Xiangjiang New Area


The Xiangjiang New Area is a new area at state level in Changsha City, Hunan Province, China. The new area was created on 8 April 2015, it is the 12th state-level new area approved to establish by the State Council. Xiangjiang New Area is located in the west of the Xiang River and covers parts of Yuelu, Wangcheng and Ningxiang. According to the official reply of the State Council, the new area has an area of. The Hunan CPC Party Secretary Xu Shousheng and Hunan Governor Du Jiahao attended the opening ceremony of the new area held in Changsha, 24 May 2015.
In 2015, Xiangjiang New Area covers a Built-up area of, it has a population of rough 1,340,000, its GDP reaches CNY 160.25 billion, its GDP per capita is CNY 119,500.

Geography

According to the Development Planning of Xiangjiang New Area approved by the Government of Hunan Province on May 22, 2016, it has a planned area of about with a core zone of, the planned area covers the whole Yuelu District, the total area on the south of the Wei River and the west of the Xiang River of Wangcheng District, parts of Ningxiang County.

Core zone

The core zone of Xiangjiang New Area consists of most of Yuelu District, the total area on the south of the Wei River and the west of the Xiang River of Wangcheng District, Jinzhou Town of Ningxiang County.