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Asia/Shanghai |
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UTC+8 |
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Time Zone |
Asia/Shanghai |
Standard Time GMT / UTC |
UTC+8 |
Daylight Saving Time |
Daylight saving time is not observed in the current region. |
Zigui County is located in the west of China's Hubei Province, belonging to the city of Yichang, located in the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River on the banks of the Xiling Gorge, is the hometown of Qu Yuan and the Three Gorges Reservoir District, an important county and city. With a total area of 2427 square kilometers and a population of about 400,000, it is mainly mountainous and hilly, with a subtropical monsoon climate and four distinct seasons.
Zigui is the hometown of the great poet Qu Yuan, and organizes the International Dragon Boat Festival and Qu Yuan Cultural Tourism Festival every year. It is also the hometown of Chinese navel oranges, producing zigui navel oranges, with agriculture and cultural tourism as the economic pillars. After the construction of the Three Gorges Dam, Zigui became a key area for resettlement of immigrants in the reservoir area, and the new county town was built along the river with modern facilities.
Well-known attractions include Qu Yuan Temple, Jiuwanxi River, Three Gorges Bamboo Sea, etc. Combined with the Three Gorges Tourist Route, it attracts a large number of tourists. Conveniently accessible via the Hurong Expressway, the Yangtze River waterway and Yichang Three Gorges Airport, it is an important node of the Yangtze River Economic Belt.
Banfu Town belongs to Zhongshan City, Guangdong Province, China and is located in the southwest of the Pearl River Delta, with a total area of about 46 square kilometers and a resident population of about 100,000 people. The town is connected to Zhongshan City in the north, Zhuhai City in the south and a tributary of the Xijiang River in the west, making it an important node town in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
Banfu takes industrial manufacturing as its leading industry, and has the title of "China's Furniture Industry Town", gathering a large number of furniture, lighting and electronic equipment manufacturers. Banfu also relies on water resources to develop ecological agriculture, aquaculture and flower cultivation on a large scale, and the 105 National Highway and the Guangzhou-Zhuhai West Highway run through the whole area, making transportation convenient.
The town retains the Lingnan water town style, with a dense river network and a green coverage rate of over 40%. In recent years, the town has actively promoted the integration of industrial upgrading and eco-tourism, and constructed several modern industrial parks and wetland parks, forming the characteristics of "integration of industry and city", which is suitable for living and working.