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1、JINGMEN:(Jingmen’sOverview) IntroductionJingmen’slocationinHubeiProvinceJingmen,lyingatthewesternbankoftheHanRiver,islocatedinthecentralpartofHubeiProvince.ItbordersXiaogantotheeast,Jingzhoutothesouth,YichangtothewestandXiangfantothenorth.Wuhan,thepro
2、vincialcapitalofHubei,issituated217kmfromthecity.Jingmenhasapopulationof3million,andwiththeareaof1.24squarekilometers.EconomicFeaturesIn2011,Jingmen'sGDPgrew15.6%fromayearearliertoRMB94.26billion(USD14.98Billion)andthegrowthrateranksfourthamong13prefe
3、ctureandprefecture-levelcitiesintheprovince.Infrastructure:Thecityiseasilyaccessiblebyair,railandhighway.Itis115kmfromYichangInternationalAirportand245kmfromWuhanTianheInternationalAirport.TheTaiyuan-MacauHighway,theHangzhou-LanzhouHighway,theJingmen-
4、WuhanHighway,theChangjiangbu–JingmenRailwayandtheJiaozuo-LiuzohuRailwaygothroughthecity,linkingthecitywithothermajordomesticcities.Moreover,JingmenisthepointofintersectionofNorth-to-SouthelectricpowerdiversionandWest-to-Eastelectricpowerdiversion.Theu
5、rbanconstructioninJingmenisunderarapiddevelopment.Theconstructioncoversanareamorethan50km2.Therateofgreencoverageis45.7%.NaturalResources:Thecityisrichinnaturalresources.Theplasterstone,groundphosphorousrock,dolomiteandlimestoneresourcesallrankthetopi
6、nHubeiprovince.Agriculture:AgriculturaldevelopmentinJingmenenjoyssuperiority.Jingmenisoneofthemostimportantproductionbasesofcommoditygrain,cottonandoilinChina.In2012reportontheworkoftheHubeiPeople’sGovernment,theprovincialgovernmentclearlyputforewardt
7、osupportJingmeninitseffortstoconstruct“China’sAgriculturalValley”. CulturalHighlights&Touristattraction RapeseedflowerinJingmen(photofromcn.hubei.com)Jingmen'shistorycanbetracedbacktotheHanDynasty,whenDangyangCountywassetupintheregion.Jingmengotitscur
8、rentnamein805ADduringtheTangDynasty,whenJingmenCountywasfounded.In1983,Jingmengwaspromotedtobeprefecture-levelcityinHubeibytheStateCouncil.JingmencityisoneoftheearliestoriginalplacesofChuculture.Ithasbeenlistedasthefamoushistoricalandculturalc
