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Diffa, the capital of the Diffa region in southeastern Niger, is located on the southern edge of the Sahara Desert and shares a border with Nigeria, making it one of the most important border cities in Niger. The city is located in the lower Niger River basin around the climate of the tropical desert climate, hot and dry throughout the year, the average annual precipitation is less than 300 millimeters. The economy is based on agriculture and animal husbandry, and the surrounding areas are rich in millet, sorghum and livestock. Diffa, as a regional trade center, undertakes the function of cross-border trade with neighboring countries, such as Nigeria, and is especially famous for the trade of livestock, agricultural products and handicrafts. The city is culturally diverse, with Hausa, Tuareg and Kanuri ethnic groups living in the area, and is unique in its crafts such as traditional leather weaving and silversmithing. Despite infrastructural challenges, Diffa remains an important economic and cultural node in the south-east of the Niger, thanks to its strategic location and rich cultural heritage.
Yangxin County belongs to Binzhou City, Shandong Province, China, located in the hinterland of the Yellow River Delta in the North Shandong Plain, is the "Hometown of China Duck and Pear" and the National Agricultural Standardization Demonstration County. The county has a total area of 793 square kilometers, the population of about 450,000, to the agricultural economy as the leading, pear industry is particularly prominent, with a thousand years of pear garden and annual pear festival and other characteristics of cultural and tourism resources.
Yangxin has a long history, the Qin and Han dynasties have been set up in the county, the territory has the Han Dynasty ancient tomb groups and other cultural relics. Local traditional leather processing and modern beef processing industry is developed, is an important livestock production and processing base in North China. The transportation is convenient, with G205 National Highway and Binde Highway passing through the area, and Jinan Airport is about 1.5 hours' drive away.
Yangxin adhere to the ecological county, built 10,000 acres of pear ecotourism scenic area, held every April pear blossom will attract hundreds of thousands of tourists. As a pilot county of new urbanization in Shandong Province, it is actively promoting the integrated development of agriculture and tourism and the strategy of rural revitalization to create a special county economic demonstration area integrating modern agriculture and ecological leisure.