What kind of city is Wuhan?

Wuhan is the capital of Hubei Province, an important central city in China, and the political, economic, cultural and financial center of Central China. The world's third largest river, the Yangtze River, and its largest tributary, the Han River, meet in the urban area, dividing the urban area into three, forming the three towns of Hankou, Hanyang and Wuchang. The city currently governs 13 urban districts and 3 national-level development zones, with an area of ??8,467 square kilometers and a population of 8.31 million.

As one of the birthplaces of Chu culture, Wuhan has a long history and a long history of culture. As early as the Neolithic Age (more than 10,000 years ago), ancestors lived and multiplied here. According to research, the Panlong City site located in the northern suburbs of Wuhan City was a palace city of the Fang Kingdom of the Shang Dynasty 3,500 years ago. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Hankou became a nationally famous commercial port and one of the four famous towns at that time. In modern times, Wuhan, as the birthplace of the democratic revolution, has written a glorious historical chapter.

Wuhan has beautiful scenery and many scenic spots. The world-famous Yellow Crane Tower ranks first among the "Three Famous Towers in Jiangnan". East Lake, the "Pearl of the River City", is a national-level scenic spot. Guiyuan Zen Temple, the "ancient temple in the capital of Buddhism", houses a lifelike collection of five hundred Arhats. In addition, there are Guqintai, Qingchuan Pavilion, Chutiantai and other historical sites and places of interest that make people forget to leave.

Comprehensive economic strength

Since the reform and opening up, Wuhan City’s economy has developed very rapidly, and the national economy has continued to grow steadily. Especially after it was designated as an open city along the Yangtze River in 1992, its economic scale and comprehensive strength have continued to increase. From 1992 to 1998, the average annual economic growth rate reached 16%, higher than the national and provincial averages, and it ranked sixth among the "Top 50 Comprehensive Cities in China" for many years.

Location and Resources

The geographical coordinates of Wuhan are 30°33" north latitude and 114°19" east longitude. It has a subtropical humid monsoon climate with abundant rainfall all year round, an average frost-free period of more than 250 days, and an average annual temperature of 16.3°C. The terrain of Wuhan is a residual hilly impact plain, most of which are below 50 meters above sea level.

Wuhan is located in the economic and geographical center of China, with transportation extending in all directions. It has always been known as the "thoroughway of nine provinces". The distance to Shanghai in the east, Chongqing in the west, Guangzhou in the south, and Beijing in the north is all about 1,000 kilometers.

Wuhan is rich in natural resources. Wuhan has superior agricultural production conditions and rich water conservancy resources, and is known as the "City of Hundred Lakes". Wuhan has 33 types of mineral deposits and 154 mineral sites with a potential economic value of more than 840 billion yuan. It is especially rich in metallurgical auxiliary materials and building materials. It also has the country's largest flux limestone, dolomite and quartz sandstone bases, and its bentonite reserves rank first in the country. One person.

Wuhan’s most significant resource advantages can be summarized as “two advantages”. That is to say, "uniquely blessed with water", Wuhan is adjacent to rivers, dotted with lakes, and has abundant water resources. The total amount greatly exceeds the total water consumption of existing industrial and agricultural production and urban residents; The heart of geography, driven by the Western Development Strategy, my country's new economic development will form an east-central-west "H" pattern, and Wuhan will become an important strategic fulcrum. The strong radiation effect of this economic development will inevitably lead to the extraordinary development of Wuhan city.

Industrial Structure and Market Potential

In the new century, Wuhan will strive to promote the in-depth development of industries and functions and establish a sustainable urban economic system. Promote in-depth industrial development, focusing on vigorously developing industries such as communications and electronic information, bioengineering and new medicine, optomechanical integration, new materials, lasers, and software, transforming and upgrading industries such as steel, automobiles, and machinery, and gradually building Wuhan into a national An important high-tech industrial base.

Utilizing foreign capital

Since the reform and opening up, Wuhan has firmly seized the historic opportunity of "opening up" and "opening up", made full use of various national preferential policy conditions, and formulated "opening up" in a timely manner. We have always adhered to the strategy of "promoting reform through opening up and promoting development through reform and opening up", actively utilized foreign capital, and initially formed an all-round, multi-level, and wide-ranging opening-up pattern, and further enhanced the export-oriented economy.

In 1980, our city approved the establishment of the first Sino-foreign joint venture, taking an important first step towards the international capital market. Especially since the country approved our city as an open city along the Yangtze River in 1992, our city has taken advantage of Foreign investment not only continues to expand in scale, but also continues to improve in quality and level, and in expanding fields. Wuhan's good investment environment and considerable investment returns have attracted investment from a large number of internationally renowned multinational companies, including the world's top 500 companies. Foreign investors’ confidence in investing in Wuhan continues to increase.

Education and Technology

Wuhan is the center of science, technology, culture and education in central China. Its comprehensive strength in science and technology and education ranks third among large and medium-sized cities in the country, second only to Beijing and Shanghai.

Infrastructure and urban functions

1. Energy supply

Wuhan has sufficient supply of coal, electricity, petroleum, liquefied gas and other energy sources at reasonable prices, which can fully meet the needs of Industrial and agricultural production and people’s daily needs.

The city has a liquefied gas storage capacity of more than 6,000 tons; 14.4 kilometers of liquefied gas transmission pipelines; more than 900 kilometers of medium-pressure gas main pipes; and a joint venture with the Dutch SHV company to build a dedicated liquefied gas facility with an annual unloading capacity of 100,000 tons. pier. Minsheng Petroleum Company has built a special terminal with an annual turnover capacity of 600,000 tons.

