Chengdu is the provincial capital of Sichuan Province, located in southwest china,Chengdu is southwest China's major transport hub. chengdu is also a national historical and cultural city.
- Chengdu climate
- Chengdu has a subtropical monsoon climate,annual average temperature is 16 degrees Celsius, about 1000 mm annual rainfall. Chengdu climate is characterized by a significant number of clouds, sunshine time is short. another distinguishing feature of Chengdu Climate is the air humidity, therefore, although the summer temperatures are not high (maximum temperature less than 35 degrees), but it is hot; winter temperature average 5 degrees Celsius,Chengdu rainfall concentrated in july and august, winter and spring are dry and have little rain, very little snow.
the city's household population has 11,123,000 people ,Resident population has 12,579,000 people,The natural population growth rate is 2 ‰.
Chengdu was named "the best tourist cities in China,"by the National Tourism Administration and the International Tourism Organization, 786,000 international Tourists has visited chengdu in 2007. the city has more than 98 three-star Hotel. 258 travel agencies, including 39 international travel agencies.
World Heritage
World Heritage - Dujiangyan
World Heritage - Qingchengshan
World Natural Heritage (Extension) - the giant panda habitat (Chengdu Giant Panda Base, Tiantai Mountain, Jiguanshan, etc.)
Best Travel Time
Chengdu has a subtropical monsoon climate, because of the typical climate of the basin. Spring comes early, the summer is hot, autumn is nice and cool and in the winter without freezing frost. Annual average temperature 16 ℃ ~ 18 ℃. july and august are the annual two-month rainy season, spring and winter rain, winter temperatures rarely lower than 5 ℃.with very little sunshine, low wind and foggy.
best time to travel to Chengdu is in March to June, September to November.the nearby Mount Qingcheng Chengdu, Xiling Snow Mountain,九龙沟, Jiufeng, Tiantai Mountain, Longchi Forest Park are the ideal summer resort. Forest Park in winter on the Longchi, Xiling Snow Mountain is the ideal place to enjoy a rare snow scene .
Chengdu is an important railway hub of Baoji-Chengdu,Chengdu-Chongqing,Sichuan-Tibet railway lines, one of the six railway passenger center, the North Marshalling Station is the largest railway marshalling station in southwest of china.Chengdu is the hub of 108 highway (chengdu - Kunming), 213 road (Maryland -Yunnan), 317 (Chengdu - Nagqu), 318 highway (Shanghai - Tibet Friendship Bridge), 319 (Xiamen - Chengdu), 321 (Guangzhou - Chengdu) Road
Chengdu Shuangliu Airport is one of China's six major aviation hub, have 140 international and domestic routes, the route total length of 160,000 kilometers, the transport capacity is 900 million tonne-kilometers, with flight to more than 50 international and domestic large and medium-sized cities. china Southwest airlines, Sichuan Airlines and United Eagle Airlines are based in the airport.
U.S. Consulate General Chengdu, China
