Brief Introduction of Guizhou

Guizhou , known as Qian for short, is situated in Southwest China . Its neighbors are Hunan Province to the east, Guangxi to the south, Yunnan to the weat and Sichuan and Chongqing to the north. There are 9 cities(prefecture) including 3 prefecture-level cities(Guiyang, Zunyi and Liupanshui),3 prefectures(Anshun, Tongren and Bijie) and 3 autonomous prefectures of there minority nationality(Qiandongnan, Qiannan and Qiangxinan).There are 87 counties in this province(cities, special zone and prefectures). The capital of this province is Guiyang as a political, economic and cultural center throughout the province.

The total area of Guizhou is 176,000 sq. km. of which 61.7 per cent are mountains, 30.8 per cent hills and 7.5 per cent flat land between mountains. The average altitude of the province is about 1170 meters. The annual temperature averages 15 and the rainfall per annum is 1100-1300 millimeters. Guizhou 's scenery is beautiful and its climate is temperate, without severe winters or very hot summers.

Guizhou is a province with various ethnic groups, of which 17 are minority nationalities, i.e. the Han, Miao, Buyi, Dong, Shui, etc. The ethnic minorities make up 36.8per cent of Guizhou 's total population.

Guizhou is an inland province with abundant resources and great potential for development. The province is rich in resources and one of big provinces of resources in China . Its energy, mineral, biology and tourism resources take important places in this country.

There are abundant energy resources including hydro-power and coal energy resource. The reserves of coal are 52.3 billion tons, the fifth largest in the country and the first in the south of Yangtze River . The reserves of hydro energy are 18.745 million Kilowatts, ranking the sixth in the country. Among them, amount to be developed is 16.835 million KW, about 108.06 kilowatts per sq.km, taking the third place among the Chinese provinces. Comprehensive development of hydro and coal energy is a main feature is a main feature of energy resource in our province.

The mineral resource is widely distributed and has a complete variety. 110 different minerals have been discovered and reserves of 74 ores have been proven, among them 28 ores rank among the first five places in the country. The best known are coal, phosphorus, aluminum, manganese, antimony mercury and gold. They form superiority of Guizhou 's main mineral resource.

Guizhou has a wide range of biological resources. There are more than 3,800 varieties of wild plants in the province, of which 70 are rare and precious ones that are entered in the protection animal list of state. Silver China fir, dove tree, bare China fir and cyathes spinutosa are listed as first-class national protected plants, accounting for 50% the protected plants in China . gastrodia tuber, and bark of encomia, Chinese goldthread, halva dendrobii and evodia fruit are five famous medicinal herbs growing in Guizhou . There are over 1000 kinds of wild animals, of which 83 are rare ones.

Guizhou is one of the typical areas where karst landform are well developed, offering ideal tourist attraction consisting of beautiful mountains, clear waters and grotesque caves, hence it is called "fascinating natural park". There are 8 national-level scenic spots(Huangguoshu and Dragon place), 5 national natural preserves(Fangjingshan and Maolan), and 8 national key cultural and historical preserves landscape and exotic cultures of tourist trade of Guizhou, make Guizhou become one of the tourist hot spots places are give emphasis to development by state.

Through 50 years efforts since the founding of new China , especially since the opening up and reform, Guizhou 's economy and society have undergone great changes. Its economic actual strength has grown rapidly. A national economy system consisting of energy, raw material, machinery and electronics, textiles and other light industry has taken shape that is characterized by the resource and technical superiority or this province. Guizhou possesses three manufacturing bases specializing in aerospace, aviation and electronics and a number of influential large-sized enterprises and enterprise groups in the fields of electrolytic aluminum, famous brand's cigarette and wine, electric power, coal, iron and steel, ferroalloy, abrasive materials and tools, instruments and meters, tire, nitrogenous fertilizer, phosphorus ore and phosphate fertilizer, etc.

The infrastructural facilities are being improved constantly in Guizhou . There are 5 main railway lines, i.e. Guiyang-Kunming , Hunan - Guizhou , Sichuan-Guizhou , Guizhou -Guangxi and Nanning-kunming passing through the province. The mileage of the electrified railway lines is among the longest nationally. Guizhou has a total length of highway of 33000 km, including 5 national highways and 30 provincial-level trunk roads. The high-grade highways of Guiyang-Huangguoshu, Guiyang-Zunyi and Encircling Guiyang City form Northeast have been put into use. The Zhuzhou-Liupanshui Railway Multiply Truck, Guiyang-Xinzai and Guiyang-Bijie High-Grade Highways began construction this year. Modern Guiyang Longdongbao Airport has been put into traffic since May,1977 and provides 200 scheduled flights service form Guiyang to 36 large-sized or medium-sized cities through the country and every week. The airport can satisfy the needs of airport of arrival and departure to 5 million person-times/y(2000 person-times/h at peak-hour).Post and telecommunications have developed rapidly. The tentative construction of a modern communication transmission network has been completed on the basis of comprehensively using advanced communication technique such as optical cable, satellite, digital microwave, etc. Over 2 million program controlled telephone exchangers have been installed in Guizhou Province . In order to further open up to the outside world and do better and faster a job in foreign funds absorption, the provincial government mapped out " Guizhou Province 's Regulations on more Preferential Policies to improve the Investment Environment and trade in Guizhou Province by the investors at home and abroad.

Since the 15Th Party Congress, Guizhou's economic and social development has entered a new important period and the province is marching toward the 21st century with its brand-new look, this province has put forward the general concepts of comprehensively deepening the reform and implementing the three major strategies(to revitalize the province by application of science and education; to do a better job in further opening up to bring about an all-round socio-economic advancement; sustainable development), strengthening the two basis of developing agriculture, developing the four resources of energy, mineral, biology and tourism and giving prominence to light industry, machinery and power industry, raw material industry and township enterprises.

At present, Guizhou is confronted with a gold development opportunity for accelerating its development. The state is carrying out the policies of big development of the western zone that provides more preferential conditions for the zones. The total goals of our province in implementing the future 5-10 year and to obtain initial success within 15 years so that our province becomes a passage of the Big Southwest to the coastal zones and a land hub of communications, an important ecological screen of the upper reaches of Yangtze River and Zhujiang River, an important base of energy and raw material, the high-tech industrial base including aerospace, aviation, electronic and biological techniques, etc. and a specific tourist province having a combination of the natural scene and national amorous fallings.

We warmly welcome friends from all over the world to Guizhou for tourism and sightseeing, for visiting and making on the spot investigation, and making an economic co-operation and exchanges in different fields. We would receive guests in dead earnest. On the basis of mutual benefits, we would seek new commercial opportunities in order to jointly discuss the new aspect of common development, to create a bright future and greet the new century with friends of various circle at home and abroad.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 [Origin:Guizhou Government website]