Currently, Wuhan is actively implementing the "Sichuan-East Gas Transmission" project. By 2003, 3 billion cubic meters of natural gas will enter Wuhan from Sichuan every year.

2. Transportation

Wuhan is one of the main railway hubs in the country. The four main railway lines of Beijing-Guangzhou, Beijing-Kowloon, Wuhan University, and Handan-Danzhou meet in Wuhan. The operating mileage is 1,077.7 kilometers, with more than 40 pairs of passenger trains and more than 80 pairs of freight trains arriving and departing every day.

National Highways 106, 107, 316, 318 and the Beijing-Zhuhai and Shanghai-Chengdu Expressways under construction intersect in Wuhan. The city has a mileage of 235.13 kilometers, a registered mileage of 2974.2 kilometers, 1007 long-distance passenger lines, and 3439 daily departures. Passenger and freight transportation radiates to more than 20 provinces and municipalities across the country.

There are 228 bus lines in the urban area, with a total line length of 4,016 kilometers, and 4,461 buses and trams. There are 12,260 taxis and 361 minibuses. There are 12.9 public transportation vehicles per person per person, ranking first among major cities in the country.

Wuhan Port is one of the largest inland river ports in my country. Wuhan has 615 terminal berths and an annual throughput capacity of 44 million tons. It has 2,080 ships of various types, with a total load capacity of 1.5 million tons and a passenger capacity of 60,000. Freighters can directly reach Russia, Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Macao. The freight volume ranks third among Yangtze River inland ports and the passenger volume ranks first.

Wuhan is one of my country’s important aviation command centers and airports. Routes can reach 56 large and medium-sized cities across the country, and four international routes have been opened to Hong Kong, Macau and Japan's Fuwang, and Cheongju, South Korea. International routes to Seoul, South Korea and Russia are also under planning and are expected to be opened within 2000. Wuhan’s air passenger volume ranks 9th in the country.

3. Postal Service

Wuhan Post Office is one of the seven first-level central bureaus and the eight major air mail centers in the country. It is a communication and postal transmission and distribution center in Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou, and has established express mail services (EMS) with more than 200 countries and regions and 380 cities and more than 130 countries (regions).

4. Telecommunications

Wuhan is the main communication hub in the country. The Beijing-Guangzhou-Hankong coaxial cable and the Shanghai-Ningbo-Hanyu optical cable communication trunk line intersect in Han. Wuhan has modern communication means represented by optical fiber, digital microwave, medium coaxial carrier and long-distance, local program-controlled switching, public packet switching and digital network. At present, the city has formed a fully functional modern communication network, which can directly communicate with more than 900 domestic cities and more than 150 international countries (regions).

In 1999, the installed telephone capacity in the city was 3.0569 million, and there were 1.29 million local telephone users. Mobile communications and the international Internet developed rapidly. By the end of the year, the number of mobile phone users in the city reached 507,900, and the number of Internet users also reached 54,000. The urban telephone penetration rate is 45.48 per 100 people, including 11.21 mobile phones per 100 people. Every village in the suburbs has telephone access.

5. Water supply

The city has 15 water supply enterprises (including 12 public water plants), with a total daily water supply of 429.9 tons. Its water supply capacity ranks third in the country after Shanghai and Guangzhou. Three.

6. Medical and health care

At the end of 1999, there were 2,167 medical and health institutions of various types in the city, including 220 hospitals. There are 56,400 medical and health technicians and 27,700 hospital beds. On average, there are 33.2 doctors and 44.5 hospital beds per 10,000 people.

7. "Three wastes" treatment

The annual industrial wastewater discharge compliance rate is 78.86%, and the urban surface water quality compliance rate continues to remain 100%; the industrial waste gas treatment capacity is 1.1422 million standard cubic meters / hour; solid waste processing capacity 2.55 million tons / year.

8. Tourist attractions: Wuhan Municipal Tourism Department integrated the province’s tourism resources and developed “one unique, two special, and three exquisite” (one unique is Wudang Mountain, two special products are Chu culture, Qingjiang Folk Customs, three exquisite tourism projects (the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, Shennongjia, and Three Kingdoms Culture) allow tourists to experience the unique charm of Chu culture among mountains, water, and folk customs.

Wuhan’s snacks

Wuhan’s snacks are one of a kind. Anyone who has been to Wuhan must have a delicious meal before they truly have been to Wuhan.

People who have been to Wuhan must have eaten Wuhan snacks, claypot rice, Daji mung bean buns, beef flour from Erqi Road, stone cakes near Guiyuan Temple, braised hoof, toast, grain road Hamburgers from the street, Nanjing steamed buns, fresh fish from the Yangtze River in Changqiaotou, Wuhan, preserved eggs mixed with green peppers, Baiji steamed buns stuffed with cured meat from Wuhan University, fresh soup, duck hotpot, "parallel import" flavor dishes, cold crispy fish, beef pot stickers Dumplings, five-spice sesame and scallion pancakes, scallion-flavored soft pancakes, "parallel import" soup dumplings, tofu skin, fried buns with fresh meat and chicken sauce, claypot, beef bones, family hot pot, surf fish, stinky tofu and lotus root balls, fried buns with chicken sauce, Bacon flatbread, three fresh noodles, hot dry noodles, roasted plums and steamed dumplings, Huajiang dog meat, glutinous rice-wrapped fried dough sticks, steamed buns with twice-cooked pork, beef noodles...

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