As one of the birthplaces of Chu culture, Wuhan has a long history and a long history of culture. As early as the Neolithic Age (more than 10,000 years ago), ancestors lived here. According to textual research, the site of Panlongcheng is located in the northern suburb of Wuhan, which was Miyagi, the kingdom of Shang Dynasty, 3,500 years ago. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Hankou became a famous commercial port in China and one of the four famous towns at that time. Modern Wuhan, as the birthplace of the democratic revolution, has written a glorious historical chapter.
Wuhan has beautiful scenery and many places of interest. The world-famous Yellow Crane Tower ranks first among the "Three Famous Buildings in the South of the Yangtze River". Jiangcheng Pearl East Lake is a national scenic spot. There are 500 lifelike arhats in Guiyuan Temple, an ancient temple. In addition, there are some historical sites such as Guqintai, Qingchuan Pavilion and Chutiantai, which make people linger.
Comprehensive economic strength
Since the reform and opening up, Wuhan's economy has developed very rapidly, and the national economy has continued to grow steadily. Especially after 1992 was identified as an open city along the Yangtze River, its economic scale and comprehensive strength have been continuously enhanced. From 1992- 1998, the average annual economic growth rate reached 16%, which was higher than the national and provincial average, and ranked sixth among the "Top 50 Comprehensive Strength Cities in China" for many years.
Location and resources
The geographical coordinates of Wuhan are 30 33 "north latitude and 1 14 19" east longitude. It belongs to subtropical humid monsoon climate, with abundant rainfall all the year round, with an average frost-free period of more than 250 days and an average annual temperature of 16.3℃. Wuhan is a hilly plain, most of which is below 50 meters above sea level.
Wuhan is located in the economic and geographical center of China with convenient transportation. It has always been known as the thoroughfare of nine provinces. East to Shanghai, west to Chongqing, south to Guangzhou and north to Beijing, the distance is about 1000 km.
Wu Hanyou is rich in natural resources. Wuhan has excellent agricultural production conditions and abundant water resources, and is known as the "city of 100 lakes". There are 33 kinds of mineral deposits in Wu Hanyou, with 0/54 occurrences/kloc, with a potential economic value of more than 840 billion yuan, especially rich in metallurgical auxiliary materials and building materials. It is the largest base of flux limestone, dolomite and seasonal sandstone in China, and its bentonite reserves rank first in China.
The most remarkable resource advantage of Wuhan can be summarized as "the second generation". In other words, "water is unique", surrounded by rivers and lakes, Wuhan is quite rich in water resources, which greatly exceeds the existing industrial and agricultural production and the total water consumption of urban residents; Wuhan is the center of China's economic geography. Driven by the western development strategy, China's new economic development will form an "H" pattern of east-middle-west, and Wuhan will become an important strategic fulcrum. This powerful radiation effect of economic development will inevitably lead to the extraordinary development of Wuhan city.
Industrial structure and market potential
In the new century, Wuhan will strive to promote the in-depth development of industry and function and establish a sustainable urban economic system. To promote the in-depth development of the industry, the focus is to vigorously develop industries such as communication and electronic information, bioengineering, new medicine, integration of optics, mechanics and electronics, new materials, lasers and software. Transform and upgrade industries such as steel, automobile and machinery, and gradually build Wuhan into an important national high-tech industrial base.
absorb foreign capital
Since the reform and opening up, Wuhan has seized the historical opportunity of "opening up" and "opening up", made full use of various preferential policies and conditions of the country, formulated the "opening first" policy in a timely manner, always adhered to the strategy of "promoting reform through opening up and promoting development through reform and opening up", actively utilized foreign capital, initially formed an all-round, multi-level and wide-ranging opening-up pattern, and further improved its economic extroversion.
1980 Our city approved the establishment of the first Sino-foreign joint venture, which took an important first step towards the international capital market. Especially since 1992, when the state approved our city as an open city along the Yangtze River, our city not only expanded the scale of utilizing foreign capital, but also improved the quality and level of utilizing foreign capital and expanded the fields of utilizing foreign capital. Wuhan's good investment environment and considerable return on investment have attracted a large number of internationally renowned multinational companies, including the world's top 500. Foreign investors' confidence in investing in Wuhan is constantly increasing.
Education and technology
Wuhan is the center of science, technology, culture and education in Central China, and the comprehensive strength of science and technology education ranks third among large and medium-sized cities in China, second only to Beijing and Shanghai.
Infrastructure and urban functions
1, energy supply
Wuhan is rich in energy such as coal, electricity, petroleum and liquefied gas, and the price is reasonable, which can fully meet the needs of industrial and agricultural production and people's life.
The city's liquefied gas storage capacity exceeds 6000 tons; Liquefied gas pipeline14.4km; The gas medium pressure main pipeline is more than 900 kilometers; Joint venture with Dutch SHV company to build a special liquefied gas terminal with an annual unloading capacity of 654.38+10,000 tons. Minsheng Oil Company has built a special wharf with an annual throughput of 600,000 tons.
