4K China Street View｜Driving tour of "China's Famous Historical and Cultural City" - Changsha City

4K China Street View｜Driving tour of "China's Famous Historical and Cultural City" - Changsha City

Changsha, also known as Star City, is a prefecture-level city, provincial capital, and mega city under the jurisdiction of Hunan Province. As of the end of 2021, the city has jurisdiction over 6 municipal districts, 1 county, and manages 2 county-level cities, with a total area of ​​11,819 square kilometers, a built-up area of ​​567.32 square kilometers, and a total resident population of 10.2393 million. In 2021, Changsha will achieve a regional GDP of 1,327.07 billion yuan.
Changsha is located in Central China, the lower reaches of the Xiangjiang River, the western margin of the Changliu Basin, and the northeast of Hunan. Changsha is a national pilot area for comprehensive reform of the "two-oriented society", an important grain production base in China, an important node city in the urban agglomeration in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and the Yangtze River Economic Belt, a comprehensive transportation hub and a national logistics hub.
Changsha is one of the first batch of national historical and cultural cities, and is known as "the hometown of Qujia", "the famous city of Chu and Han" and "Xiaoxiang Zhusi". There are historical relics such as Mawangdui Han Tomb, Siyang Fangzun, Three Kingdoms Wu Jian, Yuelu Academy, Tongguan Kiln and so on. Condensed the Hunan culture of "practical and eclectic". Changsha is not only one of the origins of the Reform Movement and the old democratic revolution in the late Qing Dynasty, but also one of the birthplaces of New Democracy, where celebrities such as Huang Xing, Cai E, and Liu Shaoqi have emerged.
Changsha is the city with the best international image in China (mainland), the cultural capital of East Asia, and the "Media Art Capital" of the world. Created cultural brands such as "TV Hunan Army", "Publishing Hunan Army" and "Animation Hunan Army". Changsha has 51 colleges and universities, 97 independent scientific research institutions, 73 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Sciences, 14 national engineering technology research centers, and 15 national key engineering laboratories; there are hybrid rice breeding, "Tianhe" supercomputer, and the first domestic 3D Sintering printers and other scientific research achievements.
On December 30, 2021, Changsha was listed on the list of "2021 China's Most Happiest Cities". In February 2021, he was selected into the list of cities and counties to be encouraged for the work of the river chief system and lake chief system in 2020. In April 2022, it was selected into the list of "Waste-Free Cities" during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period. In May 2022, it was approved to build a national-level Internet backbone direct connection point.