官方介绍：

历史文化名城

武汉的城市文明历史可追溯到 3500 年前的盘龙城。这是长江流域发掘出的最古老的城池，被学者认为是长江流域文明和黄河流域文明融合的突破口。3500 年间，因水运发达，物产丰富，这里从来就是兵家必争之地，并由军事中心进而发展为区域性政治商贸中心，武汉也因此拥有融汇多元文化的优势和特质。辛亥革命的首义文化铸就了武汉人敢为天下先的人文精神。

Historical and Cultural City

With a history of 3500 years,Wuhan's urban civilization dates back to Panlong Town which is the oldest city ever unearthed in the Yangtze River basin.Scholars deemed it a breakthrough proof of the fusion of Yangtze Civilization and Yellow River Civilization.Over the past 3500 year,thanks to its well-developed transport network and abundant local products.this area has always been a place contested by all strategists and gradually developed from a military center into a regional political.commercial and trade center.As a result,Wuhan possessed an advantage and characteristic of diverse cultures.Xinhai(1911)Revolution overthrowing Qing Dynasty originated in Wuhan and endowed the city with a culture of “be the first to rise in revolution”which fostered Wuhan people's humanistic spirit of”dare to lead the world”.

工业基地

武汉是中国重要的工业基地。现已形成门类比较齐全、配套能力较强的工业体系。武汉正在大力发展现代制造业，着力推进产业技术升级、集群发展。重点发展钢铁、汽车及机械装备、电子信息、石油化工、环保、烟草及食品、家电、纺织服装、医药、造纸及包装印刷十大主导产业。同时运用产业政策，引导企业向园区集中。重点发展钢铁化工及环保产业聚集区、汽车及机电产业聚集区、光电子及生物医药产业聚集区、食品工业聚集区、都市工业聚集区。一批年销售收入过百亿元的大型企业，以及一批拥有核心技术的“武汉制造”知名品牌正在涌现。

Industrial powerhouse

AS China's key industrial base, Wuhan enjoys an industrial system with comprehensive and complementary categories of sectors. The city is stepping up efforts to develop its modern manufacturing sector, focusing on the technical escalation and industrial conglomeration. Priorities are given to 10 leading sectors of “iron and steel, automobile, machinery, electronic information, petro-chemical industry, environmental protection, tobacco and food, household electric appliances, textile and garment, pharmaceuticals, paper-making, packaging and printing. Industrial polices are used to encourage businesses to get concentrated in industrial parks. Importance is placed on developing iron and steel, chemicals and environmental protection gathering area, automobile, machinery and electronics gathering area, opto-electronics and biological medicines gathering area, food industrial gathering area and metropolitan industrial gathering area. A number of huge enterprises with sales of over 10 billion RMB yuan and brands with autonomous core technology of “Made in Wuhan” are coming into being.

江城武汉

武汉位于中国中部，是湖北省省会和政治、经济及文化中心。世界第三大河长江及其最大的支流汉水在此相汇，市区由隔江鼎立的武昌、汉口、汉阳三部分组成，通称武汉三镇。唐代大诗人李白的一句“黄鹤楼中吹玉笛，江城五月落梅花”，使这座中国腹地的特大中心城市自古有着“江城”的美誉。全市现辖 13 个区、 3 个国家级开发区（武汉经济技术开发区、东湖新技术开发区、吴家山台商投资区），总面积 8494 平方公里，常住人口 858 万人。
武汉是一座典型的山水园林城市。上百座大小山峦遍布三镇，近两百个湖泊座落其间，水域面积占到全市国土面积的四分之一，居全国大城市之首。其中东湖水域面积 33 平方公里，是中国最大的城中湖。

Wuhan:A River City

Located in central China , Wuhan , the capital of Hubei Province , serves as the political, economic and cultural center of the province. The Yangtze, World's third longest river and its largest tributary Hanshui meet in Wuhan and cut the city into three parts of Hankou, Hanyang and Wuchang, namely, Three towns of Wuhan . As a line by Li Bai, a great poet in Tang Dynasty goes, “In the Yellow Crane Tower the jade flute is being played while in the River City of Wuhan plum blossoms are dropping in May.” This biggest metropolis in hinterland China was hence reputed as a River City . With an area of 8494 k ㎡ and a population of 8.58 million, Wuhan administers 13 districts and 3 state – level development zones (Wuhan Economic & Technological Development Zone, East Lake Hi-tech Development Zone and Wujiashan Taiwan-investment Area).
As a typical garden city featuring mountains and waters, Wuhan is home to hundreds of hills and nearly 200 lakes of various sizes. With a water area making up 25.8% of its entire territory, Wuhan is ranked the first among major Chinese cities in water resources. East Lake, China's biggest downtown lake, covers an area of 33 k ㎡ .

