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Transform your screen with Ganzhou wetland beauty
2025-04-18
After a refreshing spring rain on April 13, the urban wetland park in Ganzhou district, Zhangye, Gansu province, revealed its true beauty.
Rangers stunned by marmot 'wrestling match' encounter in Gansu
2025-04-11
While on a routine fire patrol at Haxi Station in the Gansu Qilian Mountain National Nature Reserve, rangers were treated to a delightful surprise—two chubby marmots "wrestling" on the path.

Yanchiwan Wetlands welcome first migratory birds of the season
2025-04-01
As spring breathes life into the land, Gansu's Yanchiwan Wetlands welcome their cherished visitors once again. Over 5,000 migratory birds, including bar-headed geese, ruddy shelducks, mallards, greylag geese, and black-necked cranes, have arrived at the wetlands. These early travelers are the first to settle in for the season, turning the area into a bustling nursery for new life.
Green growth in Gansu: Maximizing benefits through pasture-photovoltaic integration
2025-03-27
At the Huize Agrivoltaic Livestock Park in Banqiao town, Linze county, Zhangye, Gansu province, rows of standardized cattle sheds are neatly arranged. The distributed photovoltaic arrays installed on the rooftops and supporting structures of four standardized agrivoltaic cattle sheds, with a total installed capacity of 4.3 megawatts, shine brilliantly under the sunlight.

About Zhangye

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Zhangye, formerly known as Ganzhou, got its name from the phrase "to extend the arm of the country through to the Western Realm" in the Western Han period and has enjoyed a reputation as “Jiangnan Beyond the Great Wall” and “Golden Zhangye” since ancient times. The total area of Zhangye is 38,600 km2. It covers one district and five counties. Zhangye had a population of 1,237,600 in 2019. It is home to 38 ethnic minorities.

Business

Advantages

Zhangye has various rivers, sufficient sunlight, fertile land and convenient irrigation, which is a national modern agriculture demonstration zone, the largest corn seed production area in the country and the key production bases of grain, vegetables, fruits, oil plants as well as cattle and sheep.
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Guide

Gansu provincial government has recently issued a series of measures to promote foreign investment, by easing entry restrictions, improving relevant policies, and establishing an incentive mechanism. The province will fully implement policies and measures to ease restrictions on foreign investment.
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Policies

Here is a brief introduction of business promotion agencies of Gansu province. Including Gansu Provincial Economic Cooperation Bureau/Lanzhou Investment and Trade Fair Office, Department of Commerce of Gansu Province, Lanzhou Municipal Bureau of Commerce and so on.
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life

Travel

Attractions: Mati Temple

Located at the northwest bank of the Mati River and at the foot of Linsong Mountain in Zhangye, Mati Temple is a national 5A tourist attraction, a cultural relic and a famous Buddhist site.

Dining: Zhangye preserved mutton

Preserved mutton is a famous meat delicacy in Zhangye. It is made from sheep living in mountainous areas; they are known for their tasty flavor.