Nan ning'Introduction 南宁简介(英文版)
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Nanning’introduction
南宁市简介
History of Nanning
Nanning belonged to the territory of Baiyue Nationality in the
ancient time. Daxing County was established in the first year (A.D
.318) of the reign by Daxing of the East Jin Dynasty, with the
present location of Nanning as its county location. The
organizational system of Nanning was thus begun and has now gone
through a history of over 1680 years. In the eighth year(A.D.634)
of the reign by Zhen Guan in the Tang Dynasty, Nanning was renamed
by Tang Taizong as Yongzhou from which the word “Yong”, shortened
form for Nanning, was thus obtained. In the first year (A.D. 1314)
of the reign by Taiding in the Yuan Dynasty, the place was named
“Nanning” by the then central government, meaning a peaceful
southern borderland. The name Nanning was thus derived. Nanning was
designated as the capital of Guangxi Province after the founding of
the People’s Republic of China. Nanning was set as the capital city
of Guangxi in 1958 when Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region was
established in the same year. It is the political, economic,
traffic, cultural, scientific and technological and information
center of the whole of Guangxi.
Administrative Division and Land Area
Nanning has under its administrative jurisdiction six city districts and six counties. These include Xingning District, Qingxiu District, Xixiangtang District, Yongning District, Liangqing District and Jiangnan District, and Wuming County, Hengxian County, Binyang County, Shanglin County, Mashan County and Long’an County. The total area of the city amounts to 22112 km², with 6559 km² for the downtown area and over 150km² for the built-up area.
Population and Nationalities
The total registered population of the whole city is 6.4885
million, of which 2.441 million are from the urban area. Nannnig is
populated by such nationalities as the Zhuang and the Han. The
Zhuang ethnic group takes up half of the population of the city.
People from different ethnic groups get along with each other in
peace and harmony in the city, having colorful national features
and styles as well as cultures with a long history together with
the cultural atmosphere of openness, tolerance and creativity. In
addition to the traditional festivals such as the Spring festival,
Mid-autumn festival, Tomb-sweeping festival and
Natural Environment
Nanning is located at 107 º45—108 º51 east longitude and 22
º13—23 º32´north latitude with the city zone located in the Nanning
Basin, one of the four major basins in Guangxi , having an average
elevation of 74-79m with the highest point being ´496m. The city is
situated to the south of the tropic of cancer, enjoying the monsoon
climate of the subtropical zone with ample sunshine and rainfall as
well as mild climate. The annual mean temperature is 21.7℃ and the
mean rainfall is 1300mm. The frost-free period of the year lasts
for
Geographical
Being adjacent to Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, backing on the
vast territory of the southwest region of China and facing the
southeast Asian nations, Nanning is an important center that
connects the coastal regions in the southeast of China with the
hinterland in the southwest regions. It is the most convenient hub
on the way to the sea for the southwest region of China. It is also
the only provincial capital city in the west region that is close
to the sea. The fact that CAEXPO is held in Nanning once a year has
made Nanning one of the frontier cities in China for opening
up.
As the center of the three major economic circles, namely, South China Economic Circle, Southwest Economic Circle and Southeast Economic Circle, and the junction point of the economic regions between the coastal areas and the hinterland areas, Nanning has a perfect three-dimensional traffic network that extends in all directions by water, by land and by air. The freeway can take you direct to such cities as Guilin, Liuzhou and Beihai and freshwater route can lead you direct to Guangzhou, Hong Kong and macao. Civil aviation service can provide you with many domestic and international flight routes, which can take you to many large and medium-sized cities at home and direct to such southeast Asian countries as Thailand and Vietnam, etc. There are many railway lines passing through Nanning such as Xianggui(Hunan-Guangxi) Railway Line, Nanfang(Nanning--Fangcheng) Railway Line, Nankun(Nanning-Kunming) Railway Line , Lizhan(Litang-Zhanjiang) Railway Line and Liqin (Litang-Qinzhou) Railway Line. The interwoven railway network can take you direct to major large and medium-sized cities of the country.
