Hubei (湖北)
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Húběi (湖北)
Tourist Attractions
Below is a list of tourist attractions in Hubei:
Three Gorges Dam in Yichang City tourist areas (宜昌市三峡大坝旅游区; ), The worlds largest dam and reservoir at the end of the famous Three Gorges of the Yangtze River. This is the worlds largest engineering project. This site is rated AAAAA on China' national tourism scale.
Yellow Crane Tower Park in Wuhan (武汉市黄鹤楼公园; ), This site is rated AAAAA on China' national tourism scale.
Shennongjia Hongping Scenic Area (神农架红坪景区; ), This site is rated AAAA on China' national tourism scale.
Yichang Cheximinsu Fengjingqu (宜昌车溪民俗风景区; ), This site is rated AAAA on China' national tourism scale.
Guiyuan Temple (归元禅寺; ), This site is rated AAAA on China' national tourism scale.
Yichang Three Gorges scenic others (宜昌三峡人家风景区; ), This site is rated AAAA on China' national tourism scale.
Shennongjia Tianyan Primative Ecological Tourism Area (神农架天燕原始生态旅游区; ), This site is rated AAAA on China' national tourism scale.
Wuhan Museum (武汉市博物馆; ), This site is rated AAAA on China' national tourism scale.
Jingzhou Museum (荆州博物馆; ), This site is rated AAAA on China' national tourism scale.
Yichang Xiling Xialou Scenic Tourist Attractions (宜昌西陵峡口风景名胜区; ), This site is rated AAAA on China' national tourism scale.
Longzhong Scenic Area (隆中风景区; ), This site is rated AAAA on China' national tourism scale.
Wuhanshi Dong Lake Scenic Area (武汉市东湖风景区; ), This site is rated AAAA on China' national tourism scale.
Hubei Provincial Museum (湖北省博物馆; ), This site is rated AAAA on China' national tourism scale.
Ichang 9 Yuanding Creek Scenic Area (宜昌九畹溪风景区; ), This site is rated AAAA on China' national tourism scale.
Badong Shennongxi Tourist Areas (巴东神农溪旅游区; ), This site is rated AAAA on China' national tourism scale.
Wudang Mountain Scenic Area (武当山风景区; ), Ancient Buildings on Mount Wudang 武当山 (Wǔdāng Shān) near Dajiangkou City, Hubei can trace their origins to the Tang Dynasty (AD 627-649). The mountain was a site of worship for both Buddhists and Taoists and the temples here acquired some fame. The the Five Dragon Temple in Wudang dates to this time. The site became strongly associated with the legend of the Great Perfect Warrior Emperor Zhenwu Dadi 真武大帝. It was on Wudang mountain that Zhenwu meditated for 42 years before achieving immortality and ascending form Wudang into heaven. Also, it was on Wudang that Zhang Sanfeng was supposed to have created the form of inner martial arts or Kong Fu that is still taught at the temple today. Zhang Sanfeng This site is rated AAAA on China' national tourism scale.
Honghu Lantian Eco-Tourism Scenic Area (洪湖蓝田生态旅游风景区; ), This site is rated AAAA on China' national tourism scale.
Wuhan Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan (武汉中国科学院武汉植物园; ), This site is rated AAAA on China' national tourism scale.
Tourist areas Lianhuashan Ezhou (鄂州莲花山旅游区; ), This site is rated AAAA on China' national tourism scale.
Yichang City, the three-hole scenic tour (宜昌市三游洞风景区; ), This site is rated AAAA on China' national tourism scale.
Shipai stronghold in the Three Gorges tourism (三峡石牌要塞旅游区; ), This site is rated AAAA on China' national tourism scale.
Shaw Museum of China University of Geosciences (中国地质大学逸夫博物馆; ), This site is rated AAAA on China' national tourism scale.
Hot Springs tourist attractions Tangchi Hubei (湖北汤池温泉旅游景区; ), This site is rated AAAA on China' national tourism scale.
