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Xinjiang: Xinjiang's main products and resources
Xinjiang has a vast area, suitable climate, complex and varied geomorphology and soil, and thus not only the beautiful scenery, but also the richness of specialty resources. Between the mountains and oases, there are countless "granaries", "meat banks", "oil basins" and "coal seas! ". Premier Zhou Enlai once praised Xinjiang as "a piece of treasure" of the motherland.
In this "treasure land", with nearly 3.31 million hectares of arable land, more than 10 million hectares of reclaimable land. Xinjiang has long sunshine, abundant light and heat resources, large temperature difference between day and night, and abundant water resources. All these provide favorable conditions for the development of agriculture.
Xinjiang grain crops to wheat, corn, rice for the bulk of the majority of the territory can be planted, the sown area accounted for more than 90% of the total area of grain crops. Yili Valley mild climate, more rain, fertile land, more suitable for grain and wheat growth, known as the "breadbasket of Xinjiang," said. Xinjiang's rice after the 50's there is a great development, Aksu, Miquan and other places of high quality rice clean as guilloche, fine texture and flavor. In Xinjiang's grain crops, there are sorghum, barley, cereals, soybeans, peas, tuna beans and so on.
Xinjiang has a long history of cash crop cultivation, a wide variety of major products are cotton, oilseeds, sugar beet, hemp, tobacco, medicinal herbs, cocoons, etc., of which Xinjiang's cotton is especially high-quality and well-known throughout the country, in 1998, the cotton production of 1.375 million tons. In the country, almost one out of three, becoming the country's pivotal cotton producing areas. Northern Xinjiang Manas River Basin, Turpan Basin and the vast areas of the southern Xinjiang is the centralized origin of cotton. Higher economic value, the growing environment, farming measures demanding long-staple cotton (also known as sea island cotton), in Xinjiang also has a vast area suitable for planting, its planting area, yield and quality are the country's top. Xinjiang also has planted sugar beet superior conditions, produced by the high yield of sugar beet, sugar rate is large, is one of China's key sugar-producing areas in the north. 60 years before the start of large-scale cultivation of hops in Xinjiang, now not only the area and the total output of the country's top, but also the yields and the quality of the country also ranked first. Therefore, Xinjiang has become the main source of China's hops domestic sales and foreign trade exports. Cocoon production has reached 3800 tons, 75 times more than when New China was founded.
Xinjiang vegetable crops are also quite rich, an area of more than 20,000 hectares, the output reached 2.9 million tons, the main city of winter vegetables self-sufficiency rate of 70%. Some vegetables are very famous, such as Qitai, Urumqi County, Darbancheng area of the white garlic, every year exported to Hong Kong and other places. Qitai, Mubi, Jimusar, Urumqi and other counties of the potato, large and high-quality, a large number of transfer to sister provinces and regions. Korla, Changji's tomato paste exports, domestic sales, demand exceeds supply. By 1998, there are more than 40 enterprises of more than 50 products to obtain pollution-free, pollution-free green food labeling.
Xinjiang has been known as the "town of melons and fruits". Because the climate here is very favorable to the manufacture and accumulation of sugar in melons and fruits. As a result, the production of fruits and melons is particularly sweet and refreshing. According to the survey, at present, Xinjiang is China's melon planting area is larger, varieties and quality are at the forefront of a region, the annual output of all kinds of fresh fruit tens of thousands of quintals.
The common fruits and melons in Xinjiang are grapes, melon (cantaloupe), watermelon, apples, pears, apricots, peaches, pomegranates, cherries, figs, walnuts, Batan apricots, etc., hundreds of varieties of good. Among them, Turpan's white grapes, Shanshan's cantaloupe, Korla's pear, Kuqa's white apricot, Atushi's fig, Kashgar's cherry, walnut, peach, pomegranate, pomegranate, Yecheng's pear, Hetian's peach, and Yili's apple, etc., are all enjoying a good reputation. Xinjiang raisins, cantaloupe, pear is the best-selling products in the international market.
Xinjiang is one of the four major pastoral areas in China, the operation of animal husbandry has a long history. Xinjiang has a grassland area of about 57.333 million hectares, ranking second in the country. On the 48 million hectares of natural pastures north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, livestock of all sizes roam the mountains, with the most sheep, followed by cattle, horses, goats, donkeys, camels, mules, yaks and so on. Xinjiang's livestock varieties are famous throughout the country, such as Xinjiang fine-wool sheep, Altay big-tailed sheep, Xinjiang white pigs and Yili dairy meat cattle. In recent years, all over Xinjiang continuously improve, select and introduce new livestock breeds, one of the indicators of this leading position in the country, the pastoral production has been a relatively rapid development. In addition to meet the needs of the region, every year there are a large number of cattle, sheep, horses, donkeys shipped to the mainland. Developed animal husbandry, for people to provide a large number of wool, fleece, sausage, butter, ghee, milk powder and other livestock products. Many inexpensive and beautiful livestock products and their processed products sell well in domestic and international markets.
