Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region
Zhuang : Gvangjsih Bouxcuengh Swcigih Gvaŋзsiƅ Bouчcueŋƅ Sɯcigiƅ Chinese : 广西壮族自治区 Guǎngxī Zhuàngzú Zìzhìqū
Abbreviations: 桂  (pinyin: Guì)
Origin of name	广 guǎng - region name 西 xī - west "western Guang"
Administration type	Autonomous region
Capital (and largest city)	Nanning
Official languages	Mandarin Zhuang
Designated Minority	Zhuang
CPC Ctte Secretary	Guo Shengkun
Chairman	Ma Biao (马飚)
Area	236,700 km² (91,400 sq mi) (9th)
Population (2004)  - Density	48,890,000 (10th) 207 /km² (540 /sq mi) (20th)
GDP (2006)  - per capita	CNY 480. The Zhuang language ( autonym: Cuengh or Cueŋь) is used by the Zhuang people in the People's Republic of China. Pinyin, more formally Hanyu pinyin, is the most common Standard Mandarin Romanization system in use An autonomous region ( is a first-level administrative subdivision of China. Nanning ( Zhuang: Namzningz, meaning 'South Prosperity' is the capital of Guangxi autonomous region in southern China. Standard Mandarin, also known as Standard Spoken Chinese, is the official modern Chinese spoken language used in mainland China and Taiwan The Zhuang language ( autonym: Cuengh or Cueŋь) is used by the Zhuang people in the People's Republic of China. The Zhuang (in the Zhuang language: Bouчcueŋь/Bouxcuengh) are an Ethnic group of people who mostly live in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in The Communist Party of China ( CPC) ( also known as the Chinese Communist Party ( CCP) is the founding and ruling political party of the A committee (some of which are titled instead as a "Commission" or other terms discussed below in) is a type of small Deliberative assembly that is usually intended Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. This is a list of the first-level administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China (PRC including all provinces autonomous regions special administrative In Biology a population is the collection of inter-breeding organisms of a particular Species; in Sociology "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume This is a list of the first-level administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China (PRC including all provinces autonomous regions municipalities This articles lists of the first-level administrative divisions of People's Republic of China (P Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. 2 billion (16th) CNY 10,240 (27th)
HDI (2005)	0. This is a list of the first-level administrative divisions of Mainland China (including all provinces autonomous regions and municipalities in order of their total Gross This is a list of the first-level administrative divisions of the People's Republic of China (PRC including all provinces autonomous regions and municipalities in order of The Human Development Index ( HDI) is an index combining normalized measures of Life expectancy, Literacy, Educational attainment, and GDP Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 731 (medium) (22nd)
Nationalities percentage	Han - 62% Zhuang - 32% Yao - 3% Miao - 1% Dong - 0. The following is a list of ethnic groups in China where "China" is taken to mean areas controlled by either of the two states using "China" in their formal Han Chinese ( are an Ethnic group native to China and by most modern definitions the largest single Ethnic group in the world. The Zhuang (in the Zhuang language: Bouчcueŋь/Bouxcuengh) are an Ethnic group of people who mostly live in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in The Yao nationality ( Traditional Chinese: 瑤族 Simplified Chinese: 瑶族 Pinyin: Yáo zú; Vietnamese: người Dao The terms Hmong (m̥ɔ̃ŋ and Mong ( both refer to an Asian ethnic group in the mountainous regions of southern China. The Dong ( own name Gaeml, in the kɐm also referred to as Kam) people are an Ethnic group. 7% Gelao - 0. The Gelao people (also spelled Gelo) (own name Klau Chinese 仡佬族 Gēlǎozú are an Ethnic group of China and Vietnam 4%
Prefecture-level	14 divisions
County-level	109 divisions
Township-level†	1396 divisions
ISO 3166-2	CN-45
Official website http://www.gxzf.gov.cn (Simplified Chinese)
Source for population and GDP data: 《中国统计年鉴—2005》 China Statistical Yearbook 2005 ISBN 7503747382 Source for nationalities data: 《2000年人口普查中国民族人口资料》 Tabulation on nationalities of 2000 population census of China ISBN 7105054255 † As at December 31, 2004

