湖北荆州英文介绍.doc

Brief Introduction to JingzhouOverviewJingzhou is a prefecture-level city in southern Hubei, located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River on the Jianghan Plain, with an area of 14,100 square kilometers (5,431 sq mi). It is identified as National Historical and Cultural City, Chinas Excellent Tourist City, National Garden City, National Double-Support Model City,. Jingzhou has jurisdiction over two districts, three county-level cities and three counties: Jingzhou District, Shashi District, Shishou City, Honghu City, Jiangling County, Gongan County, Jianli County and Jingzhou Economic and Technological Development District.Cradle of Chu CultureAncient Wall in JingzhouJingzhou, a cultural ancient city with 2000 years history with the reputation of the finest under heaven, being overwhelmed by 9 divisions; one of the cradles of Chu Culture, and used to be the capital of the Chu State during the Spring and Autumn Period for totally 20 emperors, who had left extremely valuable cultural relics from their 400 plus years reign equally comparable with the ancient Greek and Roman culture. Situated in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, this has been a strategic location of military importance since ancient times. In the Three Kingdom Period (220-589), the city was the focus of many disputes and wars. It is said to have been built with earth by Guan Yu. One of the four Chinese ancient classic works, Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Lo Kuan-Chung, was created just based on this period of history. Jingzhou, as the focus of quarrels then, has left many cultural relics that are related to the stories of Three Kingdoms. Many legends and myths were also produced in this spiritual city.Land of Fish and RiceJingzhou, which was crowned as land of fish and rice,the granary of China , has plenty of resources and products. It is the core area superior agricultural resource and a comprehensive agricultural production base of China. Food production of Jingzhou accounts for about one percent of the countrys .The city also produces large quantities of cotton and oil plants, which supply the local needs of the province and are also shipped elsewhere. An agricultural products processing industry system (such as cotton, grain, oil, fruit, vegetable, Livestock And Poultry, fish, forest and paper) has been formed in Jingzhou.Jingzhou hold an abundance of mineral resources with 35 kinds of minable minerals, the K-rich brines with approved reserves reach 10 billion ton. Jingzhou has a sound industrial foundation, which has 700 up-scale industrial enterprises. leading industries include machinery, automobile parts, chemicals,agricultural products processing, textile, clothes, light and building materials. City with VitalityJingzhou looking down from aboveIn addition to Jingzhous important river port along the Yangtze, expressways and a bridge across the Yangtze provide the city with easy access to Hubeis other major cities. State Highway 318, State Highway 207, the Yichang-Huangshi Highway as well as 14 province-level highways lead away from the city in all directions. The Jiaozuo-Liuzhou Railway and the Jingmen-Shashi Railway also connect the city with other cities throughout China. Yanka Port in Jingzhou is the third largest port in the middle and upper reaches of Yangtze River, after Wuhan and Chongqing.Yangtze River Bridge in JingzhouIn 2011,the total output in Jingzhou reached RMB 104.31 billion Yuan, which led the economy of Jingzhou into 100 Billion Yuan Club,increased 13.4% compared to the last year; local financial revenue reached RMB7.45 billion, increased 25.9%; local capital asserts investment reached RMB 77.37 billion, increased 37.4%; total retail sales of social consumer goods reached RMB55.68 billion, increased 17.9%; the average controllable income for citizen reached RMB 16513, and Farmers per capita net income reached RMB 7664.Striving to be the Steel Waistof the Yangtze River Economic Belt, Jingzhou government is putting