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文名称: Zhengzhou City
Zhengzhou City
Zhengzhou
is the capital city as well as political, economic and cultural center
of Henan Province. As an important hub of communications in China,
Zhengzhou is also a major city on the new Eurasia Continental Bridge as
well as an open city famous for its historical and cultural
attractions. It has rated as one of the top 50 Chinese cities in terms
of comprehensive economic strength and also as one of the top 40
Chinese cities with the most favorable investment environment. In 1995,
it joined the international organization of economic cooperation
networks of small and medium-size cities.
Situated
in the Central Plains of China comprising the middle and lower reaches
of the Yellow River, Zhengzhou is by the Yellow River in the north, at
the foot of Mount Songshan in the west and is bordered by the Yellow
River-Huaihe River valley plain in the southeast. Zhengzhou has a total
area of 7,446.2 sq km, including 1,010.3 sq km of urban districts and
117.2 sq km of developed areas. It has five cities, one county and six
urban districts under its jurisdiction. It has a total population of
6.076 million, including an urban population of nearly 2 million.
Zhengzhou's
main industries include: textiles, food processing, power,
machine-building, metallurgy, chemicals, coal and pharmaceuticals. In
particular, the metallurgical industry of Zhengzhou accounts for more
than half of China's aluminum oxide production.
Zhengzhou
is the scientific and technological and educational center of Henan
Province. For every 10,000 local residents, there are 145 scientists
and researchers, and scientific and technological progress contributes
32 percent to the city's increased industrial output value. For every
10,000 local residents, there are 102 university graduates and 143
graduates from various secondary specialized schools.
Zhengzhou
has a relatively developed system of communications and relatively
complete infrastructure. It serves as the meeting place of the
Beijing-Shenzhen and Lianyungang-Tianshui national highways as well as
the Jing-Guang (Beijing-Guangzhou) and Long-Hai (Lianyungang-Lanzhou)
railway lines. Therefore, it has always been called the "heart of
China's railway networks." Its investment environment has been improved
continuously, with the respective construction of the flyover highway
running through the city from the east to the west, the major bridge
striding over railway lines at the Zhengzhou North Railway Station, and
a total of 46 new roads, including the west ring road and the north
ring road. Besides, the Zhengzhou-Kaifeng, Zhengzhou-Luoyang and
Zhengzhou-Xinxiang Expressways have been opened. Zhengzhou's
telecommunications sector has developed rapidly with a sharp increase
in the number of users of IDD phones, mobile phones and wireless pagers.
Along
with the development of domestic trade, Zhengzhou has quickened its
pace of economic restructuring and opening up. The Zhengzhou New and
High Technology Industrial Development Zone -- the city's window for
opening to the outside world -- has a total area of five sq km. The
zone has ranked among the top 10 most advanced development zones in
China.
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