SURVEY LINYI

　　Linyi city is located at the southeast of Shandong Province,bordering Jiangsu Province in the south and facing the Yellow sea to the east Linyi has a temperate climate and rich precipitation,with mountain areas,hillyland and plains taking 1/3 respectively.
　　Linyi exercises jurisdiction over 9 counties, including Linshu, Tancheng, Cangshan, Junan, Yishui, Pngyi, Feixian and Mengyin as well as three districts such as Lanshan, Luozhuang and Hedong. Linyi, with a total area of 17,184 sqkm and a total population of 10.0 million, is the largest administrative division of the whole province in terms of area and population.
　　The Yihe River,which flows across Linyi from south to north,is the longest river in Shandong Province with a total flowing distance of 574 km.On the east of Linyi City,The longest rubber dam is built across the Yihe River,which forms a scenic lake of 8.24 sq km in Linyi. The lake and dam have been listed in Guinness Bood of World Records.
　　Linyi is an ancient city with long history with splendid culture.It has a history of more than 2,400 years.Here was once the location of the Langyajun and Yizhoufu. Within the boundaries of thf city, there are bany ancient cultural relics, among which there are many ancient cultural relics,among which there are 40-odd historical and cultural sites under province and state protection. In1992, Linyi was listed as a provincial-level historical and cultural city by the People's Government of Shandong Province. The Museum of Bamboo Slips Unearthed from Linyi Yinqueshan Tomb of the Han Dynasty,the Former Residence of Wang Xizhi, Linyi Municipal Museum,zhuge Liang's Memorial Museum and Yinan Beizhai Painted Stone Tombs of the Han Dynasty,have become the tourist resorts with distinctive features and have been taken on the list of toutist oine opening to the international market. The Bamboo Slips Museum of the Yinqueshan Tomb of of the Han Dynasty is licated in the city proper of Linyi.On the 7,500 pieces of bamboo slips unearthed in 1972,such ancient books of pre-Qin days (i.e.before 221B.C.when the first Emperor of Qin united China)as Sunzi's Art of War,Sun Bin's Art of W ar,Liutao and Weiliaozi, were recorded.The excavation of Sun Bin's Art of War, which had been lost for 1,700-odd years,caused a sensation throughout the world.Since it proved the existences of Sun Wu (author of Sunzi's  Art of War ) and SunBin (author of Sunzi's Art of War ) and their books, which had been an outstanding question over the past numerous years.So the excavation was listed among the 10great discoveries of archaeology in the 1970s. From ancient times Linyi had given births to bany famous men of letters. Among them,the famous stateaman and strategist Zhuge Liang of the Three Kingdom Periods (220-280 A.D.) and the famous calligrapher sage,Wang Xizhi of the Jin Dynasty(165-420 A.D),were both born here.
　　Advanced communication installations.Program-controlled telephones, optical- fibre communication, digital microwave, mobile phones and wireless pagers cover both the urban and the rural areas. Internet is now in ascendant. EMS is also available in Linyi. Enough power supply. The power installation capacity of Linyi reaches 540 MW.the city posses one 500 Kv substation,eight 220 Kv substations, forming a modernized power grid backing by the 220 Kv lines of high-tension, big capacity and high parameterx.Complete service departments involving foreign affairs.There are complete service departments involving foreign affairs in Linyi,including the Customs,commodity inspection, health quarantine,animal quarantine,Service Center for Foreign Investment, council for trade promotion,arbitration concerning foreign affairs,insurance and finance.there are one four-stsr hotel,3 three-star hotels and 2 two-star hotels in the city,both of which engage in businesses concerning foreign affairs and foreign nationals.Various facillties for culture and entertainment are complete as well.
　　A three-dimensional network of communication lines, including the sea,land and air,has been formed in Linyi City.Jinghu Expressway and the Asia-Europe Continental Bridge Railway (Starting from Rizhao and Linyi eastward to Rotterdam, Netherlands westward) join together here as well. Ridong (Rizhao- Dongming) Expressway, which is under construction, crosser the Linyi proper from east to west. The coastal railways in the east area (Starting from the northeast area in the north to Jiangsu and Zhejiang in the south) pass through Linyifrom south to north.In addition,there are 4 national highways and 18 provincial highways crisscrossing to all directions. The distance from Linyi to Rizhao port, Lanshan port and Lianyugang port is within 100 km respectively. the distance from Linyi to Qingdao port is 200-odd km. The highways to all the ports are high-grade highways.So the sea transportation is convenient.Linyi Airport is the biggert civil airport in south Shandong..The scheduled flight routes from Linyi to more than 20 cities, such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Jinan and Qingdao, have been opened. Chartered planes also can take off and land on the airport. 
　　Linyi abounds in mineral resources.The deposits of 26 kinds have been proven. Aong them, the deposits of diamond,granite,quartzite,pottery's clay and alumstone rank the top position in ShandongProvince.linyi is one of the two big production bases of China.The famous "Changlin Diamond" was discovered here.In addition,is one of the gold production areas of Shandong Province.
　　The water resources of Linyi are very rich.The water quality is fine as well. For many years runing,the average annual precipitation and runoff has kept 824.8 mm The total amount of water resources reaches 59.6 billion cubic m. The amount of groundwater exploitable can reach 18 billion cubic m.36 medium-and large-sized reserv ours are constructed in the city.So Linyi is one of the richest areas in Shandong Province in terms of freshwater resources.