Revolution in Wuhan Wuchang Uprising Memorial Hall (Red) (武汉辛亥革命武昌起义纪念馆（红楼）; ), This site is rated AAAA on China' national tourism scale.
Concept of the Three Gorges dam in Yichang City tourist area (宜昌市三峡观坝旅游区; ), This site is rated AAAA on China' national tourism scale.
Jingzhou ancient city of historical and cultural tourism area (荆州古城历史文化旅游区; ), This site is rated AAAA on China' national tourism scale.
Yichang City Buxixia Canyon Scenic Area (宜昌市柴埠溪峡谷风景区; ), This site is rated AAAA on China' national tourism scale.
Shennongjia Shennong Ding Scenic Area (神农架神农顶风景区; ), Access is usually by road via Yichang city, to the south of Shennongjia Forest District. A remote and unspoilt natural mountain wilderness in the heart of China. Shennongjia National Nature reserve is a UNESCO World Bio Reserve and on the UNESCO tentative list for World Heritage Sites. The reserve contains many rare animals including Golden Snub-nosed Monkeys. This site is rated AAAA on China' national tourism scale. The tentative list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites contains this location.
Court Riverside, Wuhan (武汉晴川阁; ), This site is rated AAA on China' national tourism scale.
Shiyan City, plant Huanglong Industrial Ecology Tourism Zone (十堰市黄龙电厂工业生态旅游区; ), This site is rated AAA on China' national tourism scale.
Wuhan Mulan Tianchi Huangpi (武汉市黄陂木兰天池; ), This site is rated AAA on China' national tourism scale.
Yichang City Dangyang Baibaozhai Scenic Area (宜昌市当阳百宝寨风景区; ), This site is rated AAA on China' national tourism scale.
Huangpi Mulan Shan Wuhan (武汉市黄陂木兰山; ), This site is rated AAA on China' national tourism scale.
Yichang City sixi Ecological Scenic Spot (宜昌市泗溪生态风景区; ), This site is rated AAA on China' national tourism scale.
Yichang City Ziyang Dragon Cave Scenic Resort (宜昌市紫阳龙洞风景度假区; ), This site is rated AAA on China' national tourism scale.
Yichang City, Qu Yuan Temple Cultural Tourism Zone (宜昌市屈原祠文化旅游区; ), This site is rated AAA on China' national tourism scale.
Yichang City, Song Mountain Forest Park (宜昌市宋山森林公园; ), This site is rated AAA on China' national tourism scale.
Yichang City Yidu Ordovician Shilin (宜昌市宜都奥陶纪石林; ), This site is rated AAA on China' national tourism scale.
Xiangfan m Ancestral Hall scenic (襄樊市米公祠景区; ), This site is rated AAA on China' national tourism scale.
Savage Cave Room County, Shiyan City (Valley) Tourist Area (十堰市房县野人洞（谷）旅游区; ), This site is rated AAA on China' national tourism scale.
Villa tourist areas in Shiyan City, Mondsee (十堰市月亮湖山庄旅游区; ), This site is rated AAA on China' national tourism scale.
Yichang City, the ancient holiday cottage Chaoyin Dong (宜昌市古潮音洞度假山寨; ), This site is rated AAA on China' national tourism scale.
Yichang City, Valentine's Quan Savage Valley Tourism Zone (宜昌市情人泉野人谷旅游区; ), This site is rated AAA on China' national tourism scale.
Enshi City Shuibuya Scenic Shuttle (恩施市梭布垭风景区; ), This site is rated AAA on China' national tourism scale.
Enshi Long-lin Temple Scenic Area (恩施州龙麟宫景区; ), This site is rated AAA on China' national tourism scale.
Enshi Tusi City (恩施土司城; ), This site is rated AAA on China' national tourism scale.
Luotian County Dabie Mountains thin knife Peak Scenic Area (罗田县大别山薄刀峰风景区; ), This site is rated AAA on China' national tourism scale.
