Miányángshì shì Zhōngguó zhòngyào de kēyán zhōngxīn zhīyī.
Mianyang is one of China's major scientific research centers.
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culture
Mianyang is nicknamed 中国科技城 ('China's Science & Tech City') - it houses the China Academy of Engineering Physics (CAEP), the country's core nuclear weapons R&D institute, relocated there during the Third Front (三线建设) program in the 1960s.
history
Mianyang was one of the cities hardest hit by the May 12, 2008 Wenchuan earthquake (汶川大地震) - 北川 county within Mianyang was nearly destroyed and rebuilt at a new site.
