Time Zone |
Asia/Shanghai |
Standard Time GMT / UTC |
UTC+8 |
Daylight Saving Time |
Daylight saving time is not observed in the current region. |
Time Zone |
Asia/Shanghai |
Standard Time GMT / UTC |
UTC+8 |
Daylight Saving Time |
Daylight saving time is not observed in the current region. |
Bayin'guoleng Mongol Autonomous Prefecture (Bazhou for short) is located in the southeastern part of China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, and is the largest prefecture-level administrative region in China, with a total area of 471,500 square kilometers. It is bordered by Gansu and Qinghai to the east and the Kunlun Mountains to the south and Tibet, and is located in the core area of the Silk Road Economic Belt. The capital city of Korla is an important transportation hub and modern city in Xinjiang.
Bazhou has unique landforms such as the Taklamakan Desert, Lop Nur and Bayinbuluk Grassland, and distributes water systems such as the Tarim River and the Kaidu River. It contains China's largest alpine grassland, Bayinbuluk Grassland, and Swan Lake Nature Reserve. As the largest inland freshwater lake in China, Bosten Lake is known as the "Pearl of the Western Region".
As a multi-ethnic area, Bazhou is home to 46 ethnic groups, including Mongols, Uyghurs, Han Chinese, and Hui, and the traditional Mongolian Naadam Festival is an important cultural event. The economy is dominated by energy development (Tarim Oil Field), special agriculture (Korla Pear) and tourism. The G218 and G314 national highways and the South Xinjiang Railway run through the whole area, constituting an important transportation corridor in Xinjiang.
Located in the western part of Guangdong Province, Luoding is a county-level city under the administration of Yunfu City, known as the "Gateway to Western Guangdong" and the "Breadbasket of Lingnan", situated at the crossroads of Guangfu and Bagui cultures, with a long history of more than 1,400 years since it was established in the Southern Dynasty, and is one of the "Ancient Cultural Counties of Guangdong". It is one of the "Ancient Cultural Counties of Guangdong". The Changgangpo Ferry Trough in the county is known as the "Red Flag Canal of the South", which is a model of modern water conservancy engineering; Luoding has abundant products such as rice and cinnamon, and has deep agricultural roots. As an important node of the Maritime Silk Road, Luoding integrates the diverse cultures of Guangfu, Hakka and Lingnan, and retains a rich human heritage of ancient villages and ancestral halls. Nowadays, Luoding, relying on the advantages of the transportation hub, is accelerating its integration into the development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and writing a new modern chapter of the millennium-old town with the synergistic development of eco-agriculture, cultural and tourism industries, and manufacturing industry.