Baise

Baise is located in the west of Guangxi, bordering Guizhou to the north, Yunnan to the west and Vietnam to the south. Baise became a prefecture-level city in 2002. The city administers 135 townships (towns and streets) in 12 counties (cities, districts) with a total area of 36,300 square kilometers. Baise is the largest prefecture-level city in Guangxi's inland area. It is the national eco-aluminum industry demonstration base. It is also renowned as "China's Excellent Tourism City", "National Double Support Model City", "National Garden City" and "National Health City". Baise is an ancient revolutionary area, an area with many ethnic minorities, a border area, a poverty-stricken area, a Dashi Mountain area and an area for immigrants from the Three Gorges reservoir.

Night scenery of Baise [Photo/VCG]

The city has seven ethnic groups including Zhuang, Han, Yao, Miao, Yi, Gelao and Hui. The minority population accounts for 87 percent of the total population. 

Baise has unique advantages, remarkable development results and immense development potentials.

The first is its advantage of transportation due to its location. Baise is the throat of the sea channel in southwest China, an important bridge and base for communication between China and ASEAN, and an open gateway city for ASEAN. Baise is one of the 179 national highway transportation hub cities identified by the Ministry of Transport. The city has two national Level One ports, one national Level Two port and seven border trade points. Open platforms such as the China-Vietnam Cross-border Economic Cooperation Zone and the China-ASEAN Agricultural Products Free Trade Center have been included in the national construction plan. The three-dimensional traffic network of railways, highways, aviation, water transport and ports has also taken shape. Baise has become one of the more important node cities of the "Belt and Road Initiative" connecting to ASEAN.

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The second is the ecological environment advantage. Baise is one of the important ecological safety barriers in the upper reaches of the Pearl River. It is a key forest area in Guangxi and a key area for ecological protection and construction. Baise has rich forest resources and its forest coverage rate has reached 67.37 percent. Its forest area ranks No 1 in Guangxi. It is a national garden city and forest in Guangxi. Tiandong, Lingyun, Leye and Xilin have become pilot counties of the national ecological civilization demonstration project.

The third is its advantage in special resources. Baise is a resource-rich area and one of China's top 10 non-ferrous metal mining areas. Its bauxite reserve accounted for about a quarter of the country's total. At the same time, Baise is an important coal-producing base in Guangxi. Baise's minerals such as antimony, copper, petroleum, coal, gold and crystal are among the top in Guangxi. The hydropower resources that can be developed and utilized in Baise are more than 6 million kilowatts, making it an important base for China's "West-to-East Power Transmission Project".

Baise has a unique subtropical climate. It is the largest "South-to-North Vegetable Transportation Project" base and subtropical fruit base in Guangxi, a national commodity grain base, a sugar cane base, a spice base, a high-quality tobacco production base, and a high-quality silkworm base. It is also known for its mangoes, tea and badu bamboo shoots. Baise is one of the 12 key red tourist areas in China. It is also a key demonstration area of Guangxi's old-age longevity industry in Guangxi and an important part of the international tourism area of Bama Longevity and Health. There is one world geological park, one national 5A-level scenic spot, 22 national 4A-level scenic spots and 24 3A level scenic spots in the city.

The fourth is the political and policy advantage. The development of Baise is a high concern of the central and autonomous governments. The Party and state leaders have visitor Baise several times and strongly supported the city from the policy level. Baise enjoys the preferential policies of the old revolutionary area, Program to Revitalize Border Areas and Enrich Residents' Lives and ethnic minority regions. It also enjoys preferential policies of the western development drive and the poverty alleviation development projects.

Baise has exerted its advantages, seized opportunities and fully implemented the strategy of opening up, project-driven strategy and industrial city strategy. As a result, Baise has initially formed the industrial system with five major pillar industries of coal, electricity, metallurgy, petrochemical and sugar paper as the backbone. The building materials, machinery, deep processing of agricultural and sideline products and other industries are actively following up. Baise is making great strides from a traditional agricultural area to an emerging industrial city.