Henan province is briefly named Yu, with Zhengzhou as its provincial seat. Henan’s economy has witnessed rapid development in recently years, with its industrial restructuring showing progress. The Henan’s industry has advantages in both resources and processing, with machinery, electronics, chemical industry, foodstuff, light industry and textile, building material etc. as its pillar industries and many countrywide well-known enterprises within its portfolio. Henan is the major agricultural region of China, with the output of wheat and sesame ranking the first in the country and rice, maize and tobacco as the main crops.

In 2010, Henan’s GDP is expected to surpass 2.2 trillion yuan.

河南省，簡稱豫，省會城市鄭州。經濟近年獲得迅速發展，產業結構調整取得進步。工業具有資源和加工雙重優勢，機械、電子、化工、食品、輕紡、建材等是主要支柱產業，擁有眾多全國知名企業。河南省是中國主要農業區，小麥、芝麻產量居全國首位，水稻、玉米、煙草等是主要作物。

2010年河南生產總值預計超2.2萬億元。

Known as “in the center under heaven” since antiquity, Henan is situated in a region bordering on the Yangtze River Delta, Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei area, Pear River Delta and the Chengdu-Chongqing Strip, acting as the gateway to 6 provinces in the northwest. The unique geographic position has enabled Henan to be a hub of railway, highway, aviation, communication and energy with enormous importance. Henan is rich in mineral resources, with the reserves of 48 types of minerals ranking above 10th in the country, the reserves of natural alkali, blue asbestos and perlite ranking the first and the reserves of bauxite and limestone ranking the second in the country.

自古就被認為“居天下之中”的河南，位于長三角、京津冀、珠三角和成渝城市帶之間，且是進出西北六省的門戶。獨特的地理位置，使河南成為全國舉足輕重的鐵路、公路、航空、通訊和能源樞紐。河南省礦產資源豐富，有48種礦產儲量名列全國前10名，天然堿、籃石棉、珍珠巖等礦產儲量居全國第1位，鋁土礦、水泥石灰巖的儲量居全國第2位。