Huanggang Dongpo Chibi Scenic Area (黄冈市东坡赤壁风景区; ), This site is rated AAA on China' national tourism scale.
Daye City Qinglongshan Park (大冶市青龙山公园; ), This site is rated AAA on China' national tourism scale.
Daye City, Ray Mountain Scenic Area (大冶市雷山风景区; ), This site is rated AAA on China' national tourism scale.
Dongfang Mountain Scenic Area in Huangshi City (黄石市东方山风景区; ), This site is rated AAA on China' national tourism scale.
Huanggang City Xishui County Triangle Mountain Tourism Scenic Area (黄冈市浠水县三角山旅游风景区; ), This site is rated AAA on China' national tourism scale.
Chibi City, Hubei, China Water Margin (湖北赤壁中华水浒城; ), This site is rated AAA on China' national tourism scale.
Chibi tourist areas Xianning (咸宁市赤壁旅游区; ), This site is rated AAA on China' national tourism scale.
Longquan Park Jingmen (荆门市龙泉公园; ), This site is rated AAA on China' national tourism scale.
Zhang River Scenic Tourist Attractions in Hubei Province (湖北省漳河风景名胜区; ), This site is rated AAA on China' national tourism scale.
Xiangfan City, Valley County Nanhe Small Three Gorges scenic area (襄樊市谷城县南河小三峡风景区; ), This site is rated AAA on China' national tourism scale.
Xiangfan City, Valley County Nirayama Tourist Resort (襄樊市谷城县薤山旅游度假区; ), This site is rated AAA on China' national tourism scale.
Xiangfan City Scenic Nanzhang Swie King Zhuang (襄樊市南漳县水镜庄风景区; ), This site is rated AAA on China' national tourism scale.
Yichang sturgeon Garden (宜昌中华鲟园; ), This site is rated AAA on China' national tourism scale.
Xingshan County Zhaojun Village Tourist Area (兴山县昭君村旅游区; ), This site is rated AAA on China' national tourism scale.
Scenic Dangyang Yuquan (当阳玉泉风景区; ), This site is rated AAA on China' national tourism scale.
Wuhan East Lake Niaoyu Lin (武汉东湖鸟语林; ), This site is rated AA on China' national tourism scale.
Wuhan, China and Thailand Tang Sun Lake Holiday Resort (武汉华泰汤孙湖旅游度假区; ), This site is rated AA on China' national tourism scale.
Jingzhou Jingzhou Guan Mansion (荆州市荆州关公馆; ), This site is rated AA on China' national tourism scale.
Monument Court, Jingzhou Jingzhou (荆州市荆州碑苑; ), This site is rated AA on China' national tourism scale.
Jingzhou Jingzhou Bonsai Garden (荆州市荆州盆景园; ), This site is rated AA on China' national tourism scale.
Jingzhou Wanshou Garden (荆州市万寿园; ), This site is rated AA on China' national tourism scale.
Xiangfan City, Mi Fu Memorial Hall (襄樊市米芾纪念馆; ), This site is rated AA on China' national tourism scale.
Nanzhang Swie King Zhuang Scenic Area (南漳县水镜庄风景区; ), This site is rated AA on China' national tourism scale.
Valley County Nanhe Scenic Area (谷城县南河风景区; ), This site is rated AA on China' national tourism scale.
Valley County Nirayama Tourist Resort (谷城县薤山旅游度假区; ), This site is rated AA on China' national tourism scale.
Baokang County, Five Gorge Natural Scenic Area (保康县五道峡自然风景区; ), This site is rated AA on China' national tourism scale.
Baokang County Tangchi Gap Hot Springs Resort (保康县汤池峡温泉度假区; ), This site is rated AA on China' national tourism scale.
Zaoyang City, Temple Tour Scenic Whitewater (枣阳市白水寺旅游风景区; ), This site is rated AA on China' national tourism scale.
Forest Park, Shiyan Niutoushan (十堰市牛头山森林公园; ), This site is rated AA on China' national tourism scale.
