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development
The development of Hunan experiences a winding up process. Before
1949, the development of Hunan was very slow, and there are only Changsha
and Hengyang with over 100000 persons. There are six cities with the population
between 50000 and 100000; they are Xiangtan, Changde, Yiyang, Jinshi, Hongjiang
and Shaoyang. After the founding of People¡¯s Republic of China, there is a
huge development of Hunan.
In 1949, two provincial controlled cities were set. In 1950, two provincial
controlled cities were set, and six region-controlled cities were set. In
1961, the region controlled cities increased to 14, and the number of it reduced
to 5 in 1963. In 1971, there were 6 region-controlled cities. In 1981, the
provincial controlled cities got to 5, and the region controlled cities reached
9. In 1991, the provincial controlled cities increased to 8, and the region
controlled cities increased to 18. By the end of 1998, there are 13 provincial
controlled cities and 16 region controlled cities in Hunan. The city with
over 1000000 persons of non-agricultural people is Changsha, the provincial
capital; the big cities with the population between 500000 and 1000000 are
Hengyang, Zhuzhou, and Xiangtan; the cities with the population between 200000
and 500000 are Yueyang, Shaoyang, Yongzhou, Chenzhou, Yiyang, Changde and
Loudi.
The
scale of the city is becoming
larger and larger. By the end of 1987, the city area of Hunan is 13651km2,
and the building area is 691km2. In the building area, there is 163km2 for
industry, and it takes about 23.6%; the resident area is 181km2, and it takes
26.2%; there are 6km2 for storehouse, and it takes 5.2%; and there is 48.4km2
for external transportation, and it takes7%.
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¡¡environmental protection
¡¡¡¡ Strengthen the environmental protection is one of the basic national policies
in China. The environment protection in Hunan began from the end of 1970¡¯s,
and the developing period is in 1980¡¯s. It is with the same step of the development
of economy. In recent 20 years, it gets outstanding
achievements. The work of environment protection is changed from few people¡¯s
work to the concentration of the whole society. It forms the frame from part
environmental management to the environmental protection of whole province.
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