 Qing
is short for Qinghai Province. It lies in the northern part in China. It is
720,000 square kilometers in area with a population is 4.4 million.
Qinghai located in Qingzang Plateau. The topography here is very
complicated. There is hilly area, plateau, basin and valley, but the most
parts are plateaus and hilly areas. Qinghai is the origin of the Yangtze
River, the Yellow River and the Lancang River. It has a continental plateau
climate. It abounds in mineral resources, with the reserves of Li, salt, Br,
asbestos, mica amongst the most abundant in China. Also, Qinghai abounds in
petroleum, natural gas, coal, iron and some kinds of non-ferrous metals.
Its major industries are machinery, livestock products, chemical
industry, metallurgical industry and petroleum industry. In agriculture, the
main produces are wheat, highland barley, grains, rape and sugar-beet. The
animal husbandry is well developed. Qinghai is one of the main pastoral
areas in China. There are a lot of kinds of livestock. They are sheep,
goats, horses, donkeys, camels yaks and so on. The highway system here is
very important. The railway, aviation and popular transportation forms the
traffic network.
Qinghai is at the source of the rivers in Ximalaya. It has some natural
and civilizing resources, specially, the long history, the unique mountains
and the national favour. The places of interest here are Qinghai Lake, Riyue
Mountain, TaˇŻer Temple and Xining Mosque. The traditional specialties are
blanket, fur, silver material and a kind of fish that is without scale in
Qinghai Lake.
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