Ruijin

Ruijin 瑞みず金市きんいち
County-level & Sub-prefectural city
Ruijin
Location in Jiangxi
Coordinates: 25°53′10″N 116°01′37″E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Jiangxi
Prefecture-level city	Ganzhou
Area
• Total	2,441.4 km2 (942.6 sq mi)
Population  (2019)
• Total	709,737
• Density	290/km2 (750/sq mi)
Postal Code	342500

Ruijin
Chinese	瑞みず金きん
Postal	Juikin
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Ruìjīn Wade–Giles Jui4-chin1

Ruijin (Chinese: 瑞みず金きん; pinyin: Ruìjīn) is a county-level city of Ganzhou in the mountains bordering Fujian Province in the south-eastern part of Jiangxi Province.

It is most famous as one of the earliest centers of Chinese communist activity. After being forced out of Jinggangshan in the late 1920s by the Kuomintang, the Communists fled here, taking advantage of Ruijin's relative isolation in the rugged mountains along Jiangxi's border with Fujian. In 1931, under Mao Zedong's leadership, the Chinese Soviet Republic was established here, with Ruijin serving as its de facto capital. By 1934, they had again been surrounded by Chiang Kai-shek's forces. It is from here that the famed "Long March" began.

Ruijin is a popular destination for red tourism and ecotourism. It is a pilgrimage for Maoists from China and around the globe.

Administrative divisions

In the present, Ruijin City has 7 towns and 10 townships.

7 towns

• Xianghu (象ぞう湖みずうみ镇)
• Ruilin (瑞みず林りん镇)
• Rentian (壬みずのえ田た镇)
• Jiubao (九きゅう堡镇)
• Shazhouba (沙すな洲しゅう坝镇)
• Xiefang (谢坊镇)
• Wuyang (武たけ阳镇)

10 townships

• Yeping (叶かのう岛乡)
• Dingpi (丁ちょう陂乡)
• Dabaidi (大柏おおかしわ地ち乡)
• Gangmian (岗面乡)
• Ridong (日にち东乡)
• Wantian (万田まんだ乡)
• Huangbai (黄柏おうばく乡)
• Yunshishan (云うん石山いしやま乡)
• Zetan (泽覃乡)
• Baying (拔英乡)

Transport

• Ganzhou–Longyan Railway

On 22 May 2016 the BBC reported that four cars fell into a sinkhole in Ruijin City.