　　Linyi abounds in natural resources. The output of honeysuckle ranke the top position in the country. The output of ginkgo ,garlic,Chinese chestnut and husbandry products ranks the top position in Shandong Province.The outputs of grain,fruits and peanut rand the second position in Shandong Province As for the production of vegetables,Linyi is called the "south vegetable garden of Shandong" due to its large scale, good quality and non-pollution .Other special lical products,such as Pingyi honeysuckle,Cangshan garlic,Tancheng ginkgo and eight-treasure fermented soybean, are well-known at home and abroad as well.
　　Linyicity has formed an industrial structure with some production scale and technological level backed by light industry,textile,machinery,chemical industry, electronic, building materials, coal,cedicine and gold. There are 2000-odd enterprises of and above township level (including 168 medium-and large-sized enterprises), with more than 3000 kinds of products,among which granite plates,cement,building ceramics,plaster products,engineering machinery, plant protection machinery,motorcycle,knit goods,cotton yarn,food and beverage, tennis shoes,daily-use ceramics and fine chemical industry products are all famous and excellent and sold well both at home and abroak.
　　As a booming commercial city cmerging after the reform and opening,the city proper of Linyi is distributed with numerous commercial mansions and many businessmen gather here.In the city,999 markets of various kinds have been constructed In 2001,the total volume of business hit 423billion yuan,among which 255 billion yuan was turned over in Wholesale City.Linyi Wholesale city ranks the top position among the industrial products wholesale markets of Shandong Province in terms of comprehensive returns and ranks the third position among the 10 big industrial products wholesale markets in Cahina It has preliminarily become an importand circulation center of talent, materials and fund in southeast Shandong as well as the biggest collection and distribution spot of commodities of such regions as Shandong, Jiangsu, Henan and Anhui.In addition,in the city proper of Linyi,there are 10-odd large-large-sized plazas and numerous supermarkets.
　　Linyi City has established cooperative relations of economy,technologies and culture with more than 100 countries and reions in the world .One after another,some international consortia,companies and foreign traders of Europe, America and the Asia-Pacific region with atrong economic powers have come here for investment and cooperation as well as engaging in various other businesses. Sino-foreign joint ventures, cooperative businesses and wholly foreign-funded enterprises totally.the cooperative fields mainly include textile, foodstuff,light industry,building materials, electronics,machinery,agriculture and real estate .All of the enterprises put into operaton have achieved good economic benefits.
　　Linyi is one of the important exeport goods production bases of China.800 varieties of 27 kinds of export goods,including cereal and oil, food, vegetable, drawnwork, silk, local specialities, handcrafts, animal products, light industry, chemical industry, medicine, hardwares, minerals, textile, clithing, mxchinery and equipment, are exported to 108 countyies and regions of Asia, Europe, America and Africa.
　　Linyi new and High-Tech Development Industrial Zone, which was established with approval of the People's Government of Shandong Province in 1992, has a planned construction area of 10.6 sq km. Separated by the high-speed main items and greenbelts,  the zone is divided into six industrial parks, including industrial ceramics, new building materials, high-tech electronics, light materials, fine chemical industry and light industry textile, With complete service installations, the zone has attracted investment from 10-odd countries and regions,such as the USA, the Republic of Korea, Denmark Italy, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
　　Linyi city is located at the southeast of Shandong Province, bordering Jiangsu Province in the south and facing the Yellow sea to the east Linyi has a temperate climate and rich precipitation, with mountain areas, hillyland and plains taking 1/3 respectively. 
　　Linyi exercises jurisdiction over 9 counties,including Linshu, Tancheng, Cangshan, Junan, Yishui, Pngyi, Feixian and Mengyin as well as three districts such as Lanshan,Luozhuang and Hedong. Linyi,with a total area of 17,184 sqkm and a total population of 10.0 million, is the largest administrative division of the whole province in terms of area and population.
　　Linyi abounds in natural resources. The output of honeysuckle ranke the top position in the country. The output of ginkgo, garlic,Chinese chestnut and husbandry products ranks the top position in Shandong Province.The outputs of grain, fruits and peanut rand the second position in Shandong Province As for the production of vegetables, Linyi is called the "south vegetable garden of Shandong" due to its large scale, good quality and non-pollution .Other special lical products, such as Pingyi honeysuckle, Cangshan garlic, Tancheng ginkgo and eight-treasure fermented soybean, are well-known at home and abroad as well.
　　The water resources of Linyi are very rich.The water quality is fine as well. For many years runing,the average annual precipitation and runoff has kept 824.8 mm The total amount of water resources reaches 59.6 billion cubic m. The amount of groundwater exploitable can reach 18 billion cubic m.36 medium-and large-sized reservours are constructed in the city.So Linyi is one of the richest areas in Shandong Province in terms of freshwater resources.
　　As a booming commercial city cmerging after the reform and opening,the city proper of Linyi is distributed with numerous commercial mansions and many businessmen gather here.In the city,999 markets of various kinds have been constructed In 2001,the total volume of business hit 423billion yuan, among which 255 billion yuan was turned over in Wholesale City.Linyi Wholesale city ranks the top position among the industrial products wholesale markets of Shandong Province in terms of comprehensive returns and ranks the third position among the 10 big industrial products wholesale markets in Cahina It has preliminarily become an importand circulation center of talent, materials and fund in southeast Shandong as well as the biggest collection and distribution spot of commodities of such regions as Shandong, Jiangsu, Henan and Anhui.In addition,in the city proper of Linyi, there are 10-odd large-large-sized plazas and numerous supermarkets.