The Four West Provinces usually refer to the provinces (autonomous regions) with the word "West" after the names of the four provinces in China (Tibet is in the front and does not participate in the comparison), two are located in the south and two are located in the north, which are Shaanxi Province, Jiangxi Province, Guangxi Autonomous Region, and Shanxi Province. The four provinces have a lot in common, the area and population are not much different, even the economy has always been half a pound, no matter the top and bottom, until recent years Guangxi and Shanxi have only slightly fallen behind. But did you know that more than a decade ago, Shanxi's economy was also the first of the Four Wests, and Guangxi also occupied the first throne for several consecutive years, until in recent years, Shaanxi's economy has overwhelmed the crowd and become the new head of the Four Wests.
However, judging from the data of the first half of this year, Jiangxi has surpassed Shaanxi and has the potential to become a new economic leader. Next, we will compare from the aspects of economy, enterprises, education, transportation, tourism, etc., on the comprehensive strength, who is the veritable "first of the four wests"?
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="01" data-track="15" > first compare the population and area of Sixi</h1>
Population: 50.12 million in Guangxi> 45.18 million in Jiangxi> 39.52 million in Shaanxi> 34.91 million in Shanxi
Area comparison: Guangxi 236,000 square kilometers> Shaanxi 205,600 square kilometers> Jiangxi 167,000 square kilometers> Shanxi 156,300 square kilometers.
The population and area are still dominant in Guangxi, and the population of Shanxi is not much, and it has lost 2.37 million people, which is very unfavorable to regional development.
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="02" data-track="3" > 20-year GDP change</h1>
1. The first hegemon "Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region"
As early as 2000, Guangxi's economy reached 208 billion yuan, ranking 18th in the country. At that time, Jiangxi's total GDP was 200.3 billion yuan, ranking 19th in the country, Shaanxi's GDP was 184.5 billion yuan, ranking 21, and Shaanxi's GDP was 180.4 billion yuan, ranking 23rd. Guangxi's economy is undoubtedly the first of the four wests, and this advantage has been maintained for 3 years.
Nanning, Guangxi
2. The second-generation overlord "Shanxi Province"
Until 2003, Shanxi's total GDP surpassed Guangxi and Jiangxi with 285.4 billion yuan, becoming the province with the largest economy for the first time in the four western regions. Jiangxi's total economic output also surpassed Guangxi, with Jiangxi's GDP of 281.2 billion yuan, Guangxi's 279.8 billion yuan, and Shaanxi's 258.7 billion yuan, making Jiangxi's GDP once again the second in the Four Wests. This situation continued until 2008, when Shanxi became the leader for 6 consecutive years.
Taiyuan, Shanxi
3. Contemporary hegemony "Shaanxi Province"
By 2009, Shaanxi's economy had greatly surpassed Shanxi's economy with a staggering increase, and This year Shaanxi's GDP was 799.7 billion yuan, ranking 17th in the country. Jiangxi's economic growth is also eye-catching, surpassing Shanxi in one fell swoop, with a total of 762.9 billion yuan, ranking 18th in the country, once again becoming the second in the four wests. Although Shanxi's economy was surpassed by Both Shaanxi and Jiangxi, it still maintained its advantage over Guangxi, which lasted until 2012, when Shanxi was overtaken by Guangxi, and the gap was getting wider and wider. Shaanxi's economy sat at the top of the "Four Wests" until 2020, that is, 12 years, during which Jiangxi has been following closely behind.
20-year GDP of Sixi
4. The future hegemony of "Jiangxi Province"?
In the first half of this year, Jiangxi's economy finally surpassed Shaanxi, this time Guangxi and Shanxi finally did not catch up, Jiangxi finally threw off the hat of "the second oldest of the millennium" and made a down-to-earth way to make the first of the four wests. It is only half a year's economy that has been announced now, and whether Shaanxi can surpass in the second half of the year is still unknown, but from the perspective of the gap in the first half of the year, Shaanxi is also difficult to surpass, Guangxi and Shanxi are even more hopeless, and the possibility of Jiangxi's economy becoming the head of the four wests is very large.
Nanchang, Jiangxi
GDP of the first half of the four wests
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="03" data-track="16" > enterprise comparison</h1>
First of all, let's take a look at the comparison of the world's top 500 companies in Sixi
A total of three enterprises in Shanxi are Shanxi Coking Coal Group Co., Ltd. (138), Jinneng Holding Group Co., Ltd. (403), and Huayang New Material Technology Group Co., Ltd. (481).
A total of 2 companies in Shaanxi were listed, namely Shaanxi Yanchang Petroleum Company (265) and Shaanxi Coal Industry Chemical Group (273).
