Aerial China's less known cities: places you may have never heard of

[AndrewJin]

Lanzhou City, Northwest China
Chinese cities GDP ranking 2017: 90-100th

 

[terranMarine]

stunning as usual

 

[AndrewJin]

Shiyan City, Central China
Chinese cities GDP ranking 2017: around 150th

Founded in 1960s amid the Third Front Movement
as the car manufacturing centre in the deep mountainous regions of Hubei Province

Flat land is very limited.
Residential buildings are quite often situated on the mountains

350km/h Wuhan-Shiyan-Xi'an HSR under construction in Shiyan City
Linking Central China and Northwest China

 

[Jlaw]

These are tier 3 cities. But look more developed than any slum dog cities.

 

[AndrewJin]

Liuzhou City
Guangxi Autonomous Region, Southwest China
Chinese cities GDP ranking 2017: 80-90th

Massive industrialisation began in 1950s-1960s when tens of key factories moved from Eastern China.
In 2009 became the third city after Beijing&Shanghai to manufacture over 1 million vehicles per year.

These are tier 3 cities. But look more developed than any slum dog cities.

not all are tier 3
Lanzhou is tier 3 without doubt, a provincial capital city.
Shiyan is tier 4-5.
Liuzhou is tier 3-4.

 

[AndrewJin]

Baoji City, Northwest China
Chinese cities GDP ranking 2017: 110-120th

The name, literally "precious rooster", dates back to Tang Dynasty in the 8th century.
Baoji is a an important industrial city along Silk Road.
Modern Baoji started its massive industrialisation since 1960s' Three Front Movement.

Downtown Baoji

The old silk road railway in Baoji valley, the gateway to Gansu Province and Central Asia

The new Silk Road high-speed railway in Baoji City
Shortening transport time from Beijing into 6 hours

 

[TaiShang]

Infrastructure development is eye-catching.

Way to go!

 

[Cybernetics]

Baoji City, Northwest China
Chinese cities GDP ranking 2017: 110-120th

The name, literally "precious rooster", dates back to Tang Dynasty in the 8th century.
Baoji is a an important industrial city along Silk Road.
Modern Baoji started its massive industrialisation since 1960s' Three Front Movement.

Downtown Baoji
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The old silk road railway in Baoji valley, the gateway to Gansu Province and Central Asia
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The new Silk Road high-speed railway in Baoji City
Shortening transport time from Beijing into 6 hours
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I have been to Baoji before and visited the Famen Temple, it is massive, same with the courtyard. The pagoda is 148m tall. Pictures can't do it justice.

烟台/Yantai in Shandong province.

蓬莱/Penglai is a town within Yantai prefecture in Shandong province. It is home to half a million people.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Penglai