Guangdong is one of the most developed provinces in China. For many years, its economy has maintained the first position in China. There are two first tier cities in Guangdong, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, which are rare in the only few provinces. Today, let's talk about the dispute over the eighth largest city in Guangdong. These two cities are Jiangmen and Zhanjiang.
Jiangmen, with a GDP of 136.104 billion yuan in the first half of this year, covers an area of 9505 square kilometers and a population of 4561700. Jiangmen has a long history and profound cultural heritage. It is known as the "hometown of Chinese Quyi". It is the hometown of Chen Baisha, the founder of psychology in the Ming Dynasty and Liang Qichao, the pioneer of reform; Kaiping Diaolou and village, a world cultural heritage. Jiangmen is an important transportation hub connecting Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macao and western Guangdong. Jiangmen now has Jiangmen branch line of Guangzhou Zhuhai urban rail. You can take the urban rail express from Xinhui station for 20 minutes to Guangzhou south station, and take the urban rail slow train from Jiangmen station for 40 minutes - 1 hour to Guangzhou south station. The traffic mileage of Expressway in the city is about 400 kilometers, which can be reached in one hour with other cities in the Pearl River Delta. There are many large river and sea ports such as Jiangmen port, Xinhui port and Taishan port. Among them, Taishan Tonggu port can reach 300000 ton port.
Zhanjiang's GDP in the first half of this year was 136.045 billion yuan, covering an area of 13200 square kilometers and a population of 8.3894 million. Zhanjiang city is city city city, which is the center of western Guangdong and Beibu Gulf. It is the Chinese mainland's shortest voyage to Southeast Asia, Europe, Africa and Oceania. It is one of the first 14 coastal open cities in 1984. Zhanjiang is an important port city along the southeast coast, the central city of Beibu Gulf and the sub central city of Guangdong Province. Zhanjiang International Airport is under construction, with a flight grade of 4E and a runway of 3200m. It is the third largest trunk airport in Guangdong. It is estimated that the construction will be fully started in 2018 and completed in 2020. Li Zhanjiang railway, he Mao railway, Guangdong Hainan railway, Luo Zhanjiang railway and Shenzhen Zhanjiang railway meet in Zhanjiang, with developed railway transportation. Zhanjiang port is the first self-designed and built deep-water harbor after the founding of new China.
Jiangmen and Zhanjiang are the medium and upper cities in the province. The competition is fierce. Do you have anything to say about these two cities?