Changsha, also known as Xingcheng, is a prefecture-level city, provincial capital and megacity under the jurisdiction of Hunan Province. It is located in the middle of China, downstream of Xiangjiang River, on the west edge of Changliu Basin, and in the northeast of Hunan, between1153'-1414. It belongs to subtropical monsoon climate, with mild climate, abundant precipitation and both rain and heat.
By the end of 202 1, the whole city had jurisdiction over 6 municipal districts, 1 county and 2 county-level cities, with a total area of 1 18 19 square kilometers and a total resident population of 10239300. Changsha is an important central city in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River approved by the State Council? The central city of Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan urban agglomeration.
It is an experimental zone for comprehensive reform of "two-oriented society" in China, an important grain production base in China, an important node city in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and the Yangtze River Economic Belt, a comprehensive transportation hub and a national logistics hub. Changsha is one of the first national historical and cultural cities, and is known as the hometown of Qujia, the famous city of Chu and Han, and Xiaoxiang Bamboo Silk.
There are Mawangdui Han Tomb, Siyang Fangzun, Three Kingdoms Wu Bamboo Slips, Yuelu Academy, Tongguan Kiln and other historical sites. Concise the "pragmatic and eclectic" Huxiang culture. Changsha is not only one of the cradles of the Reform Movement and the old democratic revolution in the late Qing Dynasty, but also one of the cradles of new democracy, with celebrities such as Huang Xing, Cai E and Liu Shaoqi emerging.
Changsha is the city with the best international image of China (Mainland China), the cultural capital of East Asia and the "media art capital" of the world. Created cultural brands such as "TV to Jun", "Publishing to Jun" and "Animation to Jun".
Changsha has 5/kloc-0 institutions of higher learning, 97 independent scientific research institutions, 73 academicians of the two academies, 4 national engineering technology research centers and 5 national key engineering laboratories. There are scientific research achievements such as hybrid rice breeding, "Tianhe" supercomputer and the first 3D sintering printer in China.