Chengde

Proper noun

Chengde

1. A prefecture-level city of Hebei, China.
   • The Hopei Provincial CCP Committee has decided to publicize throughout the province a self-examination report prepared by the Chengte Prefectural CCP Committee concerning its mistakes in persecuting Chengte Teachers School cadres and masses, thereby infringing on people's democracy and violating...[1978 November 9 [1978 November 4], “Hopei CCP Committee Achieves Return of School Premises”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 218, Foreign Broadcast Information Service...
   • “This first wave of relocated companies are all highly polluting, high energy-consuming type businesses that will be a burden wherever they go, so at present the enthusiasm of Tianjin and Hebei to take them on isn’t high,” a district official from the Hebei city of Chengde told the newspaper.2014 April 9, Austin Ramzy, “Beijing’s Neighbors Resist Transfer of Its Polluting Industries”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Jul 2022
2. A county of Chengde, Hebei, China.
   • Mr. Luo has a lot at stake. He is married and has an apartment and a mortgage back home in Chengde County in Hebei Province. His living is a good one for someone with a rural hukou. He is still making monthly payments equal to about $290 on his car and paying the same amount on his mortgage.2016 December 21, Cao Li, “China’s New Ride-Hailing Rules Focus on Where Drivers Call Home”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 22 Dec 2016

   Synonyms:

   Rehe, Jehol