Zhuzhou (株洲; Zhūzhōu) is an important industrial city in Hunan Province and one of the five busiest railway centers in Mainland China.
Understand
This city is the second largest city in Hunan Province in terms of urban population, GNP and annual income per capita. The population of the whole area was 3.7 millions and the number of urban residents was 1 million (2005). It is the intersection of East-West & North-South railways and North-South & East-West Expressways as well. It takes 40 minutes drive from this city to Changsha Airport.
There are many good quality and key industrial products produced in this city, such as Electrical Locomotives, Motorcycles, Nonferrous Metals, Fertilizers, Chemicals and Cemented Carbide. Siemens, Yamaha, Mitsubishi and many other multinational companies have invested in Zhuzhou. It has one national level Economic Development Zone and several provincial level development areas. Nowaday, companies with long-sight strategy started learning and developing their own technological barriers.
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See
- Zhuzhou Museum (株洲市博物馆), 205 Zhujiang North Road, Tianyuan District (天元区珠江北路205号) (bus nos. B30, B76 and T72), 27.827834009030134°, 113.10964422678964°, +86 731 22833321, +86 731 22833361, 1179891440@qq.com. 09:00-17:00, no tickets issued after 16:00, no entry after 16:30, closed on Mondays, the eve of Chinese New Year and the first two days of Chinese New Year. Zhuzhou's main publicly-owned museum. Free 2022-10-24
Do
- Fantawild Adventure Zhuzhou (株洲方特欢乐世界), 1 Huaqiang Road, Yunlong Demonstration Zone (云龙示范区华强路1号) (take bus no. CZ1 from either Zhuzhou's Dafeng Railway Station or Changsha's South Railway Station, bus no. D162 from the Hunan University of Technology in downtown Zhuzhou, or bus no. D163 from Zhuzhou Central Bus Station), 27.989037°, 113.189823°. 09:30-17:30. A branch of the Fantawild theme park chain, one of China's biggest amusement park chains. Standard adult tickets are ¥299, tickets for persons over 65 are ¥199, tickets for children between 1.1 and 1.4 meters in heigh are also ¥199; children under 1.1 meters in height are admitted free of charge but must be accompanied by an adult 2022-10-25
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- Xujiaqiao Commercial Pedestrian Street (徐家桥商业步行街). Renewed from the old district of Zhuzhou City, consists of restaurants, bars, electronic products and various shopping centers. Can be accessed by public bus 4, 5, 7, 18 and 36 from Zhuzhou Railway Station.