Guangxi (full name Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Chinese (traditional: 廣西壯族自治區, is a Zhuang autonomous region of the People's Republic of China. Prefecture, in the context of China, is used to refer to several unrelated political divisions in both ancient and modern China. In the context of Political divisions of China, county is the standard English translation of 县 ( xiàn) Township ( is the basic level of political divisions in China. ISO 3166-2 is the second part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO Events 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gallia. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " The Zhuang (in the Zhuang language: Bouчcueŋь/Bouxcuengh) are an Ethnic group of people who mostly live in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in An autonomous region ( is a first-level administrative subdivision of China. Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES

Its location in southern China, along its border with Vietnam, and mountainous terrain, has made it one of the border frontiers of Chinese civilization. Even into the 20th century it was considered an open, wild territory. The current name "Guang" itself means "expanse", and has been associated with the region since the creation of Guang Prefecture in 226 AD. Events By Place Asia Cao Rui becomes emperor of the Kingdom of Wei of China. It was given provincial level status during the Yuan Dynasty and in 1949 was reformed as one of China's five minority autonomous regions.

The abbreviation of the province is 桂 (Gui), which comes from Guilin, former capital, center of much of Guangxi's culture, politics, and history, and currently a major city in the autonomous region. Guilin ( Pinyin: Guìlín) is a city in China, situated in the northeast of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on the west bank of the

Contents 1 Geography 2 History 3 Administrative divisions 4 Politics 5 Economy 5.1 Investment 5.2 Power 5.3 Beibu Gulf Economic Zone 6 Bauxite reserves 7 Demographics 8 Culture 9 Tourism 10 Education 11 References 12 See also 13 External links

Geography

Located in the southern part of the country, Guangxi is bordered by Yunnan to the west, Guizhou to the north, Hunan to the northeast, and Guangdong to the southeast. ( also spelled Kweichow) is a province of the People's Republic of China located in the southwestern part of the country ( is a province of China, located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and south of Lake Dongting (hence the name Hunan, meaning Guangdong ( EFEO: Kouangtong; Pinyin Guǎngdōng; Postal map spelling: Kwangtung) is a province on the It is also bounded by Vietnam in the southwest and the Gulf of Tonkin in the south. Vietnam (ˌviːɛtˈnɑːm Việt Nam) officially The Gulf of Tonkin, in Vietnamese: Vịnh Bắc Bộ or in Chinese: Beibu Wan is an arm of the South China Sea.

Guangxi is a mountainous region. The Nanling Mountains are found in the northeast border, with the Yuecheng Mountains (越城岭) and Haiyang Mountains (海洋山) being its shorter branching ridges. The Nanling ( Simplified: 南岭 Traditional: 南嶺 Pinyin: Nánlǐng are a group of mountain ranges of southern China running through Guangxi Nearer to the center of the region are the Dayao Mountains (大瑶山) and the Daming Mountains (大明山). To the north there are the Duyao Mountains (都阳山) and the Fenghuang Mountains (凤凰山), while on the southeast border there are the Yunkai Mountains (云开大山). The highest point is Mount Mao'er (猫儿山) located in the Yuecheng Mountains, at 2141 m. The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International

Many rivers cut valleys through the mountains. Most of these rivers form the tributary basin of the West River:

Xijiang River system schematic (italics indicates rivers outside Guangxi)
			贺江 Hejiang River	西江 Xijiang River
		漓江 Lijiang River	桂江 Guijiang River
北盘江 Beipan River	红水河 Hongshui River	黔江 Qianjiang River	浔江 Xunjiang River
南盘江 Nanpan River
融江 Rongjiang River	柳江 Liujiang River
龙江 Longjiang River
右江 Youjiang River	邕江 Yongjiang River	郁江 Yujiang River
左江 Zuojiang River

Guangxi has a short coastline on the Gulf of Tonkin. Xi River ( Chinese 西江 Pinyin: Xī Jiāng, Postal map spelling: Si Kiang, lit A schematic is a diagram that represents the elements of a System using abstract graphic Symbols rather than realistic pictures Xi River ( Chinese 西江 Pinyin: Xī Jiāng, Postal map spelling: Si Kiang, lit For the city in Yunnan Province see Lijiang City. For other uses see Lijiang The Li River or Li Jiang ( Chinese The Hongshui River is a tributary of the Pearl River in Southern China The Gulf of Tonkin, in Vietnamese: Vịnh Bắc Bộ or in Chinese: Beibu Wan is an arm of the South China Sea. Important seaports include Beihai, Qinzhou and Fangchenggang. Beihai is also the ancient Chinese name for Lake Baikal Beihai, in Cantonese called Bakhoi, is a Prefecture-level city Qinzhou ( Simplified Chinese: 钦州 Traditional Chinese: 欽州 Qīnzhōu Wade-Giles: Ch'in-chow older transliteration Yamchow or Yen Fangchenggang ( Simplified Chinese: 防[[wiktionary 城|城]] 港; Pinyin: Fángchénggǎng is a Prefecture-level city in China

