About the history of Gansu

Gansu has a history of more than 700 years. The organizational system of the county is earlier than that of the province, and it has sprouted since the Spring and Autumn Period, and it has been more than 2,200 years. At the beginning of the Northern Song Dynasty, when Xixia ruled Hexi, there was the Gansu Army Division (in Ganzhou, now Zhangye City). This is the earliest name in Gansu. After the establishment of the unified empire in the Yuan Dynasty, the provincial system was established. From Yuan Shizu to the 18th year of Yuan Dynasty (A.D. 128 1), Gansu Province was established as a provincial administrative division, which was the first time in the history of China. The naming of provinces was the first word synthesis of Ganzhou (now Zhangye City) and Suzhou (now Jiuquan City) in the Western Wei Dynasty and the early Tang Dynasty. Short for gan. Because most of the province is in the west of Longshan, it is also called Longxi and Longyou, or Longxi for short.

Lanzhou is the capital of Gansu Province and the political, cultural, economic and scientific and educational center of Gansu Province. It is the headquarters of Lanzhou Military Region, one of the seven military regions in China, and the headquarters of lanzhou railway administration, one of the national 18 railway bureaus.

Lanzhou is surrounded by mountains in the north and south, and the Yellow River in the east and west passes through the city. It has the characteristics of a banded basin city, located in the upper reaches of the Yellow River, with an annual average precipitation of 360mm and an annual average temperature of 10.3℃. [ 1]

Lanzhou is the only provincial capital city where the Yellow River passes through the city center. 20 12 On August 28th, the State Council approved the establishment of Lanzhou New District, which is the first national new district in northwest China and the fifth national new district in China. It is clearly stated in the document that the construction of Lanzhou New District should be taken as an important measure to further implement the strategy of developing the western region, and Lanzhou should be developed into a modern metropolis in the northwest region in 2020. [2]