遂宁旅游英语

Suining trurism

Chapter1: instruction

Suining is located in the eastern part of Sichuan Province, in the middle of Sichuan Basin, at the middle-lower reach of the Fujiang River. It is next to Nanchong City in the east, connecting Deyang City in the west, bounded to Chongqing in the south,and near Mianyang City in the north, with a rather favorable location where its economy associates closely with the ChengduChongqing economic circle, forms an isometric triangle relationship with Chongqing Municipality and Chengdu City, in which Chongqing Municipality is 146 kilometers away in the south while Chengdu City is 147 kilometers away in the west.

Suining city used to be called Suizhou in old days, nicknamed as Dou CitySuining City, established in February, 1985, covering an area of 5300 square kilometers. The city governs Chuanshan District, Anju District, Pengxi County, Shehong County, and Daying County today. Suining had 266,100 residents in 2001. The city has a population of 3.9 million.

Climate

Suining has subtropical humid monsoon climate with plenty of rainfall and four distinct seasons. The average temperature is 16.7-17.4°C, while the average annual precipitation is 900-1,000 mm.

Natural resources

Suining is rich in natural resources. Forests cover 32% of the city’s

lands. Mineral resources such as petroleum,

natural gas, well salt, gold, and limestone

are abundant. In addition, Suining is an

important provincial production base of grain, cotton, oilseeds, pigs, fruits, vegetables, and herbal medicines.

Transportation

Transportation of Suining is very convenient and mainly relies on highways and railways.State Highway

318 and the Dazhou-Chengdu Railway run

through the city. The Chengdu-Chongqing

New Trunk Expressway also runs across

Suining.

Economic Features

Suining realized GDP of RMB 49.5 billion in 2010, representing a rise of 15.3% year on year. The city's GDP accounted for approximately 2.9% of Sichuan's total and ranked sixteenth in the province. The agricultural sector generated value-added output of RMB 10.9 billion in 2010, accounting for 22.1% of the city's GDP. Animal husbandry, the second largest contributor to the agricultural sector, generated output of RMB 8.25 billion in 2010, accounting for 45% of the sector's total.

In 2010, value-added output of secondary industry (industry and construction) amounted to RMB 25.47 billion, accounting for 51.4% of the city's total. Value-added industrial output of the industrial sector reached RMB 16.6 billion, contributing 40.4% to the city's GDP.

Food and beverages, textiles and garments, chemicals and electrical machinery are the pillar industries of Suining. In 2009, these industries realized value-added output

of RMB 11.9 billion,

contributing about 79.5% to

the industrial sector's total

from enterprises with

designated size and above.

So far, there are ten industrial parks located in Suining.These

parks generated revenue of RMB 35.2 billion in

2009, up 42.8% year on year, contributing 64.5% to

the industrial sector's total.

In 2010, the service sector generated

value-added output of RMB 13.1 billion, contributing 26.5% to the city's GDP.The city's total foreign trade amounted to US$280 million in 2010 (comprising export value of US$227 million and import value of US$54.47 million), representing a rise of 68.2% year on year. Textiles,garments and foods are the city's