Guangxi has a subtropical climate. Summers are generally long and hot. Average annual temperature is 17 to 23°C, while average annual precipitation is 1250 to 1750 mm. The Celsius Temperature scale was previously known as the centigrade scale. The Millimetre ( American spelling: millimeter, symbol mm) is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to

Major cities include: Nanning, Beihai, Guilin, Liuzhou. Nanning ( Zhuang: Namzningz, meaning 'South Prosperity' is the capital of Guangxi autonomous region in southern China. Beihai is also the ancient Chinese name for Lake Baikal Beihai, in Cantonese called Bakhoi, is a Prefecture-level city Guilin ( Pinyin: Guìlín) is a city in China, situated in the northeast of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on the west bank of the Liuzhou ( is a Prefecture-level city in north-central Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in southern China.

Notable towns include: Longmen, Sanjiang, Yangshuo. Yangshuo County ( is a county in Guilin, Guangxi Province, China.

History

Part of the region officially became part of China in 214 BC, when the army of the Qin Dynasty claimed most of southern China. Events By place Carthage Carthage persuades Syracuse to revolt against Rome and ally itself with Carthage instead Not to be confused with the Qing Dynasty, the last dynasty of China The name "Guangxi" can be traced to the Song Dynasty, which administered the area as a circuit called the Guangnanxi Circuit (literally "Guang-South West Circuit"). The Song Dynasty ( Wade-Giles: Sung Ch'ao was a ruling dynasty in China between 960&ndash1279 CE it succeeded the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms In Law, a circuit is an appellate judicial district used in the Court systems of several nations During the late Mongol Yuan Dynasty the name was revived again to name a province in the region, but it was shortened to "Guangxi", or "Guang-West". The Yuan Dynasty ( Pinyin: Yuáncháo Dai Ön Ulus (Дай Юан Улс was a ruling Dynasty founded by the Mongol leader Kublai For the next six centuries, Guangxi was a province of China, until its conversion into an autonomous region by the People's Republic of China because of its large minority population.

During the late Qing Dynasty, Guangxi was the site of the Jintian Uprising (金田起义), which occurred in what is now Guiping county in eastern Guangxi on January 11, 1851. Not to be confused with Qin Dynasty, the first dynasty of Imperial China The Jintian Uprising (金田起義 was formally declared by Hong Xiuquan, leader of the disastrous Taiping Rebellion on January 11, 1851, during A county-level city ( is a county-level administrative division of Mainland China. Events 1055 - Theodora is crowned Empress of the Byzantine Empire. 1851 ( MDCCCLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year On March 23, 1885, Zhennan Pass (now Youyi Pass) on the border with Vietnam was also the site of the Battle of Zhennan Pass (镇南关战役) during the Franco-Chinese War. Events 1174 - Jocelin, Abbot of Melrose, is elected Bishop of Glasgow. Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Sino-French War ( Chinese:, French: Guerre franco-chinoise, Vietnamese: Chiến tranh Pháp-Thanh) was a limited conflict fought During the battle, a French incursion was routed by Chinese forces under Feng Zicai (冯子才), an event that has been exalted by subsequent Chinese nationalism. Feng Zicai ( Traditional Chinese: 馮子才 Simplified Chinese: 冯子才 Pinyin: Féng Zǐcaī Wade-Giles:Feng Tzu-ts'ai (1818-1903 was Chinese nationalism ( sometimes synonymous with Chinese Patriotism ( lit

