Opening Xi’an Welcomes You

　　Known as Chang’an in ancient times, Xi’an is a world-famous cultural city and an international tourist destination. An ancient capital, Xi’an enjoys a magnificent history, as a booming metropolis. Xi’an brims with unbounded vitality. As a key city in west China, Xi’an boasts broad market capacity and unlimited business opportunities, and as a city of talents and science and technologies, it possesses enormous potential for future growth. Her most brilliant charm lies in the complementary ancient and modern civilizations that add radiance to each other.
　　The Chinese government has implemented the strategy of West China Development, which has attracted worldwide attention to China’s western region, including Xi’an, an emerging investment destination. Xi’an enjoys complete market essentials, broad regional economic hinterland, huge market consumption potential, and particularly her unrivaled human resources, low labor costs and sufficient water, electricity and gas supplies, which comprise all aspects for an ideal investment destination. In 2002, Xi’an, together with other 5 Chinese cities such as Shanghai, Shenzhen, Tianjin, Suzhou and Wenzhou, has been recognized as the “The most innovative and vigorous city in the World” by UNIDO.
　　Today, with a scientific development approach, we are speeding up the process for “Constructing an economically powerful city and creating the best in the western China” in accordance with the ideas to realize social harmony and internationalization-oriented, market-oriented, culture-advanced and ecologically friendly. We are reviewing the city’s orientation with an international perspective, working hard to promote cultural, sci-tech and tourism resources, bringing into full play the basic functions of the market in terms of resources distribution, and developing the 5 pillar industries of high technologies, tourism, equipment manufacturing, modern services and cultural industry. We are constructing and managing the city with a human-centered approach, and promoting citizens’ qualifications and the city’s moral image. We are devoting more efforts to environmental improvement and ecological protection, including the Project for Water and Green aimed to build an ecological city through rejuvenating her reputation of “Eight Rivers surrounding Chang’an”. We are accelerating the growth of “Four Zones and Districts, One Base” (Xi’an Hi-tech Industries Development Zone, Xi’an Economic and Technological Industries Development Zone, Qujiang New District, Chanhe and Bahe Rivers Ecological District, and Yanliang Aviation Hi-tech Industries Base) so as to comprehensively elevate Xi’an’s characteristic industries and core competitiveness.
　　Xi’an, a city of profound culture and brilliant prospects, sincerely welcomes friends from all circles and all corners of the world for visit, sightseeing and business venturing. Let’s join together for mutual benefits, common development, and a splendid future.

　　　　　 Mayor of Xi’an
　　　　　　March 2005