Changsha, also known as "Star City". China, the capital of Hunan Province, is located in the northeast of Hunan. Changsha has a recorded history of over 3,000 years, and is called "the hometown of Qu Yuan and Jia Yi". Changsha is also known as "the famous city of Chu and Han". The excavation of Mawangdui Han Tomb, Zoumalou Bamboo Slips and other important cultural relics reflects its profound Chu culture and Huxiang culture. Yuelu Academy at the foot of Yuelu Mountain is a symbol of cultural education in Hunan. Many celebrities have emerged in history, leaving many historical and cultural relics and becoming the first batch of national historical and cultural cities. Changsha's economy was originally dominated by the tertiary industry, especially the media and entertainment industry, and it is an important industrial and commercial city in central and southern China. In recent years, due to Changsha's vigorous promotion of new industrialization, a large number of high-tech industries and heavy machinery industries have developed rapidly. In 2008, the total industrial output value of Changsha jumped to 10 in the capital cities of China, and the proportion of the secondary industry in the economy exceeded that of the tertiary industry, becoming the most important pillar of economic growth. In 2009, Changsha achieved a regional GDP of 374.48 billion, an increase of 14.7%, surpassing Jinan and Zhengzhou. At the beginning of reform and opening up, Changsha developed relatively slowly and gradually fell behind the coastal cities. After the rapid development from 65438 to the mid-1990s, the gap has narrowed. Changsha's GDP rose from 54.285 billion yuan in 1998 to 300.098 billion yuan in 2008, accounting for about a quarter of the province, and the per capita GDP reached 45,765 yuan according to the resident population. The total output value of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery industry reached 28.234 billion yuan, the total industrial output value reached 323.084 billion yuan, the output value of construction machinery industry cluster exceeded 50 billion yuan, there were 1 home with annual sales income exceeding 30 billion yuan, 2 enterprises with annual sales income exceeding 20 billion yuan, and the output value of high-tech industries was1kloc-0/2 billion yuan. Investment in fixed assets of the whole society187.333 billion yuan; The local fiscal revenue is 3422 1 100 million yuan; The per capita disposable income of urban residents is 18282 yuan, and the per capita net income of rural residents is 8003 yuan, ranking first in central cities. The total retail sales of social consumer goods127.387 billion yuan, second only to Wuhan, ranking second in the central economic zone; The total tourism revenue reached 30.37 billion yuan, and the total inbound tourism revenue ranked first in the central city; The actual use of foreign direct investment in the whole year was 180 1 billion dollars, and the total import and export volume reached $510.60 billion dollars. In 2008, the city ranked seventh among China's provincial capital cities, after the total GDP exceeded Shijiazhuang and Harbin, it was greatly improved.

1, secondary industry

Zoomlion Changsha, located in the valley of Hexi Corridor, has two national development zones, namely Changsha Economic and Technological Development Zone (located in Xingsha) and Changsha High-tech Industrial Development Zone (located in Yuelu District of Hexi Corridor). Changsha Economic and Technological Development Zone is located in Xingsha Town, Changsha County. Its comprehensive evaluation index of investment environment ranks second among the six national development zones in the central and western regions/KLOC-0, and its GDP has increased by 33.2% in the past three years. By the end of 2005, 2/kloc-0 of the world's top 500 enterprises have settled in Changsha, including LG Electronics of Korea, Coca-Cola, Pepsi-Cola, COFCO, Electrolux, Danone of France, Total of France, Philips of the Netherlands, Mitsubishi of Japan, Bosch of Germany, Iwai of Japan, Mitsui of Japan and Lotus of Yichu, and 3 enterprises have settled in Xingsha. Hunan He Shan Intelligent Machinery Co., Ltd. in the area is the industrialization base of the national "863" plan project, and the comprehensive economic index of construction machinery ranks seventh in China, which is an important representative of Changsha's high-tech industry. Since the establishment of 1994, Sany Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. has grown rapidly at an average annual rate of more than 50%. It is the world's largest manufacturer of long-arm and large-displacement pump trucks, and also the enterprise with the highest market value in China construction machinery industry.

