Ningshaan

English

Etymology

From a modified form of the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 寧陝／宁陕 following the pattern of Shaanxi.

Noun

Ningshaan

1. Alternative form of Ningshan
   • 2003 September 2, “Flood Forces Evacuation of 100,000 Residents in Shaanxi”, in China Internet Information Center‎^[1], archived from the original on 08 September 2022:

     "The heavy rain was mainly concentrated in the southern parts of northern Shaanxi, northern parts of central Shaanxi and central and western parts of southern Shaanxi. Southern Ningshaan County which suffered the worst flooding had a precipitation of 357 millimeters," the headquarters said.

   • 2011 November 4, “Free schooling gives impoverished county an edge”, in Wang Fan, editor, China News Service‎^[2], archived from the original on 07 November 2011, page 1:

     Ningshaan, a poverty-stricken county in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, has won applause for its groundbreaking attempt to provide 15 years of free schooling to children, making it the first impoverished county to make such an innovative move in the nation.
     On September 1, Qu Gangyou from the Shiziba Village of Ningshaan County, found that his child's kindergarten charges were to be reduced by 90 yuan ($13.9 for tuition fee) a month, a change brought on by the county's decision this fall to extend its free education system to 15 years.
     The move was seen as the fourth step in the county's quadruple jump: In 2007, Ningshaan took the lead in implementing the nutrition plan for boarding students; in 2008, the county began offering free vocational training; since 2009, it has provided free senior middle school education; and on August 23, 2011, it approved a proposal to cancel tuition fees for preschool children from three to six years old. […]
     Yang Chunhua, head of the Family Planning Bureau of Ningshaan County, told China Newsweek that the county's birth rate has been on a downtrend since the 1980s, and that the number of newborn babies has remained at about 500 in recent years.

   • 2017 May 12, “Shaanxi “Happiness Industry” as a New Way to Enrich the People and Develop the Province”, in The Government Website of Shaanxi Province‎^[3], archived from the original on 08 September 2022:

     The development in tourism industry also promoted regional economic transformation and development. Located in Qinling-Bashan Mountains, Ningshaan County in Ankang has 28 tourism projects under construction at present with total investment of RMB 38 billion yuan. “In the past decade, the proportion of tourism revenue to GDP in Ningqiang County has increased from less than 3% to more than 20% and tourism industry has become a pillar industry.” said Lv Xuanqiang, Director of Tourism Administration of NingShaan County.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Ningshaan.

Descendants

• Translingual: ningshaanensis