Administration Shaoshan City administers 2 towns (鎮) and 6 rural towns (鄉): Qingxi (清溪鎮) Yintian (銀田鎮) Ruyi (如意鄉) Shaoshan (韶山鄉) Yanglin (楊林鄉) Daping (大坪鄉) Yintian (銀田鄉) Yongyi (永義鄉) Administrative history The various names and administrative levels of Shaoshan: 1652 (Qing Dynasty): Qidu (七都), Xiangtan District (縣) 1912 (Republic of China): The Second District (第二區), Xi Township (西鄉), Xiangtan County December 1932: The Ninth District, Xiangtan County 1947: Qingtian Township, Xiangtan County January 1950 (People's Republic of China): The Third District, Xiangtan County 1951: The Fourth District, Xiangtan County August 1, 1955: Yintian District, Xiangtan County 1956: Yintian Town, Xiangtan County September 1, 1958: Shaoshan People's Commune, Xiangtan County May 12, 1961: Shaoshan District, Xiangtan County December 1968: county-controlled district status upgraded to regional district (地級區), controlled directly by the province December 1981: reverted back to be county-controlled December 1984: upgraded to county-class district (縣級區), controlled by Xiangtan City December 26, 1990: Upgraded to county-class city, controlled by Xiangtan City on behalf of the province. External links Official site (in Simplified Chinese)
