SHANXI – BAOTOU (SHANSI – PAOTOW) AREA

SHANSI –SHENSI

·         Region of china’s largest coal fields

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PAOTOW

·         First iron and steel centre outside Great Wall of China.

CITIES OF LOWER YANGTZE KIANG REGION

·         China’s oldest industrial regions.

SHANGHAI

·         The premier port of china on the Yangtze kiang river,   handles bulk of foreign trade.

·         World’s largest non-capital city.

NANKING

·         Centre of cotton textile mills (some of the largest in Asia).

·         Lies on the Yangtze kiang and is an important textile centre.

WUHAN

·         Lies on the central Yangtze kiang region.

·         Wuchang, hanyang, and hankou form the conurbation of Wuhan.