Zhuzhou
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Zhuzhou (Chinese: 株洲; pinyin: Zhūzhōu), formerly Jianning, is a city in Hunan Province, China, southeast of Changsha beside the Xiangjiang River. It is part of the "ChangZhuTan Golden Triangle" (comprising the cities of Changsha, Zhuzhou and Xiangtan). The city has jurisdiction over 5 counties (Yanling, Chaling, Youxian, Liling, Zhuzhou) and four districts (Hetang, Losong, Shifeng and a high-tech industrial development zone), and covers an area of 11,420 km². Its current population is 3.65 million (last available statistics as at July 2004 [1]).
Zhuzhou is located in a subtropical monsoon climate zone and with its abundant mineral and organic resources has one of the highest agricultural yields in Hunan Province.
[edit] Transport
Zhuzhou railway station is one of five stations in China which have been designated as special class passenger & goods transportation stations. It is the biggest goods transportation marshalling station in South China, with 110 trains and more than 30 thousand passengers passing through every day. Zhuzhou is connected to the rest of the country by the Beijing-Zhuhai expressway, the Shanghai-Ruili expressway, and three highways linking south Fujian, south Jiangxi and south Hunan Province.
[edit] Industry
Zhuzhou's four key industries are metallurgy, machine manufacture, chemicals and building materials.
Zhuzhou’s high-tech industrial development zone was approved by the State Council in December 1992 and was designated in a 35 km² area next to the Xiangjiang River. Zhuzhou's reputation as an important industrial base in the region has encouraged companies such as Siemens, Yamaha, McDonald's and KFC to invest in the city.
