Hunan Province is striving to boost the integrated development of the Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan (CZT) Metropolitan Area, which will lead other cities and prefecture to join in the strategy of high-quality development of the central region of China. The photo shows Changsha City – one of the core cities of the CZT Metropolitan Area. 

Hunan Province is striving to boost the integrated development of the Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan (CZT) Metropolitan Area, which will lead other cities and prefecture to join in the strategy of high-quality development of the central region of China. The photo shows Xiangtan City – one of the core cities of the CZT Metropolitan Area.
 

Hunan Province is striving to boost the integrated development of the Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan (CZT) Metropolitan Area, which will lead other cities and prefecture to join in the strategy of high-quality development of the central region of China. The photo shows Zhuzhou City – one of the core cities of the CZT Metropolitan Area.

The Xiangjiang New Area, a new area of national significance in the central region of China, is committed to constructing the intelligent connected vehicle industrial chain. The photo shows the 5G electric intelligent heavy trucks produced by the Sany Group are tested at an intelligent system testing zone in the Xiangjiang New Area.

Hunan is accelerating the construction of a backbone waterway network consisting of "one river, one lake, and four major waterways" and a port system composed of "one hub, multiple key sites, and broadened areas". The photo shows the container dock of the Changsha New Port.

Hunan Province is fully implementing the national development strategy for the Yangtze River Economic Belt and vigorously constructing the green development demonstration zones along the Yangtze River Economic Belt. The photo shows an aerial view of Yueyang Tower in Yueyang City.

Hunan Province enhances cooperation with the pan-Pearl River Delta. Chinese auto manufacturer BYD, headquartered in Shenzhen, built a factory in Changsha to develop the new energy automobile industrial chain. The photo shows the assembly workshop of the BYD Changsha factory in the Changsha Yuehua Economic Development Zone.

A civil aviation transport network is being constructed, consisting of "One hub, one major airport, and nine regional airports" and will operate more than 380 domestic and international flight routes for passenger and cargo transport. The photo shows the Changsha Huanghua International Airport.

One hub – Changsha Huanghua International Airport. One major airport – Zhangjiajie Hehua International Airport. Nine regional airports – Changde Taohuayuan Airport, Yongzhou Lingling Airport, Huaihua Zhijiang Airport, Hengyang Nanyue Airport, Shaoyang Wugang Airport, Yueyang Sanhe Airport, Chenzhou Beihu Airport, Xiangxi Airport, and Loudi Airport.

Hunan Province has constructed a "seven vertical and seven horizontal" expressway network and is at the front rank nationwide regarding the length of operating expressways. All counties around the province have access to the expressways. The photo shows the Yinjia'ao transportation hub in Yuetang District, Xiangtan City.

Hunan has leveraged its advantageous geographical location on the transitional "belt" connecting the eastern coastal area with the central and the western regions and in the junction "zone" between the Yangtze River Economic Belt and the Coastal Economic Belt, while grasping the crucial opportunities for industrial gradient transfer and national support to the development of the western and central regions of China to accelerate forming a new paradigm of development featuring reasonable structure, optimized mode, regional coordination, and urban-rural integration. 

This article is from the Hunan Provincial Government www.enghunan.gov.cn.

Translator: Pang Yuehui

Chinese source: hunantoday