商贸金融中心

武汉一直是长江中游的商贸金融中心，历史上流传着“货到汉口活”的说法。明末清初，汉口就跻身全国四大名镇之列，成为“楚中第一繁盛处”。上个世纪初，汉口一度成为中国第二大对外通商口岸，中国四大金融中心之一。今天，这座商家必争之地仍然商贾云集，千街熙攘。目前，全市拥有商业网点12万余个，有3家商业企业跻身全国连锁经营企业30强行列，全市社会消费品零售总额突破千亿元大关。法国“家乐福”、德国“麦德龙”、美国“沃尔玛”等国际零售商业巨头相继进入武汉，推动了武汉商业贸易发展。武汉金融、证卷交易同样活跃，中国人民银行和一批国有商业银行在武汉建立了区域性的机构，法国兴业银行在汉设立了分行，10多家外国银行和保险公司在武汉设立了办事机构。

Center of Commerce, Trade and Finance

Wuhan has long been the center of commerce,trade and finance in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River.A saying handed down from the past history goes loke this."goods sell well when they reach Hankou".At the turn from Ming Dynasy to Qing Dynasty,Hankou emerged as one of top 4 Famous Towns in China and "the mo st flourishing and bustling place in central China".
In the beginning of last century.Hankou was once the second binggest port city in the country and one of China's top 4 financial centers. Today ,this strategic city is still the rendezvous of businessmen and as busy and bustling as before.Up to date,the city ishome to app roximately 120 thousand shopping networks and stores.Of this total.3 retailers based in Wuhan are among China's top 30 franchising enterprises. The city'stotal retail sales of consumer goods surpassed 100 billion RMB yuan.
A number of international retail giants including Carrefour of France.Metro of Germany and Wal-Mart of the United States have
set up operations in Wuhan one after another and gives great momentum to the loval retail sector.Wuhan'sfinancial sector and
other state-owned commercial banks estabilshed regional headquarters in the city. Societe Generale of France has opened its branch band and dozens of other foreign banks and insurers have their ropresentative offices in Wuhan.

开放先导

武汉是国家首批沿江对外开放的城市之一，一直是外商投资中西部的热点地区和首选城市之一。武汉坚持“开放先导”战略，一大批枢纽性、功能性基础设施相继建成并投入使用，极大地提升了城市综合服务功能。同时，从转变政府职能入手，对外来企业实行“一条龙”联合办公制度、市长对话会制度、受理投诉制度、投资环境责任制度等等，投资环境日益改善。 2005 年，外商投资继续保持强劲增长势头，全市新批合同外资额 19.89 亿美元，增长 65.6 ％，实际利用外资 17.47 亿美元，增长 14.5 ％。世界 500 强企业已有 60 家在汉投资，另有 300 多家跨国公司在汉设立了办事处，其中地区性、区域性总部达到 100 余家。

Magnet for Foreign Investment

As one of the first open cities on the Yangtze, Wuhan has always been a top recipient of foreign investment in central and western China . Thanks to the strategy of “let opening up be the leading strategy”, a great number of functional infrastructures have been built and put into use. As a result, the city's comprehensive service functions are greatly upgraded. As part of efforts to change government functions, a series of measures are introduced to improve the city's investment climate, including one-stop united service system for external investors, mayors' dialogue with investors, investors' complaints receiving system and investment climate responsibility system. 2005 witnessed a continued strong growth momentum of foreign investment. Newly approved committed foreign investment registered 1.989 billion US dollars, an increase of 65.6% from the previous year with an actually utilized foreign investment of 1.74 billion US dollars, up by 14.5%. 60 of world's top 500 companies have made investment in Wuhan . In Addition, over 300 multinational companies have set up offices, of which over 100 have their regional head offices located in Wuhan .

武汉大学介绍武汉
About Wuhan:
Wuhan, composed of the three towns of Wuchang, Hankou, and Hanyang, is the capital of Hubei Province. Bridges link the three towns, separated by the Yangtze and Hanshui rivers. Because the three towns are so closely connected by waterways, Wuhan is also called the "city on rivers." Being the largest inland port on the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and a major stop on the Beijing-Guangzhou Railway, Wuhan is one of China's most important hubs of water and rail transportation and communications. In Wuhan, there are many charming spots such as East Lake, Guiyuan Temple, Tortoise Hill (Guishan), Snake Hill (Sheshan) and etc..
Wuhan is a city with old history and rich cultural traditions. It began to prosper as a commercial town about two thousand years ago, when it was called Yingwuzhou (Parrot beach). From the first century to the beginning of the third century, the towns of Hanyang and Wuchang began to take shape. During the Song Dynasty (960-1279), the area became one of the most prosperous commercial centers along the Yangtze River. By the end of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), Hankou had become one of the four most famous cities in China. Today, Wuhan serves as the political, economic, and cultural center of Central China.
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