After the founding of the Republic of China, Guangxi served as the base for one of the most powerful warlord cliques of China: the Old Guangxi Clique. REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES After the founding of the Republic of China, Guangxi served as the base for one of the most powerful warlord cliques of China the Old Guangxi Clique Led by Lu Jung-t'ing (陆荣廷) and others, the clique was able to take control of neighbouring Hunan and Guangdong provinces as well. Lu Rongting (陸榮廷 (1856 - 1927 was born in Wuming, Guangxi province in China ( is a province of China, located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and south of Lake Dongting (hence the name Hunan, meaning Guangdong ( EFEO: Kouangtong; Pinyin Guǎngdōng; Postal map spelling: Kwangtung) is a province on the The Old Guangxi Clique crumbled in the early 1920s, to be replaced by the New Guangxi Clique, led by Li Zongren and Bai Chongxi. The 1920s is sometimes referred to as the " Jazz Age " or the " Roaring Twenties " when speaking about the United States and Canada After the founding of the Republic of China, Guangxi served as the base for one of the most powerful warlord cliques of China the Old Guangxi clique. Li Zongren or Li Tsung-jen ( POJ: Lí Chong-jîn ( 13 August 1890 - 13 January 1969) Courtesy name Delin Bai Chongxi ( ( 18 March 1893 &ndash 1 December 1966) also spelled Pai Chung-hsi, was a Chinese Muslim General Guangxi is also noted for the Baise Uprising (百色起义), a communist uprising led by Deng Xiaoping in 1929. Deng Xiaoping ( 22 August 1904 19 February 1997) was a prominent Chinese Revolutionary, Politician, Pragmatist and Reformer Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Communist bases were set up, but eventually destroyed by Kuomintang forces.

In 1944, near the end of World War II, Japan invaded Guangxi as part of Operation Ichigo (also known as the Henan-Hunan-Guangxi Campaign (豫湘桂战役), in an attempt to seize the Hunan-Guangxi railway line and open a land link to French Indochina. Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Operation Ichi-Go was a campaign of a series of major battles between the Imperial Japanese Army forces and the National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of ( is a province of China, located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and south of Lake Dongting (hence the name Hunan, meaning First French interventions See also France-Vietnam relations France-Vietnam relations started as early as the 17th century with the mission of the Jesuit The operation succeeded and most major cities in Guangxi came under Japanese occupation.

Being in the far south, Guangxi was not taken by communist forces until after the People's Republic was formed; it joined in December 1949, two months after the People's Republic's foundation. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In 1958, Guangxi was converted into an autonomous region for the Zhuang, by recommendation of Premier Zhou Enlai. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Zhuang (in the Zhuang language: Bouчcueŋь/Bouxcuengh) are an Ethnic group of people who mostly live in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in Zhou Enlai ( (5 March 1898 – 8 January 1976 was the first Premier of the People's Republic of China, serving from 1949 until his death in January 1976 This decision was made because the Zhuang were one of the biggest minority groups in China, and were mostly concentrated in Guangxi; however, they form a minority of Guangxi's population.

For most of its history, Guangxi was landlocked. In 1952, a small section of Guangdong's coastline was given to Guangxi, giving it access to the sea. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This was reversed in 1955, then restored in 1965. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar.

While some development of heavy industry occurred in the province in the 1960s and 1970s, it remained largely a tourist destination and home of scenery which brought people from all over the world. Even the economic growth in China in the 1990s seemed to leave Guangxi behind. However in recent years there has been a growing amount of industrialization, and concentration on cash crops. Per capita GDP has begun rising more rapidly, as industries in Guangdong seek a way to locate production to lower wage areas.

Administrative divisions

Main article: List of administrative divisions of Guangxi

Guangxi is divided into fourteen prefecture-level cities, fifty-six counties, thirty-four districts, twelve ethnic autonomous counties and seven county-level cities. Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, an Autonomous region of the People's Republic of China, is made up of the following three levels of administrative A prefecture-level city ( or prefecture-level municipality is an administrative division of the People's Republic of China, ranking below a province and In the context of Political divisions of China, county is the standard English translation of 县 ( xiàn) The term district, in the context of China, is used to refer to several unrelated political divisions in both ancient and modern China. Autonomous counties and autonomous banners are one kind of Autonomous areas of China. A county-level city ( is a county-level administrative division of Mainland China. The fourteen prefecture-level cities are:

• Baise (百色市)
• Beihai (北海市)
• Chongzuo (崇左市)
• Fangchenggang (防城港市)
• Guigang (贵港市)
• Guilin (桂林市)
• Hechi (河池市)
• Hezhou (贺州市)
• Laibin (来宾市)
• Liuzhou (柳州市)
• Nanning (南宁市)
• Qinzhou (钦州市)
• Wuzhou (梧州市)
• Yulin (玉林市)

Politics

Secretaries of the CPC Guangxi Committee:

