2. Lanzhou is located in the northwest of China and the middle of Gansu Province, and is located in the geometric center of Chinese mainland. It is a comprehensive transportation hub for railways, highways and aviation in the northwest of China, the headquarters of the army organs in the western theater of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, one of the five central cities in the China section of the New Eurasian Continental Bridge, an important regional trade center and modern logistics base in the west, and enjoys the titles of "Silk Road Town", "Pearl of the Yellow River", "Summer Palace in the West" and "Waterwheel Capital".
Lanzhou is an important town on the ancient Silk Road, where human beings thrived as early as 5,000 years ago. The county government was established in the Western Han Dynasty, which means "Jincheng Tang Chi" and is called Jincheng; At the beginning of Sui Dynasty, Lanzhou was renamed the Governor's Office. From the Han Dynasty to the Tang and Song Dynasties, with the opening of the Silk Road, there was a grand occasion in which silk went west and Tianma came east. Lanzhou has gradually become an important traffic artery and commercial port of the Silk Road, an important metropolis and link connecting ethnic minorities in the western regions, and an important intersection of the Yellow River culture, the Silk Road culture, the Central Plains culture and the western regions culture.
4.20 12 On August 28th, the State Council approved the establishment of Lanzhou New District, which is the first national new district in northwest China and the fifth national new district in China. It is clearly stated in the document that the construction of Lanzhou New District should be taken as an important measure to further implement the strategy of developing the western region, and Lanzhou should be developed into a modern metropolis in the northwest region in 2020.