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{{Use American English|date = February 2019}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name = Pingfang
|native_name = {{nobold|{{lang|zh-hans|平房区}}}}
|official_name = 
|settlement_type = [[District (China)|District]]
|postal_code_type = [[Postal code of China|Postal code]]
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|image_skyline = Unit 731 War Crime Exhibition Hall 1.jpg
|image_caption = The Museum of Evidence of War Crimes by Japanese Army Unit 731
|image_map =ChinaHarbinPingfang.png 
|map_caption =Location of Pingfang in Harbin
|image_map1 =Location of Harbin Prefecture within Heilongjiang (China).png
|map_caption1 =Harbin in Heilongjiang
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|subdivision_name = People's Republic of China
|subdivision_type1 = [[Provinces of China|Province]]
|subdivision_name1 = [[Heilongjiang]]
|subdivision_type2 = [[Sub-provincial city]]
|subdivision_name2 = [[Harbin]]
|subdivision_type3 = Subdivisions
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|area_footnotes = <ref name="stats yearbook">Harbin Statistical Yearbook 2011 ({{zh|s=《哈尔滨统计年鉴2011》|labels=no}}). Accessed 8 July 2014.</ref>
|area_total_km2 = 98.0
|population_footnotes = <ref name="permanent census">2010 Census Harbin primary statistics report ({{zh|s=《哈尔滨市2010年第六次全国人口普查主要数据公报》|labels=no}}). Accessed 8 July 2014.</ref>
|population_total = 190253
|population_as_of = 2010
|population_density_km2 = auto
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  |title=Pingfang |access-date=2014-07-02}}</ref>
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'''Pingfang District''' ({{zh|s=平房区 |t=平房區 |p=Píngfáng Qū}}) is one of nine [[District (China)|districts]] of the [[prefecture-level city]] of [[Harbin]], the capital of [[Heilongjiang|Heilongjiang Province]], [[Northeast China]], forming part of the city's urban core. The least spacious of Harbin's [[county-level division]]s, it borders the districts of [[Xiangfang]] to the north, [[Acheng District|Acheng]] to the east, [[Shuangcheng, Harbin|Shuangcheng]] to the southwest, and [[Nangang District, Harbin|Nangang]] to the west.

== History ==
Pingfang was the headquarters of the [[Japan]]ese [[biological warfare]] research facility [[Unit 731]] during the [[Second Sino-Japanese War|Japanese invasion of China]] and [[World War II]]. It had an airport, railway and dungeons. Most of Pingfang was burnt by Japanese officials to [[Destroying evidence|destroy evidence]] but the incinerator where the remains of victims were burnt remains and is still in use as part of a factory.

== Administrative divisions ==
Pingfang District is divided into 9 subdistricts and 1 town.<ref>{{cite web
  |url = http://www.stats.gov.cn/tjsj/tjbz/tjyqhdmhcxhfdm/2019/
  |title = 国家统计局 2019
  |publisher = National Bureau of Statistics of the People's Republic of China
  |language = zh
  |access-date = 2021-12-07}}</ref> 
;9 subdistricts
* [[Xingjian, Heilongjiang|Xingjian]] ({{lang|zh-Hans|兴建街道}}), [[Baoguo, Heilongjiang|Baoguo]] ({{lang|zh-Hans|保国街道}}), [[Lianmeng, Heilongjiang|Lianmeng]] ({{lang|zh-Hans|联盟街道}}), [[Youxie, Heilongjiang|Youxie]] ({{lang|zh-Hans|友协街道}}), [[Xinjiang, Heilongjiang|Xinjiang]] ({{lang|zh-Hans|新疆街道}}), [[Xinwei, Heilongjiang|Xinwei]] ({{lang|zh-Hans|新伟街道}}), [[Pingxin, Heilongjiang|Pingxin]] ({{lang|zh-Hans|平新街道}}), [[Jian'an, Heilongjiang|Jian'an]] ({{lang|zh-Hans|建安街道}}), [[Pingsheng, Heilongjiang|Pingsheng]] ({{lang|zh-Hans|平盛街道}})
;1 town
* [[Pingfang, Heilongjiang|Pingfang]] ({{lang|zh-Hans|平房镇}})

== Economy ==
Pingfang is an industrial center of Harbin nowadays. Hafei (a factory producing helicopters, small airplanes, minivans, and cars), Dongan (a factory producing aircraft and automobile engines), and Northeast Light Alloy Processing Plant are the three major manufacturers there.

[[Harbin Aircraft Industry Group]] (Hafei) has its headquarters in the district.<ref>"[http://www.hafei.com/hafeien/home.asp Home] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091123165522/http://www.hafei.com/hafeien/home.asp |date=2009-11-23 }}" (English). [[Harbin Aircraft Industry Group]]. Retrieved on August 8, 2014. "ADDRESS: NO,15, YOUXIE STREET, PINGFANG DISTRICT, HARBIN." - [http://www.hafei.com/home.asp Chinese address] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140809143015/http://www.hafei.com/home.asp |date=2014-08-09 }}: "{{lang|zh-hans|地址：哈尔滨市平房区友协大街15号}}"</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
* [http://www.technologyartist.com/unit_731/ Unit 731, a half century of denial]

{{County-level divisions of Heilongjiang}}

[[Category:Military history of Japan during World War II]]
[[Category:Districts of Harbin]]


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