Shiyan City People's Park (十堰市人民公园; ), This site is rated AA on China' national tourism scale.
Housing County, Shiyan City, Shen Nong Gorge scenic area (十堰市房县神农峡景区; ), This site is rated AA on China' national tourism scale.
Shiyan City Fulong Mountain Natural Scenic Area (十堰市伏龙山自然风景区; ), This site is rated AA on China' national tourism scale.
Shiyan City, the Quartet Hill Botanic Garden (十堰市四方山植物园; ), This site is rated AA on China' national tourism scale.
Yellowstone Eastern Mountain (黄石东方山风景区; ), This site is rated AA on China' national tourism scale.
Xiangfan Zaoyang Qinglongshan Bear River Scenic Area (襄樊枣阳青龙山熊河风景区; ), This site is rated AA on China' national tourism scale.
Xiangfan Hi-tech Agriculture Sightseeing Park, Fairview Park, (襄樊锦绣园高新农业观光园; ), This site is rated AA on China' national tourism scale.
Suizhou tomb scenic area (随州曾侯乙墓景区; ), This site is rated AA on China' national tourism scale.
Lie Yan Emperor Shen Nong Suizhou Mountain Scenic Tourist Attractions (随州炎帝神农烈山风景名胜区; ), This site is rated AA on China' national tourism scale.
Huangshi Daye Mine Mountain (黄石大冶雷山风景区; ), This site is rated AA on China' national tourism scale.
Suizhou noble Santan Scenic Area (随州高贵三潭风景区; ), This site is rated AA on China' national tourism scale.
Jingmen Jingshan Dahongshan Yuanyang Xi (荆门京山大洪山鸳鸯溪; ), This site is rated AA on China' national tourism scale.
Ezhou City Museum (鄂州市博物馆; ), This site is rated AA on China' national tourism scale.
Ezhou liangzi Island eco-tourism resort (鄂州梁子岛生态旅游度假区; ), This site is rated AA on China' national tourism scale.
Xiaogan City Tangchi tourist scenic spot should be (孝感应城市汤池旅游风景区; ), This site is rated AA on China' national tourism scale.
Hubei-Henan Border Region Xiaogan Dawu martyrs cemetery (孝感大悟鄂豫边区烈士陵园; ), This site is rated AA on China' national tourism scale.
Huanggang City Xishui Triangle Mountain (黄冈市浠水三角山风景区; ), This site is rated AA on China' national tourism scale.
Wen Yi-duo Xishui Huanggang City Museum (黄冈市浠水闻一多纪念馆; ), This site is rated AA on China' national tourism scale.
Ji Chun-Li Shi Zhen Huanggang City Museum (黄冈市蓟春李时珍纪念馆; ), This site is rated AA on China' national tourism scale.
Scenic Xianning Xuan Su-dong (咸宁市玄素洞风景区; ), This site is rated AA on China' national tourism scale.
Xianning Cheng tunnel tourist areas (咸宁市澄水洞旅游区; ), This site is rated AA on China' national tourism scale.
Xianning Taiyi scenic hole Scenic Area (咸宁市太乙洞风景区; ), This site is rated AA on China' national tourism scale.
Xiaogan City, Dong Park, (孝感市董永公园; ), This site is rated AA on China' national tourism scale.
Mianyang City Xiantao City Scenic Tourist Attractions (仙桃市沔城风景名胜区; ), This site is rated AA on China' national tourism scale.
Chuang Mausoleum scenic area Tongshan County (通山县闯王陵景区; ), This site is rated AA on China' national tourism scale.
Xianning City Star Bamboo Scenic Area (咸宁市星星竹海风景区; ), This site is rated AA on China' national tourism scale.
Shiyan City, Peach Lake Tourist Resort (十堰市桃花湖旅游度假区; ), This site is rated AA on China' national tourism scale.
Forest Park, Shiyan City, Jiuhuashan (十堰市九华山森林公园; ), This site is rated AA on China' national tourism scale.
