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Huaihua City
Total area: 27,600 km2
Permanent population: 4.4159 million (2024)
Major industrial products: Pharmaceuticals, timber, and hydropower
Major agricultural products: Rice, fruits, medicinal material, and oil plants
Major mines: Gold, copper, and phosphorus
Airport: Zhijiang Airport
Road freight volume: 89.479 million tonnes (2024)
Waterway freight volume: 5.7421 million tonnes (2024)
Rail freight volume: 1.403 million tonnes (2024)
GDP: 209.382 billion CNY (2024)
Sum of exports: 12.39 billion CNY (2024)
Sum of imports: 1.37 billion CNY (2024)
Actual use of foreign investment: 56.49 million USD (2024)
Per capita disposable income: 26,017 CNY (2024)
Forest coverage: 67.06% (2023)
The city has a good ecological environment and a majestic landscape with many sites of historical interest. The ancient trading town at Hongjiang is well preserved. It is of high archaeological value for the study of the history of economic and social development in western Hunan.
Huaihua is located in the center of the border regions of Hunan, Hubei, Chongqing, Guizhou, and Guangxi. It is a significant node on the Chongqing-Huaihua-Liuzhou-Beibu Gulf line, the eastern passage of China's New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor, and one of the national logistics hub cities. It is the only city in the central regions of China that operates two-way China-Laos and China-Vietnam freight train services.
The Huaihua International Land Port has become a significant access to Europe and ASEAN countries based on the national Belt and Road Initiative, and built a bridge between the central and western regions of China and ASEAN countries. It has injected powerful impetus into the economic development of the ASEAN countries, and the interconnectivity between China and ASEAN.
Huaihua is located in the center of the border regions of Hunan, Hubei, Chongqing, Guizhou, and Guangxi. It is a significant node on the Chongqing-Huaihua-Liuzhou-Beibu Gulf line, the eastern passage of China's New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor, and one of the national logistics hub cities. It is the only city in the central regions of China that operates two-way China-Laos and China-Vietnam freight train services.
The Huaihua International Land Port has become a significant access to Europe and ASEAN countries based on the national Belt and Road Initiative, and built a bridge between the central and western regions of China and ASEAN countries. It has injected powerful impetus into the economic development of the ASEAN countries, and the interconnectivity between China and ASEAN.
International friendship cities:
• Grandcamp-maisy, France;
• Pinehurst of the NC State, U.S.A;
• Kirovsky, Russia
Chinese sources: hunan.gov.cn; Huaihua Municipal Statistics Bureau; Office of Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Hunan Provincial Committee
Updated in April 2025