Pingyuan Province

Pingyuan (Template:Zh) was a former province of the People's Republic of China that existed between 1949 and 1952. Its capital was Xinxiang, now in Henan province.

History

Pingyuan Province was established on August 20, 1949, comprising adjoining prefectures in the provinces of Henan and Shandong:

• Xinxiang, Henan (along with then-separate urban centre Xinxiang City)
• Puyang, Henan
• Anyang, Henan (along with then-separate urban centre Anyang City)
• Heze, Shandong
• Huxi, Shandong
• Liaocheng, Shandong

Pan Fusheng was the first Communist Party Chief of the province,<ref name=xinhua>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and Chao Zhefu was its only governor.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In March 1950, a number of peasants and cattle froze to death when transporting grain to government storage in Puyang prefecture. Pan took partial responsibility for the "Puyang Incident" and was demoted to deputy party chief.<ref name=xinhua/> He was replaced by Wu De.<ref name=cpc>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The province was abolished on November 15, 1952. Its component territories were returned to their original provinces - with the exception of Anyang's Wu'an, Shexian and Linzhang counties, which were transferred to Handan prefecture in Hebei.

Administrative divisions

Name	Administrative Seat	Simplified Chinese	Hanyu Pinyin	Subdivisions
Xinxiang	Xinxiang	lang}}	Xīnxiāng Shì	none
Anyang	Anyang	lang}}	Ānyáng Shì	none
Heze Division	Heze County	lang}}	Hézé Zhuānqū	8 counties
Huxi Division	Dianxian	lang}}	Húxī Zhuānqū	2 counties
Liaocheng Division	Liaocheng County	lang}}	Liáochéng Zhuānqū	11 counties
Puyang Division	Puyang County	lang}}	Púyáng Zhuānqū	7 counties
Anyang Division	Anyang County	lang}}	Ānyáng Zhuānqū	6 counties
Xinxiang Division	Xinxiang County	lang}}	Xīnxiāng Zhuānqū	13 counties

See also

• History of the political divisions of China