Baoji has a complex topography with handsome mountain plains and many river roads. There are mainly Wei River, Jialing River, Qianhe River and Stone River in the territory. The Wei River, the first major tributary of the Yellow River, runs through the center of Baoji.
Baoji is rich in tourism resources. Due to the geographic environment, Baoji's natural scenery is remarkable, with the lush green Taibai Mountain National Forest Park, the Guanshan Ranch where the flying horses chase deer, the royal Tangyu Hot Springs, the breathtaking Red River Valley Scenic Area and so on constituting the majestic and magnificent mountains and rivers, and revealing the splendid and colorful nature.
In addition, Baoji has a long history and many places of interest. Baoji is the birthplace of the Zhou and Qin dynasties, and a large number of Western Zhou bronzes have been unearthed, so it is known as the "town of bronzes". Famous monuments also include the Famen Temple, the sacred place of Buddha's bones, the Diaoyutai where Jiang Ziya fished with a straight hook, the Wuzhangyuan where Zhuge Liang, the military genius of his generation, died, and the Jintai Guan, which was built by Zhang Sanfeng, the famous master of Taoism, and so on. These humanities monuments survived to the present day, still seems to whisper the glorious history of Baoji, "openly repairing the inn road, secretly crossing the Chencang" and "before the division is first dead, often make the heroes tears full of lapels" a heroic picture.
"King Wen Mu, King Wu Zhao, the upper inherited Yao Shun Yu Tang, cast a thousand years of Chinese Taoism; Zhou Gong Xian, Zhaogong Hui, the lower start of Confucius, Mencius and Cheng Zhu, melting ten thousand generations of the world's civilization," is precisely the Baoji as well as the history of Baoji, a kind of call.
Baoji is located in the west of Guanzhong Plain, with nine counties and three districts under its jurisdiction, covering a total area of 18,200 square kilometers, with a total population of 3,720,000, of which 1,380,000 are in urban areas, making Baoji the second largest city in Shaanxi Province. Since the reform and opening up, Baoji has been recognized by the state as the "comprehensive economic system reform". Since the reform and opening up, Baoji has been identified as the pilot city of "comprehensive economic system reform", "financial reform" and "optimization of capital structure", and has been awarded the titles of "National Sanitary City", "National Model City of Double Embrace" and "National Excellent Tourist City", etc. In 2000, the city's GDP amounted to 20.31 billion yuan, the local financial revenue amounted to 2.4 billion yuan, the disposable income of the urban residents amounted to 4,754 yuan, and the net income per capita of the peasants amounted to 1,543 yuan, which makes its comprehensive economic strength ranked the fourth place among the five northwestern provinces. Fourth place.
Long history and culture
Baoji, anciently known as Chencang, is the birthplace of Yandi, the first sister of China, and the birthplace of the Zhou and Qin dynasties. Tang Zhide two years (A.D. 757), due to the city's southeast of Jifeng Mountain, "stone chicken crowing" of the auspicious signs and renamed Baoji. Baoji is rich in cultural relics, of which bronze is the most abundant, and more than 50,000 pieces of bronzes have been unearthed, such as the Mao Gong Ding and the Dabu Ding, which are known as "the hometown of bronzes". Famous cultural relics and monuments include: Tiantai Mountain, where Emperor Yan Di was active; Famen Temple, a holy place of Buddhism; Jintai Guan, where the famous Taoist Zhang Sanfeng presided over the cultivation; Zhuge Liang Temple in Wuzhang Loess Plateau, an elegant and beautiful place; Diaoyutai, where Jiang Ziya lived in seclusion and fished; the majestic Zhou Gong Temple; Tangyu Hot Spring, the royal hot spring of Sui and Tang Dynasties; and Fenghuang East Lake, which was constructed by the celebrity Su Dongpo. The natural landscape of the territory is even more unique. There is a unique landscape of Taibai Mountain National Forest Park. The source of the Jialing River and the Guanshan Grassland with European style. Baoji's folk art is more colorful, unique, shadow play, puppets, paper-cutting, embroidery, fireworks, face painting, clay sculpture, grass weaving, etc. are always emanating from the Zhouqin culture of the legacy of the ancient charm, flashing with the Chinese primitive civilization of the strange light and color.