Jiangxi and Guangxi each have one enterprise on the list, of which Jiangxi Copper Group ranks 343rd in the world and Guangxi Investment Group ranks 490th in the world.
There are 7 Fortune Global 500 companies in Sixi, all of which are state-owned enterprises, except for Guangxi Investment Group, the remaining 6 are energy-oriented enterprises. In terms of quantity and ranking, Shanxi is more dominant, followed by Shaanxi, Jiangxi and Guangxi.
Top 500 enterprises in Shanxi
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="04" data-track="23" > education, colleges and universities</h1>
As we all know, China's important universities are divided into 985 and 211, such as Peking University and Tsinghua University belong to the 985 engineering universities, while Beijing Jiaotong University and Beijing University of Technology belong to 211. What are the universities in Shaanxi, Jiangxi, Guangxi and Shanxi?
In this field, Shaanxi is undoubtedly the first of the four wests, and there are 8 key universities in Shaanxi. Among them, there are 3 985, namely: Xi'an Jiaotong University, Northwestern Polytechnical University, and Northwest Agricultural University of Science and Technology. There are 5 211s, namely: Northwest University, Xidian University, Chang'an University, Shaanxi Normal University, and Air Force Military Medical University. This is second only to Beijing, Shanghai and Jiangsu in the country.
Jiangxi, Guangxi and Shanxi all have only one 211 key university. Jiangxi is Nanchang University, Guangxi is Guangxi University, and Shanxi is Taiyuan University of Technology.
Therefore, in the field of education, Shaanxi can be described as a "complete victory"
Distribution of key universities nationwide
<h1 class="pgc-h-decimal" data-index="05" data-track="29" > traffic comparison</h1>
1. Comparison of high-speed rail mileage
According to the ranking of high-speed rail mileage across the country by the end of 2020 released by the Railway Bureau, we can see that the total mileage of high-speed rail in Jiangxi has reached 1941 kilometers, ranking 6th in the country and first among the four wests. Guangxi is 1769 km, Shanxi is 1121 km, and Shaanxi is 1019 km.
High-speed Rail Index: Jiangxi> Guangxi> Shanxi> Shaanxi
High-speed rail mileage ranking
2. Comparison of highway mileage
In the comparison of expressways, Guangxi ranked 11th in the country with 6800 kilometers, and the first among the four wests. It is 6321 km in Jiangxi, 6100 km in Shaanxi and 5762 km in Shanxi. The four provinces are very close in the national high-speed kilometer ranking, all in the 10-20 range.
High-speed index: Guangxi> Jiangxi> Shaanxi> Shanxi
Highway rankings
3. Aviation comparison
In terms of airport passenger throughput, Xi'an Xianyang Airport is one of the top ten airports in the country, far exceeding the throughput of the other three provincial capitals. However, there is only one airport in Shaanxi that has been shortlisted for the national top 100 airports, and there are multiple airports in other provinces, so we still want to compare the total number of passenger throughput.
Shaanxi: Xi'an Xianyang Airport 31.07 million passengers, a total of 31.07 million passengers.
Guangxi: Nanning Wuxu Airport 10.58 million passengers, Guilin Liangjiang Airport 4.95 million passengers, Beihai Fucheng Airport 1.63 million passengers, Liuzhou Bailian Airport 1.01 million passengers, a total of 18.17 million passengers.
Shanxi: Taiyuan Wusu Airport 9.01 million passengers, Yuncheng Zhangxiao Airport 1.64 million passengers, Datong Yungang Airport 760,000 passengers, a total of 11.71 million passengers.
Jiangxi: Nanchang Changbei Airport 9.43 million passengers, Ganzhou Golden Airport 1.46 million passengers, a total of 10.89 million passengers.
Airport Index: Shaanxi> Guangxi> Shanxi> Jiangxi
National Airport Rankings
Water transport does not make comparisons, Guangxi is a coastal area, with a number of seaports, while Jiangxi inland river development, is a province along the Yangtze River. Although Shaanxi and Shanxi have a long line along the Yellow River, the water transport of the Yellow River and the Yangtze River is simply incomparable.
Comprehensive comparison results: At present, Shaanxi is still the province with the strongest comprehensive strength among the four western regions. Jiangxi may surpass Shaanxi in terms of total economic output, but there is still a certain gap in per capita GDP. In particular, Xi'an, the capital of Shaanxi Province, is currently the only national central city in the Four Wests, with a total GDP of more than one trillion yuan, far exceeding other provincial capitals. Therefore, Shaanxi has a stronger education system, transportation system and so on.
Xi'an, Shaanxi
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