Suining

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Suining 遂宁市
Prefecture-level city
Location of Suining in Sichuan
Coordinates: 30°31′N 105°34′E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Sichuan
Prefecture-level city established	February 1985
Government
• CPC Secretary	Yang Hongbo
• Mayor	Zhao Shiyong
Area
• Prefecture-level city	5,326 km2 (2,056 sq mi)
Population  (2010)
• Prefecture-level city	3,252,551
• Density	610/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
• Urban	680,000
• Urban density	1,064/km2 (2,760/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard)
Postal code	629000
Area code	(0)825
ISO 3166 code	CN-SC-09
GDP	CNY 49.523 Billion USD 7.716 Billion
GDP per capita	CNY 14,498 USD 2,142
Licence Plate Prefixes	川J

Suining (simplified Chinese: 遂宁; traditional Chinese: 遂寧; Sichuanese Pinyin: Xu⁴nin²; Sichuanese pronunciation: [ɕy˨˦nin˨˩]; pinyin: Sùiníng; Wade–Giles: Sui-ning) is a prefecture-level city of eastern Sichuan province in Southwest China. In 2002, Suining had a population of 658,798.

Suining has at least one natural gas plant.

Geography and climate

Suining is located in the center of the Sichuan Basin and on the central reaches of the Fu River, bordering Chongqing, Guang'an and Nanchong to the east, Neijiang and Ziyang to the south, the provincial capital of Chengdu to the west, and Deyang and Mianyang to the north. Its prefecture, or administrative, area ranges in latitude from 30° 10' 50" to 31° 10' 50" N, or 108.9 kilometres (67.7 mi) and in longitude from 105° 03' 26" to 106° 59' 49" E, or 90.3 kilometres (56.1 mi). While much of the prefecture is mountainous, the urban area itself, which occupies 40 square kilometres (15 sq mi), is located on flat land.

Suining has a monsoon-influenced humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cwa) and is largely mild and humid, with four distinct seasons. Winter is short, mild, and foggy, though actual precipitation is low. January averages 6.6 °C (43.9 °F), and while frost may occur, snow is rare. Summers are long, hot and humid, with the daily average in July and August around 27 °C (81 °F), with August being slightly warmer. Rainfall is light in winter and can be heavy in summer, and 75% of the annual total occurs from May to September.

Climate data for Suining (1981−2010)
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
Record high °C (°F)	19.3 (66.7)	22.9 (73.2)	30.7 (87.3)	34.7 (94.5)	36.4 (97.5)	36.4 (97.5)	38.6 (101.5)	40.3 (104.5)	40.1 (104.2)	31.5 (88.7)	25.5 (77.9)	17.8 (64.0)	40.3 (104.5)
Mean daily maximum °C (°F)	9.7 (49.5)	12.4 (54.3)	17.1 (62.8)	22.7 (72.9)	27.1 (80.8)	29.0 (84.2)	31.6 (88.9)	31.7 (89.1)	27.0 (80.6)	21.3 (70.3)	16.5 (61.7)	10.7 (51.3)	21.4 (70.5)
Daily mean °C (°F)	6.6 (43.9)	8.9 (48.0)	12.9 (55.2)	17.9 (64.2)	22.2 (72.0)	24.6 (76.3)	27.2 (81.0)	26.9 (80.4)	22.9 (73.2)	17.8 (64.0)	13.0 (55.4)	7.9 (46.2)	17.4 (63.3)
Mean daily minimum °C (°F)	4.3 (39.7)	6.4 (43.5)	9.7 (49.5)	14.3 (57.7)	18.5 (65.3)	21.4 (70.5)	23.8 (74.8)	23.5 (74.3)	20.1 (68.2)	15.4 (59.7)	10.6 (51.1)	5.8 (42.4)	14.5 (58.1)
Record low °C (°F)	−2.3 (27.9)	−2.1 (28.2)	−0.7 (30.7)	4.8 (40.6)	9.2 (48.6)	13.8 (56.8)	18.4 (65.1)	17.0 (62.6)	14.0 (57.2)	2.9 (37.2)	1.4 (34.5)	−3.4 (25.9)	−3.4 (25.9)
Average precipitation mm (inches)	13.9 (0.55)	16.1 (0.63)	28.0 (1.10)	55.0 (2.17)	101.1 (3.98)	150.0 (5.91)	194.4 (7.65)	158.8 (6.25)	115.2 (4.54)	59.1 (2.33)	27.3 (1.07)	14.1 (0.56)	933 (36.74)
Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm)	8.1	8.2	9.8	12.1	13.1	13.8	13.3	10.4	14.7	14.1	10.1	7.5	135.2
Average relative humidity (%)	84	81	77	75	74	80	80	79	82	84	84	85	80
Source 1: China Meteorological Data Service Center
Source 2: Weather China (precipitation days 1971-2000)

Places of interest

Suining is a booming city with a wide range of roles, not just limit to the Excellent Tourism City of China, but also include the Finance and Ecological City of China, the National Landscape City, the National Hygiene City, and the Global Green City.

According to local legend, Suining is the Hometown of Guanyin and her sisters. A folk song declares that one resides at Lingquan Temple, another at Guangde Temple, while only the third sister is afar, in the Putuo Mountains of Southern China.

There exists Lingquan Temple, Guangde Temple, and the Dead Sea, which are regarded as the 4A scenic zone. And there is also a Celadon Museum of Sichuan, which is referred to as a 3A scenic zone.

The percentage of land-covered forests of Suining is approximately 34%, it's the first Provincial Environmental Protection City in Sichuan.

Administrative divisions

Map
Chuanshan Anju Pengxi County Shehong County Daying County
Name	Hanzi	Hanyu Pinyin	Population (2004 est.)	Area (km²)	Density (/km²)
Chuanshan District	船山区	Chuánshān Qū	670,000	618	1,084
Anju District	安居区	Ānjū Qū	750,000	1,258	596
Pengxi County	蓬溪县	Péngxī Xiàn	760,000	1,251	608
Shehong County	射洪县	Shèhóng Xiàn	1,040,000	1,496	695
Daying County	大英县	Dàyīng Xiàn	550,000	703	782

Transport

Highway

• China National Highway 318

Rail

Suining is the junction for the Dazhou–Chengdu and Suining–Chongqing Railways, which collective form the western-most section of the Shanghai–Wuhan–Chengdu High-Speed Railway.

Well-known inhabitants

• Chen Zi'ang, Tang dynasty poet (661-702), was a native of the Suining area.
• Chen Wei, a pro-democracy activist born in 1969 who has been arrested in February 2011 and sentenced for 9-years in prison on December 23, 2011 for "inciting subversion of state power" by the Suining intermediate people's court.

His lawyer was repeatedly prevented from meeting him in detention in stark violation of Chinese law.

• Liu Xianbin, a pro-democracy activist born in 1968 who has been arrested in June 2010 and sentenced for 10-years in prison for inciting subversion of state power.
• Li Bifeng, a pro-democracy activist and friend of Liao Yiwu who is facing 5-years prison for false "economic crimes".