Geography
　　
　　 Wuhan, the capital of Hubei Province, is the largest city in Central China.The Changjing, the third largest river in the world, intersects the Hanshui River, the largest branch of the former at the city proper, and divides Wuhan into three towns, namely Hankou, Hanyang, and Wuchang. Thus, the city has always been called “the city on rivers”. The city government administers at present 9 urban districts and two counties, altogether 8467 km2 with a pop-ulation of 7,230,000 residents, including over 4,000,000 urban dwellers.

　　The geographical position of Wuhan is 30?33’N and 114?19 'E. Its climate is subtropic, characterized with humid monsoon. The four seasons in Wuhan is distinctive and her annual frog-free period is about 240 days. Wuhan is located at the junction of the Beijing—Guanzhou railway and the Changjiang River waterway, and is always referred to as “the Thoroughfare of nine provinces”. It is directly linked up to Shanghai in the east, Changing in the west, Guangzhou in the south, and Beijing in the north. Since Wuhan is about 1000 Kilometers away from each of the four major cities of China, the megalopolis can been seen to be located at the center of China's economic geographic location. Natural


Environment
　　
　　Wuhan is a famous city of China rich in history and culture. According to the archeological research , the Panlong city, north of Wuhan, is the ruins in the Shang Dynasty dating back to over 3500 years ago. Wuhan is also the cradleland of Chu culture dating back to over 2500 years ago. In the Three- kingdom period, over 1700 years ago, Wuhan was a famous battlefield. Over 80 years ago,Wuchang experienced the first uprising of the 1911 Revolution led by sun Yat-sen. The Yellow Crane Tower has the reputation for the first of the three major renown towers in Jingnan (the south region of the Changjiang River).

　　The East lake, enjoys its privilege as a state-level scenic spot for its natural beauty. The Guiyuan Buddhist Temple is known as the "ancient temple in the Buddhist center". Places of interests, like the Ancient Lute Terrace (Guqintai), Qinchuan Pavilion, and Chutian Fort have attracted millions of tourists. Most important above all, Wuhan is the only way to the Three Gorges and other famous scenic spots in Central China.

Economic Situation
　　
　　 Wuhan, is one of the six centric cities. In 1992, it was granted to be the 6th of the 50 competitive cities of China, in terms of its comprehensive economic strength. In 1997, the domestic national productivity in Wuhan was valued at 91.5 billion RMB, an increase of 13% over 1996, in which the primary industry grew by 8.3%, the secondary industry by 15.2%, and the tertiary industry by 16.2%. In 1997, the municipal total industrial production value was 1175 billion RMB, 12% increase over 1996.

　　The total agricultural production value was 12.46 billion RMB, increasing 8.5% more than that of 1996. The social fixed-assets investment totaled 42.8 billion RMB, a 2.9% increase of 1996. The retailed revenue of social consumption goods was 5.27 billion RMB, increasing 15.5 than that of 1996. The financial revenue was 10.606billion RMB, increasing 17.1% than that of last year. The balance of varieties of the banks' deposits at the end of 1997 was 102.72 billion RMB, a 17..6% increase of last year. The balance of the residents' saving deposits is 94.1 billion RMB, a 16.7% increase0f last year. The average annual wage of an urban employee is 5912RMB, and the income per capita of the farmers is 2730 RMB.