Daqing 大庆市
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Daqing (Chinese:大庆; pinyin:Dàqìng; formerly romanized as Taching) is a prefecture-level city in the west of Heilongjiang province, People's *****************. The name literally means "Great Celebration". Daqing is known as the Oil Capital of China and has experienced a phenomenal boom since oil was discovered there in 1959.