Zhuzhou and Hengyang, which city is developing better now?

Zhuzhou is the second largest city in Hunan Province, which governs 4 municipal districts and 4 counties, and manages 1 county-level cities. There are 24 streets, 66 towns, 46 townships in the city, 1 ethnic townships.

Zhuzhou is an important transportation hub in the south of China, with superior geographical position and developed transportation. Zhuzhou is known as the "train dragging the city", where the three major railway lines of Beijing-Guangzhou, Zhejiang-Jiangxi and Hunan-Guizhou meet, and it is also known as the "northern Zhengnan factory" with Zhengzhou, the northern railway hub city. Zhuzhou Railway Station is one of the five major passenger and freight transport stations in China, which receives and dispatches trains every 3 minutes on average. Zhuzhou North Station is the largest freight marshalling station in the south of China, and it is also a special station, with an average daily capacity of10.7 million vehicles and a dismantling capacity of10.2 million vehicles. Zhuzhou is a city with double dedicated railway stations. At the same time, Wuhan-Guangzhou high-speed railway has a first-class station in Zhuzhou.

Changsha (the capital of Hunan Province), Zhuzhou and Xiangtan are located in the middle reaches of Xiangjiang River, with zigzag distribution. Changsha is 50 kilometers away from Zhuzhou and Xiangtan, and there are expressways connecting them. Apart from geographical proximity, the three places also have considerable economic and social ties. "Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan Urban Agglomeration" is the abbreviation of the three cities of Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan, among which Zhuzhou is the city with the strongest industrial base. As early as 10 years ago, "Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan Urban Agglomeration" had started ten major projects, including financial reform, power supply, transportation, gas supply, and site selection of economic and technological development zones. It is the first experimental area in China to consciously integrate regional economy.

In 2008, the ranking of main indicators: the total fiscal revenue and the comprehensive strength of the city ranked second, and the five per capita indicators such as per capita GDP, per capita fiscal revenue, per capita household savings, per capita industrial added value and per capita disposable income of urban residents remained second in the province.