1. Zhang Yunyi (张云逸): 1949-1953
2. Chen Manyuan (陈漫远): 1953-1957
3. Liu Jianxun (刘建勋): 1957-1961
4. Wei Guoqing (韦国清): 1960-1966
5. Qiao Xiaoguang (乔晓光): 1966-1967
6. Wei Guoqing (韦国清): 1970-1975
7. An Pingsheng (安平生): 1975-1977. Baise ( Simplified Chinese: 百色 Pinyin: Bósè (old BǎiSè (new is a Prefecture-level city in China 's Guangxi Zhuang Beihai is also the ancient Chinese name for Lake Baikal Beihai, in Cantonese called Bakhoi, is a Prefecture-level city Chongzuo ( Simplified Chinese:, Pinyin: Chóngzuǒ Zhuang: Cungzcoj is a Prefecture-level city in China 's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Fangchenggang ( Simplified Chinese: 防[[wiktionary 城|城]] 港; Pinyin: Fángchénggǎng is a Prefecture-level city in China Guigang ( Simplified Chinese: 贵港 Pinyin: Guìgǎng Zhuang: ??? is a Prefecture-level city in China 's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Guilin ( Pinyin: Guìlín) is a city in China, situated in the northeast of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on the west bank of the Hechi ( Simplified Chinese:; Pinyin: Héchí Zhuang: ??? is a Prefecture-level city in China 's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Hezhou ( Simplified Chinese: 贺州 Pinyin: Hézhōu Zhuang: ??? is a Prefecture-level city in China 's Guangxi Zhuang Laibin ( Simplified Chinese: 来宾 Pinyin: Láibīn is a Prefecture-level city in the central part of China 's Guangxi Zhuang Liuzhou ( is a Prefecture-level city in north-central Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in southern China. Nanning ( Zhuang: Namzningz, meaning 'South Prosperity' is the capital of Guangxi autonomous region in southern China. Qinzhou ( Simplified Chinese: 钦州 Traditional Chinese: 欽州 Qīnzhōu Wade-Giles: Ch'in-chow older transliteration Yamchow or Yen Wuzhou ( Simplified Chinese: 梧[[wikt 州|州]] Pinyin; (梧州市 Wúzhōu Shì Yulin ( is one of the fourteen prefecture-level cities of Guangxi autonomous region in China. The Communist Party of China ( CPC) ( also known as the Chinese Communist Party ( CCP) is the founding and ruling political party of the
8. Qiao Xiaoguang (乔晓光): 1977-1985
9. Chen Huiguang (陈辉光): 1985-1990
10. Zhao Fulin (赵富林): 1990-1997
11. Cao Bochun (曹伯纯): 1997-2006
12. Liu Qibao (刘奇葆): 2006-2007
13. Guo Shengkun (郭声琨): 2007-incumbent

Chairmen of Government:

1. Zhang Yunyi (张云逸): 1949-1953
2. Chen Manyuan (陈漫远): 1953. Liu Qibao ( Chinese: 刘奇葆 born 1953 is a Chinese Politician. 08-1955
3. Chen Manyuan (陈漫远): 1955-1958
4. Wei Guoqing (韦国清): 1958-1975
5. An Pingsheng (安平生): 1975-1977
6. Qiao Xiaoguang (乔晓光): 1977-1979
7. Tan Yingji (覃应机): 1979-1983
8. Wei Chunshu (韦纯束): 1983-1990
9. Cheng Kejie (成克杰): 1990-1998
10. Li Zhaozhuo (李兆焯): 1998-2003
11. Lu Bing (陆兵): 2003-December 2007
12. Ma Biao (马飚): December 2007-incumbent

Economy

Important crops in Guangxi include rice, maize, sweet potatoes, and wheat. Rice is a Cereal foodstuff which forms an important part of the diet of many people worldwide and as such it is a staple food for many Maize (ˈmeɪz ( Zea mays L. ssp mays) known as corn in some countries is a cereal grain domesticated in Mesoamerica The sweet potato ( Ipomoea batatas) is a Dicotyledonous plant which belongs to the family Convolvulaceae Wheat ( Triticum spp is a worldwide cultivated grass from the Levant area of the Middle East. Cash crops include sugar cane, peanuts, tobacco, and kenaf. Sugarcane ( Saccharum) is a genus of 6 to 37 species (depending on taxonomic interpretation of tall perennial grasses (family Poaceae tribe Andropogoneae The peanut, or Groundnut ( Arachis hypogaea) is a species in the Legume family Fabaceae native to South America, Mexico Tobacco is an Agricultural product recognized as an addictive drug processed from the fresh Leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. Kenaf Persian Hibiscus cannabinus, is a plant in the Malvaceae family