Developed land transportation
Baoji is located in the geometric center of China's map, connecting Xi'an in the east, Chengdu in the south, Lanzhou in the west and Yinchuan in the north. Longhai, Baocheng, Baozhong Railway in this intersection, the north and south of the depth and the major railroad network, is the Asia-Europe Continental Bridge - Longhai line on the third big "cross"; 310 National Highway, Sichuan-Shaanxi Road, Baoping Road, West Bao Expressway, as well as 110 branch highway network, crisscrossed in all directions, the resources are very convenient to deploy. Special location advantages and convenient transportation conditions, promote the rapid development of the local economy and regional economic and technical cooperation in a wide range, making it an important trade center in western Shaanxi
Rich natural resources
Baoji climate is mild, four seasons, the average annual temperature of 7-13 degrees Celsius, precipitation in the 600-700 millimeters, the average frost-free period of 214 days. The average frost-free period is 214 days. The favorable climate creates good conditions for the growth of plants and animals, and it is an important production base of grain, oil and food in Shaanxi, with a rich variety of forest and local specialties, such as apples, chili peppers, walnuts, peppercorns and lacquer. Taibai Mountain Nature Reserve is an amazing treasure house of flora and fauna, with more than 2,000 kinds of plants, 500 kinds of medicinal herbs and 560 kinds of wild animals, among which kiwifruit, schizandra, chestnuts, sea buckthorn berries, asparagus, astragalus, ginseng, and chai hu are famous all over the country, and the golden monkeys, pandas, Qinling tigers, and giant salamanders (baby fish) are rare treasures. The Qinling Mountains within its territory is an important timber production area in Shaanxi. Mineral resources are very rich, more than 30 kinds of lead, zinc, copper, aluminum, gold, silver, coal, etc. have been proved, of which the lead and zinc ores are of high grade, with a reserve of 5 million tons. Taibai County, Feng County is also a gold-rich area, with an annual output of 30,000 taels of Taibai Gold Mine, one of the largest gold producers in the northwest.
Strong industrial base
"First Five-Year Plan" and "Third Line" construction period, the state in Baoji laid a number of technologically advanced equipment, large and medium-sized national defense enterprises, laid a strong foundation for Baoji's industrial economy, after many years of development, now has a certain scale and level. The city has formed the four major industries of machinery, electronics, food, non-ferrous metal processing and 68 large and medium-sized state-owned enterprises as the backbone of the industrial system with a complete range of categories. Titanium production ranks first in the country, steel bridges and railroad turnouts rank second in the country, and light bulbs rank third in the country; communication and navigation equipment, precision machine tools also occupy an important position in the country. Most of Shaanxi's many national famous brands are in Baoji, such as Xifeng wine, Monkey King cigarettes, Baoji beer and Changling refrigerators. The value-added of industry ranks third among large and medium-sized cities in the five northwestern provinces and regions, after Xi'an and Lanzhou.
Superior investment environment
Baoji Municipal Government Hall, for investors outside the region to provide "one hall" office services. There are national high-tech industrial development zones with perfect infrastructure and sound service organizations. The city's urban infrastructure is perfect, social security is good, and the construction of spiritual civilization is remarkable. The municipal government has formulated a series of preferential policies to encourage investment, and has provided very liberal and favorable policies in terms of enterprise tax, land use, investment mode and investment direction. Japan Sumitomo Group Corporation, France Vivendi Water and other world top 500 enterprises have invested in the development of Baoji. We will seize the opportunity to strengthen the opening up and cooperation with the developed regions in the east, with resources, market, policy advantages, to attract the flow of production factors at home and abroad and in the east to our city, mutual benefit, complement each other's strengths, *** with the development. Western development of the tide has been surging, progressive Baoji is taking off, three hundred and seventy thousand hard-working and simple Baoji people, warmly welcome friends at home and abroad to Baoji sightseeing tours, investigation and cooperation, * * * with the development.