Tancheng is the seat of Pingtan County, in Fuzhou, Fujian, China (PRC) seating its executive, legislature, judiciary, Chinese Communist Party and PSB branches. It is located on Haitan Island.

History

In 1961, Tancheng Commune was established. In 1980, Chengguan Town was established, which was renamed Tancheng Town in 1982. On March 29, 2013, a woman surnamed Wen in Tancheng lost 305,000 RMB to someone pretending to be her brother on QQ. On April 15, 2013, Chen Shixiong was appointed town-level Chinese Communist Party (CCP) secretary of Tancheng at the sixth plenary session of the 12th CCP Pingtan Committee. On August 8–9, 2015, Typhoon Soudelor brought winds measured at 36.3 meters per second in Tancheng, the highest in downtown Pingtan since 1971. On September 27–28, 2016, Typhoon Megi brought torrential rains across Pingtan, including Tancheng.

Administrative divisions

The town administers 15 residential communities and 4 village committees:

Residential communities

Villages

Demographics

In 2020, Tancheng's population was 119,784.