Politics of Guizhou

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

List of the CPC Guizhou Committee Secretaries

#Su Zhenhua : 1949-1954
#Zhou Lin : 1954-1964
#Li Dazhang : 1964-1965
#Jia Qiyun : 1965-1967
#Li Zaihe : 1967-1969
#Lan Yinong : 1969-1973
#Lu Ruilin : 1973-1977
#Ma Li : 1977-1979
#Chi Biqing : 1979-1985
#Zhu Houze : 1985
#Hu Jintao : 1985-1988
#Liu Zhengwei : 1988-1993
#Liu Fangren : 1993-2001
#Qian Yunlu : 2001-2005
#Shi Zhongyuan : 2005-incumbent

List of Governors of Guizhou

#Yang Yong : 1949-1954
#Zhou Lin : 1955-1965
#Li Li : 1965-1967
#Li Zaihe : 1967-1971
#Lan Yinong : 1971-1973
#Lu Ruilin : 1973-1977
#Ma Li : 1977-1979
#Su Gang : 1980-1983
#Wang Zhaowen : 1983-1993
#Chen Shineng : 1993-1996
#Wu Yixia : 1996-1998
#Qian Yunlu : 1998-2001
#Shi Xiushi : 2001-2006
#Lin Shusen : 2006-incumbent

List of Chairmen of Guizhou People's Congress

#Xu Jiansheng : 1980-1983
#Wu Shi : 1983-1985
#Zhang Yuhuan : 1985-1993
#Liu Zhengwei : January 1993-July 1993
#Liu Yulin : July 1993-January 1994
#Wang Chaowen : 1994-1998
#Liu Fangren : January 1998-November 2002
#Qian Yunlu : January 2003-December 2005
#Shi Zongyuan : January 2006-incumbent

List of the Chairmen of CPPCC Guizhou Committee

#Shen Yunpu : 1955-1956
#Xu Jiansheng : 1956-1959
#Miao Chunting : 1959-1967
#Li Baohua : 1977-1979
#Chi Biqing : 1979-1980
#Miao Chunting : 1980-1993
#Long Zhiyi : 1993-1998
#Wang Siqi : 1998-2006
#Sun Gan : 2006-2007
#Huang Yao : 2007-incumbent

List of prisons in Guizhou province

This is a list of prisons within Guizhou province of the People's Republic of China.

* Anshun Prison
* Beidoushan Prison
* Bijie Prison
* Chishui Prison
* Dadongla Prison
* Dafang Prison
* Danzhai Prison
* Dongpo Prison
* Duyun Prison
* Eshan Prison
* Fuquan Prison
* Guangshun Prison
* Guiyang Prison
* Haizi Prison
* Jiangkou Prison
* Jiaozishan Prison
* Jinhua Prison
* Jinping County Prison
* Jinxi Prison
* Kaili Prison
* Majiang Prison
* Maocaopu Prison
* Ninggu Prison
* Pingba Prison
* Pu'an Prison
* Qinglong Prison
* Qingzhen Prison
* Shazishao Prison
* Songlin Prison
* Taiping Prison
* Tian’gou Prison
* Tongren Prison
* Tongzhou Prison
* Wangwu Prison
* Weng'an Prison
* Weining Prison
* Xifeng Prison
* Xingyi Prison
* Yang'ai Prison
* Yudong Prison
* Yuping Prison
* Zhongzhuang Prison
* Zunyi Prison

List of laojiaos in Guizhou

This is a list of laojiaos within Guizhou province of the People's Republic of China.

*Anshun Reeducation Through Labor - Anshun City
*Bijie District Reeducation Through Labor - Zhujiawan, Bijie District
*Fuquan Reeducation Through Labor - Longchang Town, Fuquan City, Qiannanzhou
*Guizhou Province Reeducation Through Labor - battalion of Zhongba RTL
*Huagong Reeducation Through Labor - Unknown
*Juvenile Reeducation Through Labor - Unknown
*Sanjiang Reeducation Through Labor - Guiyang City
*Zhongba Reeducation Through Labor - Qingzhen City
*Zunyi Reeducation Through Labor - Zunyi City

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List of administrative divisions of Guizhou

Guizhou, a of the People's Republic of China, is made up of the following :

* 9 prefecture-level divisions
** 4
** 2 s
** 3 autonomous prefectures
* 88 county-level divisions
** 9 county-level cities
** 56
** 11
** 10 s
** 2 special districts
* 1543 township-level divisions
** 691 s
** 506 s
** 252 ethnic townships
** 94 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 Guizhou.

Huaxi District

Huaxi District is a in Guiyang, the capital city of Guizhou Province, China. It is a scenic resort and a national minority cultural center.

