in line with the relevant laws." Meng Xuenong, of Shanxi, resigned a day after the event, on September 14.