¡¡City 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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