Wang Mang-hole scenic Jingmen (荆门市王莽洞风景区; ), This site is rated AA on China' national tourism scale.
Jingshan Tianhe Village (京山天河度假村; ), This site is rated AA on China' national tourism scale.
Xianning Qianshan National Forest Park (咸宁市潜山国家森林公园; ), This site is rated AA on China' national tourism scale.
Jingmen City Museum (荆门市博物馆; ), This site is rated AA on China' national tourism scale.
Xiangfan Nanzhang perfume river scenery work (襄樊南漳香水河风景工; ), This site is rated A on China' national tourism scale.
Xiangfan assist Wang Fulv picture wall (襄樊襄王府绿影壁; ), This site is rated A on China' national tourism scale.
Xiangfan Yicheng Zhang Zizhong general memorial hall (襄樊宜城张自忠将军纪念馆; ), This site is rated A on China' national tourism scale.
History
By the Spring and Autumn Period (770 BC - 476 BC), Hubei was home to the powerful state of Chu. Chu was nominally a tributary state of the Zhou Dynasty, and it was itself an extension of the Chinese civilization that had emerged some centuries before in the north; but it was also culturally unique, and was a powerful state that held onto much of the middle and lower Yangtze River, with power extending northwards into the North China Plain.
During the Warring States Period (475 BC - 221 BC) Chu became the major adversary of the upstart state of Qin to the northwest (in what is now Shaanxi province), which began to assert itself by outward expansionism. As wars between Qin and Chu ensued, Chu lost more and more land: first its dominance over the Sichuan Basin, then (in 278 BC) its heartland, which correspond to modern Hubei. In 223 BC Qin chased down the remnants of the Chu regime, which had fled eastwards, as part of Qin's bid for the conquest of all China.
Qin founded the Qin Dynasty in 221 BC, the first unified state in China. Qin was succeeded by the Han Dynasty in 206 BC, which established the province (zhou) of Jingzhou in what is now Hubei and Hunan. Near the end of the Han Dynasty in the beginning of the 3rd century, Jingzhou was ruled by regional warlord Liu Biao. After his death, Liu Biao's realm was surrendered by his successors to Cao Cao, a powerful warlord who had conquered nearly all of north China; but in the Battle of Red Cliffs, warlords Liu Bei and Sun Quan drove Cao Cao out of Jingzhou. Liu Bei then took control of Jingzhou; he went on to conquer Yizhou (the Sichuan Basin), but lost Jingzhou to Sun Quan; for the next few decades Jingzhou was controlled by the Wu Kingdom, ruled by Sun Quan and his successors.
The incursion of northern nomadic peoples into northern China at the beginning of the 4th century began nearly three centuries of the division of China into a nomad-ruled (but increasingly Sinicized) north and a Han Chinese-ruled south. Hubei, which is in southern China, remained under southern rule for this entire period, until the reunification of China by the Sui Dynasty in 589. In 617 the Tang Dynasty replaced Sui, and later on the Tang Dynasty placed what is now Hubei under several circuits: Jiangnanxi Circuit in the south; Shannandong Circuit in the west, and Huainan Circuit in the east. After the Tang Dynasty disintegrated the 10th century, Hubei came under the control of several regional regimes: Jingnan in the center, Wu (later Southern Tang) to the east, and the Five Dynasties to the north.
The Song Dynasty reunified China in 982 and placed most of Hubei into Jinghubei Circuit, a longer version of Hubei's current name. Mongols conquered China fully in 1279, and under their rule the province of Huguang was established, covering Hubei, Hunan, and parts of Guangdong and Guangxi. During the Mongol rule, in 1334, Hubei was devastated by the world's first recorded outbreak of the Black Death, which spread during the following three centuries to decimate populations throughout Eurasia. (Citation needed, as most authorities say Central Asia, some say India, and at least one says Africa).
