Why is the second largest city in Jiangsu Province Xuzhou, not Suzhou or Wuxi?

Xuzhou railway

Let's talk about the railway first. In the era of ordinary railways, Xuzhou's railways have great advantages. Xuzhou is one of the famous railway hubs in China, where two main railway lines, Beijing-Shanghai and Longhai, meet. The whole railway hub is 28.5 kilometers long from east to west and 20 kilometers long from north to south. It is an important road network hub to communicate the material exchange between East China provinces and all parts of the country and the export material transportation of Lianyungang. Xuzhou North Station is one of the highest-ranking railway marshalling stations in China (two-way, three-level and six-yard), with eight stations (Xuzhou North Station, Harbin South Station, Shenyang South Station, Fengtai West Station, Shijiazhuang Station, Zhengzhou North Station, Zhuzhou North Station and Nancang Station). Xuzhou North Station is also the second largest marshalling station in Asia, and the first is Zhengzhou North Station. In addition to the traditional three-level six-yard marshalling station, Xuzhou North Station also has ten yards such as exchange yard and sub-yard. It's called Shili parking lot.

Let's talk about high-speed rail. In the era of high-speed rail, Xuzhou's advantages are equally huge. Xuzhou is the intersection of the Beijing-Shanghai passage (Beijing to Shanghai) and the road-bridge passage (Lianyungang to Urumqi) of the eight vertical and eight horizontal high-speed railway line planned by the state. In addition, the Xu Su Huai Yan Passenger Dedicated Line under construction, the planned Xuzhou Huaibei Fuyang Passenger Dedicated Line, Hefei Qingdao High-speed Railway, Xuzhou Heze Intercity Railway and other lines will make Xuzhou a veritable high-speed rail hub.

Before the Zhengzhou-Xuzhou high-speed train is opened to traffic, you can take the high-speed train from Xuzhou to 18 1 cities all over the country without changing trains. This is second only to Beijing and other cities in the country, ranking fourth in the country and first in prefecture-level cities. A few days ago, after Zheng Tong's rail transit, Xuzhou will be directly connected with more than ten high-speed trains, and Xuzhou will open high-speed trains to Zhengzhou, Xi, Shijiazhuang, Taiyuan and other big cities and dozens of medium-sized cities along the route for the first time. Xuzhou's circle of high-speed rail friends has expanded to 22 provinces, and the number of direct cities has increased to at least 200.

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Expressway in Xuzhou

According to the layout plan of the national highway main hub of the Ministry of Communications, there are 45 highway main hubs in China, and Xuzhou is one of them. Only four cities, Xuzhou, Lianyungang, Tangshan and Yantai, are listed as the main hubs of expressways in northern prefecture-level cities.

At present, seven expressways have been built in Xuzhou, forming a high-speed network of 459.57 kilometers.

Building a high-speed fourth ring road to support the construction of Xuzhou mega-city, realize the goal of all county-level nodes in the city getting on the high-speed for half an hour, and form a highway network reaching major cities in China and surrounding cities above prefecture level; The national and provincial trunk highway networks extend in all directions, and * * * has five national highways and 1 1 provincial highways, which realizes the convenient connection of trunk highway traffic between Xuzhou and counties and between Xuzhou and surrounding cities, and the cities and counties are connected by trunk first-class highways, which can reach 1 hour traffic; County to town, town to town, town to administrative village are all connected with standardized grade highways.

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Xuzhou Airlines

In 20 15, among the northern prefecture-level cities, Xuzhou Guanyin Airport ranked seventh in passenger throughput, behind Yantai, Hulunbeier, Erdos, Yulin, Yanji and Weihai. The cities before Xuzhou, except Yantai and Weihai, are all inland cities with relatively inconvenient transportation, so flying has become an extremely important choice for these cities to go out. One of the important reasons why Xuzhou lags behind Yantai and Weihai is that it is too convenient to take the high-speed train. For example, due to the influence of high-speed rail, the original main tourist destinations of Xuzhou Guanyin Airport, such as Beijing and Shanghai, were reduced from almost three flights a day to one every day, and then to four flights a week, and no one took it, so they had to cancel it. In Xuzhou, flying is only an option for1more than 500 kilometers.

Xuzhou Guanyin International Airport is a 4E-class airport (only Yantai and Xuzhou in the northern prefecture-level cities used to be at this level, and it is said that this standard can be reached after the expansion of Erdos Airport this year), with a runway length of 3,400 meters. It is an important national trunk airport and a first-class port.

Guanyin Airport is the city with the largest number of national and regional routes in northern prefecture-level cities. Since 1998 opened the Hong Kong route, it has successively opened routes to Hong Kong, Taipei, Bangkok, Seoul, Kaohsiung, Jeju Island, Osaka, Nagoya, Da Nang, Vietnam and other countries or regions.

