Tianshui City, the second largest city in Gansu Province, lies in the southeastern part of the province. Having a long history, it is known as a famous historical and cultural city and one of the birthplaces of the Chinese people.
Tianshui City, with beautiful landscape, distinguished people, ancient cultural relics, and famous historical sites, is rich in tourist resources. The world-famous Manjishan Grottoes, one of the "Great Four Grottoes" in china, has won the reputation as the "Oriental Sculpture Gallery". The special products of farming and forestry are rich in variety, high in quality and easy to be mined. The proven mineral resources include metal mines such as gold, iron. and copper, and nonmetal mines such as dolomite, serpentine, and limestone. As one of the old industrial bases in China, Tianshui boasts nearly 800 enterprises and has formed an multi-layered industrial production system mainly consisting of the machinery, electronics, building materials, textile and other light industries, food, and arts & crafts.
The developed traffic facilities of Tianshui provide a good investment environment. From the east to the west pun the Longhai (Lanzhou-Lianyungang) Railway and the No.31O State Highway, and from the north to the south go several main highways. Besides, an expressway connects the eastern and western districts of the city, and the airport on the outskirts of the city is available for large passenger planes. Program-controlled telephones, wireless paging, and mobile phones together form a modern communication system ensuring convenient and prompt worldwide information exchanges. Tianshui is moving ahead to be a center city in eastern Gansu Province that is mainly employed in tourist and trading industry and processing industry.

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　　Located in the southern part of the Yellow Soil Plain between Xi'an and Lanzhou, Tianshui is one of the major transport hubs for Gansu, Sha'anxi and Sichuan Provinces. It is fairly easy to travel within and beyond the province from here. One point to make clear is that the city hosts two centers rather than one--Beidao for the train station and Qincheng for the bus station. Transport between the two is frequent and will be dealt with in the City Transport Section (below).

Airport

　　Dunhuang Airport is 13km east of the city. It has direct flights from Lanzhou, Xi'an, Beijing, Urumqi and other cities, although there are not many flights each week. Buses from the CAAC offices (09473-22389) on Dong Dajie near the Dunhuang Hotel.

Railway station　

　　Tianshui, the first stop for trains coming into Gansu Province from the east, is a critical point for travelers going to west China. Since even the most express trains stop here (about 30 daily trains travel both ways via Tianshui), the city is a most convenient stopover for those visiting Lanzhou (6 hours), Dunhuang, Jiayuguan and Zhangye.Since it is on the Xi'an-Lanzhou railway line, there are also quite a number of daily trains (that take about 7 hours) going both ways.You may also take trains from here to Urumqi, Xining, Luoyang, Zhengzhou and Chengdu. Trains traveling west go through Tianshui mainly between 11:30am and 1pm and hourly from 7pm to 7am the next day. Those heading east mainly pass the city between 12:45pm and 7pm and hourly between 11pm and 7am.

Bus station

　　State Expressway No.310 and 312 both traverse the city, linking east with west China. The most frequently used route is the part from Tianshui to Lanzhou (daily 6:00am for RMB28, 6:00pm sleeper for RMB54), which takes about 10 hours because of the circuitous road. As an alternative, you may also take a bus in front of the railway station at Beidao.It is possible from Qincheng to take a bus to Luoyang (6:00am sleeper for RMB107), Xi'an (6:00pm sleeper for RMB50), Xining (5:40am for RMB47), Linxia (6:30am for RMB29), Yinchuan (5:40am for RMB45) and Guyuan (7:00am for RMB21).

city transport

　　City transport between the two centers is in most cases fast. Minibuses shuttle from one end to the other for RMB1 within half an hour. Taxi drivers charge about RMB20 for the same distance. However, one disadvantage here is that public transport stops at around 10pm. If you arrive at the city late at night, the only viable mode of transport is by taxi. It is generally easy to take a bus from the long-distance bus station (Beidao bus station) in the city to Maijishan (taking no more than an hour and costing about RMB6).

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