The Ming Dynasty drove out the Mongols in 1368, and their version of Huguang province was smaller, and corresponded almost entirely to the modern provinces of Hubei and Hunan combined. The Manchu Qing Dynasty which had conquered China in 1644 split Huguang into the modern provinces of Hubei and Hunan in 1664. The Qing Dynasty continued to maintain a viceroy of Huguang, however; one of the most famous was Zhang Zhidong, whose modernizing reforms made Hubei (especially Wuhan) into a prosperous center of commerce and industry. The Huangshi/Daye area, south-east of Wuhan, became an important center of mining and metallurgy.
In 1911 the Wuchang Uprising took place in modern-day Wuhan, overthrowing the Qing Dynasty and establishing the Republic of China. In 1927 Wuhan became the seat of a government established by left-wing elements of the Kuomintang, led by Wang Jingwei; this government was later merged into Chiang Kai-shek's government in Nanjing. During World War II the eastern parts of Hubei were conquered and occupied by Japan while the western parts remained under Chinese control.
During the Cultural Revolution in the 1960s, Wuhan saw fighting between rival Red Guard factions.
As the fears of a nuclear war increased during the time of Sino-Soviet border conflicts in the late 1969s, the Xianning prefecture of Hubei was chosen as the site of Project 131, an underground military command headquarters.
The province - and Wuhan in particular - suffered severely from the 1954 Yangtze River Floods. Large scale dam construction followed, with the Gezhouba Dam on the Yangtze River near Yichang started in 1970 and completed in 1988; the construction of the Three Gorges Dam, further upstream, began in 1993. In the following years, authorities resettled millions of people from western Hubei to make way for the construction of the dam. A number of smaller dams have been constructed on the Yangtze's tributaries as well.
People and Culture
Han Chinese form the dominant ethnic group in Hubei. A considerable Miao and Tujia population live in the southwestern part of the province, especially in Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture.
People in Hubei speak Mandarin dialects; most of these dialects are classified as Southwestern Mandarin dialects, a group that also encompasses the Mandarin dialects of most of southwestern China.
Perhaps the most celebrated element of Hubei cuisine is the Wuchang fish, a freshwater bream that is commonly steamed.
Types of traditional Chinese opera popular in Hubei include Hanju and Chuju.
The Shennongjia area is the alleged home of the Yeren, a wild undiscovered hominid that lives in the forested hills.
The people of Hubei are given the uncomplimentary nickname "Nine Headed Birds" by other Chinese, from a mythological creature said to be very aggressive and hard to kill. "In the sky live nine-headed birds. On the earth live wise Hubei people." (天上九头鸟，地上湖北佬)
Wuhan is one of the major culture centers in China.
Industry
Hubei is often called the "Land of Fish and Rice" (鱼米之乡). Important agricultural products in Hubei include cotton, rice, wheat, and tea, while industries include automobiles, metallurgy, machinery, power generation, textiles, foodstuffs and high-tech commodities.
Mineral resources that can be found in Hubei in significant quantities include borax, hongshiite, wollastonite, garnet, marlstone, iron, phosphorus, copper, gypsum, rutile, rock salt, gold amalgam, manganese and vanadium. The province's recoverable reserves of coal stand at 548 million tons, which is modest compared to other Chinese provinces. Hubei is also well known for its mines of fine turquoise and green faustite.
Once completed, the Three Gorges Dam in western Hubei will provide plentiful hydroelectricity, with an estimated annual power production of 84,700 Gwh. Existing hydroelectric stations include Gezhouba, Danjiangkou, Geheyan, Hanjiang, Duhe, Huanglongtan, Bailianhe, Lushui and Fushui.
Hubei's economy ranks 10th in the country and its nominal GDP for 2008 was 1.13 trillion yuan (163 billion USD) and a per capita of 19,884 RMB (2,863 USD).