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Water transport in Xuzhou

When it comes to water transport in Xuzhou, some people may laugh. A northern city is neither near the sea nor the river. What kind of water transportation can it have?

In fact, Xuzhou has not only water transportation, but also water transportation. Although Xuzhou does not depend on big rivers, don't forget that the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal runs through Xuzhou. There are more than 50 navigable waterways in Xuzhou, with a total length of 1000 km. Except the Grand Canal, most navigable rivers over 1000 km have been excavated manually for decades, such as Xuhonghe, Xindai Canal, Xinsheng Canal and Xushahe. In the near future, Xuhe will go straight to Lianyungang, and Xuzhou, which is not near the sea, will also have its own seaport.

Xuzhou has not only water transportation, but also a 100 million-ton port. According to the statistics of China Port Network, from June 2065438 to June 2005, the throughput of Xuzhou Port exceeded 50 million tons, ranking 10 among inland ports in China. Among the cities known as the golden waterway of the Yangtze River, it has surpassed inland ports such as Wuhan and Shanghai, and also surpassed most southern cities. Among the top 20 inland ports, Xuzhou is the only northern city.

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Pipeline transportation in Xuzhou

The pipeline transportation in Xuzhou is mainly oil transportation. The Luning oil pipeline continuously transports the crude oil from Shengli Oilfield to cities in Jiangsu. 1975, East China Petroleum Pipeline Headquarters was established in Xuzhou; 1978 was renamed East China Petroleum Transportation Administration; 1998, Sinopec Pipeline Storage and Transportation Company was established in Xuzhou.

In a word, Xuzhou is a modern, three-dimensional and comprehensive transportation system, with bus, railway, water transport, air transport and pipeline going hand in hand, and it is a comprehensive transportation hub that is constantly consolidated and upgraded in the national strategy.

I don't think there will be too many people who object that Xuzhou's traffic status is the first in the northern prefecture-level cities.

science and technology

What measures the level of science and technology is not how many scientific research institutes and technicians you have, but how many scientific and technological achievements you can produce. Therefore, the level of science and technology is probably the most suitable to be measured by national awards such as the National Technological Invention Award and the National Science and Technology Progress Award, which is the highest level in the country.

Not many scientific and technological projects in Xuzhou have won the first prize of the highest national prize. The only thing I know is that Xushu 18 cultivated by Xuzhou Institute of Agricultural Sciences won the first prize of national invention in 1980s. However, national awards such as the second prize of national technological invention, the second prize of national scientific and technological progress and the second prize of national natural science have never failed every year. During the five years from 20 1 1 to 20 15, Xuzhou * * won the second prize of national technological invention, the second prize of national scientific and technological progress and the second prize of national natural science * * 3 1, ranking first in Jiangsu Province in terms of the total number of awards and being famous for its strong scientific and technological strength.

The following is the five years from 20 1 1 to 20 15 when Xuzhou won the national prize.

20 1 1 year, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou Medical College, Xugong Group, Xuzhou Mining Bureau and other units won the second prize of national technological invention, the second prize of national scientific and technological progress and the second prize of national natural science, and the number of awards was second only to that of Nanjing, Jiangsu.

20 12 China university of mining and technology, xugong group and other units won the second prize of national technological invention and the second prize of national scientific and technological progress.

20 13 China university of mining and technology, Jiangsu CMC mining equipment company and other units won the second prize of national scientific and technological progress ***4 items.

20 14 China university of mining and technology and other units won the second prize of national technological invention and the second prize of national scientific and technological progress.

In 20 15, China university of mining and technology, xugong group, Xuzhou combustion control technology, Xuzhou boan technology, Xuzhou coal mine safety equipment manufacturing co., ltd. and Xuzhou potential pump industry won the second prize of national technological invention and the second prize of national scientific and technological progress.

Five-year 3 1 second prize of national technological invention, second prize of national scientific and technological progress and second prize of national natural science. This number of awards is not compared with the northern prefecture-level cities, but also among the best compared with the southern prefecture-level cities. In the same period, Yantai and Baoding, many cities in colleges and universities, won 18 and 5 awards respectively. Therefore, in terms of scientific and technological achievements, it should be uncontroversial that Xuzhou is the first group of northern prefecture-level cities.

education

It is recognized that Jiangsu has a high level of basic education, but there is still a certain gap between Xuzhou and the more developed areas in the province. Although Xuzhou can't represent the highest level of basic education in Jiangsu, compared with most northern prefecture-level cities, the level of basic education in Xuzhou is not bad.