At present, Wuhan is actively implementing the "Sichuan-East Gas Transmission Project". By 2003, 3 billion cubic meters of natural gas will enter Wuhan from Sichuan every year.
Step 2 transport
Wuhan is one of the major railway hubs in China. Four main railway lines, Beijing-Guangzhou, Beijing-Kowloon, Wuhan University and Handan, meet in Wuhan. Operating mileage 1077.7 km, with more than 40 pairs of passenger trains and more than 80 pairs of freight trains running every day.
National highways 106, 107, 3 16 and 3 18 meet the Beijing-Zhuhai-Shanghai Expressway under construction in Wuhan. The mileage of the city is 235.13km, the registered mileage is 2974.2km, there are 65438 long-distance passenger lines +0007, and there are 3439 daily shifts. Passenger and freight transportation radiates to more than 20 provinces and cities across the country.
There are 228 bus lines in the urban area, with a total length of 40 16 km, and 446 buses and trams/vehicle. Taxi 12260, CMB bus 36 1. Ten thousand people own 12.9 buses, ranking the leading level in big cities in China.
Wuhan Port is one of the largest inland ports in China. Wuhan has 6 15 berths with an annual throughput of 44 million. There are 2080 ships of various types, with a total deadweight of 6.5438+0.5 million tons and a passenger capacity of 60,000. Cargo ships can go directly to Russia, Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia, Hong Kong and Macau. The freight volume ranks third in the inland ports of the Yangtze River, and the passenger traffic ranks first.
Wuhan is one of the important aviation command centers and airports in China. The routes can reach 56 large and medium-sized cities in China, and four international routes have been opened to Hong Kong and Macao, Wang Fu and Cheongju. International routes to Seoul, South Korea and Russia are also being planned and are expected to open in 2000. Wuhan's air passenger traffic is the ninth in China.
3. Postal services
Wuhan Post Office is one of the seven first-class central bureaus and eight air mail transportation centers in China. It is the transmission and distribution center of communication and postal services in seven southern provinces of China (Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou), and has established EMS service with more than 200 countries and regions, 380 cities and 130 countries (regions).
4. Telecommunications
Wuhan is the main communication hub in China, where the Beijing-Guangzhou-Han coaxial cable and the Shanghai-Nanjing-Han optical fiber communication trunk line meet. Wuhan has modern communication means represented by optical fiber, digital microwave, coaxial carrier and long distance, local telephone program-controlled switching, public packet switching and digital network. At present, the city has formed a modern communication network with complete functions, which can directly communicate with more than 900 domestic cities and 150 international countries (regions).
1999, the installed capacity of local telephones was 3,056,900, and the number of local telephone users was 1290. Mobile communication and Internet are developing rapidly. By the end of the year, there were 507,900 mobile phone users and 54,000 Internet users in the city. The penetration rate of urban telephones is 45.48 per 100 people, among which every 100 people have mobile phones 1 1.2 1. The suburbs have realized the telephone service for every village.
5. Water supply system
There are 15 water supply enterprises (including public waterworks 12) in the city, with a total daily water supply of 429.9 tons, ranking third in the country after Shanghai and Guangzhou in terms of water supply capacity.
6. Health care
By the end of 1999, there were 2 167 medical and health institutions in the city, including 220 hospitals. There are 56,400 medical and health technicians and 27,700 hospital beds. On average, there are 33.2 doctors and 44.5 beds per 10,000 people.
7, "three wastes" treatment
The annual compliance rate of industrial wastewater discharge is 78.86%, and the continuous compliance rate of urban surface water quality is100%; The industrial waste gas treatment capacity is 1 142200 standard cubic meters/hour; The solid waste treatment capacity is 2.55 million tons/year.
8. Tourist attractions: The tourism department of Wuhan has integrated the tourism resources of the whole province, and developed the special tourism projects of "One Must, Two Must and Three Must" (Wudang Mountain, Chu Culture and Qingjiang Folk Custom, Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, Shennongjia and Three Kingdoms Culture), so that tourists can experience the unique charm of Chu culture in the mountains, waters and folk customs.
Wuhan de snacks
Snacks in Wuhan are a must. People who have been to Wuhan must have a delicious meal before they can really come to Wuhan.
People who have been to Wuhan must have eaten Wuhan snacks. Clay pot rice, Daji mung bean buns, beef noodles on Erqi Road, stone cakes near Guiyuan Temple, braised pig's trotters, toast, hamburgers in Liangdao Street, Nanjing steamed buns, Yangtze River fresh fish in Wuhan Changqiaotou, preserved eggs with green peppers, Baijimo bacon at the entrance of Wuda University, fresh soup, duck pot, "parallel" dishes, cold crispy fish, beef fried dumpling and spiced sesame. Surfing fish, stinky tofu and lotus root balls, fried chicken sauce, bacon pie, three fresh noodles, Regan Noodles, roasted plums and steamed dumplings, Huajiang dog meat, glutinous rice fritters, steamed bread, Sichuan style pork and beef powder. ...
The information comes from Hanwang.