Gongqingcheng (Chinese: 共青城; pinyin: Gòngqīngchéng) is a sub-prefecture-level city in Jiangxi, People's Republic of China.
Gongqingcheng was founded in 1955 when the first group of 98 students from Shanghai were directed to go into the countryside to farm a wilderness area near Poyang Lake.
Hu Yaobang, as the leader of the Communist Youth League, made a special trip to the area forty days after the students arrived, and he consoled and ate with them.
Hu led the students to a barren area of land in Jiangxi, determined that the current site of Gongqingcheng was suitable for cultivation, and founded the settlement.
Hu named the city, writing gong qing zhen to describe the results of the students' efforts.
it has a wide variety of industries, manufacturing textiles, electronics, machinery, building materials, and foodstuffs.
The two cities formed their partnership in response to an invitation by the Chinese government to the President of the International Business Center for a Productive Argentina, Gustavo Biagiotti.
After initial exchanges made by Mr. Biagiotti, official approval was obtained to perform the act of twinning during the Expo Central China 2009, which was held in Hunan.
Gongqingcheng is located 56 kilometres (35 mi) from Jiujiang, the most northern important city in Jiangxi, and equally far from Nanchang, the provincial capital.
Mount Lu, an UNESCO World Heritage Site and a place where Chairman Mao and other senior CCP leaders held several historical meetings, is located north of Gongqing.
The new Mount Lu International Golf Club developed by the Jiahao Company of Hong Kong can be found on the city's perimeter.
[5] A ceremony, led by Chinese prime minister Wen Jiabao, was held in Beijing in November 2005 to commemorate the popular leader for the first time since his death.
There is a major toll road, 105/316 according to the Collins' map of China,[full citation needed] connecting these three cities with Gongqingcheng being roughly in the middle.