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Shanxi Province is shown
in black. Note that Chinese names are in MingLiU (Chinese Traditional) screen
font. This may appear as question
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Provincial Capital: Taiyuan, which enjoys the same preferential
economic policies as coastal open cities. Average temperatures: -16 deg
C to 2 deg C in January; 19 deg C to 28 deg C in July. Physical features: The land area is 156,300 square
kilometres. The province in mountainous in the north, east and west. The Fen River valley in the central
portion forms a fertile region known as the Taiyuan Basin. The Yellow River forms the eastern and
southern border of the province, producing rapids and gorges. Rivers: Yellow River and the Fen River
are the main ones. The latter has
numerous tributaries. Administrative divisions: 10
cities, 96 counties Historical significance: The
southern half of the province has an ancient beginning as the home of the
Qins who later unified China. The
name Shanxi means west of the mountains, which refers to the Taihang range
that forms the eastern border. The
mountain barriers provided protection from invasion from the north and east. |
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Other natural
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In addition, the
Shuozhou-Huanghua Railway（朔州－黃驊）has just opened to traffic. The Shuozhou-Huanghua Railway, linking
Shenchi county in Shanxi with Huanghua port in Hebei. It will be the
second largest railway for coal transportation from west to east in China. Roadways -- With Taiyuan as the
hub, the highways in Shanxi form a road network linking all the counties in
the province. Major highway, Dayun（大運公路: Datong-Yuncheng 大同－運城）, connects the cities in south and north of
the province. The Taiyuan-Jiuguan Expressway（太原－舊關高速公路）, which joins the Beijing-Shijiazhuang
expressway（北京－石家庄高速公路）and connects Beijing-Tianjin-Tanggu
expressway（京津唐高速公路）and Beijing-Shenzhen expressway（京深高速公路）, leads to Beijing and the region of Bohai
Sea rim directly. In the Tenth Five Year Plan,
Shanxi is planning to invest more to improve its highway transportation
system. The province is aiming to invest at least RMB 10 billion on highway
construction by end-2001. Air Transport －Taiyuan Airport provides
civil air service which connects Shanxi with more than 28 major domestic
cities including Beijing, Xian, Chengdu and Chongqing. International routes linking Shanxi include
Hong Kong, Singapore, Russia and Japan. A new airport will be built in Datong City. Datong has many tourist attractions including the
world-famous Yungang Grottoes. The
airport will be able to accommodate Boeing-737s and expected to be completed
by end-2001. Telecommunications －At present, there were over 1 million subscribers
for mobile phone services . Electricity － Shanxi's power industry
boasts an installed capacity of 9.2 million kWh and annual output of 52.6
billion kWh. About 25 per cent of the
electricity generated is transmitting to Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei. Currently, a new thermal power
plant, the Wangqu power plant（王曲電廠）, is under construction. This power plant
is expected to be the biggest thermal power plant in Asia and its installed
capacity will be over 2.4 million kWh. Gas Supply － As part of the Great
Western Development Strategy, a major gas pipeline with total length of 4,200
kilometers will be built. The
pipeline will start from the Tarim Basin in Xinjiang and ends at
Shanghai, running through the provinces Gansu, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Henan, Anhui and Jiangsu
and Ningxia Hui
Autonomous Region. It aims to
deliver gas from the country's western area which were major gas production
bases to central parts as well as Yangtze River Delta areas and the eastern
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Taiyuan Iron and Steel Works（太原鋼鐵公司）is the largest base for special steel in
the country with an annual output capacity of over 2.7 million tons of
steel. Aluminium industry is becoming
one of the pillar industries of Shanxi.
Shanxi also concentrates on machinery
and electronic industries. A few
of large- and medium-sized enterprises such as the Taiyuan Heavy Machinery
Group Company（太原重型機器集團公司）, Taiyuan Mining Machinery plant（太原礦山機械廠）and Yuci hydraulic component Plant（榆次液壓件廠）are famous in the country. In addition, the province
developed a wide range of industries including coke, mining equipment,
machine tools, automobiles, metallurgy, chemical fertilizer, printing,
paper-making, food and textile. Major export goods were coke
and coal, accounting for 60 per cent of the province's total. Other export products included textiles,
metals, minerals, chemical, etc. Imports dropped by 12.5 per
cent to US$700 million in 2000. Major
import goods included iron grind, machinery, electric equipment, chemicals,
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Foreign investments are
encouraged in the sectors of electronics and information technology, machine
and electricity integrated technology, biological engineering technology, new
material technology, the technology for radiation, new energy resources and
highly efficient energy-saving and environment protection, medical science
and basic material science, and other new techniques and technology. Yuncheng Economic
and Development Zone（運城經濟技術開發區）was approved by the State Council in 1992
with an initial investment of RMB 670 million. Currently, there is one industrial zone and 14 small trading
zones, with over 4,000 enterprises and over 24,000 workers. In 2000, the
zone’s GDP was RMB 3.1 billion. |
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Major department stores and
commercial centres in Shanxi include Taiyuan Tianlong Group（太原天龍集團股份有限公司）, Taiyuan Wuyi Department Store （太原市五一百貨大樓有限公司）, Taiyuan Department Store（太原百貨批發公司）, Datong Department Store（大同百貨批發公司）, Changzi Department Store（長治百貨總公司）and Jincheng Department Store（晉城市百貨紡織品公司）. |
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Ø Datong Central industrial region – The region starts at the northern portion of the
Taiyuan Basin Ø
Taiyuan Ø
Yangquan Southern industrial region – Though this region is relatively large in area, it
is more sparse populated. Ø Chengzhi Ø
Jincheng |
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Taiyuan dominates the central region in Shanxi. The city lies about 180 kilometres
directly west of Shijiazhuang (in Hebei Province). It is at the northern portion of the Taiyuan Basin. The city remained a frontier town for many centuries,
becoming industrialised with the exploitation of coal and iron deposits. |
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The court moved to Luoyang in 494 AD. |
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The city is situation slightly less than 100 kilometres
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Yangquan
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