Hubei Province, the Strategic Supporting Point for the Rise of Central China

In the year of 2009, the State Council of China approved The Plan for Facilitating the Rise of Central China and it has officially become a national strategy to build Hubei to be an important strategic supporting point for the rise of central China.

Transportation Hub

Hubei is the largest comprehensive transportation hub in central China, which bridges the east and west, the north and south. The railways of Beijing-Kowloon, Beijing-Guangzhou, Jiaozuo-Zhicheng and Zhicheng-Liuzhou cross Hubei from north to south, and the railways of Wuhan-Danjiangkou and Xiangyang-Chongqing go through Hubei from east to west. The expressways of Beijing-Zhuhai, Shanghai-Chengdu, Yichang-Huangshi, Huangshi-Huangmei and Wuhan-Shiyan form a net in Hubei. The in-progress high speed railways connecting Beijing and Guangzhou, Shanghai and Chengdu join in Hubei. The largest river-port and airport of central China lie in Hubei.

Wuhan Railway Station: The Central Hub of Chinese High Speed Railway

To be the first into the era of high speed railway，Hubei has the total railway mileage of 3,300km. Wuhan-Guangzhou high speed railway is runing at the highest speed in the world.

Wuhan Tianhe Airport: The Largest Airport in Central China

After the completion of the third terminal of Wuhan Tianhe Airport in the year of 2014, the annual passenger capacity of the airport will reach 38 million.

Wuhan New Port: The Largest River Port in the Hinterland of China

By the year of 2010, Wuhan New Port has become the first river port with the cargo volume reaching 100 million tons in the middle and lower reaches of Yangtze River. It is estimated that the annual cargo capacity of the port could exceed 430 million tons by the year of 2030 and Wuhan will become the shipping center in the middle reaches of Yangtze River.

Solid Foundation of Industry

Hubei is one of the important industrial production bases in China since the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949.

The Pillar Industries of Hubei

Hubei plays an important role in the national economic development with a relatively comprehensive industrial system and sound economic foundation. With the industrial restructuring and optimization in the past 20 years, Hubei has built its pillar industries: automobile, iron and steel, petroleum chemistry, food processing, equipment manufacturing, electronic information and textiles.

Automobile

Iron and Steel

Petroleum Chemistry

Food Processing

Equipment Manufacturing

Electronic Information

Textiles

National Key Laboratories

Hubei has more than 10 National Key Laboratories and more than 1,200 scientific research and development institutions. In 2010, they have achieved outstanding academic accomplishments with 750 provincial and ministerial level scientific and technological achievements and 28 national high-tech industrial development projects with total investment of 3.0 billion RMB Yuan.

The developing opto-electronic industry of Wuhan Optic Valley

Wuhan Academy of Posts and Telecommunication

World Hydropower Base

Hubei is the hydropower base of China. The Three Gorges Hydropower Plant in Yichang city of Hubei is the largest hydropower plant in the world currently with the total installed capacity of 22,500 MW and annual power generation of around 100 TWH. It plays an important role in flood control, electricity generation, shipping and tourism. A number of large hydropower plants are also located in Hubei, namely Gezhouba, Geheyan and Danjiangkou.