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Economy
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Official Contact Information
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| Area : 485,000 km2
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Agriculture : apples, barley, citrus,
litchi, maize, millet, pears, rapeseed, rice, sorghum, soybeans, sweet
potatoes, wheat
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Provincial government office address :
30 Duyuan Street, Chengdu
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| Capital and Largest City : Chengdu
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Animal products : honey, leather,
pork, silk cocoons
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Telephone : (86)(28)8666-3798,
8660-4410
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| English meaning of name : Four Rivers
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Foreign direct investment (2003) :
not available
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Website (Chinese) :
www.sc.gov.cn/index.asp
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| Major Nationalities (2000) : Han 95%,
Yi 2.6%, Tibetan 1.5%, Qiang 0.4%
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GDP (2002) : 487.5 billion yuan
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Website (English) : not available
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| Organization : 21 prefectures; 181
counties; 1544 townships
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GDP per capita : 5621 yuan
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Transportation
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| Population (2002) : 86,730,000
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Industry : iron and copper smelting,
machinery, energy, coal mining, petroleum refining, chemicals, textiles, food
processing, textiles, copper and silver smithing
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Airports : Chengdu Shuangliu
International Airport (CTU), Yibin Airport (YBP), Nanchong Airport (NAO),
Xichang Airport (XIC)
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| Population density : 179/km2
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List of desired foreign investment projects
: not available
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Highways/railroads : 92,000 km of
highways, the most of any Western Chinese province, including 1700 km of
expressways; Chengdu is a major rail hub with two new arterial lines scheduled
for completion by 2005
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| Weather : hot, wet summers; cool,
misty winters
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Mineral resources : coal, copper,
iron
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Major seaports : none (Sichuan is
landlocked)
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