Advantages in
transportation and location. Xiaogan is located at the center of
China’s economic map. Five railways including Beijing-Guangzhou and
Shanghai-Chengdu High-Speed Railways, five expressways including Beijing-Hong
Kong-Macao, Fuzhou-Yinchuan and Shanghai-Chengdu Expressways, as well as 107 and
316 National Highways converge in here. The city center is only 30 kilometers
away from Wuhan Tianhe Airport, the aviation hub in central China, 50 kilometers
away from Hankou North Railway Station, the largest classification yard for
railway freight in Asia, and 60 kilometers away from Yangluo Port, one of those
good ports along the Yangtze River. The city works with Wuhan to accelerate the
traffic integration in those two cities.
Abundant natural
resources. This city has long been known as “the capital of gypsum” and
“the sea of salt”, with its No. 1 high-quality gypsum mine in Asia and largest
scale of rock salt mining production in the country. There are more than 20
types of minerals that can be tapped into. Xiaogan is a place rich in food
products and resources. It is famous for producing rice and freshwater fish,
being one of the ten production bases for high-quality rice and aquatic products
respectively. It also boasts good ecological environment, and has built 10
tourist attractions and 5 state 4A level scenic spots.
Sufficient and cheap factors of
production. Located at the load center of Central China State Grid, the
city has a power supply capacity of 200,000 kW, and built up a double-circuit
power supply network. it is also a major user city of the West-to-East Gas
Transmission project, with natural gas pipelines covering the whole city. There
are abundant human resources consisting of more than 2.5 million workers and
100,000 students at secondary and tertiary education institutions, which can
fully meet the demands of various enterprises on skilled workers. Investing in
Xiaogan, you cannot only share the strengths Wuhan possesses in science and
education, market, finance and information, but also enjoy the benefits brought
by sufficient and cheap land, water and power as well as work force in
Xiaogan.