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{{Short description|District in Qinhuangdao, Hebei, China}}
{{Update|date=November 2021}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name = Beidaihe
|native_name = {{nobold|{{lang|zh-hans|北戴河区}}}}
|official_name = Beidaihe District
|other_name = Pehtaiho
|settlement_type = [[District (PRC)|District]]
|image_skyline = Beidaihe panorama from the south.jpg
|image_caption = Beidaihe aerial view
|image_map =
|map_caption =
|mapsize = 220px
|subdivision_type = Country
|subdivision_name = [[People's Republic of China]]
|subdivision_type1 = [[Province of China|Province]]
|subdivision_name1 = [[Hebei]]
|subdivision_type2 = [[Prefecture-level city]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[Qinhuangdao]]
|seat_type = District seat
|seat = [[Xishan Subdistrict, Qinhuangdao|Xishan Subdistrict]] ({{lang|zh|西山街道}})
|area_total_km2 = 70.14
|population_as_of = 2020 census
|population_density_km2 = auto
|population_total = 130104<ref name= 'hbpop'>{{in lang|zh}} [http://tjj.qhd.gov.cn/home/detail?id=462539 2020 Chinese census in Hebei] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210801052515/http://tjj.qhd.gov.cn/home/detail?id=462539 |date=2021-08-01}}</ref>
|coordinates = {{coord|39|50|05|N|119|29|04|E|type:adm3rd_region:CN-13|display=inline,title}}
|elevation_ft = 42
|elevation_m = 13
|timezone = [[China Standard Time|China Standard]]
|utc_offset = +8
|website = {{URL|http://www.beidaihe.gov.cn/}}
}}

'''Beidaihe District''' ({{zh|s=北戴河区 |t=北戴河區 |p=Běidàihé Qū|w=Pei Tai Ho}}) is a popular beach resort and a [[District (PRC)|district]] of the city of [[Qinhuangdao]], [[Hebei]] province on China's [[Bohai Sea]] coast. It has an area of {{convert|70.14|km2|abbr=on}} and, {{asof|2020|lc=y}}, a population of 130,104, as well as a coastline of {{convert|22.5|km|abbr=on}}.<ref name= 'hbpop'></ref> It is also known as a [[birding]] haven.

The Beidaihe Beach Resort stretches {{convert|10|km|abbr=on}} from east to west, from the Yinjiao Pavilion to the mouth of the Daihe river. The beach itself is covered with fine yellow sand stretching some 100 metres to the sea. The water is shallow. Mount Lianfeng near the beach has two peaks covered by abundant green pines and cypresses. Lush vegetation, caves, decorated pavilions, secluded paths and winding bridges have made it attractive to visitors from throughout China.

[[File:Pei tai ho East Cliff 1903.jpg|right|thumb|1903 postcard featuring a view of Beidaihe.]]

==Use by Communist Party==
[[File:Mao Yuanxin 1954.jpg|thumb|[[Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party]] [[Mao Zedong]] vacationing at Beidaihe with relatives]]
Because of its proximity to the capital, Beidaihe has been the location of many important official conferences, and has become well known as the [[Chinese Communist Party]] (CCP)'s summer retreat. It is still commonly used by the CCP's highest leadership each July to slip away from the summer heat of [[Beijing]] and to plan important strategies in the privacy Beidaihe offers. "Beidaihe," an [[United States|American]] diplomat once said, "is China's 'smoke-filled room.'"<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2054541,00.html|title=Working Vacation on the Beach|first=Adi|last=Ignatius|date=September 27, 1999|work=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|access-date=August 16, 2015}}</ref>

After [[Mao Zedong]] led the CCP to power in 1949, the new rulers also developed a taste for seaside atmosphere. Mao himself had a summer resort here. Sanatoriums sprang up to reward the efforts of model workers from every industry. A very large Friendship Guesthouse was constructed in 1954, one of dozens across China, to receive the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] "elder brothers" who came to assist Chinese development prior to tensions emerging between Soviet and Chinese leadership.