Geography
The Jianghan Plain takes up most of central and eastern Hubei, while the west and the peripheries are more mountainous, with ranges such as the Wudang Mountains, the Jingshan Mountains, the Daba Mountains, and the Wushan Mountains (in rough north-to-south order). The Dabie Mountains lie to the northeast, on the border with Henan and Anhui; the Tongbai Mountains lie to the north on the border with Henan; to the southeast the Mufu Mountains form the border with Jiangxi. The eastern half of the Three Gorges (Xiling Gorge and part of Wu Gorge) lies in western Hubei; the other half is in neighbouring Chongqing. The highest peak in Hubei is Shennong Peak, found in the Daba Mountains and in the forestry area of Shennongjia; it has an altitude of 3105 m.
The Yangtze River enters Hubei from the west via the Three Gorges; the Hanshui and Shen Nong Stream enter from the north. Shen Nong Stream is a tributary of the Yangtze River which has also been degraded by the Three Gorges Dam project. The Yangtze and Hanshui rivers meet at Wuhan, the provincial capital. Thousands of lakes dot the landscape, giving Hubei the name of: "Province of Lakes"; the largest of these lakes are Lake Liangzi and Lake Honghu. The Danjiangkou Reservoir lies on the border between Hubei and Henan.
Hubei has a subtropical climate with distinct seasons. Hubei has average temperatures of 1 - 6 °C in winter and of 24 - 30 °C in summer; punishing temperatures of 40 °C or above are famously associated with Wuhan, the provincial capital.
Hubei is divided into thirteen prefecture-level divisions (of which there are twelve prefecture-level cities and one autonomous prefecture), as well as three directly administered county-level cities and one directly administered county-level forestry area.
| Map | # | Name | Hanzi | Hanyu Pinyin | Type |
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| 1 | Wuhan | 武汉市 | Wǔhàn Shì | Prefecture-level city | |
| 2 | Ezhou | 鄂州市 | Èzhōu Shì | Prefecture-level city | |
| 3 | Huanggang | 黄冈市 | Huánggāng Shì | Prefecture-level city | |
| 4 | Huangshi | 黄石市 | Huángshí Shì | Prefecture-level city | |
| 5 | Jingmen | 荆门市 | Jīngmén Shì | Prefecture-level city | |
| 6 | Jingzhou | 荆州市 | Jīngzhōu Shì | Prefecture-level city | |
| 7 | Shiyan | 十堰市 | Suízhōu Shì | Prefecture-level city | |
| 8 | Suizhou | 随州市 | Suízhōu Shì | Prefecture-level city | |
| 9 | Xiangfan | 襄樊市 | Xiāngfán Shì | Prefecture-level city | |
| 10 | Xianning | 咸宁市 | Xiánníng Shì | Prefecture-level city | |
| 11 | Xiaogan | 孝感市 | Xiàogǎn Shì | Prefecture-level city | |
| 12 | Yichang | 宜昌市 | Yíchāng Shì | Prefecture-level city | |
| 13 | Enshi (Tujia & Miao) | 恩施土家族苗族自治州 | Ēnshī Tǔjiāzú Miáozú Zìzhìzhōu |
Autonomous prefecture |
The three directly administered county-level cities are more accurately described as sub-prefecture-level cities:
- Tianmen (天门市 Tiānmén Shì)
- Qianjiang (潜江市 Qiánjiāng Shì)
- Xiantao (仙桃市 Xiāntáo Shì)
The county-level forestry area:
- Shennongjia (神农架林区 Shénnóngjià Línqū)
Transportation
Hubei plays an important role in China's transportation industry. Situated on the Yangtze and Hanshui Rivers, which are important waterways, Hubei also enjoys the convenience of railways linking Beijing to Guangzhou, Beijing to Kowloon, Shanghai to Wuhan, Wuhan to Chengdu, and Zhicheng to Liuzhou, and of the airports in Wuhan, Yichang, Sanxia, Xiangfan and Shashi. National and provincial highways also contribute to Hubei's economic development.
