Major Economic Indicators (2010)
Baoji is located in the south-west of the Shaanxi province, with a land area of 18,175 sq km and population of 3.7 million. It has complex geographic features with mountains in the south, west and north, while the Wei River is located in the middle. Mountains and hills occupy approximately 83% of the whole area; the remaining area is occupied by plains.
Baoji is in the warm and sub-humid climate zone, with a dry and cold winter contrasting with a hot and rainy summer. In the autumn season, rain can last for days. The city has the highest recorded levels of rainfall among all the cities in middle Shaanxi.
Baoji owns abundant mineral resources such as gold, copper, zinc and lead, et cetera. Among them, the potential value of the gold mine amounts to RMB 3.7 billion.
Baoji is an important transportation hub, linking Xi'an, Lanzhou, Chengdu, Yinchuan, which are the capital cities of Shaanxi, Gansu, Sichuan provinces and the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region respectively, in its east, west, south and north.
Baoji is the birth-place of the Chinese ancestor, Yandi, and the cradle of Zhou (1046-221 B.C) and Qin (221-206 B.C) dynasties. As one of the cradles of the Chinese civilization, Baoji is called the "Town of Bronze Wares" and the "Town of Folk Handicrafts".
There are many tourist attractions in Baoji, including such scenic spots as the Taibai Mountain National Forest Park, Tiantai Mountain, Honghe Valley, Fengxiang East Lake, Jialing River Headwaters and Guanshan Grassland, et cetera, as well as historical and cultural sites such as the Yandi Temple, Yongcheng (Capital of the Qin State) Site, Zhougong Temple, Famen Temple, the Fishing Platform, et cetera.
By the end of 2010, Baoji had one state-level development zone.
Machinery manufacturing, information technology, food processing, nonferrous metals processing
National Garden City (2008)- Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Ddevelopment of China
National Clean City (2007)- Office of the National Patriotic Health Campaign Committee
