Yunnan province is a nice place for those foreign students who want to take HSK preparation program in China as it has the best Chinese learning programs in China. Recently, local government of Yunnan province has put forward many news plans for the development of local economy in many different cities in Yunnan, and Zhao Tong is one of them.
If you come to learn Chinese in Zhao Tong, you will get the information that a new agreement was signed between Kunming and Zhao Tong recently, which was the “Cooperation Framework Agreement on Joint Efforts to Promote Kunming- Zhao Tong- Cheng Yu Economic Corridor Development”. The goal of the agreement talked about at your one- on- one Chinese programs in Kunming was to establish a complementary, interacted and mutual benefit develop pattern based on fastening the construction of infrastructures. Extension of the cooperation between two cities has also been emphasized in the agreement.
Some students who have been staying in China to learn Mandarin Chinese will wonder why local government puts Zhao Tong in its plan. As it is known to all, Zhao Tong enjoys the fame of “the golden triangle for recourse” because there are various kinds of mineral resource in Zhao Tong. Among them, 33 kinds have already been found and given names to, and there are 22 kinds of them have already been explored and proved the deposit. summer program in China will also show you some data about some natural reserves in Zhao Tong. Coal and sulphur reserves in Zhao Tong rank first in China, and the coal reserve is about 16,582,000,000 tons. The lignite reserve in Zhao Tong Basin is about 8,198,000,000 tons, which makes the Zhao Tong Basin as the second large lignite reserve in the southern China.
The proved reserves of lead and zinc have amounted to 1,669,200 tons. Zhao Tong is also one of the five largest iron pyrite reserves around China, and it is also one of the three main bases of nonferrous metal in Yunnan province. For those who learn Mandarin in Kunming, they will learn about the fact that the water reserves of Zhao Tong ranks first among other places in Yunnan province. If you travel to learn Chinese in China, you may have already hear about the famous sentence “金沙水拍云崖暖”, which shows the rich water reserves in Zhao Tong. Abundant water reserves in Jinsha Jiang River can be worked as an energy base in Yunnan and even the whole China. Xi Luo Du, Xiang Jia Dam and Bai He Tan hydro- electric stations will be constructed soon, and the human resources problem in the construction of the stations has been solved as there are about 5,800,000 local people in Zhan Tong are looking for jobs.
There will also be some other things you can do in Zhao Tong after you study in China, such as sightseeing. If you are a tourist in the city of Zhao Tong, officers from the Tourism Bureau will recommend you lots of tourist attractions and introduce the long history and culture background of this place. Imagine that you are standing on the ancient tower of Doushaguan after you come to study Chinese in Yunnan, or you are walking along the foot prints left by horses when they were carrying goods in the Chama Ancient Path, you will feel you are driving away from the earthly world. There are also other kinds of famous places you can go and have a look at, such as famous black- necked crane in Da Shan Bao, Long Yun Jia Ci and Islamic Ethnic City. Dou Sha Guan and Huan Lian River are also two of the most beautiful places in the City of Zhao Tong.
Zhao Tong is located at the joint area of Yunnan, Sichuan and Guizhou provinces. Its advantageous geographical position makes Zhao Tong into an important passageway for people from inland of China to move to southwest China and Southeast Asian countries. It is reported that during the seven- day Chinese National Day holiday, there were about 201,000 visitors traveling to Zhao Tong. The total tourism revenue was about 95,755,000 Yuan, which increased 144.6 percent compared to the revenue in 2010. If you want to test whether those data are true or not, you can go to the city of Zhao Tong.