Guangxi has more tin, manganese, and indium deposits than any other province of China. Tin is a Chemical element with the symbol Sn (stannum and Atomic number 50 Manganese (ˈmæŋgəniːz is a Chemical element, designated by the symbol Mn. Indium (ˈɪndiəm is a Chemical element with chemical symbol In and Atomic number 49

In recent years Guangxi's economy has languished behind that of its wealthy neighbour and twin, the province of Guangdong. Guangdong ( EFEO: Kouangtong; Pinyin Guǎngdōng; Postal map spelling: Kwangtung) is a province on the

Guangxi's 2006 nominal GDP was about 480. 2 billion yuan (US$62. 1 billion) and ranked sixteenth in China. Its per capita GDP was 10,240 yuan (US$1,330).

Investment

Seventy one Taiwanese ventures have started up in Guangxi in 2007, with contracts bringing in up to US$149 million of investment, while gross exports surpassed US$1 billion. There are a total of 1182 Taiwan ventures in Guangxi, and by the end of 2006, they have brought a total of US$4. 27 billion of investment into the province. During the first half of 2007, 43 projects worthy of RMB2. 6 billion (US$342 million) have already been contracted between Guangxi and Taiwan investors. Cooperation between Guangxi and Taiwan companies mainly relates to manufacturing, high-tech electronic industries, agriculture, energy resources, and tourism.

Power

Guangxi Power Grid has invested 180 million yuan in 2007 in projects to bring power to areas that still lacked access to electricity. The areas affected include Nanning, Hechi, Bose and Guigang. Nanning ( Zhuang: Namzningz, meaning 'South Prosperity' is the capital of Guangxi autonomous region in southern China. Hechi ( Simplified Chinese:; Pinyin: Héchí Zhuang: ??? is a Prefecture-level city in China 's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Guigang ( Simplified Chinese: 贵港 Pinyin: Guìgǎng Zhuang: ??? is a Prefecture-level city in China 's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Around 125,000 people have gained access to electricity. The money has been used to build or alter 738 10-kilovolt distribution units with a total length of wire reaching 1,831. 8 kilometers.

Due to lack of investment in construction in the power grid net in rural areas, more than 400 villages in Guangxi Province were not included in the projects. Electric power transmission, a process in the delivery of Electricity to consumers is the bulk transfer of electrical power Around 500,000 cannot participate in the policy known as "The Same Grid, the Same Price. " Guangxi Power Grid will invest 4. 6 billion yuan in improving the power grid during the 11th Five Year Plan.

Guangxi Power Grid has invested 2. 5 billion yuan in building electric power system in the first half of 2007. Of the total investment, 2. 3 billion yuan has been put into the project of the main power grid. So far, four new transformer substations in Guangxi are in various stages of completion. Wenfu substation went into operation in the city of Hechi on January 2007, and since then it has become a major hub of the electrical power system of the surrounding three counties. When Cangwu substation was completed, it doubled the local transformer capacity. In June 2007, the new substation in Chongzuo passed its operation tests. And in the same month, Qiulong commenced production too. This shall support the power supply system of Qiulong City, as well as the northern part of Guangxi province, and facilitate the nationwide project to transmit power from west to east. Jiaolong ( or jiao is an aquatic dragon in Chinese mythology, variously translated as a "hornless dragon" "scaly dragon" "flood

Beibu Gulf Economic Zone

In 2008, the central government has approved China's first international and regional economic cooperation zone in Guangxi in late February. The construction of the Beibu Gulf Economic Zone began in 2006. With the approval, the Beibu Gulf Economic Zone will be formally incorporated into national development strategies.

The Beibu Gulf Economic Zone covers six coastal cities along the Beibu Gulf. It integrates the cities of Nanning, the region's capital, Beihai, Qinzhou, Fangchenggang, Chongzuo and Yulin. Nanning ( Zhuang: Namzningz, meaning 'South Prosperity' is the capital of Guangxi autonomous region in southern China. Beihai is also the ancient Chinese name for Lake Baikal Beihai, in Cantonese called Bakhoi, is a Prefecture-level city Qinzhou ( Simplified Chinese: 钦州 Traditional Chinese: 欽州 Qīnzhōu Wade-Giles: Ch'in-chow older transliteration Yamchow or Yen Fangchenggang ( Simplified Chinese: 防[[wiktionary 城|城]] 港; Pinyin: Fángchénggǎng is a Prefecture-level city in China Chongzuo ( Simplified Chinese:, Pinyin: Chóngzuǒ Zhuang: Cungzcoj is a Prefecture-level city in China 's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous The state will adopt policies and measures to support mechanism innovation, rational industry layout and infrastructure construction in the Beibu Gulf Economic Zone.