Xinjiang for China's western arid areas of the main natural forest areas, forests are widely spread in the mountains, plains, the area accounts for the total area of forests in the Northwest nearly 1 / 3. Tianshan Mountain and Altay Mountain area is covered with lush primeval forests, most of which are the main straight Siberian larch and snow spruce, coniferous cypress and other construction of the good timber. The timber reserves of these mountainous coniferous forests account for more than 97% of the total timber reserves of the whole territory. The banks of the Tarim and Manas Rivers are the distribution areas of broad-leaved forests in the plains. In the Tarim River Basin, there are world-famous poplar and gray poplar forests, which are both widely used timber forests and windbreak forests deep in the desert. The main afforestation tree species in Xinjiang include poplar, willow, elm, ash, maple, acacia, white pine, jujube, mulberry and various fruit trees, etc. There are more than 60 kinds of trees, most of which are native species of Xinjiang, and a few of them are excellent branches introduced from the mainland or abroad. In recent years, urban and rural areas in Xinjiang carried out a greening and afforestation campaign, rows and rows, a piece of protection forests, economic forests, charcoal forests, vertical and horizontal overlap, green wave Sen Sen, for the ancient towns, ancient wilderness plains to add a new outfit. The construction of the first and second phases of the Three North Protective Forest Project, which is known worldwide as the Great Green Wall, has been fully completed. The greening coverage rate of cities in Xinjiang has reached 24%, and nine cities have reached the urban greening standards set by the Ministry of Construction.
The Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is world-renowned as the land of song and dance, the land of fruits and melons, and the land of gold and jade. Xinjiang is a vast area with a lot of resources, magnificent mountains and rivers, boundless sea, monuments everywhere, many nationalities and strange folk customs. Tourism resources are extremely rich, the national tourism resources **** there are 68 kinds, and Xinjiang has 56 kinds, accounting for 83% of the national tourism resources type. Xinjiang **** there are more than 1,100 attractions, ranking first in the country, in this vast land, glaciers and snowy mountains and the Gobi Vast Sea **** raw, plateau landscape contained in the Tianshan Mountains, Altay Mountains, Kunlun Mountains and other world-famous mountains, there are a lot of snowy glaciers, peaks and peaks, waterfalls, rare and exotic animals. There is the world's second highest peak at an altitude of 8,600 meters, but also 154 meters below sea level in China's lowest depression, both a leakage of thousands of miles of rivers, 10,000 hectares of blue grasslands, but also the strange and bizarre illusion of the Gobi, mysterious and unpredictable desert wonders. The well-preserved primitive flora and fauna populations further reveal the unique nature's true colors.
Gansu: The Yellow River not only nourishes the people of Lanzhou, but also brings rich specialties here. Melons such as Bailan Melon, Soft Pear, Winter Fruit Pear and White Powder Peach are famous for a long time, and local specialties such as Lily, Black Melon Seed, Rose, Fern and Water Smoke are famous in China and abroad, which makes Lanzhou become a city of melons and fruits which is famous at home and abroad.
Yunnan: Yunnan Province, known as the "animal kingdom", "plant kingdom" and "non-ferrous metal kingdom. The country's 162 kinds of natural minerals in Yunnan has 148 kinds, including copper, tin ore and other non-ferrous metal minerals production in the country's forefront.
The province's per capita water resources exceed 10,000 cubic meters, four times the national average. Due to the topography of the province, the rivers have a large drop, and there is a huge amount of water energy resources. Most of the power generated by the "West-East Electricity Transmission" project, in which Yunnan Province participates, comes from environmentally friendly hydroelectric power generation.
Major characteristic species: Yunnan snub-nosed monkeys, green peacocks, raccoons (red pandas), pythons, Asian elephants, wave-resistant fish, sky-watching trees, dancing grasses, Lijiang spruce, Brazilian rubber trees, oil palms, and panax ginseng.
Shanxi: imitation Tang three-color, Xi'an incense buns, blue and white porcelain bowls, embroidery, paper-cutting, chestnuts
Style food crystal cake, fire crystal persimmons, pomegranate, mutton buns
Sichuan: Sichuan cuisine is one of China's eight major cuisines, the use of a wide range of materials, flavor and depth of flavor, characterized by spicy flavor. Gongbao chicken, Mapo tofu, lampshade beef, strange chicken, back to the pot of meat and other most distinctive. There are many varieties of snacks, such as Lai Tang Yuan, Zhong Shui Dumpling, Dan Dan Noodle, Dou Hua Noodle, Song Sister-in-law's Noodle, Steamed Beef in a Small Cage, and Egg Cake, etc., all of which are traditional snacks.
Sichuan has a long history, with more than 4,500 years of civilization, and is known as the "Land of Heavenly Capital". There are 7 national historical and cultural cities, including Chengdu, Zigong, Leshan, Yibin, Luzhou, Langzhong and Dujiangyan, 40 national key cultural relics protection units, and 24 provincial historical and cultural cities (towns). From ancient water conservancy projects, ancient towns and houses to the former residences of celebrities, from temples and Taoist temples, stone carvings and murals to modern art museums, from prehistoric ruins to modern construction style, everything is available.