A Brief Introduction of Jiangxi

Located on the southern bank at the middle and lower reaches of Yangtze River, Jiangxi Province is adjacent to Zhejiang and Fujian Provinces in the east, Guangdong Province in the south, Hunan Province in the west, and Hubei and Anhui Province in the north.

Known as Gan in Chinese language abbreviation, Jiangxi covers a total area of 166,900 square kilometers and has a population of 43 million. With Nanchang as its capital, the province administers 11 cities which govern urban districts, and 99 counties.

A hinterland to Yangtze River Delta, Zhujiang River Delta, and Southeast Fujian Delta, Jiangxi is the only province that adjoins the three areas in China, and serves as the front to enter central China in the southeast coastal area.

Jiangxi enjoys a convenient transportation. Shanghai-Kunming and Beijing-Kowloon Railways cross the province. Six trans-provincial expressways have been put into operation. There are five civil aviation airports in such cities as Nanchang, Jiujiang, Jingdezhen, Ganzhou, and Ji'an, serving for dozens of domestic and international airlines.With all major arteries being converted to expressway, the mileage of expressways in the province total more than 2,200 kilometers. The five civil aviation airports have opened up dozens of domestic and international air routes. These expressways and air routes, together with crisscrossing railways, water ports in Nanchang and Jiujiang, have formed in the province a convenient water-land-air transportation network.

Jiangxi is gifted with abundant natural resources. There are more than 160 known minerals in the province, of which 53 are ranked among the top ten in the nation in terms of reserves and 12 toping the first. Copper, wolfram, uranium, tantalum niobium, rare earths, gold, and silver are known as "Seven Jiangxi Metal Flowers." Southern Jiangxi is known as the World Wolfram Capital and Rare Earths Kingdom. The Dexing Copper Mine is the largest of its kind in Asia. The Guixi Smeltery is China's largest copper smelting base.

Jiangxi possesses 94 industrial parks and three zones for export processing. Gifted with an advantageous geographic location, abundant natural resources and a good investment environment, Jiangxi is a hot place for domestic and overseas investment. More than 10,000 investors have established their businesses in the province. Foreign investments to the province have also remained in the first place for five consecutive years among the six provinces in central China.

Jiangxi is an ideal place both for living and business. Provincial forest coverage reaches 60.05 percent, ranking the second in China. Water area of the province is 25 million mu, placing the third in the nation. Jiangxi's fresh water quality is excellent and ranks the first in China. There are three national ecological model zones, five national nature reserves, 11 national scenic spots, 14 national forest parks, and 136 provincial natural reserves in the province. Blue mountains and green waters form an oasis where a harmonious and balanced development between humans and the nature is achieved.

Jiangxi is a cradle of the new China. The Nanchang Uprising which led to the birth of the Red Amy took place in Jiangxi on August 1, 1927. The Jinggang Mountains are the cradle of the Chinese revolution. The Chinese Soviet Republic's government was established in Ruijin, Jiangxi in 1931, and An'yuan is the birthplace of China's labor movements.

Jiangxi boasts beautiful scenery. Well-known tourist attractions include the world porcelain capital Jingdezhen, renowned Pavilion of Prince Teng, Lushan Mountain, a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site, Longhu Mountain, The birthplace of Taoism, Sanqing Mountain, a gallery of fantastic rocks, Wuyuan, the most beautiful rural area in China, and Poyang Lake, the largest freshwater lake where gathers 95 percent of total population of white crane each winter.

At a new start point, Jiangxi is developing at an amazing speed. Entering the 21st Century, Jiangxi has insisted on applying scientific outlook on development, emphasizing on making innovations, establishing new businesses, and developing in a harmonious way. Taking ecological protection as its first priority, the province aims for a balanced and fast economic development. By the end of 2006, the economic performance in the province's industrial parks has doubled the volume it was two years ago, industrial added-value doubled what it was three years ago, revenues doubled in four years, GDP doubled in five years ago, and incomes of urban and rural residents doubled in six years time.

At present, there are nearly 700,000 students in more than 60 universities and colleges in the province. The urbanization rate in the province has reached 38.68 percent. Subsistence allowances and medical assistance have covered both urban and rural residents with special difficulties. Polices of cooperative medical care system, exemption of tuition and general fees in compulsory education, as well as special aid to the students, have been carried out throughout the province.