Editing Datong (section)

==Economy==
The GDP per capita was ¥17,852 (US$2,570) per annum in 2008, [[List of prefecture-level divisions of China by GDP|ranked]] no. 242 among 659 Chinese cities. [[Coal mining]] is the dominant industry of Datong. Its history and development are very much linked to this commodity.

Development zones
Datong Economic and Technological Development Zone

Due to its strategic position, it is also an important distribution and warehousing center for Shanxi, Hebei and Inner Mongolia.<ref>[http://www.china-briefing.com/article/central-china:-datong-551.html China Briefing Business Guide] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303221646/http://www.china-briefing.com/article/central-china:-datong-551.html |date=3 March 2016 }}. China-briefing.com. Retrieved on 25 February 2014.</ref>

Datong is an old fashioned coal mining city, and still sits on significant reserves of this commodity. Consequently, it has developed a reputation as one of China's most polluted cities. The Datong Coal Mining Group is based here and is China's third largest such enterprise. Datong is indeed however an emerging economy, as the city seeks to loosen its dependence on coal, introduce more environmentally friendly and efficient methods of extraction and move into other areas of business services. The local government has continued to upgrade its pillar coal sector (and related industries like coal chemicals, power and metallurgy), while also developing "substitute industries" such as machinery manufacturing, tourism and distribution, warehousing and logistics services. This has had some impact. Datong's GDP grew by 5.1 percent in 2008 to RMB56.6 billion.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tjcn.org/datong/tjgb/10207.html|title=2008 Datong Economy Report}} {{Dead link|date=July 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

While coal will continue to dominate, Datong has been identified as one of the key cities requiring redevelopment, with part of this being in environmental cleanup, rehabilitation and industrial refocusing. Datong is a pilot city for rehabilitation studies following years of pollution. To this end it has already struck up strong relationships with other cities worldwide with similar backgrounds, and has begun plans, for example, to develop a tourism base focused on steam engine technology with antique locomotives to be used along designated tracks.<ref>[http://www.china-briefing.com/article/central-china:-datong-551.html China Briefing Business Guide: Datong Economy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303221646/http://www.china-briefing.com/article/central-china:-datong-551.html |date=3 March 2016 }}. China-briefing.com. Retrieved on 25 February 2014.</ref>

Datong has a large railway locomotive works, the '[[Datong locomotive factory]]', opened in 1954. The works are notable as the main producer (~4,689 of 4,717) of the [[China Railways QJ|QJ or 'Advance Forward']] ({{lang-zh|s=前进|p=Qiánjìn}}) class of steam locomotive, built as late as 1988. Steam locomotive production ended in the late 1980s and the plant's main products (as of 2010) is mainline electric locomotives. The factory is currently owned by the [[CRRC|China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation Ltd]].

===Main enterprises===
*Datong Coal Mine Group (The third biggest coal-mining enterprise in China)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dtcoalmine.com |script-title=zh:大同煤矿集团公司 |publisher=Datong Coal Mine Group |access-date=25 February 2014}}</ref>
*[[CNR Datong Electric Locomotive Co., Ltd.|Datong Electric Locomotive Co., Ltd, (DELC)]] (The second biggest Elec-Locomotive enterprise in China)<ref>[http://www.dtloco.com/english/home.htm Datong Electric Locomotive Co., Ltd Of Cnr] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120730160247/http://www.dtloco.com/english/home.htm |date=30 July 2012 }}. Dtloco.com. Retrieved on 25 February 2014.</ref>
*Shanxi Diesel Engine Industries Corporation, Ltd, CNGC<ref>http://www.shanxi-engine.com.cn  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050210092719/http://www.shanxi-engine.com.cn/ |date=10 February 2005 }}</ref>
*Shanxi Synthetic Rubber Group Co., Ltd, CNCC<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.china-bluestar.com/en/kggs/index.asp?infotypeid=287&Moduleid=17&MenuOn=1 |title= ChinaBlueStar|website=www.china-bluestar.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090417180439/http://www.china-bluestar.com/en/kggs/index.asp?infotypeid=287&Moduleid=17&MenuOn=1 |archive-date=17 April 2009}}</ref>
*GD Power Datong No.2 Power Plant
*GD Power Datong Power Generation Co., Ltd<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cgdc.com.cn/en_no_use/en_index.html;jsessionid=383735F7395EFC2E258D97503756A92E |title= English-guodan|website=www.cgdc.com.cn |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003123910/http://www.cgdc.com.cn/en_no_use/en_index.html%3Bjsessionid%3D383735F7395EFC2E258D97503756A92E |archive-date=3 October 2011}}</ref>
*Shanxi Datang International Yungang Co-generation Co., Ltd.<ref>[http://www.china-cdt.com/en/index.html Www.China-Cdt.Com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080312084844/http://www.china-cdt.com/en/index.html |date=12 March 2008 }}. Www.China-Cdt.Com (29 December 2002). Retrieved on 25 February 2014.</ref>
*China National Heavy Duty Truck Group Datong Gear CO., LTD<ref>[http://www.dcgroup.com.cn/en/index.jsp china national heavy duty truck group datong gear co ltd]. Dcgroup.com.cn. Retrieved on 25 February 2014.</ref>