I. Geographical location and natural conditions
The topography of Sichuan province is high in the west and low in the east, with plateaus and mountains in the west, with an altitude of more than 4000 meters; There are basins and hills in the east, and the elevation is mostly between 1000 ~ 3000m. Sichuan Basin, one of the four great basin in China, is dominated by shallow hills and plains, covering an area of 65,438 650,000 square kilometers. The elevation of the basin is 200-750 meters, which inclines from north to south.
The reserves of hydropower resources reach 654.38+0.5 billion kilowatts, second only to Tibet, and the exploitable amount is nearly 654.38+0 billion kilowatts, ranking first in the country. Underground hot water resources are also very rich. There are 354 hot springs (groups) and 4 underground hot water wells1/kloc-0. There are 0/32 kinds of proven underground mineral deposits/kloc-,among which the reserves of vanadium, titanium, calcium, mirabilite, fluorite, natural gas and pyrite rank first in China, first in titanium and third in vanadium.
Sichuan is located in the subtropical zone, with diverse landforms and climate, and extremely rich plant species. The forest area of the province is 7.46 million hectares, and there are many precious tree species. There are Metasequoia glyptostroboides, Cryptomeria fortunei and other 1/5 "living fossil" trees in China, which grow in Sichuan.
There are many kinds of animals. There are more than 1 100 species of vertebrates alone, accounting for 40% of the whole country, of which 55 are rare animals under special state protection. The world-famous giant pandas mainly live in 36 counties and protected areas in four mountain systems in Sichuan.
Sichuan has three world-famous natural and cultural heritages: Jiuzhaigou, Huanglong and Emei Mountain-Leshan Giant Buddha. There are 9 national scenic spots in southern Sichuan, including Dujiangyan-Qingcheng Mountain and Zhuhai, and there are1/kloc-0 national forest parks, 40 nature reserves and 44 provincial scenic spots, from plateaus, mountains and canyons to basins, hills and plains, from rivers and lakes.
Two. human population
Population 84.93 million (end of 1998).
The population growth rate is 7.48‰
Today, the main residents of Sichuan are Han nationality, which is the fusion of ancient multi-nationalities. In addition, there are many ethnic minorities, of which more than 5,000 are Yi, Tibetan, Qiang, Hui, Mongolian, Yi, Manchu, Naxi, Bai, Buyi, Dai, Miao and Tujia. Sichuan has the second largest Tibetan area in China, the largest Yi inhabited area and the only Qiang inhabited area. Yi people are the largest minority in Sichuan, mainly living in Liangshan and Anning River basins. Tibetans live in plateau areas such as Ganzi, Aba and Muli Tibetan Autonomous County in Liangshan Prefecture. Qiang is one of the oldest ethnic groups in China, mainly living in Maoxian, Wenchuan, Heishui, Songpan and Beichuan in the upper reaches of Minjiang River.
Education level: 15 years old and above 15 years old. Illiteracy and semi-illiteracy population:10.32 million, including 3 10/0.00 million males and 7.22 million females.
Three. economy
Gross domestic product: 358.03 billion yuan (1998)
Annual GDP growth rate: 9. 1% per capita GDP: 4339 yuan.
Proportion of GDP: 1998. The added value of primary, secondary and tertiary industries accounts for 26.3%, 42.7% and 3 1. 1% of GDP respectively.
Fiscal revenue: 65.438+097 billion yuan (654.38+0998)
Industrial output value and growth rate: 368.895 billion yuan (1998)
Agricultural output value and growth rate: 82.37 billion yuan (1998)
Foreign trade status: 1998, the total import and export value of the province is 2.86 billion yuan.
Utilization of foreign capital: At present, more than 5,000 foreign-invested enterprises have settled in Sichuan. More than 30 overseas consortia and companies such as Motorola, Pepsi-Cola, Coca-Cola, McDonnell Douglas, Zheng Da in Thailand, Bayer in Germany and Toyota in Japan are optimistic about Sichuan. Chengdu Uni-President Food Co., Ltd., established by Uni-President Enterprise Group, the largest food enterprise in Taiwan Province Province, has become the largest fast food enterprise in Southwest China. The new China-Hong Kong Group, consisting of 465,438+0 companies from Singapore, China and Hong Kong, invested 65,438+02. The Chengdu-Mianyang Expressway, the first joint venture expressway in western China, was built at a cost of 800 million yuan.
Four. cable
All cities above the county level in the province have realized the program control of telephone exchanges; 17 the city is connected to the international telephone automatic network, which can reach nearly 200 countries and regions in the world; It has formed a modern communication system based on microwave, optical fiber, satellite, program-controlled telephone, wireless paging, mobile phone and fax. The opening of the Chengdu Central Station of the Internet has enabled Sichuan to sail to the "information superhighway" and narrowed the distance between Sichuan and the world.
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Transportation Railway: A railway network consisting of five trunk railways, eight branch railways and four local railways, including Chengdu-Chongqing, Cheng Kun and Baocheng, with an operating mileage of 2,693 kilometers.
Highway: The highway mileage in the province has reached 8 1.600 km, and the expressway network centered on Chengdu, the provincial capital, is gradually taking shape. By the end of 1998, the expressway mileage in the whole province had reached 328 kilometers.
Aviation: Chengdu Shuangliu Airport has become the busiest international airport in China, and five civil airports such as Dachuan, Yibin, Luzhou, Xichang and Nanchong are also given priority.