Guangxi municipality has pledged a 100 billion yuan (US$ 14 billion) investment over the next five years for building and repairing 2,500 km railways to form a network hub in the area. Beibu Gulf Zone will serve as the logistics base, business base, processing and manufacturing base and information exchange center for China-ASEAN cooperation. Logistics is the management of the flow of Goods, Information and other resources including Energy and people between the point of origin and the point The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, commonly referred to as ASEAN, ˈɑːsiːɑːn AH-see-ahn in English (the Official language Beibu Gulf Zone promises broad prospects for further development and its growth potential is rapidly released. But the shortage of talent and professionals in petrochemicals, iron and steel, electricity, finance, tourism, port planning, logistics and marine industries are bottlenecks. Petrochemicals are chemical products made from raw materials of Petroleum or other Hydrocarbon origin Iron (ˈаɪɚn is a Chemical element with the symbol Fe (ferrum and Atomic number 26 Steel is an Alloy consisting mostly of Iron, with a Carbon content between 0 The field of finance refers to the concepts of Time, Money and Risk and how they are interrelated Tourism is Travel for Recreational or Leisure purposes The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people who "travel

The regional government is also working on speeding up key cooperation projects including transportation, the marine industry, agriculture, forestry, fisheries, energy development, cross-border tourism, and environmental protection. Beibu Gulf has already attracted a number of major projects such as Qinzhou oil refinery projects and Stora Enso, a Fortune 500 forest products company based in Finland. An oil refinery is an industrial Process plant where Crude oil is processed and refined into more useful Petroleum products, such as Gasoline Stora Enso Oyj () is a Finnish &ndash Swedish pulp and paper manufacturer, formed by the merger of Swedish mining and forestry products company In January 2008 trade import and export in the Beibu Gulf zone exceeded US$1. 3 billion, a record high.

Bauxite reserves

In September 2007, China's Ministry of Commerce said that it has found 120 million tons of new bauxite reserves in Guangxi. Bauxite is the most important Aluminium Ore. It consists largely of the minerals Gibbsite Al(OH3 Boehmite γ-AlO(OH and The ministry said that the new reserves, which are located in Chongzhou in the southern region of Youjiang, has a very high-quality of bauxite, a raw material for making aluminum. WikipediaNaming Currently, the proven reserves of bauxite in Guangxi are about 1 billion tons, making the province one of the country's biggest bauxite sources.

Demographics

Guangxi
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese:	廣西
Simplified Chinese:	广西
Full Chinese name
Traditional Chinese:	廣西壯族自治區
Simplified Chinese:	广西壮族自治区
Zhuang name
Zhuang:	Gvangjsih (old orthography: Gvaŋзsiƅ)
Zhuang name
Zhuang:	Gvangjsih Bouxcuengh Swcigih (old orthography: Gvaŋзsiƅ Bouчcueŋƅ Sɯcigiƅ)

The region has a high concentration of Zhuang, over 14 million, one of the major minority ethnicities of China. The Zhuang language ( autonym: Cuengh or Cueŋь) is used by the Zhuang people in the People's Republic of China. The Zhuang language ( autonym: Cuengh or Cueŋь) is used by the Zhuang people in the People's Republic of China. The Zhuang (in the Zhuang language: Bouчcueŋь/Bouxcuengh) are an Ethnic group of people who mostly live in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in Over 90% of Zhuang in China live in Guangxi, especially in the central and western regions. There is also a significant number of both Dong and Miao minority peoples. The Dong ( own name Gaeml, in the kɐm also referred to as Kam) people are an Ethnic group. The Miao ( Vietnamese: Mèo or H'Mông Thai: แม้ว (Maew or ม้ง (Mong Burmese: mun lu-myo) are a linguistically and culturally Other ethnic groups include: Yao, Hui, Yi (Lolo), Shui, and Gin (Vietnamese). The Yao nationality ( Traditional Chinese: 瑤族 Simplified Chinese: 瑶族 Pinyin: Yáo zú; Vietnamese: người Dao The Hui people ( Xiao'erjing: حُوِ ذَو) are a Chinese ethnic group, typically distinguished by their practice of Islam. The Yi people (own name in the Liangshan dialect ꆈꌠ official transcription Nuosu, nɔ̄sū; the older name " Lolo " or " Luoluo " The Shui people ( are an Ethnic group living in the Guangxi, Guizhou, and Yunnan areas of southwestern China. Some areas of the southwestern People's Republic of China are inhabited by an indigenous population of ethnic Vietnamese people (or Kinh)

