亦庄 (Yìzhuāng): Yizhuang (town and economic-dev…

Meanings

1 Yizhuang (town and economic-development zone in southeastern Beijing)

Characters

亦

Yì

(place-name character; lit. 'also')

庄

zhuāng

village / hamlet

Examples

我在亦庄上班，每天坐地铁通勤。

Wǒ zài Yìzhuāng shàngbān, měitiān zuò dìtiě tōngqín.

I work in Yizhuang and commute by subway every day.

亦庄是北京重要的高科技产业区。

Yìzhuāng shì Běijīng zhòngyào de gāo kējì chǎnyè qū.

Yizhuang is an important high-tech industrial zone in Beijing.

Tips

culture

Beijing residents shorten the full Yizhuang Economic-Technological Development Area (亦庄经济技术开发区) to just 亦庄. It is one of China's flagship national-level development zones and a dense cluster for autonomous-driving testing.

In Pop Culture

亦庄经济技术开发区 Yìzhuāng Jīngjì Jìshù Kāifā Qū

Beijing Economic-Technological Development Area (BDA)

Established 1992 in southeast Beijing's Daxing District; now home to Xiaomi, Mercedes-Benz China, BOE, JD.com, and one of China's largest robotaxi pilot zones.