Xuzhou is located in the southeast of North China Plain and the northwest of Jiangsu Province. The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal passes through it, and the Longhai Railway and beijing-shanghai railway meet here. It is known as the thoroughfare of five provinces.
Xuzhou is an important gateway city in East China, an important center of economy, science and technology, education, culture, finance, medical care and foreign trade in East China, an important node city of the National Belt and Road, an important central city in the northern wing of the Yangtze River Delta, a core city of Xuzhou metropolitan area, an international new energy base, and has the reputation of "China Construction Machinery Capital".
At the end of primitive society, when Emperor Yao established the Kingdom of Shi Peng in Peng Zu, it was the earliest city in Jiangsu. Xuzhou is one of China's Kyushu in history. Since ancient times, it has been the key to the north, the gateway to the south, a battleground for military strategists and a place where merchants gather. It is also the political, economic and cultural center of Huaihai region.
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Xuzhou is located in the lower reaches of the three major rivers of Iraq, Shu and Si, a tributary of the ancient Huaihe River. Taking the old course of the Yellow River as a watershed, it forms Iraq, Shu and Si in the north and Sui and An in the south. Rivers crisscross, and lakes, swamps and reservoirs are all over the country. The abandoned Yellow River runs through the east and west, and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal runs through the north and south, with Yishui, Shushu waters and Roman Lake in the east and Xia Xing, Dasha River and Weishan Lake in the west.
Xuzhou has 2 large reservoirs, 5 medium reservoirs and 84 small reservoirs, with a total storage capacity of 33.65438 billion cubic meters. There are many water conservancy facilities such as bridges, culverts, canals and gates, and a water network system with multi-functions such as flood control, irrigation, shipping and aquatic products has been initially formed.
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