Rich Resource Place
Zhangjiajie City
occupies an area of 9653 square kilometers, which is
4.5% of total area in Hunan Province. The city includes
Rongding district, Wulingyuan district, Sangzhi County
and Cili County. With mountain, rock, hill and plateau,
the geography is complex. Mountain area covers 76% of
total area in Zhangjiajie. The special Quartz Sandstone
Peaks is unique in the world. The City is attributable
to subtropical monsoon climate. Some disasters such as:
drought, flood and hailstone occurred frequently because
of relief and climate.
Population
The city has the
population of 1.5629 million on 30, December 2001. The
population of ethnic groups reaches 1.1535 million,
which almost constitute 73.8 percent of the total
population. Tujia, Bai, Mao, Hui, Mongolia, Zhuang and
Yao are major minority nationalities. The urban area has
the population of 168400, which 116300 are citizen. The
urban area covers 145.88 square kilometers, which
construction area has 17.48 square kilometers.
Mineral Resource
Zhangjiajie City
has rich mineral resource, which discovered 48 mines and
24 under mining. It has rich hydraulic resource, which
the city is one of ten bases of hydraulic power in
China. It has rich forest resource, which forest cover
ratio is the first in province. With average 1.55 square
meters green grass, the city is perfect place for
tourism and vacation. The city has rich creature
resource.
Main Industry
The main industry
is tourism. The key enterprises are Yellow Dragon Cave
Investment Co., Dragon International Hotel, Tujia Folk
Park, Zhangjiajie International Travel Service, Tianyuan
Company, Xiangjiuwang Group, Zhangjiajie Chuba Cement
Factory, Hunan Runde Co. and Zhangjiajie Auto Fitting
Manufacture Co.
Construction Item
At the present, the
key items under construction are Zhangjiajie-Changsha
Highway, Railway Station Rebuilding of Zhangjiajie,
Enlarge Construction of Hehua Airport, Development of
Tianmen Mountain, Mulongtan Hydraulic Power Station,
Development of Longdong Lake, Youlong Hotel, Emperor
Hotel, Wulingyuan Tourism Elevator, Zhangjiajie
Industrial Zone and Ecological Agriculture Park.
National Economic
and Social Development Summary of Zhangjiajie City in
2002
Economy of
Zhangjiajie enhanced. GDP of the city reached 7.284
billion Yuan, which increased by 9.5%. The GDP of the
first industry is 1.545 billion Yuan, which increased by
2%. The GDP of the second industry is 1.648 billion
Yuan, which increased by 12.3%. The GDP of the third
industry is 4.091 billion Yuan, which increased by
11.5%. The per capita GDP reached 4653 Yuan, which
increased by 9.1%. Industry proportion changed. The
ratio became 21.1:22.6:56.2 from 22.7:22.1:56.2. The GDP
of the second industry exceeded the first industry and
achieved industry conversion from three one two to three
two one.
The main characters
of economy are: economy increased smooth in total year,
investment and consumption stimulated economic increase,
the second and third industry kept high speed increase,
industry proportion changed step by step, economic
quality improved and revenue and income of residents
increased.
The main economic
problems are: improper industry proportion and system
obstacles existed, condition of economic development is
not good, economic quality kept lower level and earning
of country and lower incomer increased slowly. |