Changsha Cigarette Factory is one of the largest tobacco production enterprises in China, with a tax payment of 5455 1.4 million yuan in 2004, ranking 13[ 1] among all tax paying enterprises in China. Japanese Mitsubishi, German Bosch, Changfeng Cheetah, Beiqi Futian and other automobile enterprises have made Changsha a new automobile production base in southern China. A large amount of investment from Electrolux, LG- Philips-Dawning, Hitachi, Yuanda Group, etc. It also made Changsha's electronics manufacturing industry start to improve greatly. In 2008, the total industrial output value of Changsha is expected to reach 310 billion yuan, and the proportion of the secondary industry officially exceeds that of the tertiary industry, becoming the biggest driving force for economic development.

2. Tertiary industry

Changsha, the pedestrian street of Huangxing South Road, is one of the cities with the highest per capita income in the central and western regions, and high income drives consumption. From Huangxing South Road Pedestrian Street to Wuyi Square, it is the commercial core area of Changsha. The catering industry is also full, both street snacks and hotel stalls have a large number of customers. Carrefour, Wal-Mart, Metro and other international supermarket chains have one or more branches in Changsha. Well-known domestic or provincial supermarket chains, such as Xinyijia, BBK and Jiarunduo, also participated in the competition. Suning, Gome and other home appliance supermarkets have several branches. In addition, Crowne Plaza, Sheraton, Yihao, Shangri-La, Marriott and Howard Johnson have all opened or will soon open new hotels in Changsha. The media industry is also famous in China, represented by Hunan Satellite TV, Golden Eagle Festival and Titan Sports.

China native animation has developed rapidly in Changsha, which also makes the government determined to build the animation capital. Among the nine animation industry bases approved by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, Changsha has two. Changsha also has one of the four national digital media technology industrialization bases approved by the Ministry of Science and Technology (the other three are Beijing, Shanghai and Chengdu), which is the only national base featuring cartoons. Changsha Animation Art Festival was held in June 2005.

3. Economic Cooperation Changsha is the core city of "One Point One Line" construction in Hunan Province and the central city of economic integration of Changsha, Zhuzhou and Xiangtan. The main city is less than 30 kilometers away from Zhuzhou and Xiangtan. Changsha is speeding up the construction of an "one-hour economic circle", and at the same time, Changsha has joined the Wuhan Economic Cooperation Zone to carry out economic cooperation with cities in the Central Economic Zone. Hunan has also joined the Pan-Pearl River Delta regional cooperation led by Guangdong, accepting the economic radiation from Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao and the cooperation from other provinces.

[Edit this paragraph] Changsha is an important transportation hub city in southern China, with developed and convenient land, sea and air transportation.

1, Changsha and Zhuzhou form the same railway hub. The Wuhan-Guangzhou Passenger Dedicated Line (Wuhan-Changsha-Guangzhou) with a total investment of 98.6 billion yuan was first started in Changsha in 2005 and completed by the end of 2009. Hangzhou-Nanchang-Changsha Passenger Dedicated Line was also approved in the same year, Changchun-Kunming Passenger Dedicated Line was approved in 2008, and Chongqing-Changsha Passenger Dedicated Line was approved in 2009. As of February 20 10, there are two railway passenger stations in Changsha: Changsha Railway Station and Changsha South Station. The latter was officially opened in February 2009 (Wuhan-Guangzhou Depot). After the completion of the Shanghai-Kunming Passenger Dedicated Line, Changsha South Station will be shared with the Wuhan-Guangzhou Passenger Dedicated Line and become the hub of the high-speed railway. There is a first-class freight station Changsha North Station and a second-class freight station Shuling Station.

The connected railway lines are Beijing-Guangzhou Railway, Hunan-Guizhou Railway (Zhuzhou), zhejiang-jiangxi railway Railway (Zhuzhou), Shichang Railway and Luozhan Railway (Ningxiang