Although Wuhan is the most competitive city in Central China, Changsha and Zhengzhou are also catching up step by step. In particular, Changsha is comparable to Wuhan in many important indicators. In terms of per capita GDP and per capita net income, Changsha has surpassed Wuhan, ranking first in Central China. In recent years, the construction of Zhengzhou Airport Economic Zone and Zhengdong New District has been accelerating. In the next five years, Zhengzhou will become a national central city. Henan province, where Zhengzhou is located, has a population of 65438+ billion, and its urbanization rate is relatively low. In the process of accelerating urbanization in this province in the future, except for some people who flow to the developed coastal areas, most of the population should be urbanized nearby. As a unipolar core city in Henan Province, Zhengzhou will undoubtedly become the core of population inflow.
Zhengzhou once had great advantages in geographical location and traffic conditions. The two arteries of Beijing-Guangzhou and Longhai meet here, which is also an important reason why Zhengzhou has developed from Zheng County in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China to a national central city. With the advent of the high-speed rail era, Zhengzhou's advantages are being weakened. Zhengzhou is the first double-span railway city in China, where Old Beijing-Guangzhou Railway, Longhai Railway, Beijing-Guangzhou High-speed Railway and Xu Lan High-speed Railway meet. Wuhan also has Beijing-Guangzhou high-speed railway and high-speed railway along the river. Changsha has Beijing-Guangzhou high-speed railway and Shanghai-Kunming high-speed railway. Zhengzhou is actively promoting the construction of high-speed rail in the shape of a herringbone. In terms of road traffic, although Zhengzhou's advantages have been weakened, it still has certain advantages.
In aviation, Zhengzhou and Wuhan are almost equal. However, Zhengzhou has an airport comprehensive experimental area. As the first airport in China, it still has certain policy advantages. In terms of water transportation, Zhengzhou has nothing to talk about. The Yellow River is navigable. As an important city in the Yangtze River Economic Belt, Yangtze River shipping is of great significance to Wuhan. When it was liberated from People's Republic of China (PRC), Wuhan was already a big Wuhan. Wuhan played an important role in modern China. Wu Hanyou has a deep industrial base. The number of well-known universities can be comparable to that of cities such as Shanghai, Xi and Nanjing. Key universities such as Wuhan University, Huake, Wuhan Institute of Technology, China Geology, Zhongnan Finance and Economics are important resources for urban development.
Look at Changsha, which was an important city as early as War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression. There is a certain historical and cultural background. Colleges and universities include Central South, Huda and Changli. On the other hand, Zhengzhou is one of the eight ancient capitals in China, but it is only supported by a broken ancient city wall, which is far less than Kaifeng in Luoyang. I have to say that Zhengzhou University has developed rapidly in recent ten years, but 985 University still can't compare with it.