Known as the thoroughfare of nine provinces, Wuhan is the largest land, sea and air transportation hub in China. It is about 65,438+0,000 kilometers away from big cities in China such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Chengdu, Xi 'an and so on. It is the "heart" of China's economic geography, with the functions of connecting east and west, connecting north and south, and maintaining the quartet. Five railway trunk lines such as Beijing-Guangzhou, Beijing-Kowloon, Han, Shanghai and Jinggang and six national highways such as Beijing-Zhuhai and Lurong meet here, and Wuhan is becoming one of the four major railway transportation hubs in China. Water transport has formed a passenger and freight network of "integration of trunk and branch, connecting rivers and seas", and Wuhan Port is an important hub port and opening port in the Yangtze River basin of China. Wuhan Tianhe Airport is the largest airport in Central China, the only entry and exit port in Central China that can handle visas on arrival, and the four major hub airports in China. The huge regional transportation advantage has promoted the rapid development of modern logistics industry in Wuhan. With the goal of building a national logistics hub city and rationally planning and arranging a modern logistics system with modern logistics parks, logistics centers and distribution centers as nodes, Wuhan's role as a bridge connecting domestic and foreign markets and promoting the interaction between the eastern, central and western regions is gradually emerging.

Science and education base

Wuhan is one of the most important science and education bases in China, and its comprehensive strength in science and education ranks among the top cities in China. There are 69 colleges and universities including Wuhan University, Huazhong University of Science and Technology and Huazhong Normal University, with 6,543,800 students. There are nearly 6,543,800 students in adult colleges and universities. There are scientific research institutions 106, national laboratories 1 each (Wuhan National Laboratory of Optoelectronics), national major scientific and technological infrastructure 1 each, national key laboratories 13, and 47 academicians of China Academy of Sciences and Academy of Engineering. Intellectual resources and human resources are very rich. Wuhan East Lake, where Wuhan University and its "Wuhan China Optical Valley" are located, is a large-scale intelligence-intensive area in China. In the fields of optical communication (South China University of Technology), bioengineering (South China University of Technology), laser (South China University of Technology), microelectronics technology (University of Technology), agronomy (Huazhong Normal University), geological resources and new materials (large), science and technology.

Local celebrities

List of major celebrities in Wuhan:

Li, Xia Yutian, Tan Xinpei, Xiong Tingbi, Xia Juhua, Chi Li, Fang Fang, Wensel, Hugh, Tian Changlin, He Zuohuan, Zhu Yaqiong, Liu Yifei, Fu Mingxia, Xu Xiaofeng, Wu Yi, Yan Wenjing, Wu Zixu, Tian Kejing, Lu Ming, Yin Beichen, Zheng Bin, Hao Junmin and Zhao Weiguo.

Wuhan is still very promising.