The most infamous event which occurred here involved [[Lin Biao]], who on 13 September 1971, after he was accused of plotting a coup d'état, fled to his villa here with his wife and a son and boarded a plane for the Soviet Union at the local airport; [[Lin Biao incident|the plane crashed in Mongolia, killing everyone on board]].<ref>Edward Wong and Jonathan Ansfield, "[https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/22/world/asia/chinas-communist-elders-take-backroom-intrigue-beachside.html?_r=1&hp China’s Communist Elders Take Backroom Intrigue Beachside]," ''New York Times'', July 21, 2012; retrieved July 22, 2012.</ref>

These conferences were abandoned by order of [[Hu Jintao]] in 2003, mainly for two reasons. First, a conference in a resort area appeared to contradict Hu and [[Wen Jiabao]]'s goal in projecting a frugal image for the party. Second, it was a desire of the leadership under Hu to work through formal party and state mechanisms rather than informal gatherings.<ref name="Kahn">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/04/world/chinese-leader-cancels-communists-seaside-retreat.html|title=Chinese Leader Cancels Communists' Seaside Retreat|last=Kahn|first=Joseph|date=August 4, 2003|work=[[The New York Times]]|page=A2|access-date=12 December 2009}}</ref> However, the Beidaihe meetings resumed in July 2007, when political deliberation took place in anticipation of the 17th Party Congress.

==Administrative divisions==
There are two subdistricts and two towns in Beidaihe.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjbz/cxfldm/2011/13/03/130304.html
|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121127190553/http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjbz/cxfldm/2011/13/03/130304.html
|url-status=dead
|archive-date=November 27, 2012
|script-title=zh:2011年统计用区划代码和城乡划分代码：北戴河区
|publisher=National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China
|language=zh
|access-date=2012-07-21
}}</ref>

Subdistricts:
*[[Xishan Subdistrict, Qinhuangdao|Xishan Subdistrict]] ({{lang|zh|西山街道}}), Dongshan Subdistrict ({{lang|zh-hans|东山街道}})

Towns:
*[[Haibin, Beidaihe|Haibin]] ({{lang|zh-hans|海滨镇}}), [[Daihe]] ({{lang|zh-hans|戴河镇}}), [[Niutouya]] ({{lang|zh-hans|牛头崖镇}})

== Climate ==
{{Weather box|width=auto
|metric first=y
|single line=y
|collapsed = Y
|location = Beidaihe District (1991–2020 normals)
|Jan mean C = -5.6
|Feb mean C = -2.7
|Mar mean C = 3.7
|Apr mean C = 11.0
|May mean C = 17.3
|Jun mean C = 21.3
|Jul mean C = 24.7
|Aug mean C = 24.4
|Sep mean C = 19.8
|Oct mean C = 12.4
|Nov mean C = 3.9
|Dec mean C = -3.1
|Jan record high C = 12.7 |Jan record low C = -26.0
|Feb record high C = 18.3 |Feb record low C = -18.9
|Mar record high C = 25.6 |Mar record low C = -13.1
|Apr record high C = 33.4 |Apr record low C = -4.4
|May record high C = 34.2 |May record low C = 3.0
|Jun record high C = 40.0 |Jun record low C = 7.3
|Jul record high C = 37.8 |Jul record low C = 14.2
|Aug record high C = 35.7 |Aug record low C = 11.4
|Sep record high C = 34.2 |Sep record low C = 2.7
|Oct record high C = 29.5 |Oct record low C = -6.4
|Nov record high C = 21.4 |Nov record low C = -14.1
|Dec record high C = 14.2 |Dec record low C = -17.7
|year high C = |year low C =
|year high F = |year low F =
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 2.6
|Feb precipitation mm = 4.3
|Mar precipitation mm = 7.9
|Apr precipitation mm = 24.4
|May precipitation mm = 47.6
|Jun precipitation mm = 86.3
|Jul precipitation mm = 171.2
|Aug precipitation mm = 163.9
|Sep precipitation mm = 47.0
|Oct precipitation mm = 28.1
|Nov precipitation mm = 15.0
|Dec precipitation mm = 3.6
|source 1 = Temperature and precipitation in Beidaihe District from 1991 to 2020<ref>{{cite web |title=北戴河区30年月平均气温和降水 |url=http://hebei.weather.com.cn/observe/index8.shtml |website=中国天气网 |access-date=30 April 2024| language=zh}}</ref>
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Official website}}
{{National parks of China}}

{{County-level divisions of Hebei}}
{{Hebei topics}}

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[[Category:County-level divisions of Hebei]]
[[Category:National parks of China]]
[[Category:Qinhuangdao]]

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