Xi'an is one of the 25 most promising cities in China specifically mentioned by the United Nations in the latest urban development index coefficients and development prospects of various countries around the world.

Xi'an is one of the six Chinese cities inspected and recognized by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization as "the most dynamic cities in the world".

Today, Xi'an is the most important center for science and technology, education, commerce, culture and transportation in western China. It has formed a comprehensive industrial system focusing on high-tech, tourism, aerospace, aviation, machinery, electronics, and light textile industries; 44 institutes

With universities, more than 500 scientific research institutions, and 340,000 scientific and technological talents, its military science and technology strength ranks second among large and medium-sized cities in the country, and its comprehensive scientific and technological strength ranks third.

Today's Xi'an can be said to be a modern metropolis with a gathering of humanity, a developed economy, and a combination of ancient capital style and modern majestic momentum.

The scale of higher education in Xi'an ranks third in the country after Beijing and Shanghai.

There are more than 2,000 scientific research units in the province, 17 majors are unique in the country, and 50 majors are in a leading position in the country.

There are 10 national key experimental fields, 50 national departmental professional and special laboratories, and 29 provincial key laboratories. It has 851,000 professional and technical personnel of various types and 35 academicians of the two academies. Its comprehensive scientific and technological strength ranks third in the country.

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Shaanxi Province, where Xi'an is located, is very rich in energy, with coal reserves of 1,625 tons; oil predicted prospective reserves of 1.1 billion tons, and proven reserves of 700 million tons; natural gas predicted reserves of 2,000 billion cubic meters, and proven reserves of 320 billion cubic meters.

One of the Guida integrated gas fields discovered onshore.

From a development perspective, Shaanxi has the conditions to become an important energy support point for my country's modernization drive in the next century.

Xi'an is one of the important birthplaces of the Chinese nation. In history, 13 dynasties including Zhou, Qin, Han, and Tang established their capitals here. Xi'an, together with Cairo, Rome, and Athens, has become one of the four major ancient capitals in the world, and is a tourist resource featuring cultural relics.

High grade and large inventory.

There are more than 600,000 cultural relics in Xi'an and its surrounding areas, and there are 2020 announced key cultural relics protection units. In recent years, projects such as science and technology tourism and agricultural sightseeing tourism have quietly emerged.

The scientific and technological advantages can play a leading role in optimizing the industrial structure; the energy advantages make it highly complementary to the development of the eastern economy; the tourism advantages can attract a large number of domestic and foreign tourists and play a role in the opening up of the entire central and western regions.

important role.

As a result, Xi'an has become a central city in the central and western regions in terms of regional layout.

Xi'an has been an important transportation thoroughfare since ancient times, and the starting point of the "Silk Road" is here.

Xi'an has formed a transportation network that extends in all directions, mainly aviation, railways and highways.

The city's highway mileage is 2,800 kilometers, with 5 national highways and 12 provincial highways passing through the city. At present, high-grade highways from Xi'an to Tongguan, to Huangling, to Tianshui, to Yanliang, and to Lantian have been completed and opened to traffic.

Xi'an has become an important transportation hub connecting the province and the northwest, central plains and southwest; the trans-Eurasian railway line from Lianyungang in China in the east to Rotterdam in the Netherlands in the west passes through Xi'an urban area: Xi'an International Airport Xi'an Xianyang International Airport has

More than 80 international and domestic routes have been opened.

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If you arrive in Xi'an by plane, you can contact a taxi first after getting off the bus (the driver usually stands at the exit). From Xianyang Airport to the center of Xi'an, the taxi price is 120-90 yuan, mainly depending on your bargaining price

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If you target a PPMM on the plane, you can share a car with several people, which saves a lot.

In addition to taxis, there is the airport bus, which is available at the exit and costs 25 yuan to reach the city.

Very convenient.

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It’s much more convenient for those who take the train. After leaving the train station, there are dozens of bus lines heading to the city at Shangdemen (North Exit of Jiefang Road).

Here are some key lines: Route 611 (the well-deserved No. 1 bus line in Xi'an): Railway Station - Daqing Road, passing through the entire Jiefang Road (the top ten department stores in the country, "Minsheng Department Store" is on this road) - Dacha City

(The Hyatt Hotel is here, and Clinton stayed here when he came. At that time, this section was under martial law) - East Street (one of the most famous and prosperous commercial streets in China, the gate of the Tang Palace is here, and now a "

"Imperial City Hotel") - Bell Tower (the city center of Xi'an, Xi'an's administrative divisions and urban functional divisions are all bounded by this. There are many places worth visiting in the surrounding area, which will be introduced in detail later, don't go away) - West

Main Street (a gathering place for Hui ethnic groups, with many old streets and houses and delicious snacks in Xi'an) - Ximen (Anyuan Gate, to the north of this gate is Yuxiang Gate, which is where General Feng Yuxiang entered Xi'an) - Xiguan -

Tumen (Mr. Jia Pingwa's novel "Tumen" was written about this place) - Xi'an Pharmaceutical Factory (the famous Lijunsha is produced here) - Daqing Road 603, the second bus line in Xi'an.