Brief Introduction to Guiyang

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Updated: 2008-09-02 16:07

The forest city Guiyang is not only a place of resort in summer, but also an open, ecological and harmonious modern city suitable for human habitation.

As the capital of Guizhou province, Guiyang is the political, economical, educational and cultural center in Guizhou and also the ecological experimental city in the field of recycling economy in the country. The name Guiyang stems from the location it lies at the south of Mountain Gui as well as its bamboos produced here which was made into musical instruments.

Guiyang is located amid the inland southeastern China area, at the east side of Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau. Layers of mountains and deep valleys spread in this city. The city covers an area of 8034 sq.km with downtown area of 2403 sq.km. The average altitude is 1250m. It is under the influence of subtropical humid and mild climate, which is featured by no bad heat in the summer and no servere coldness in the winter. The air is not day here because of adequate sunshine and rainfall. No earthquake and no sand wind across the year. The annual temperature average is 15.3℃, annual precipitation is 1197mm, annual sunshine time is around 1278 hours, annual comparative humidity is 76.9%, forest-free period is 270 days. In its administrative area, the forest reaches 4.19 million Mu, making the forest coverage be 35%. The downtown area is encircled by mountains and verdant forest. It is called the Forest City and wins the good reputation of “There is heaven above, there is Suzhou and Hangzhou below, but the delightful climate is in Guiyang.” It is also called “Air-conditioned City” in the mean time. Guiyang was ranked in the first place for TOP 10 Tourism City of Summer Resort City in 2006 and was awarded the reputation of Capital of Summer Resort in China.

By the end of 2005, the population amounted to 3.528 million including 15.4% minority people, which is 37 kinds. The non-agricultural population made up of 47.05% of the total.

Subordinate to the city, there are 10 districts( cities and counties), i.e. Yunyan District, Nanming District, Huaxi District, Wudang District, Baiyun District, Xiaohe District, Qingzhen City, Kaiyang County, Xiuwen County and Xifeng County. There are 2 country-level development zones----Guiyang National High & New Tech Industrial Development Zone and Guiyang Economic Tech Development Zone, plus 1 province-level development Zone---Guiyang Baiyun Economic Development Zone. The Jinyang New Zone (JYNZ), which is under construction, is planned to use land of 1.06 sq.km and hold population of 0.5 million. It is a new district combining administration, culture & education, habitation, finance, commerce, trade with high & new tech industry, etc.. The local administrative government compound is situated in JYNZ. The Guiyang government are exerting all the efforts to built JYNZ into an ecological, digitalized, new and modernized city, achieving sustainable development in this place, which will become another suburb besides the old downtown.

Because of its special location, Guiyang is an important traffic hub in southwestern region in the country and also a communication hinge, a comprehensive industrial base and a scenic spot. The railways of Sichuang-Guizhou, Hunan-Guizhou, Guizhou-Kunming, Guizhou-Guangxi meet in Guiyang. The national road 322 and 210 go across the whole city. There are highways and high-level roads that can reach various places. The passenger flow in the 4D international airport is 5 million.

Forest City Guiyang

An experimental city in the field of ecological circular economy in the country

A center of the central Guizhou industrial belt which is abundant with natural resources

An railway and road traffic hub in the southwestern China

An main airport and communication hinge in the western China The starting city of transmitting electricity from western to southern China

The main city of carrying out mass development in the western regions in the country

An experimental city in the field of intellectual property rights in the country

An experimental city in the field of informatization in the country

An afforestation model city in the country

The forest city in the country

Won the national award of the environmental model for habitation