Jili
See also: jīlǐ, jīlì, jílí, jílį́, jílǐ, jílì, and jìlǐ
English
Etymology
From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese pronunciation for 吉利 (Jílì).
Proper noun
Jili
- (historical) A district of Luoyang, Henan, China.
- 1994, Gong, Ting, The Politics of Corruption in Contemporary China: An Analysis of Policy Outcomes, Praeger, →ISBN, LCCN 93-24829, OCLC 468772507, OL 1415367M, page 127:
- These businesses, usually small and weak, were often forced by corrupt officials to engage in bribery in order to stay in business. For example, as revealed by the People's Daily (June 22, 1988), Gao Yuncong, secretary of Jili District Party Committee of Luoyang City, Hunan, forced the Jili Chemical Factory to buy houses, cars, and color TV sets for him.
- 2009 December 24, “China deals with 88 law-breaking cases involving 4t stimulus package”, in China Daily, archived from the original on 02 January 2010:
- -- Officials of Jili District in the city of Luoyang, Henan province, were given warnings for approving a substandard sewage treatment plant project.
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Translations
district
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