Pingliang has a long history, rich cultural heritage and profound tourism culture. It is an important town at the eastern end of the northern line of the ancient Silk Road. There are 465 ancient cultural sites in Qijia and Yangshao periods, 64 key cultural relics protection units at or above the provincial level, and more than 30,000 cultural relics in the collection. The Buddhist cultural relics unearthed in Jingchuan County, the bronze wares of the Western Zhou Dynasty in Lingtai County, and the silver zygote of the currency of the Southern Song Dynasty are known as "the most cultural relics in China". There are more than 100 tourist attractions in the city, and there are 2 national scenic spots 12. Kongtong Mountain, the most famous Taoist mountain in the world, is the first batch of 5A-level tourist attractions, national key scenic spots and national geological parks in China. It has been rated as "Top Ten Scenic Spots Most Satisfied by Customers in China", "50 Most Worthy Places for Foreigners to Visit in China" and one of the first batch of 30 "China Tourism Culture Demonstration Bases" in China. Wang Mu Palace is the first queen mother's palace in the world, the birthplace of the western queen mother culture and a national key folk cultural scenic spot. Ji Cheng Cultural City, Jingning, the first human city in Kaiyuan, is magnificent, simple and elegant; Jieshipu Red Army Long March Memorial Hall is listed as an important attraction of the national "Red Tourism" boutique route. Gulingtai is the first platform for offering sacrifices to gods in China, which contains the mysterious charm of Western Zhou culture. Huating Lotus Terrace is the first altar dedicated to heaven by Qin Shihuang, and it is known as "the artificially built Longmen Grottoes are natural lotus terraces". Zhuanglang County, the first national terrace demonstration county, has become a unique ecological landscape on the Loess Plateau.
The 4A-level scenic spots in Chongxin County, such as Longquan Temple, Millennium Bodhi Tree and "Ancient Huaiwang", have their own unique scenery and are fascinating. The forest canyons such as Kongtong 100,000 Gully and Jingning Ren Xian Gorge are steep and deep, and beautiful. Jingchuan Hot Spring, Zhuanglang Tianchi Chaonaqiu, Longshang Quanming Guanzhu Spring and other water landscapes are unique.
After more than 20 years of continuous development, a national garden city, a sanitary city, a famous cultural city, a national ecological demonstration zone and a scenic spot have been established successively, and the basic conditions for tourism have been greatly improved. There are 0/8 star-rated hotels and 0/5 travel agencies in the city. It has established a regional alliance of tourism economy with the surrounding cities of 14, and * * * has built five boutique routes: Silk Road Heritage Tour, Root-seeking Hajj Tour, Red Education Tour, Leisure Holiday Tour and Northwest Customs Tour, which has become a key tourism area in Gansu and an important node for the coordinated development of tourism in three provinces (regions) of Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia. Hundreds of tourist commodities in five categories have been developed, and the restored "China Paper-woven Painting" has been loved by tourists at home and abroad.
Pingliang is a rich and beautiful place with preferential tourism development policies, which is a hot spot for your investment and entrepreneurship. In the development of tourism, all tourist attractions in the city are given preferential treatment all the year round, foreign travel agencies are given incentives to travel to Pingping, and tourism investment projects are given comprehensive preferential treatment in land development and tax collection. Warmly welcome domestic and foreign merchants and all walks of life to come for sightseeing, development and construction, and create a better future!
Coal Power Industry —— Building the largest energy and coal chemical base in Gansu Province
Pingliang belongs to the thickest coal seam in Ordos coal-accumulating basin and is a key city for comprehensive energy utilization in Ordos basin. Huating Coalfield in this city is the largest coalfield in Gansu, and it is also one of the national 13 large coal bases, with proven reserves of 3.575 billion tons, accounting for 54% of the province's proven reserves. It is not only high-quality thermal coal, but also the best gasified coal in China at present. There are 8 coal production enterprises above designated size1pair and 3 mines1pair in the city, with an annual designed production capacity of more than 22 million tons; There are 3 power generation companies with a total installed capacity of 6.5438+0.54 million kilowatts. In 2008, the city's raw coal output was 2010.4 million tons, and the power generation was 9.3 billion kwh, accounting for more than half and nearly one-sixth of the province respectively. An industrial-oriented economic structure supported by coal-fired power industry has taken shape.
Fruit and vegetable industry-building a high-quality fruit base in China
Pingliang is the dominant producing area and the best suitable growing area of apples in China. There are 6,543.8+0.58 million mu of economic forest for fruit trees, and 852,700 mu of high-quality fruits, mainly red Fuji, with an annual output of 650,000 tons, forming three fruit industry concentration areas and 654.38+02 dominant fruit industry belts. Five counties (districts) were listed as "famous and special economic forest demonstration counties" by the state, and two counties were awarded "China Apple Town". Obtained the certification of China's first Apple certified trademark and geographical indication product protection, green food, standardized production base of green food raw materials, and China GAP demonstration base, specially for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Vegetable planting area is 629,000 mu. There are more than 20 large-scale fruit processing enterprises with a processing capacity of 350,000 tons. "Pingliang Golden Fruit" is exported to more than 20 large and medium-sized cities in China and Southeast Asia, Russia, Hong Kong and Macao.
Grass and Livestock Industry-Building a Green Animal Husbandry Base in Gansu Province
Pingliang is an important animal husbandry base and fur distribution center in northwest China, with 974,000 beef cattle raised and 335,000 slaughtered annually, ranking first in Gansu agricultural area. There are a number of leading processing enterprises, such as Jingxing 654.38+ 10,000 beef cattle finishing plant, Kathy animal husbandry 50,000 slaughter line, People Group Welfare Tannery, Kaifeng canned beef processing plant and Xu Kang beef food production plant, with an annual processing capacity of 6,543.8+100,000 pieces of cowhide and 6,543.8+100,000 tons of grass products. Successfully registered the first certification trademark of live cattle in China-"Pingliang Red Bull". Beef, leather, cooked meat products and bone products are sold in the domestic market, and live cattle and beef are exported to foreign regions.