Greater Changsha Hunan was named as one of the 13 emerging mega-cities in China in 2012 by the Economist Intelligence Unit.
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37 Facts About Changsha Hunan
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Changsha Hunan is one of the core cities in the Yangtze River Economic Belt and the Belt and Road Initiative, a Beta- city by the GaWC, a new Chinese first-tier city and a pioneering area for China-Africa economic and trade cooperation.
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Since the 1990s, Changsha Hunan has begun to accelerate economic development, and then achieved the highest growth rate among China's major cities during the 2000s.
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Changsha Hunan is the birthplace of super hybrid rice, the Tianhe-1 supercomputer, China's first laser 3D printer, and China's first domestic medium-low speed maglev line.
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Changsha Hunan has been named the first "UNESCO City of Media Arts" in China.
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Changsha is home to Hunan Broadcasting System, the most influential provincial TV station in China.
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Changsha Hunan is the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of the Chinese name or, meaning "long sandy place".
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Development started around when Changsha Hunan developed with the proliferation of Longshan culture, although there is no firm evidence of such a link.
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Under the Tang, Changsha Hunan prospered as a center of trade between central China and Southeast Asia but suffered during the Anshi Rebellion, when it fell to the rebels.
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Under the Qing, Changsha was the capital of Hunan and prospered as one of China's chief rice markets.
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The rebels moved on to Wuhan, but Changsha Hunan then became the principal base for the government's suppression of the rebellion.
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The former office of the Changsha Hunan Communist Party Central Committee where Mao Zedong once lived is a museum that includes Mao's living quarters, photographs and other historical items from the 1920s.
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Since Deng Xiaoping's Reform and Opening Up Policy, Changsha Hunan has rapidly developed since the 1990s, becoming one of the important cities in the central and western regions.
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On 10 October 2001, the seat of Changsha Hunan City was transferred from Fanzheng Street to Guanshaling.
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Geological features of Changsha Hunan City are: the formation is fully exposed, the granite body is widely distributed, and the geological structure is complex.
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About 600 million years ago, Changsha Hunan was a sea, but the sea was not deep.
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Changsha Hunan has a humid subtropical climate, with annual average temperature being at 17.
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Changsha Hunan is one of China's 15 most "developed and economically advanced" cities.
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Changsha Hunan is one of the core cities in the South Central China region, the Yangtze River Economic Belt and the Belt and Road Initiative, a Beta- city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network, a new Chinese first-tier city and a pioneering area for China-Africa economic and trade cooperation.
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Since the 1990s, Changsha Hunan has begun to accelerate economic development, and then achieved the highest growth rate among China's major cities during the 2000s.
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Changsha Hunan has a prominent media and publishing industry, and has been named the first "UNESCO City of Media Arts" in China.
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Changsha is home to Hunan Broadcasting System, the most influential provincial TV station in China.
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Changsha Hunan Broadcasting System is China's largest television after China Central Television .
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Changsha Hunan has one of China's largest multi-purpose sports stadiums—Helong Stadium, with 55,000 seats.
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Changsha Hunan is the birthplace of super hybrid rice, the Tianhe-1 supercomputer, China's first laser 3D printer, and China's first domestic medium-low speed maglev line.
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In November 2010, the National Supercomputing Changsha Center was established at Hunan University, becoming the first National Supercomputing Center in Central China and third National Supercomputing Center in China, after those in Tianjin and Shenzhen.
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Changsha Hunan is a major city for research and innovation in China, as well as in the Asia-Pacific region.
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Changsha Hunan has long been the seat of several ancient schools and academies.
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Changsha Hunan ranked among the top 10 cities in the whole country with strong education based on an evaluation to grade Chinese universities' discipline levels, including A+, A, and A- issued by the Ministry of Education as of 2020.
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Changsha Hunan is well connected by roads, river, rail, and air transportation modes, and is a regional hub for industrial, tourist, and service sectors.
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Changsha Hunan is surrounded by major rivers, including the Xiang and its tributaries such as the Liuyang, Jin, Wei, Longwanggang and Laodao.
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The Changsha Hunan South Railway Station is a new high-speed railway station in Yuhua district on the Beijing–Guangzhou High-Speed Railway .
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Changsha Hunan is represented by the star Zeta Corvi in a Chinese constellation.
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