陕西特色英文介绍

General Introduction: Situated on the Northwest China Loess highland, this province on the middle reaches of the Yellow River covers an area of 206,000 sq km inhabited by 34.425 million people. The provincial capital is Xi'an, a rising industrial center straddling China's east-west trunk line -- the Longhai Railway. Shaanxi is one of the cradles of the Chinese nation where 13 dynasties made their national capital. Yan'an and some of the other places in northern Shaanxi were the seat of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party from October 1935 to 1948.

Shaanxi, which is well-known for its ancient monuments, temples and terra cotta warriors, has built up a modern industry turning out color TV tubes, household electrical appliances and aircraft.