Situated in the river valley along the lower part of Xiangjiang River, Changsha is the capital city of Hunan Province. The recorded history of Changsha can be traced back 3000 years. Tomb relics from the primitive periods witnessing the earliest human of activities have been discovered in this region.
As a result of more than 20 years' reform and open, tremendous changes have taken place in Changsha . Rapid and powerful strides have been made especially in the last few years, under the influence of the slogan “one change in a year, big changes in three years”.
Changsha itself has seen great development in the last year. During the 2005-2006 period, the city’s economy has grown at an annual rate of 14 percent. The city is continuing to implement the Changsha's government's development plan of "building Changsha as a city that is flourishing, creative, modern and harmonious." Other notable developments include:
·Xia-ning New Port (phase 2) was completed in September 2006 with a 2000-ton berth
·In 2006, Changsha attracted a record amount of inbound investment, roughly USD 1.2 billion. This includes new investors such as Henderson Land, Nokia and ConAgra, and existing investors such as HEG, Hutchison Whampoa, Bosch, Carrefour and Wal-mart, who expanded their investment in Changsha
·Changsha was named “National Forest City” by the China Forestry Bureau in 2006
In order to combine the ancient culture and the modern civilization and integrate human creativity with natural landscape, the developments of building a business district in the downtown area on the east bank of Xiangjiang River and a culture area of Yuelu Mountain on the west bank have been stepped up, together with the national grade Changsha Economic & Technical Development Zone and High & New Technique Industry Development Zone in Xingsha and Wangchengbo.Three great projects, “The Project of Green Mountains, Blue Water and Pure Sky," “Round-the-City Forestry Ecosphere Project" and "Green Passage Project", have also been completely started, on the foundation of setting up"a landscape belt along Xiangjiang River "and "a landscape belt along Liuyanghe River", which has taken on a completely new look full of vigour and vitality everywhere in Changsha. Changsha has already become more and more beautiful.
Area: 11,825 square kilometers
Population: 6,470,000
Dialing Code: 0731
Postal Code: 410000
Government Location: Yuelu Dadao, Yuelu District
Administrative Area: 5 districts-Yuelu District, Furong District, Tianxin District, Kaifu District, Yuhua District, Liuyang Municipal and Changsha County, Wangcheng County and Ningxiang County
