Shihezi,Pearl of Gebi Desert,the Largest Cotton Textile City in China's West——Song Yunfeng,Director General of Economy and Trade Committee of Shihezi City

The following information is taken from the speaker who intended to give his speech at the Sixth China International Cotton Textile Conference (2009) in Xinjiang. But the meeting was called off on short notice. There should have been a good opportunity for local governments at various levels to introduce Xinjiang and its different cities for investment-inviting purpose. Shihezi is one of those beautiful cities and has become the largest cotton textile town in China's west. To keep his original speech intact, the editor did not make any redaction even though some sentences sound out of place now. But the information inside is true to life and might be interesting to business peers and investors.

Coordinated Development of Human Settlement and Economy in County-level Cities in the Yellow River Basin

[Objective] To provide quantification means for comprehensively analyzing the coordinated development of urban human settlement and economy by constructing an index system of economy and human settlement. [Method] By constructing an evaluation index system of economy and human settlement, and using the coordinate measurement model of them, 22 county-level cities in the Yellow River Basin were analyzed. [Result] In the Yellow River Basin, the construction level of economy and human settlement in those county-level cities is low with distinct spatial differences and deteriorating polarization; there is a great spatial corresponding between coordinated development degree and economic level, the higher the economic development level, the higher coordinated development degree in county-level cities; county-level cities around the boundaries of provinces have difficulties in development. [Conclusion] Evaluation standards and models are clear in significance, convenient in application, which can successfully evaluate the coordination of human settlement development in the study region.

Research on the Development of City Financial Systems under the Rural Revitalization Strategy

The implementation of the rural revitalization strategy can provide a better solution for problems such as the“three rural”development limitations and the imbalance of urban and rural economic development as it is the key to comprehensive building of a well-off society.Based on Linhai City’s finance status,this article analyzes the financial needs of the city for a better economic development under the rural revitalization strategy which prioritizes the policy of building a city financial system.The city’s financial system should be organized in a multi-level stucture for better economic development.This will improve the credit system of villages and towns,strengthen agricultural product innovation financially,and improve the finances of rural residents.

Rational scale of urban rail transit network based on system dynamics

Urban rail transit(URT) has been playing an important role in urban sustainable development with its advantages of high speed,large capacity,high efficiency and low pollution.Estimating URT network scale is the key to ensure the scientificity and feasibility of its construction.The existing studies on rational scale of URT network have not dealt with the interaction of supply and demand.This paper describes the establishment of a system dynamics model of rational URT network scale determination,considering the interaction between URT construction and city social economic development as well as the dynamic equilibrium of capital supply and traffic demand,and the verification of the model validity by applying it to the case of Wuhan City's URT construction.

Convention and Exhibition Economy Raises Up the City Dream

As a kind of new economic phenomenon and new economic growth point, the convention and exhibition economy has been listed by many cities among the industries under major development, and is tending towards international, professional, up-scale, and name-brand orientation. Though the convention and exhibition economy in Qingdao was developed later than in other cities, great progress has already been made in recent years. With a sharp increase in the sheer number of exhibitions and rapid development of la...