Yibin
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Administrative divisions
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| # | Name | Hanzi | Hanyu Pinyin | Population (2004 est.) | Area (km²) | Density (/km²) |
| 1 | Cuiping District Cuiping District Cuiping District is a district of Sichuan Province, China. It is under the administration of Yibin city.... |
翠屏区 | Cuìpíng Qū | 780,000 | 1,123 | 695 |
| 3 | Nanxi District | 南溪区 | Nánxī Qū | 410,000 | 704 | 582 |
| 2 | Yibin County Yibin County Yibin County is a county of Sichuan Province, China. It is under the administration of Yibin city.... |
宜宾县 | Yíbīn Xiàn | 980,000 | 3,034 | 323 |
| 4 | Jiang'an County Jiang'an County Jiang'an County is a county of Sichuan Province, China. It is under the administration of Yibin city.... |
江安县 | Jiāng'ān Xiàn | 540,000 | 910 | 593 |
| 5 | Changning County Changning County, Sichuan Changning County, Sichuan is a county of Sichuan Province, China. It is under the administration of Yibin city.... |
长宁县 | Chángníng Xiàn | 430,000 | 975 | 441 |
| 6 | Gao County Gao County Gao County is a county of Sichuan Province, China. It is under the administration of Yibin city.... |
高县 | Gāo Xiàn | 500,000 | 1,323 | 378 |
| 7 | Junlian County Junlian County Junlian County is a county of Sichuan Province, China. It is under the administration of Yibin city.... |
筠连县 | Jūnlián Xiàn | 390,000 | 1,254 | 311 |
| 8 | Gong County | 珙县 | Gǒng Xiàn | 420,000 | 1,150 | 365 |
| 9 | Xingwen County Xingwen County Xingwen County is a county in Yibin, Sichuan, China. It is located in the southern part of Sichuan province and borders Yunnan and Guizhou provinces. It has become known for its Geopark, , a Karst landscape.-References:... |
兴文县 | Xīngwén Xiàn | 440,000 | 1,373 | 320 |
| 10 | Pingshan County | 屏山县 | Píngshān Xiàn | 290,000 | 1,437 | 202 |
Economy
The city's industry focuses on electronics, food products, and power generation. It also produces paper, silk, and leather products. The surrounding region is rich in agricultural resources, growing rice, barley, oil seeds, sesame, and tea.The largest employer in Yibin is Wuliangye, a company best known for Wuliangye, a traditional Chinese distilled liquor
Baijiu
Baijiu , or shaojiu is a Chinese distilled alcoholic beverage. The name baijiu literally means "white liquor," "white alcohol" or "white spirits". Baijiu is often translated as "wine" or "white wine"...
. The Wuliangye Group grew from a small company employing just 300 people in 1977 into a large company employing over 20,000 on a seven square kilometer plant. According to an August 2005 article in a securities weekly, the Wuliangye Group is 72% state owned and provides 70% of the revenues of Yibin City, a major regional center at the head of the Yangtze in southeastern Sichuan. In 2004 6,225 retired military worked for the company, out of a total work force of over 20,000. One third of top management positions are held by retired members of the military. Unsuccessful efforts to diversify its business, poor transparency and a murky ownership pictures are among the company's problems today. However, liquor is not the sole product of the WuLiangye Group. It also produces many other kinds of products, such as paper, and tires. Wuliangye now contributes about 60% of Yibin's GDP.
Transportation
The region's natural waterways provide transportation links with the surrounding area, and Yibin is also connected to ChongqingChongqing
Chongqing is a major city in Southwest China and one of the five national central cities of China. Administratively, it is one of the PRC's four direct-controlled municipalities , and the only such municipality in inland China.The municipality was created on 14 March 1997, succeeding the...
and Chengdu
Chengdu
Chengdu , formerly transliterated Chengtu, is the capital of Sichuan province in Southwest China. It holds sub-provincial administrative status...
by rail and express highway. Yibin's proximity to the Yunnan and Guizhou borders also means that transportation to the provinces is available by rail and by bus.
Yibin Airport
Yibin Airport
Yibin Airport is an airport in Yibin, Sichuan, People’s Republic of China.-Airlines and destinations:...
offers flights to Beijing
Beijing
Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...
, Shanghai
Shanghai
Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...
, Kunming
Kunming
' is the capital and largest city of Yunnan Province in Southwest China. It was known as Yunnan-Fou until the 1920s. A prefecture-level city, it is the political, economic, communications and cultural centre of Yunnan, and is the seat of the provincial government...
and Guangzhou
Guangzhou
Guangzhou , known historically as Canton or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of the Guangdong province in the People's Republic of China. Located in southern China on the Pearl River, about north-northwest of Hong Kong, Guangzhou is a key national transportation hub and trading port...
.
Tourism
There are several hot springs near Yibin township, plus many other tourist attractions. Such attractions include the Bamboo Sea in Changning county and the Xingwen Stone Forest. Cuiping mountain in the centre of the city provides wonderful views of Yibin. Yibin is also the merge point of Min river and Jinsha RiverJinsha River
Jinsha River is the westernmost of the major headwater streams of the Yangtze River, southwestern China.Its headwaters rise in the Wulan and Kekexili ranges in western Qinghai province, to the south of the Kunlun Mountains, and on the northern slope of the Tanggula Mountains on the border of the...
, from Yibin downstream to Shanghai
Shanghai
Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...
, this river is called Yangtze river
Yangtze River
The Yangtze, Yangzi or Cháng Jiāng is the longest river in Asia, and the third-longest in the world. It flows for from the glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau in Qinghai eastward across southwest, central and eastern China before emptying into the East China Sea at Shanghai. It is also one of the...
(Changjiang).