Huaxi has an area of 957.6 square km and a population of 328,700. Its GDP was 4.35 billion RMB in 2006.

It is named after the Huaxi River that meanders through the town and is featured by genuine hills and waters, pastoral beauty and national minority custom. The North Campus and South Campus of Guizhou University and Guizhou University for Nationalities are located in town. The educational facilities and natural beauty make it a renowned educational and cultural center as well as an important tourist destination of Guizhou and southwest China.

Gaoping, Guizhou

Gaoping is a small town in the mountains near Zunyi, in Guizhou province, People's Republic of China.

It is near the Moutai brewery, where Maotai rice liquor is brewed.

Lai fen, a kind of thick wide round rice noodle is made locally, and is difficult to find elsewhere.

The rice liquor Dongjiu is brewed nearby. The local beer Gaoyuan is quite delicious.
It is said that the local mountain water accounts for the quality of these locally-brewed beverages.

Dong people

The Dong people are an ethnic group. They form one of the officially recognized by the People's Republic of China, and are famed for their carpentry skills and unique architecture, in particular a form of covered bridge known as the "wind and rain bridge" . Many of the people are also farmers. Their cuisine prominently features foods and sticky rice.

They live mostly in Guizhou, Hunan, and Guangxi provinces of China.

Language

The Dong language is a language. When written, the Dong people sometimes use Chinese characters to represent the sounds of Dong words. A new orthography based on the Latin alphabet was developed in 1958, but it is not used very much, due to a lack of printed material and trained teachers.

The Ethnologue distinguishes two Dong dialects with the codes for the southern dialect and for the northern.

Notable Dong people

* , gold medalist in the 10 meter synchronized platform diving at the 2004 Summer Olympics at Athens, Greece
*Wu Hongfei , singer for the Chinese rock band Happy Avenue
*Su Yu , the first four-star general of the People's Liberation Army
* (向旭）Nick:*浮砂 Fusha The youngest musican for [

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Wanshan Special District

Wanshan Special District is a county-level administrative special district, belonging to Tongren Prefecture, Guizhou Province of China.

Area: 338 km².

Population: 60,000 in 2002.

Postal Code: 554200.

The county government is located in Wanshan town.

Bijie

Bijie Prefecture is a of Guizhou, People's Republic of China.

2008 Guizhou riot

The 2008 Guizhou riot was a riot on 28 June 2008 involving thousands of residents in Weng'an County, Qiannan Buyei and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, in the Guizhou province of Southwest China. Rioters smashed government buildings and torched several police cars to protest against an alleged police cover-up of a girl's death.

Incident

Death

A 16 year-old local girl by the name of Li Shufen was found dead in a river after being spotted with two younger men claimed to have familial ties with the local public security bureau. and that her corpse was then thrown into the river.

Defending the coffin

The parents were guarding the girl's coffin day and night in fear the local police might attempt to tamper the . The parents claim there have already been two attempts to the dead body. An additional 100 local residents have helped them guard the coffin. A document submitted by the local government stated the girl was unhappy with life because her parents favored her elder brother.

Girl's family & relatives

Relatives of the girl blamed the local police for shoddy investigation and possible corruption. One of the parents said a police officer threatened them, telling them: “Don't even try to file a lawsuit; there no justice in this world.”

Three friends

Guizhou's official media published the first interview with three of the girl's friends on July 4. They were the last people to see the girl .

* Chen Guangquan , 21 years old, was the the victim's boyfriend. He denied any raping.
* Liu Yanchao , 18 years old, said he did s on the bridge, then struggled after trying to save the girl.
* Wang Jiao , 16 years old, she was also at the scene.

Protests

About 500 middle school students had gone to protest at the public security bureau, but they were turned away and beaten. About 160 office buildings and 40 cars were torched.

Arrests

Authorities have rounded up 300 people accused of taking part in the riot.

Government response

Photographs as well as comments on the Guizhou protest in chatrooms and were quickly by the . He further said the deep rooted reasons behind the protest were "rude and roughhand solutions" by local authorities to solve disputes over mines, demolition of homes for public projects, relocation of residents for reservoir construction and many other issues. Several local officials, including Weng'an's Party chief, have been dismissed for breach of duty on July 3 and . After three , there were no signs of any sexual attack according to state officials. The girl's father Li Xiuzhong did not accept the autopsy findings. He said "There is nothing I can do, they have sent 10 officials to my home, watching me day and night. They told me what to say when the reporters interviewed me. They threatened me that , then another riot can happen and I must bear in mind that national security is at stake." Li Shufen was buried in her hometown about 20km from Weng'an. Provincial authority said that every year, about 600 to 800 criminal cases take place in the county, but half of them are not solved.