济宁简介(英文)

Jining, located in the southwest of Shandong, China, is one of the key industrial cites of the province. It

governs two districts, three cities and seven counties, namely, Shizhong District, Rencheng District, Qufu,

Yanzhou, Zoucheng, Weishan County, Yutai County, Jinxiang County, Jiaxiang County, Weishan County,

Sishui County, and Liangshan County. It covers an area of 11,000 square kilometers, with a population of

8.3131 million.

Jining, the birthplace of

Confucius

and Mencius,

the great

thinkers and educators well known in

the

world, has long been praised as “the Hometown of Confucius and Mencius, the Land of Proprieties” as well

as

the

cradle

of

Confucianism.

Confucius

Temple,

Confucius

Mansion

and

Confucius

Cemetery

in

Qufu

have

been

included

on

the

list

of

World

Culture

Heritage

by

UNESCO.

The

annually

celebrated

“China

(Qufu) International Confucius Cultural Festival” attracts both domestic and foreign friends to the holy city.

Moreover, there are many other places of interest such as “the Four Sites on Mencius”, namely, Mencius

Mansion, Mencius Temple, Mencius Cemetery and Mencius’ Mother Cemetery in Zoucheng, Water Margin

in Liangshan County, Weishan Lake, the stone carvings of Han Dynasty in Jiaxiang County, and the Tai Zi

Ling Zong Buddist Pagoda in Wenshang County etc.

Jining

enjoys

favorable

geographic

location

and

convenient

transportation

and

communication.

The

Beijing-Shanghai

Railway,

Beijing-Kowloon

Railway

go

through

the

city

from

south

to

north;

Yanzhou-Shijiu

Railway

and

Jining-Xinxiang

Railway

pass

through

the

city

from

east

to

west.

223.7

kilometers

of

expressways

have

been

open

to

traffic.

The

newly

built

Beijing-Shanghai

Express

Railway

crosses Jining, with one stop in Qufu. Furthermore, Jining Qufu Airport, with direct flight to domestic cities

like

Beijing,

Shanghai,

Guangzhou,

Chengdu,

Shenyang,

Qingdao,

etc.

has

been

put

in

use.

The

Beijing

—

Hangzhou Grand Canal flows through the city, with strong river transportation capacity. Jining is

only 200 kilometers away from Rizhao port, and 400 kilometers from Qingdao port. Mobile communication

and internet services cover both the urban and rural areas.

Jining abounds with coal, electricity, freshwater and many other resources. It is one of the eight largest

coal bases in China, with 25 billion tons of coal reserves and an annual production of 81.15 million tons of

natural coals. The annual generation of electricity reached 49.4 billion kilowatt hour. There are reserves of 6

billion

cubic

meters

of

fresh

water,

2

billion

cubic

meters

of

limestone

and

2

billion

cubic

meters

of

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construction stone materials in the city. There are 13 million tons of rare earth reserves which ranks the 2

nd

nationwide.

With its sound and rapid growth, the comprehensive economy power of Jining ranks among the top of

the seventeen medium and large-sized cities in Shandong Province. Facing the severe challenges from the

international financial crisis in 2009, the overall economic and social development of Jining is better than

expected. The GDP has accomplished RMB 227.919 billion Yuan, increasing by 12.7% compared with last

year, and the per capita GDP totaled RMB 28,492 Yuan(about 4,171 USD), increasing by 11.9%. The local

fiscal revenue reached RMB 13.466 billion Yuan, increasing by 12.7 %. The volume of import and export

amounted to 2.89 billion US dollars, decreasing by 9.8 %, in which the volume of export was 1.063 billion

US dollars, down 10.7 %, and the import 1.283 billion US dollars, down 8.6 %. The actually utilized foreign

investment reached 416 million US dollars, increasing by 7.3 %. The revenue brought by tourism reached

RMB 18.511 billion Yuan, up 22.8%; The tourism earnings amounted to 120 million US dollars with 24.44

million domestic visitors and 250,000 overseas visitors. The investment in fixed assets amounted to RMB

110.1 billion Yuan, increasing by 25 %. The total retail sales of consumer goods were RMB 86.74 billion

Yuan,

up

19.1

%.

The

per

capita

disposable

income

of

urban

residents

reached

RMB

15,163

Yuan,

up

11.2

%;

and

the

per

capita

net

income

of

rural

residents

was

RMB

6,470

Yuan,

up

8.5

%.

Besides,

the

balance of the deposits of urban and rural residents was RMB 107.3 billion Yuan.

The agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery developed in an all-around way. The sown area

of grain in Jining totaled 9.6226 million mu with a total output of 4.462 million tons and 464 kilos per mu;

the area of woodland added up to 216.9 thousand mu with the forest coverage of 26.5 %; the aquiculture

area

was

670

thousand

mu,

with

an

output

of

322,000

tons.

In

addition,

the

total

power

of

agricultural

machinery amounted to 8.69 million kilowatt.

Jining has diverse industries with a solid foundation and continuing restructuring. There are 3,767 large

scale enterprises. There are 265 enterprises whose profit and tax exceed 10 million Yuan and 49 enterprises

whose profit and tax is

over 100 million

Yuan.

The pillar industries including

coal

and electric

chemical

industry, mechanical manufacturing, bio-tech, textile and garments, food and pharmaceutical industry have

begun to stabilize and recover. A group of internationally well-known enterprises have started their business

in Jining.

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