Natural Resources
Nanning is rich in water resources, mineral resources, resources
in agricultural and sideline products, animal and plant resources,
resources in Chinese herbal medicine and tourist resources. Nanning
is located in the nonferrous metal zone of the South Ridges. The
minerals already proven amount to 41 varieties such
as
Tourist Attractions
Nanning is a tourist destination as well as a tourist
distribution center of Guangxi, connecting Guilin, whose scenery is
second to none in the world, to its north and Beihai Silver Beach,
a national holiday resort, to its south. Within the city zone there
are various tourist sites such as Qingxiushan Mountain Tourist
Resort, Liangfengjiang National Forest Park, Phoenix Lake, Yangmei
Ancient Town, Shimen Forest Park, the People’s Park, and Nanhu
Lake, etc.
Food with Local Special Features
Nanning is abundant with tasty food of different styles of cooking and a variety of local delicacies. Nanning is a major place for exhibition of Guangxi cuisine. As a cooking style with a strong feature of Guangxi, Guangxi cuisine, together with Guangdong Cuisine, is a representative of the food culture of the South Ridges. It lays stress on the features of being fresh, of light taste, tender, of good feeling, smooth and rich in nutrition and varies with the seasons. Various local delicacies represented by rice noodles and sticky rice products are of different varieties and flavor.The rare, unique and finely selected food together with the profound national features and styles have formed a unique Guangxi cuisine, greatly satisfying the eyes and ears of the tourists to Nanning. Some of the typical local delicacies are Eight-treasure rice, congee, pickled dish, field snails, Eight-immortal Rice noodles, rolled rice noodles , rice noodles in mixed sauce , Laoyou rice noodles, Laoyou noodles and duck in lemon sauce.
Urban Construction
In 2001 Nanning proposed the “136” program for its urban
construction and management. The program aims at a “Small change in
one year, medium change in three years and big change in six
years”. Up till now a traffic network of “five-horizontal,
three-vertical and four-ring” pattern has taken shape together with
a perfect service facility and excellent and comfortable living
environment. Nanning is one of the first five cities in China to
win the Award for the China Human Living Environment, the top
national award for the urban construction in China. Meanwhile it
has also won such awards and tittles of “The national Garden City”,
“China’s Excellent Tourist City”, “National Hygienic City in the
National Campaign for Hygiene Checkup” , “National Excellent City
in the Campaign for Improvement of Urban Environment” and “National
Pioneer City in the Campaign for Building a Civilized City”,
etc.
Construction of Development Zones and New Areas
There are at present the following development zones in Nanning:
National-level Nanning High-tech Industrial Development Zone,
National-level Nanning Economic and Technological Development Zone,
Provincial-level Nanning Overseas Chinese Investment Zone,
Provincial-level Nanning Liujing Industrial Park, etc. These are
important showrooms of opening up
Nanning High-tech Industrial Development Zone was set up in 1992 with the approval from the State Council. It is located in the northwest part of the city with a planned area of 18km². It is entitled to a municipal-level economic administrative right with a series of socialized service organizations that can provide one-stop service to all the enterprises that intend to enter the zone for development.
Nanning Economic and Technological Development Zone was founded in 1992 with the municipal-level administrative right and is located in the southern part of the city. It has an advantageous geological location and convenient traffic conditions. The planned area is 110 km² and the land for development has been leveled with five supplies—supply of water, electricity, road access, gas and communications.
Nanning Overseas Chinese Investment Zone(China-ASEAN Economic
Park) is located in the northern outskirts of the city , over
40km
Nanning Liujing Industrial Park is located in the east part of
the city, over 60km away from the city center by expressway. The
Guilin-Beihai Expressway and Nanning-Guangzhou Expressway, Xianggui
Railway Line and Liqin Railway Line as well as Yongjiang Waterway
all converge at the park area, offering a unique geographical
location.
In order to upgrade the overall competitive power of the city
and bring into full play the city functions so as to boost the
development of the city, Nanning has followed the idea of making
proper use of the urban space and further expanding the urban frame
structure and has introduced the new concept for city planning for
international cities. With functional and key infrastructure
construction as the key task, the city has pushed ahead its
development of the New Xiangsihu Lake Area, Fengling Sub-area and
Nanhu Lake Area.