The higher education in Xuzhou is one of the best not only in the northern prefecture-level cities, but also in the national prefecture-level cities. Xuzhou higher education is rich in resources, diverse in types and complete in literature, science, engineering, agriculture, medicine and arts.

Among the northern prefecture-level cities, Xuzhou, Baoding, Yantai and Jilin have the highest level of higher education, and the rest cities cannot compete with these four cities.

In the list of colleges and universities published by the Ministry of Education on 20 16, there are four public undergraduate colleges in Xuzhou, namely China University of Mining and Technology, Jiangsu Normal University, Xuzhou Medical University and xuzhou institute of technology * * *, and there are two military colleges in Xuzhou, namely Xuzhou Corps of Engineers Command College and Xuzhou Air Force Logistics College, making a total of six public undergraduate colleges in Xuzhou. Baoding has five public undergraduate colleges: Hebei University, Hebei Agricultural University, Baoding College, Hebei Finance College and Central Judicial Police College. There are three public undergraduate universities in Yantai, namely Yantai University, ludong university and shandong institute of business and technology. In addition, Yantai also has an undergraduate military academy of Naval Aviation Engineering College, totaling four. There are five public universities in Jilin Province, including Northeast Li Dian University, Jilin Institute of Chemical Technology, Beihua University, Jilin Agricultural Science and Technology College and Jilin Medical College.

In addition to public undergraduate colleges, there are also some private colleges, mainly independent colleges run by some universities. Such as Xu Hai College of China University of Mining and Technology, Science and Technology College of North China Electric Power University and so on. Most of these universities are independent colleges of some public universities, and the level of running schools is usually different from that of their alma mater. In addition, there are some vocational and technical colleges at the specialist level, and the situation is even worse. Xuzhou has 2 private undergraduate courses and 6 specialized courses, Baoding has 5 private undergraduate courses and 6 specialized courses, Yantai has 3 private undergraduate courses and 6 specialized courses, and Jilin has 3 specialized courses.

Judging from the above data, there are six colleges and universities in Xuzhou, Baoding and Yantai, and the three cities are tied.

There are 8 undergraduate colleges in Xuzhou, Baoding 10, 7 in Yantai and 5 in Jilin. In Xuzhou, which represents the highest level of public undergraduate colleges, there are three universities called universities: China University of Mining and Technology, Jiangsu Normal University and Xuzhou Medical University; Baoding has two universities: Hebei University and Hebei Agricultural University; There are two universities in Yantai: Yantai University and ludong university; There are two universities in Jilin Province: Northeast Li Dian University and Beihua University. So there are three universities in Xuzhou, which represent the highest level of public universities.

Of all the universities in the three cities, China University of Mining and Technology has only 1, which belongs to the platform of 21and 985 directly under the Ministry of Education. In the past five years, China University of Mining and Technology has won 20 awards in the evaluation of National Science and Technology Progress Award, National Invention Award and National Natural Science Award, far exceeding other universities in the three cities. Because of the existence of China University of Mining and Technology, the comprehensive level of Xuzhou University is the highest among the four universities.

In terms of the number of colleges and universities in the three cities, Baoding has the largest number, 16, followed by Xuzhou 14, Yantai 13 and Jilin 8.

To sum up, in terms of higher education in northern prefecture-level cities, Xuzhou, which represents the highest level of public undergraduate colleges, has the highest comprehensive level of colleges and universities, with the largest number of colleges and universities at all levels. Therefore, from the comprehensive level of colleges and universities, Xuzhou is the first in higher education in northern prefecture-level cities, and Baoding is the first in northern prefecture-level cities in terms of the number of various colleges and universities.

cultural undertakings

Cultural undertakings involve many projects. For example, the number of museums in cultural centers, the number of books in public libraries, the coverage of radio and television, the penetration rate of cable television, the number of newspapers published every year, the number of periodicals and books published every year and so on. There is no uniform format for the statistical bulletins of these projects. Some count these items, others count those items, the number of books and other indicators. Except for higher-level universities such as China University of Mining and Technology, which have their own publishing houses, most prefecture-level cities do not have relevant publishing institutions, so it is impossible to make statistics. Therefore, it is really difficult to say which is strong and which is weak in the broad sense of cultural undertakings.

As for literary and artistic undertakings. The level of literary creation, fine arts, calligraphy, photography, music, folk art, drama and other projects involved is relatively easy to judge. From the level of prefecture-level cities, performing groups generally exist in name only and rely on public finances to eat. It is relatively easy to judge the level of literary creation, fine arts, calligraphy, photography, music, Quyi and other projects, because these projects often rely on strength to speak. Most of the above-mentioned projects in Xuzhou are not low-level, and some projects are among the best in the country. Look at art, calligraphy and literature here.