Culture

"Guangxi" and neighbouring Guangdong literally mean "Guang West" and "Guang East". Guangdong ( EFEO: Kouangtong; Pinyin Guǎngdōng; Postal map spelling: Kwangtung) is a province on the Together, Guangdong and Guangxi are called the "Two Guangs" (两广, Liǎng Guǎng). Liangguang ( also spelled Liang-guang) is a term referring to the province of Guangdong and autonomous region (formerly province of Guangxi on the southern Its culture and language are reflected in this. Though now associated with the Zhuang ethnic minority, Guangxi's culture traditionally has had a close connection with the Cantonese. Cantonese culture and language followed the Xi River valley from Guangdong and is still predominate in the eastern half of Guangxi today. Outside of this area there is a huge variety of ethnicities and language groups represented.

Guangxi is known for its ethno-linguistic diversity. In the capital of Nanning, for example, four dialect-languages are spoken locally: Southwestern Mandarin, Cantonese, Pinghua, and Zhuang. Nanning ( Zhuang: Namzningz, meaning 'South Prosperity' is the capital of Guangxi autonomous region in southern China. China's many different ethnic groups speak many different Languages collectively called Zhōngguó Yǔwén (中国语文 literally " speech and writing Southwestern Mandarin ( also known as Huguang (湖广 is a Dialect of Mandarin Chinese widely spoken south of the Yangtze River, and The Zhuang language ( autonym: Cuengh or Cueŋь) is used by the Zhuang people in the People's Republic of China.

Tourism

The major tourist attraction of Guangxi is Guilin, a town famed across China and the world for its spectacular setting by the Lijiang River (Li River) amongst severe karst peaks. Guilin ( Pinyin: Guìlín) is a city in China, situated in the northeast of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region on the west bank of the For the city in Yunnan Province see Lijiang City. For other uses see Lijiang The Li River or Li Jiang ( Chinese Karst topography is a landscape shaped by the dissolution of a layer or layers of soluble Bedrock, usually Carbonate rock such as Limestone It also used to be the capital of Guangxi, and Jingjiang Princes City, the old princes residence, is open to the public. Jingjiang Princes City ( Chinese: 靖江王城 Pinyin: jing jiang wang cheng) is a famous historical site in Guilin, Guangxi South of Guilin down the river is the town of Yangshuo, which has become a favourite destination for foreign tourists, particularly backpackers. Yangshuo County ( is a county in Guilin, Guangxi Province, China. Backpacking (in US tramping, trekking, or bushwalking in other countries combines Hiking and camping in a single

Ethnic minorities native to Guangxi, such as the Zhuang and Dong, are also interesting for tourists. The following is a list of ethnic groups in China where "China" is taken to mean areas controlled by either of the two states using "China" in their formal The Zhuang (in the Zhuang language: Bouчcueŋь/Bouxcuengh) are an Ethnic group of people who mostly live in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in The Dong ( own name Gaeml, in the kɐm also referred to as Kam) people are an Ethnic group. The northern part of the province, bordering with Guizhou, is home to the Longsheng rice terraces, said to be some of the steepest in the world. ( also spelled Kweichow) is a province of the People's Republic of China located in the southwestern part of the country Nearby Sanjiang Dong Autonomous County.

Education

Institutions of higher learning

• Guangxi University
• Guangxi Medical University
• Guangxi Normal University
• Guilin University of Electronic Technology

References

See also

List of laojiaos in Guangxi

External links

• Guangxi Government website
• Guangxi travel guide from Wikitravel

Guangxi University (abbreviation Xi Da (西大）; Chinese: 广西大学 Pinyin: Guangxi Daxue is a state University, located in Nanning Guangxi Medical University ( Chinese: 广西医科大学 Pinyin: Guǎngxī Yīkē Dàxué is located in Nanning, China. Guangxi Normal University (广西师范大学 is a university located in Guilin, Guangxi, China. The Guilin University of Electronic Technology (abbreviation GUET; Chinese: 桂林电子科技大学 Pinyin: Guilin Dianzi Keji Daxue is a state This is a list of Laojiaos within Guangxi region of the People's Republic of China. Wikitravel is a Web -based project "to create a free, complete up-to-date and reliable worldwide travel guide.

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