Yuncheng rolls out red carpet for investors
By Jia Jingqi (China Daily)Updated: 2006-07-25 14:05
The secretary said the fair is of great importance in realizing the blueprint Yuncheng has drawn for its 11th Five-Year Plan (2006-10) - to build Yuncheng into a new manufacturing base and a highly efficient ecological agriculture base, as well as an industry, business and tourism hub in the middle reaches of the Yellow River, which consists of Shanxi, Henan and Shaanxi provinces.
Advantages
Shanxi Province has the largest coal resources in China. "Yuncheng, however, is the only city without an edge in that respect," Zhang said. "But it is not necessarily a trammel for the city's development; on the other hand, Yuncheng has a lot of unique advantages."
Enjoying a convenient and strategic location in the Yellow River Basin, the city at the southwest tip of Shanxi Province has an area of 14,000 square kilometres and a population of 5 million, with two county-level cities, one district, 10 counties and three provincial-level development zones under its jurisdiction.
A bridgehead connecting Central and West China, Yuncheng is 400 kilometres from the province's capital Taiyuan, 200 kilometres from Xi'an and Luoyang respectively, the capital of Shaanxi and a strategic city of Henan.
The city has now set up an improved road, railway and air transportation network. The length of highway passing through the city reached 8,881 kilometres, with a road network density hitting 63.5 kilometres per 100 square kilometres of land.
The length of its expressways also takes the lead in the province, reaching 302 kilometres.
Only 15 minutes drive to the downtown area, Yuncheng Airport has direct flight routes to Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Chengdu.
With a mild climate, fertile soil and sufficient sunshine, Yuncheng is known for its agriculture.
For example, the output of wheat and cotton accounts for more than half and 80 per cent of those in Shanxi Province respectively. The fruit plantation area reaches 3 million mu (200,000 hectares).
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