Daqing
Daqing is a prefecture-level city in the west of Heilongjiang province, People's Republic of China.
Daqing is a prefecture-level city in the west of Heilongjiang province, People's Republic of China. The name literally means "Great Celebration" and refers to the tenth anniversary of the PRC. Daqing is known as the "Oil Capital of China" and has experienced a phenomenal boom since oil was discovered at the Daqing Oil Field in 1959.
Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Worth seeing in and around Daqing
2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Daqing Radio and Television Tower
Daqing Radio and Television Tower is a free standing telecommunications tower built in 1989 in Daqing, China. The tower is 260 m tall.
2 km · 1989 telecommunications tower in China · Wikipedia - 02Northeast Petroleum University
Northeast Petroleum University is a national key institution of higher learning in Daqing, Heilongjiang province, People's Republic of China.
3.2 km · public University in Heilongjiang, China · Wikipedia
Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What Wikivoyage says to see
- 01Daqing Petroleum Science & Technology Museum
Daqing Petroleum Science & Technology Museum, Ranghulu Qu, 世纪大道, postal code 163453.
- 02Daqing Museum
From Wikivoyage: Daqing, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Things to do
Daqing Dragon Boat Race: June annually. A dragon boat racing event held in Daqing. Check the official announcement for the date and venue of the next edition. Daqing Oilfield Ice and Snow Carnival: 16 January – 3 March 2026. A winter tourism event featuring ice and snow attractions, themed lanterns, performances, and recreational activities. The fifth edition opened on 16 January 2026 and closed on 3 March 2026.
From Wikivoyage: Daqing, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Getting to Daqing
- Airports
- Qiqihar Sanjiazi (NDG), 115 km · Harbin Taiping (HRB), 139 km · Changchun Longjia (CGQ), 292 km
- Stations
- Daqing East railway station, 6.5 km
- Qiqihar → Daqing115 km · quickest by road, 2h 16m · ¥60–80
- Harbin → Daqing157 km · quickest by road, 2h 32m · ¥70–90
- Changchun → Daqing302 km · quickest by road, 4h 47m · ¥130–175
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Daqing
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Daqing. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundMany red rickshaws offer their service around the city.
- Get aroundThese rickshaws are limited in where they can go; they usually stay out of the city centre and are forced to stay in their respective districts.
From Wikivoyage: Daqing, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-01.
- 011,028 km
- 021,341 km
- 032,272 km
- 042,313 km
- 052,477 km
If you know how people move in Daqing – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Daqing
- Longfeng Districtdistrict in Heilongjiang Province, China7.1 km