Energy and Transport

Ningxia is rich in coal, with 4 large coal mines annually producing 18 million tons of coal, besides meeting the desire of the region, it has been sold to other provinces and other 10 countries including west Europe and Japan. The power industry in Ningxia has developed very fast. By the ed of 2000, there had existed 5 large of medium sized power stations with the installed capacity of 2.23 million kw (not including those self-owned ones), and the average generating amount per capita ranks the 2nd in the country.

The synthetic transport system has been formed with railway lines, highway, air transport and pipelines, therefore the transport is rather convenient. The Baotou-Lanzhou railway liner runs across the north and middle areas, and the Baoji-Zhongwei electrified railway runs through the middle and the south mountainous areas and connected the 2 railway arteries of Ling-Bao and Longhai. The first regional railway line of Dagu has been put into operation, thus the operational railway line totals 769 km in the autonomous region. By the end of 2000, the total length of the highway open to traffic in the whole region had reached over 10,000 km. For Yinchuan being the center, the highway net has been formed based on the 12state and provincial highways and the road leading to every corner in the region with the density of road comes up to 15.25 km out of 100 km. There is 83 km of free express and 1,027 km of the first grade. 1,026 permanent bridges have been built, among which 6 are over the Yellow River, which makes the biggest density of the bridges over the Yellow River of a province in the country. And the civil modernized Yinchuan Hedong airport, at the level of 4D, can be used to land or take off various kinds of large of medium sized planes, and the air lines open from Yinchuan to Beijing, Shanghai , Guangzhou, Nanjing, Xi’an, Chengdu, Kunming, Urumuqi, Wuhuan and so on. And the aviation net leading to North China, Southeast and Southwest has been set up , and more civil or international airlines will be opened gradually in order to make Ningxia increase exchanges with out world.

Post and Telecommunications

Ningxia has setup the postal and telecommunication networks with fiber transmission as a main means, and digital microwave and satellite transmitting ways etc. as a supplementary means. Its fixed telephone network, mobile telecommunication network, digital data and multi-medium communication have been covering the whole China and many countries and regions in the world. In Ningxia, it has been realized that every village can make direct phone calls and telephone communication in every village and town has been program-controlled. Domestic and foreign express mails can be delivered to Yinchuan, the capital of Ningxia, and other main cities of Ningxia.
　

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　[Origin:Ningxia Government Website]