News About Hubei
Standard Chartered Wuhan branch approved
Standard Chartered announced Thursday it has been approved by the China Banking Regulatory Commission (CBRC) to set up a branch in Wuhan, Hubei Province. ... »
Stability in Chinese scrap market despite strong steel price hikes
In addition, current scrap prices in Hubei are at RMB 2850-2900/mt ($421-428/mt). At present, the energy saving and emissions reduction policy implemented ... »
The weight of words
Xinhua9 (Xinhuanet) -- Song Dynasty Renaissance man Su Dongpo spent just four years in Hubei province's Huanggang city but left it with an enduring legacy. ... »
Skystar Updates Progress Of New Manufacturing Plant
Skystar Bio-Pharmaceutical Company (NSDQ: SKBI), a veterinary medicine company, expects its recently acquired manufacturing facility in Hubei Province to ... »
24 Students Hospitalized, Food Poisoning Suspected
Twenty four students felt sick and dizzy following breakfast at a school cafeteria in central China's Hubei Province Wednesday and may be suffering from ... »
Chinese chef trains pet puppy to smoke
Zeng Ziguang (23), a chef from Hubei Province, has been teaching Blackie to smoke since buying him six months ago. He now claims the dog is addicted to ... »
Nissan, Dongfeng Motor to Introduce New China Car Brand Called Qi Chen
The Japanese carmaker and Wuhan, Hubei-based Dongfeng Motor Group Co. will work together to produce passenger vehicles under the new brand Qi Chen, ... »
Nissan to Create New Passenger Car Brand With Chinese Partner Dongfeng
The Japanese company and Wuhan, Hubei-based Dongfeng Motor Group Co. will jointly produce and sell cars under the new brand Qi Chen from early 2012, ... »
2010-meter art scroll for Guangzhou Asian Games
... in South China's Guangdong province, exhibits his Chinese painting of plum blossom at a park in Wuhan, Central China's Hubei province, Sept 6, 2010. ... »
Parents in China sleep on gym floors to support their kids starting university
Mums and dads in Wuhan, in the Hubei province of China, aren't ready to say goodbye just yet – so they're sleeping in a makeshift dormitory on the floor of ... »
School's Playground Rented as Golf Training Field
CRIENGLISH.comThe photo taken on Monday, September 6, 2010, shows a school playground in Wuhan city in central China's Hubei Province which has been rented as a golf ... »
Skystar Announces Update
Acquisition in Hubei Province The Company completed acquisition of a modern, GMP-certified veterinary medicine facility in Hubei Province on August 11, ... »
Facts about the extinct Chimaerasuchus
This crocodile lived in the swamps of Asia, mainly in China where it was discovered in the central Hubei province. Only one skeleton is known so far and it ... »
Puppy Taught To Smoke
New York's PIX11 / WPIX-TVZeng, who lives Wuchang, a town in central China's Hubei Province, said it took him about a month to train his puppy how to smoke. ... »
West is trounced by Chinese aspiration
... in China's central Hubei province, bedding down for the night in a campus gymn made available to those who cannot afford hotel accommodation. ... »
State Council OKs 10 Cities' Urban Development Plans
... including Zhejiang provincial capital Hangzhou, Hubei provincial seat Wuhan and Henan capital Zhengzhou, according to a posting on the government's ... »
Hundreds of Chinese parents sleep on gym floors to support their children as ...
Daily Mail400 parents of first-year university students in Wuhan, a city in central China's Hubei province, sleep on mats in the university's gymnasium so that they ... »
China to Inspect Vegetable Oil Stockpiles in Hubei as Trial From Sept. 25
By Bloomberg News - Mon Sep 06 03:18:32 GMT 2010 China will inspect vegetable oil reserves in Hubei province as a trial project to help gauge the country's ... »
Chinese c.bank sets yuan mid-point at 6.7838
International Business TimesA staff counts Chinese Renminbi currency at a bank in Baokang, central China's Hubei province, November 11, 2007. China's central bank, battling to restrain ... »
China to Inspect Vegetable Oil Stockpiles in Hubei as Trial
6 (Bloomberg) -- China will inspect vegetable oil reserves in Hubei province as a trial project to help gauge the country's overall stockpiles of the ... »