Investment Environment
Nanning has kept improving its investment environment ever since
it was granted the status of a coastal city for opening up to the
outside world
Festivals and Conferences
The China-ASEAN Exposition, CAEXPO for short, is held in Nanning
in Autumn every year from 2004 on. The CAEXPO is sponsored by the
Ministry of Comm- erce of the People’s Republic of China and
ministries of trade and commerce of the ASEAN
The Economic and Social Development in
2004
——Economic Development Hit New Height
The regional total value of production is 58.886 billion yuan,
increasing by 13.2%, the best year with the fastest development in
the last ten years. Of the total value, 10.275 billion yuan is from
the primary industry, increasing by 5.9%, and 18.497 billion yuan
is from the second industry, increasing by 18.2%; 12.58 billion
yuan is from industry, increasing by
——Industry Kept Increasing Rapidly
Industry has seen an unprecedented fast development with good
benefits for years. The total value of production for industries of
certain scale is 26.365 billion yuan, increasing by 24.55%. The
industry has pushed the economic growth of the whole city by 3.54
percentage points. Industrial economic benefits increase by a big
margin, with a realized profit of 1.213 billion yuan for industries
with a certain scale, increasing by 73.1%.
——New Achievements Were Made in Agricul- ture Industrialized Operation
Agriculture has witnessed a good situation of fast growth and
optimized structure. New progress has been made in agricultural
structural adjustment and the proportion for grain production and
economic crop planting area
——Consumer Market Was Revitalized
The growth in the retail of consumable hits a new height since the ninth “Fiver-year Plan” period. The sale of real estate continues to be hot. There are many consumable hotspots in the fields of cars and communications. The total income from tourism amounts to 7.307 billion yuan, increasing by 17.5%. New types of service industries such as tourist, conventions and exhibitions as well as information have developed rapidly. A total of 18000 exhibitors and purchasers from home and abroad were attracted to the first CAEXPO and a total of 350000 person-times of domestics and foreign visitors was received at the first CAEXPO in 2004. The accumulative total in commodity trade reached 1.033 billion USD.
——Prominent Achievements Were Made in Investment Promotion
The total amount of capital introduced from home and abroad
reaches 25.608 billion yuan, 1.01 times that of the previous year.
The realized capital is 12.254 billion, 1.05 times that of the
previous year. The total number of singed projects at the first
CAEXPO is 72, of which 47 is contract items with a total investment
amount of 15.763 billion yuan, creating a new record in contract
amount for trade talks in the past years and ranking top in the
whole of Guangxi.
——Efforts Have Been Intensified in Promotion of Employment and Social Security and People’s Living Standard Kept Improving
By creating commonweal jobs and intensifying efforts in training
laid-off workers, we made new achievements in creating employment
opportunities and social security work. The created new jobs
amounted to 53.7 thousand and the number of re-employment of
laid-off workers amounts to 15.9 thousand people. The registered
unemployment rate for the urban and township area has been kept at
3.8%. The social aid system keeps improving. The per capita
disposable income of the town residents has reached 8060 yuan,
increasing by 9.1%. The per capita net income of farmers is
2466yuan, increasing by 10.53%.
——Overall Progress Was Made in Social Cause
A total of 328 projects of scientific programs has been
implemented. The scientific service system has been further
improved. Quality education resources had been integrated for
creation of education brand. High-quality high school resources
have taken up 36% of the high school educational resources.
