关于武汉的英文简介

武汉位于中国中部，是湖北省省会和政治、经济及文化中心。世界第三大河长江及其最大的支流汉水在此相汇，市区由隔江鼎立的武昌、汉口、汉阳三部分组成，通称武汉三镇。唐代大诗人李白的一句“黄鹤楼中吹玉笛，江城五月落梅花”，使这座中国腹地的特大中心城市自古有着“江城”的美誉。全市现辖13 个区、3 个国家级开发区（武汉经济技术开发区、东湖新技术开发区、吴家山台商投资区），总面积8494 平方公里，常住人口858 万人。

武汉的城市文明历史可追溯到3500 年前的盘龙城。这是长江流域发掘出的最古老的城池，被学者认为是长江流域文明和黄河流域文明融合的突破口。3500 年间，因水运发达，物产丰富，这里从来就是兵家必争之地，并由军事中心进而发展为区域性政治商贸中心，武汉也因此拥有融汇多元文化的优势和特质。辛亥革命的首义文化铸就了武汉人敢为天下先的人文精神。

武汉是一座典型的山水园林城市。上百座大小山峦遍布三镇，近两百个湖泊座落其间，水域面积占到全市国土面积的四分之一，居全国大城市之首。其中东湖水域面积33 平方公里，是中国最大的城中湖。

武汉历来被称为＂九省通衢＂之地，是中国内陆最大的水陆空交通枢纽．它距离北京，上海，广州，成都，西安等中国大城市都在１０００公里左右，是中国经济地理的＂心脏＂，具有承东启西、沟通南北、维系四方的作用。巨大的区位交通优势推动了武汉现代物流业的快速发展。以建设国家级物流枢纽城市为目标，合理规划布局以现代物流园区、物流中心、配送中心为节点的现代物流体系，武汉作为联结国内外两个市场和促进中国东、中、西部互动的桥梁纽带功能逐步显现

武汉是中国重要的工业基地。现已形成门类比较齐全、配套能力较强的工业体系。武汉正在大力发展现代制造业，着力推进产业技术升级、集群发展。重点发展钢铁、汽车及机械装备、电子信息、石油化工、环保、烟草及食品、家电、纺织服装、医药、造纸及包装印刷十大主导产业。同时运用产业政策，引导企业向园区集中。重点发展钢铁化工及环保产业聚集区、汽车及机电产业聚集区、光电子及生物医药产业聚集区、食品工业聚集区、都市工业聚集区。一批年销售收入过百亿元的大型企业，以及一批拥有核心技术的“武汉制造”知名品牌正在涌现。

武汉是国家重要的科教基地之一，科教综合实力居全国大城市第三位。拥有包括武汉大学、华中科技大学等52 所普通高校，70 万在校大学生。成人高校在校学生近12 万人。各类科研机构106 所，国家实验室 1 个，国家级重点实验室13 个，在汉中国科学院与工程院院士47 名。智力资源和人力资源十分丰富，“武汉·中国光谷”所在地武汉东湖地区是我国第二大智力密集区，在光通讯、生物工程、激光、微电子技术和新型材料等领域，科技开发实力处于全国领先地位。

Located in central China , Wuhan , the capital of Hubei Province , serves as the political, economic and cultural center of the province. The Yangtze, World's third longest river and its largest tributary Hanshui meet in Wuhan and cut the city into three parts of Hankou, Hanyang and Wuchang, namely, Three towns of Wuhan . As a line by Li Bai, a great poet in Tang Dynasty goes, “In the Yellow Crane Tower the jade flute is being played while in the River City of Wuhan plum blossoms are dropping in May.” This biggest metropolis in hinterland China was hence reputed as a River City . With an area of 8494 k ㎡and a population of 8.58 million, Wuhan administers 13 districts and 3 state – level development zones (Wuhan Economic & Technological Development Zone, East Lake Hi-tech Development Zone and Wujiashan Taiwan-investment Area).

With a history of 3500 years,Wuhan's urban civilization dates back to Panlong Town which is the oldest city ever unearthed in the Yangtze River basin.Scholars deemed it a breakthrough proof of the fusion of Yangtze Civilization and Yellow River Civilization.Over the past 3500 year,thanks

to its well-developed transport network and abundant local products.this area has always been a place contested by all strategists and gradually developed from a military center into a regional mercial and trade center.As a result,Wuhan possessed an advantage and characteristic of diverse cultures.Xinhai(1911)Revolution overthrowing Qing Dynasty originated in Wuhan and endowed the city with a culture of “be the first to rise in revolution”which fostered Wuhan people's humanistic spirit o f”dare to lead the world”.

As a typical garden city featuring mountains and waters, Wuhan is home to hundreds of hills and nearly 200 lakes of various sizes. With a water area making up 25.8% of its entire territory, Wuhan is ranked the first among major Chinese cities in water resources. East Lake, China's biggest downtown lake, covers an area of 33 k ㎡.

As the biggest water ,land and air transportation hub in inland China, Wuhan has long been well known as a “throughfare to nine provinces”. With an equ idistance of 1000 km away from other major Chinese cities including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Xi'an, Wuhan stands out as China's geo-economic “heart” and plays a role of linking east and west, connecting north and south and serving all directions. The great advantages in its geographical location and transportation have brought about the rapid growth of Wuhan's modern logistics. To build Wuhan into a state level logistics hub city, a mdern logistics system in well planned with modern logistics parks, logistics centers and delivery centers as the joints. As a result, Wuhan emerges as bridge connecting domestic and international markets and promoting interaction among China's eastern, central and westtern parts

AS China's key industrial base, Wuhan enjoys an industrial system with comprehensive and complementary categories of sectors. The city is stepping up efforts to develop its modern manufacturing sector, focusing on the technical escalation and industrial conglomeration. Priorities are given to 10 leading sectors of “iron and s teel, automobile, machinery, electronic information, petro-chemical industry, environmental protection, tobacco and food, household electric appliances, textile and garment, pharmaceuticals, paper-making, packaging and printing. Industrial polices are used to encourage businesses to get concentrated in industrial parks. Importance is placed on developing iron and steel, chemicals and environmental protection gathering area, automobile, machinery and electronics gathering area, opto-electronics and biological medicines gathering area, food industrial gathering area and metropolitan industrial gathering area. A number of huge enterprises with sales of over 10 billion RMB yuan and brands with autonomous core technology of “Made in Wuhan” are coming into being.

As one of the country's key scientific and educational bases, Wuhan enjoys the 3 rd biggest scientific and educational capabilities among major Chinese cities. It is home to 52 universities including Wuhan university and Huazhong University of Science and Technology with an enrolment of 700 thousand university students. There are 106 science and research institutes of various kinds, 1 national laboratory, 13 state key laboratories, 47 academicians of Chinese Academy of Science and Chinese Academy of Engineering. Wuhan is abundant in talent and human resources. East Lake area where Wuhan Optics Valley of China is China's second talent-concentrated area. It is the country's leader in R&D capabilities of optical communications, biological engineering, laser, microelectronics and new building materials.