China Wild West Travel

The Wild West of China is a land at once mysterious and charming. Its venerated history, splendid culture, magnificent landscape, and multifarious folklore combine to form an inexhaustible wealth of tourist resources that rank the region among dream destinations for aspiring travellers around the globe.

wild west travel

The Wild West of China is a land at once mysterious and charming. Its venerated history, splendid culture, magnificent landscape, and multifarious folklore combine to form an inexhaustible wealth of tourist resources that rank the region among dream destinations for aspiring travellers around the globe.

This travel guide renders a systematic introduction to the basics of three western most regions of China-Gansu Province, The Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, The Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. It is our hope that this travel guide will come handy as a truthful companion to your west China tour.

China is a vast country with a large population and abundant resources. It is generally divided into the eastern, central, and western regions on the basis of their geographical positions in China and their economic and technological development. The eastern region comprises the municipalities of Beijing, Shanghai, and Tianjin, the provinces of Liaoning, Hebei, Shandong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, and Hainan, as well as the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, not including Taiwan Province and the Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions. The central region encompasses the provinces of Heilongjiang, Jilin, Shanxi, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Anhui, and Jiangxi, as well as the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. The western region includes the municipality of Chongqing, the provinces of Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Shaanxi, Qinghai, and Gansu, as well as the Tibet, Ningxia Hui and Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Regions.

Around the turn of the century, the Chinese government announced its decision to develop the western region on a large scale in order to speed up the economic growth of Central and West China. To implement this ambitious plan, it has formulated a number of preferential policies to be applied in West China as well as in the Inner Mongolia and Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Regions. In China's efforts to develop its western region, the Eurasia Continental Bridge, the Changjiang River, the railroads that lead to seaports in the southwest and the key cities along them will play a significant role. China is going to build trans-regional economic belts with Chinese characteristics along the western section of the Longhai Railroad and the Xinlan Railroad, the upper reaches of the Changjiang River, and the NanningGuiyang-Kunming Railroad. These economic belts will be expanded step by step until they cover the entire western region.

This travel guide is designed to provide visitors with facts about Gansu Province and the Ningxia Hui and Inner Mongolia Autonomous Regions.

Tourism resources in west China
Gansu, Ningxia, and Inner Mongolia are located in the central and eastern parts of West China, a place where the Qinghai-Tibet, the Inner Mongolian, and the Loess Plateaus meet.

Gansu, Ningxia, and Inner Mongolia have long been closely related to the Yellow River because its upper course flows through them, irrigating their farmland and bringing prosperity to their people. The magnificent Liujia Gorge in Gansu and the Qingtong Gorge in Ningxia where the Yellow River passes through provide favorable conditions for power generation. Large-scale, multi-purpose projects for taming the Yellow River and utilizing its water resources have been built at the gorges. The Yellow River has not only nurtured the people on its banks since remote antiquity but also created brilliant history and culture in the area. In fact, the river valley is the cradle of the Chinese nation as a whole.

Tibet - The Roof of the World! : Tibet has a long history and beautiful landscape. Its brillint and ancient monasteries and unique local customs attract flocks of tourists. You are welcome to Tibet and to have a look of these rare wonders in the world.

Water Towns : Here, visitors can enjoy the beauty of townships and villages some 1,000 years ago-a fantastic world rivers and bridges. The most attractive scenes can be found in Suzhou and its neighboring areas, such as Tongli Town, Zhouzhuang, and Yongzhi, as well as the areas near Hangzhou, such as Jiaxing, and Nanxun.

Silk Road and Silk Road Travel in China : The 2,000-year-old silk road has demonstrated a lasting charm through the centuries. Today it still attracts thousands of tourists from across the world with its rich historic sites, cultural relics, beautiful scenery and colorful folklore.

Shangri-La : More than half a century ago, British writer James Hilton wrote a novel entitled Lost Horizon. In the book he tells a story: Because of an aviation accident, a plane was forced to land in a valley southwest of the Himalayas. For survival, several young men trekked a long distance.

China's Wild West: This travel guide renders a systematic introduction to the basics of three western most regions of China-Gansu Province, The Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, The Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. It is our hope that this travel guide will come handy as a truthful companion to your west China tour.