Educational infrastructure construction is accelerated. Further
improvement has been made on infrastructure construction for rural
areas in the compulsory education period. Investment has been
increased in the construction of the educational infrastructure for
each county, finishing the rebuilding of dilapidated buildings,
boarding schools for
Major Tasks for the Year 2005
Following the overall guiding principle of “being a good
host,
——Adhere to the Principle of Guiding the Overall Social
Economic
First, with the fostering of the pillar industry as the key
task, we will further intensify our efforts in implementation of
the project of “strengthening the city by 10-billion yuan
investment in industrial projects ”, trying to create a regional
pioneering manufacturing base. Efforts will be intensified on
further development and expansion of such pillar industries as
aluminum processing, biological and pharmaceutical industries,
electronic information, food and cigarette manufacturing, etc. The
“closed management and open operation”
Second, with optimizing the developmental environment as the
goal, we will go all out to implement the project
of
Third, with the construction of a regional modernized service
center as the objective, we will implement whole-heartedly the
project of
Fourth, with the “Three Major Battles” in the rural
infrastructure construction as the breakthrough, we will further
implement the project of “stabilizing the city through
agriculture”, enhancing the progress in agricultural
industrialization and ensuring the increase in income for farmers.
We will adhere to the idea of industrialization and urbanization
for solving the problems concerning the rural areas, agriculture
and farmers so as to attain the goal of unified and coordinated
development for the urban and rural areas. We will speed up the
construction of a number of civilized villages in the rural areas
in the fields of traffic, irrigation works, and ecological
environment. Efforts will be made to stabilize the crop planting
area and to promote the increase in grain production. Agricultural
structure will be adjusted and optimized to a large extent in order
to give strong support to the production of high grade agricultural
products of special features such as high grade rice, sugar cane,
cassava, vegetables and fruits, flowers, animal husbandry products
and aquatic products, etc.
Fifth, we will speed up the development of various aspects of
the social cause and further implement the strategy of “developing
the city by relying on science and education ”. We will continue to
attach importance to the national special pilot work of “The Study
on Important Technical Standard” and intensify our efforts in
conversion of results in scientific research so as to improve the
regional technical innovation level. Further efforts will be made
to develop education at various levels such as basic education,
vocational education, adult education, further education, higher
education and Party school education, etc. We will improve and
strengthen quality education resources and make Nanning an ideal
place for employment and schooling.
——Make Use of the Big Platform for Promotion of Investment so as to Boost the Opening Up
We will further spread the popularity, attraction and influence
of the CAEXPO and promote the closer cooperation between Nanning
and ASEAN countries and even countries from all over the world. We
will actively get involved in the Guangdon-Hong Kong – Macao
Economic Circle and Pan-Pearl River Delta Economic Circle. We will
actively take part in the negotiation between China and Vietnam on
the construction of
Nanning-Langson-Hanoi-Haiphong-Quangninh
——Adhere to the Principle of People-Centered
We will give prominence to the promotion of the increase of
opportunities for employment and re-employment in the social
economic development. Active employment policies will be
implemented and developmental methods will be used to solve the
problems concerning employment so as to form an economic structure
and growth pattern conducive to the increase of employment
opportunities.
Development Plan for the First Two Decades of the New Century
The target of construction for the first two decades of the century is to be attained in three steps:
Step One: By the year 2007 the total production value of Nanning will reach 75.8 billion yuan (at the fixed price of 2000, the same hereinafter) and will double that of the year 2000. The per capita total production value in Nanning will reach 11400yuan.
Step Two: By the year 2014 the total production value of Nanning
will reach 151.6 billion yuan and will triple that of the year
2000. The per capita total production value in Nanning will reach
21300yuan, six years ahead of the national target for the
realization of the goal of tripling the total production
value.
Step Three: By the year 2020 the total production value in
Nanning will reach 276 billion yuan, with a per capita total
production value of 36500 yuan. The built-up
With the above as the goal, we have the following plans:
——To plan as a whole the urban and rural development and to make
Nanning
——To optimize the economic composition and construct a big base
for industrial development. It is planned to increase the
investment in industry
——To strengthen the service function of the city and construct a big regional market. Nanning will speed up its construction of the modern market system to form a regional distributing center for materials, talents, information and capital, thus strengthening the city’s capacity in distribution and radiation.
——To serve the CAEXPO and construct a big platform for opening
to the outside world. It is planned to planned to construct the
China-Asean Economic Park and the International Trade Center, to
construct and perfect the Nanning International Convention and
Exhibition Center and other infrastructure such as medium or
high-grade hotels, etc. Nanning is planning to develop full
cooperative ties with
——To construct the “Green City of China” and create a favorable
macro