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Chenzhou City
Total area: 19,400 km2
Permanent population: 4.6005 million (2023)
Major industrial products: Nonferrous metals, energy, building materials, and foodstuff
Major agricultural products: Grain, tobacco, and livestock
Major mines: Tungsten, molybdenum, tin, zinc, and graphite
Total length of railways: 199 km
Total length of roads: 18,000 km (2019)
GDP: 311.058 billion CNY (2023)
Sum of exports: 27.48 billion CNY (2023)
Sum of imports: 16.95 billion CNY (2023)
Actual use of foreign direct investment: 159.32 million USD (2023)
Per capita disposable income: 33,323 CNY (2023)
Forest coverage: 68.1% (2021)
Chenzhou is located in southeast Hunan Province, between 24°53 'N and 26°50 'N, where
the Nanling and the Luoxiao mountain ranges interlock and the
Yangtze River and the Pearl River diverge. It's "pharynx
and larynx" leading to the coastal South China from Central China since
the ancient times. It is known as Hunan's South Gate.
Chenzhou boasts a long history. The line-carved bone of late Paleolithic period discovered within the boundaries of Guiyang County indicated that, as early as more than 10,000 years ago, there were primitive people living on this land. The character "Chen (郴)" in Chinese means "a city in the forest".
Chenzhou has two districts (Beihu and Suxian), one county-level city (Zixing), and eight counties (Guiyang, Yongxing, Yizhang, Jiahe, Linwu, Rucheng, Anren and Guidong) with a total area of 19,400 square kilometers, accounting for 9.2% of the total area of the province.
Chenzhou is facilitated with expressways and national highways running through from north to south, and first-class highways and provincial highways running through from east to west, forming transportation networks extending to all directions. The national arteries of Beijing-Guangzhou multiple-track electric railway, the 106 and 107 National Highway run through the city in north-south direction, providing unimpeded channels for travelers. Trains stretch out towards north to Changsha City of Hunan Province, and south to Guangzhou City of Guangdong Province by departing in the morning and arriving at noon. Beijing-Zhuhai expressway makes Chenzhou's transportation more convenient. The Provincial Highways 1806 and 1803 link eastern Jiangxi to western Guangxi, thus constitute a three-dimensional transportation network.
International friendship cities:
• Laredo, U.S.A.;
• Kimberley, South Africa
• Moore, U.S.A. (with Guidong)
Source: Chenzhou Municipal Statistics Bureau; Chenzhou Municipal people's Government; Office of Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Hunan Provincial Committee;
Updated in April 2024