Beitun City Administrative Divisions

Beitun City (北屯市) is a county-level city directly administered by the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region and managed under the 10th Division of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps (XPCC) through the distinctive “division-city integration” system. Established as a city in 2011, Beitun developed from a frontier reclamation settlement into an important urban center in northern Xinjiang. Its administrative structure therefore differs from that of an ordinary county-level city, combining urban subdistricts, regiment-based towns, and XPCC agricultural and border-defense settlements.

Tourism resources are closely connected with this administrative pattern. Central Beitun focuses on XPCC reclamation history, urban parks, riverfront recreation, and museums, while the surrounding regiment areas feature lakes, wetlands, fishing, poplar forests, border landscapes, rural tourism, and frontier culture. The wider 10th Division area extends across parts of the Altay region, creating a travel landscape that combines urban Beitun with remote agricultural settlements and China’s northwestern border areas.

Administrative Division Overview

Beitun currently administers a combination of urban subdistricts and towns. The main urban governance areas are Tianjiao Subdistrict, Longjiang Subdistrict, and Junken Subdistrict, which concentrate municipal services, residential communities, commercial facilities, and much of the city’s cultural infrastructure.

The town-level areas reflect the XPCC’s “regiment-town integration” model. Shuangqu Town is associated with the 183rd Regiment, Fengqing Town with the 187th Regiment, and Haichuan Town with the 188th Regiment. Deren Town was transferred into the administrative system of the 10th Division and Beitun City in 2025, further expanding the city’s managed territory.

Beyond the formal Beitun municipal divisions, the wider 10th Division also administers several XPCC regiments distributed across the surrounding Altay region. These regiment areas remain highly relevant to tourism because many of the region’s better-known lakes, border attractions, wetlands, agricultural landscapes, and ecological sites are located there.

Urban Beitun: Tianjiao, Longjiang and Junken Subdistricts

The three main urban subdistricts form the administrative, residential, commercial, and cultural center of Beitun. This is the best area for travelers who want to understand the development of an XPCC city and the history of reclamation and frontier settlement.

Important cultural and leisure resources include Deren Mountain Park (得仁山公园), Beitun Museum (北屯博物馆), urban waterfront areas, parks, and modern public spaces. Beitun Museum is especially useful for understanding how military reclamation, agriculture, settlement, and border development shaped the city.

These districts are also the best places to stay because hotels, restaurants, shops, transport services, and everyday urban facilities are concentrated here.

Shuangqu Town and the 183rd Regiment

Shuangqu Town (双渠镇) developed through integration with the 183rd Regiment. Water resources are one of the defining features of this area, making it an important part of Beitun’s “City of a Hundred Lakes” identity.

The best-known recreational resource is Xiangyang Lake, which has been developed for angling and fishing activities. The area is particularly suitable for travelers interested in recreational fishing, ecological leisure, countryside experiences, and agricultural tourism.

Compared with central Beitun, Shuangqu offers a quieter rural landscape where water, farmland, and XPCC settlement culture are more visible.

Fengqing Town and the 187th Regiment

Fengqing Town (丰庆镇) is associated with the 187th Regiment and combines agricultural landscapes, wetlands, lakes, and rural tourism.

Fengqing Lake is one of the area’s characteristic natural resources, with open water, small islands, unusual landforms, and aquatic products. The surrounding countryside also supports flower cultivation, agricultural sightseeing, and recreational activities.

Cultural and rural tourism resources connected with the regiment area include folk-culture experiences and agricultural demonstration sites. This makes Fengqing a useful destination for family travel, educational visits, and travelers interested in the relationship between XPCC settlement and modern agriculture.

Haichuan Town and the 188th Regiment

Haichuan Town (海川镇) developed around the 188th Regiment and has strong potential for lake-oriented tourism and ecological leisure.

The wider area is associated with Bruntuo Sea, lakefront recreation, rural landscapes, and ecological tourism. Its tourism identity can be understood through the combination of open water, agricultural settlements, grasslands, and small-town life.

For self-driving visitors, this area works well as an extension from Beitun City, especially during summer when waterfront and countryside recreation are most attractive.

Deren Town

Deren Town (得仁镇) became part of the 10th Division–Beitun administrative system in 2025. Its integration reflects the continuing evolution of Beitun’s unusual division-city administrative structure.

For tourism planning, the area helps connect the city more closely with the surrounding agricultural and ecological landscape. As administrative and infrastructure integration continues, its role in regional tourism and rural travel may expand further.

181st Regiment Area

The 181st Regiment (一八一团) is traditionally known as one of the earliest XPCC settlements in the Altay region and is sometimes described as the “First Regiment of Altay.”

Its surrounding natural resources include summer pastures, wetlands, open grasslands, and northern Xinjiang ecological landscapes. These environments are particularly suitable for self-driving, photography, birdwatching, and seasonal pastoral experiences.

182nd Regiment Area

The 182nd Regiment (一八二团) lies close to the northern margins of the Gurbantunggut Desert and represents the transition between irrigated XPCC farmland and arid desert environments.

Its tourism value lies mainly in agricultural landscapes, reclamation history, desert-edge ecology, and the visual contrast between artificial oasis development and surrounding dry terrain.

184th Regiment Area

The 184th Regiment (一八四团) is associated with desert and Gobi landscapes, poplar forests, ecological plantations, and colorful stone or agate-rich areas.

Its proximity to distinctive geological landscapes makes it suitable for self-driving and photography travelers interested in northern Xinjiang’s more remote desert environments.

185th Regiment and Border Tourism

The 185th Regiment (一八五团) is one of the most distinctive tourism areas under the wider 10th Division system and is often described as an important frontier regiment in northwestern China.

The region is associated with Baisha Lake, desert landscapes, forests, border scenery, and frontier settlement culture. It represents one of the strongest combinations of nature tourism and border-defense history in the wider Beitun travel system.

Because some areas are close to the international border, visitors should carry identification and follow current local access and photography regulations.

186th Regiment and Jeminay Border Area

The 186th Regiment (一八六团) is closely connected with the Jeminay border area and the international transport corridor toward Kazakhstan.

Its tourism value is linked to border-port culture, modern Silk Road trade, frontier settlement, and regional transportation history. For study groups or visitors interested in international trade and border development, this area provides a useful contrast with the lakes and wetlands of central Beitun.

Beitun Administrative Divisions Table