Linxia ( Gansu ) City Information
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Major Economic Indicators (2010)
| Land Area (km2) |
8,169 |
| Population (million) |
2.0 |
| GDP (RMB billion) |
10.64 |
| GDP Composition |
| Primary Industry |
22.6% |
Secondary Industry
(Industry & Contruction) |
29.7% |
| Tertiary Industry (Service) |
47.7% |
| GDP Per Capita (RMB) |
5,319 |
| Unemployment Rate |
3.93% |
| Fixed Asset Investment (RMB billion) |
10.09 |
| Utilized FDI (USD million) |
N.A. |
| Total Import & Export (USD million) |
15.74 |
| Export (USD million) |
N.A. |
| Import (USD million) |
N.A. |
| Sales of Consumer Goods (RMB billion) |
3.36 |
| Source |
Source: Linxia Economic and Social Development Report 2010 |
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| Introduction |
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Linxia is located in the middle-southwestern part of Gansu province, at the upper reach of the Yellow River. It covers an area of 8,169 sq km. Population of the city amounted to 2.0 million by the end of 2009. Population of minority ethnic groups such as the Hui, the Dongxiang, the Bao'an, and the Sala contribute approximately 56.4% to Linxia’s total.
Most part of Linxia has temperate continental climate with distinct four seasons. There is no bitterly cold winter or extremely hot summer. Average temperature of the city is 6.3° C, while average annual precipitation is 537mm. However, average annual evaporation of Linxia is more than the average annual precipitation and amounts to 1,198-1,745 mm.
Linxia is rich in natural resources. Mineral resources such as iron, manganese, chromium, lead, zinc and gold are abundant. There are 30 rivers and streams running through the city with average runoff of 33.3 billion cubic meters. Theory reserves of hydro-energy amount to 382,100 kw.
Transportation in Linxia mainly relies on highways. There are Lanzhou-Langmusi Highway and Linyao-Xunhua Highway run through the city.
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| Economic Features |
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Linxia realized GDP of RMB 10.64 billion in 2010, representing a rise of 11% year on year. The city's GDP accounted for approximately 3.1% of Gansu's total and ranked thirteen out of fourteen prefecture-level cities in Gansu province.
The agricultural sector generated value-added output of RMB 2.4billion in 2010, accounting for 22.6% of the city's GDP. Grain output of Linxia totaled 0.62 million tons in 2010, accounting for 6.6% of the province's total.
In 2010, the secondary industry (industry and construction) realized value-added output of RMB 3.16 billion, accounting for 29.7% of the city's total.
During 2010, value-added industrial output of industrial sector amounted to RMB 2.17 billion, while total value-added industrial output of the enterprises above designated size reached RMB 1.52 billion, accounting for approximately 70% of industrial sector's total. Heavy and light industries realized value-added industrial output of RMB 1.29 billion and RMB 0.24 billion, contributing 84.8% and 15.7% respectively to the total generated by enterprises above designated size.
Electricity and chemicals are pillar industries of the city and realized value-added industrial output of RMB 866 million and RMB 159 million respectively. As a whole, their value-added industrial output contributed 47.2% to the industrial sector's total.
Service sector, the largest contributor to Linxia's total, generated value-added output of RMB 5.08 billion, accounting for 47.7% of the city's total GDP in 2010.
Tourism is an important pillar of the service sector. During 2010, 2.50 million tourists visited the city, up 32.4% year on year, while tourism income totaled RMB 880 million, representing a rise of 57.9% compared to the previous year.
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| Cultural Highlights |
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Linxia is famous by the name of Chinese Mecca during the middle of Qing dynasty. Although the region had changed a lot, its culture of Islam remained untouched.
Linxia is an autonomous prefecture for the Muslim Hui people, a large Chinese ethnic group. The region is well known for a certain style of round glasses, which had been worn during the Qing Dynasty. The round glasses are still produced there today.
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| Tourist Attraction |
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Linxia is full of natural and cultural wonders. The Yellow River runs through the north of the prefecture where at Yongjing's Liujiaxia Dam the river forms a big reservoir.
Yongjing is also the starting place to trips to the Bingling Temple's ancient Buddhist cave grottoes. Fossils are plentiful in the dry rugged terrain, which makes Yongjing a possible home to a planned dinosaur themed park.
Linxia has many mosques and temples as well as the beautiful mountain scenery which can be found at Taizi Mountain nature reserve.
The region has special foods such as hand-pulled beef noodles and fermented glutinous rice.
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