Shaoyang: brief description for tourists who wish to visit Shaoyang
Shaoyang, a city located in the southwest of Hunan Province, enjoys a middle-subtropical humid monsoon climate. As a prefecture-level city in Hunan, Shaoyang now administers 8 counties (Shaodong, Xinshao, Shaoyang, Longhui, Dongkou, Xinning, Suining, Chengbu), 1 city (Wugang) and 3 districts (Daxiang, Shuangqin, Beita). The city, adjacent to Hengyang, is the second largest prefecture-level city in Hunan. It covers 21,000 square kilometers, among which urban area occupies 411 square kilometers. The city has a population of 7.4 million, the largest in Hunan.
Shaoyang, called "Baoqing" in history, is an ancient city over 2,000 years old. Zi River and Shaoshui River join together and pass through this city. Since ancient times it has been famous as the Land of Abundance with rich natural resources, diversified culture and generation after generation of outstanding people. With green hills and clear rivers, Shaoyang boasts bountiful tourism resources, such as: Danxia Landform in Langshan Mountain Scenic Spot which is said to be more beautiful than Guilin,; The Nan Shan Pastures, which is one of the biggest in southern China; Wugang Yunshan, which is one of the best 72 places worshipping Buddha in China; and the original secondary forest-Suining Yellow Mulberry Nature Reserve.
Shaoyang has various categories of industry with comprehensive foundations. The city not only falls into the area of the country's strategies of "Western Development" and "Rise of Central China", but also the central region of Hunan's strategy of "Rise of Central China"
Nowadays, with the completion and commissioning of four expressways and the Shaoyang-Yongzhou railway, traffic conditions in Shaoyang have rapidly improved. With the railways, highways and other traffic nets, Shaoyang has turned into an important transportation center and plays an important role connecting north and south China. The city's transportation is very convenient and it is logistically very smooth. It is being developed as a new transportation hub in the central Hunan hinterland, and has turned into one of the country's transportation hubs in the second batch of cities.
In recent years, more and more Chinese and foreign investors and visitors come here for tour and investigation. |
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