• Source: Western China

      • Western China (中国西部 or 华西) is the west of China. It consists of Southwestern China and Northwestern China. In the definition of the Chinese government, Western China covers six provinces (Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Shaanxi, Gansu, and Qinghai), three autonomous regions (Tibet, Ningxia, and Xinjiang), and one direct-administered municipality (Chongqing).


      Urbanization


      As part of the Xi Jinping administration's goal to urbanize 250 million citizens by 2025 as the first phase of a long-term green modernization plan, China seeks to resettle formerly rural people in provincial capitals, prefectural cities, and county-level towns in western China (as well as central China).: 8 


      Administrative divisions




      Cities with urban area over one million in population


      Provincial capitals in bold.


      Policies


      China's current development policy for its western regions is laid out in the Guiding Opinions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council on Promoting the Development of the West in the New Era and Forming a New Pattern.: 186  This policy seeks to improve key industries and national development, particularly in aircraft manufacturing.: 186 
      Infrastructure developed through the Belt and Road Initiative has helped to reduce the imbalance between western China and the country's more developed eastern region.: 42 


      See also


      China Western Development
      Northwestern China
      Southwestern China
      West China Union College
      West China Union University
      Other regions
      East China
      North China
      Northeast China
      Northern and southern China
      South Central China


      References

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