1. Brief Introduction
Xinxiang is a prefecture-level city in northern Henan Province, China. It borders the provincial capital of Zhengzhou to its southwest, Kaifeng to its southeast, Hebi and Anyang to its north, Jiaozuo to its west, and the provinces of Shanxi and Shandong to its northwest and east respectively.
2. History
Xinxiang was site of the Battle of Muye where the Shang Dynasty was overthrown by the Zhou. Xinxiang dates from the Sui dynasty (581-618) and was a small market center before being developed as an industrial center in the 1950s. It also served as the capital of the short-lived Pingyuan province, which covers neighboring cities Anyang, Hebi, Puyang, Jiaozhuo and Heze, between 1949 and 1952, for the purpose of exterminating bandits.
3. Economy
There are several important enterprises located in Xinxiang, such as Frestech Refrigerator, Golden Dragon Copper Group, Bailu Chemical Fiber, Henan Kelong Group，AVIC Xinhang Industry Corporation...etc.
Textiles and processed food are major manufactures. It has a large number of heavy industry in machine making. As an old textiles basement the cotton industry is very developed in Xinxiang.
4. Education
There are several universities and colleges located in the prefecture level city.
Xinxiang Medical University
Henan Normal University
Xinxiang University: newly combined university located in the eastern part of Xinxiang, it has 21 faculties and 3 centers
Henan Institute of Science and Technology
Henan Mechanical and Electrical Engineering College
Xinxiang Hygiene School
5. Climate
Xinxiang belongs to warm temperate continental monsoon climate, with four distinct seasons, cold winter and hot summer, cool autumn and early spring, the annual average temperature 14 ℃; it is the hottest in July, the average temperature is 27.3 ℃; it is the coldest in January, average 0.2 ℃. Average annual humidity is 68%, the average annual rainfall is 656.3mm, and annual evaporation is 1748.4mm. From June to September, the precipitation is the largest, accounting for 72% of the annual rainfall.
The average annual sunshine hours are 1928.5 hours, frost-free period last for 220 days. Xinxiang is located between the Yellow River and Haihe, plain covers an area of 78% of the total land. There is fertile land with abundant light and heat.
6. Transportation
The city is a rail junction and industrial centre at the head of navigation on the Wei River (Shandong). The river, made navigable for small vessels by river improvements in the 1950s, links the city with Tianjin, the main port for Beijing. Later, due to heavy industrial chemical pollution, the river course had been totally cut off and got filled up. After recent dredges, it is still no more than a man-made lake. Xinxiang is located at the junction of the Beijing-Guangzhou, Xinxiang-Yueshan and the Xinxiang-Yanzhou Railways.
Xinxiang has two railway stations. One is Xinxiang Railway Station; the other is Xinxiangdong Railway Station.
Population: 6 million
Temperature: average 14 °C (57.2 °F)
