2. Pingxiang is the west gate of Jiangxi, and it is in a central position in the economic development pattern of western Jiangxi. Known as "the Tongheng of Hunan and Jiangxi" and "the throat of Wu Chu", Pingxiang is famous for its ancient place. A floating plant was born in Pingxiang, the hometown of Cao Ping.
Pingxiang is an ancient cultural city with a history of 1700 years. In modern history, Pingxiang was the birthplace of China Workers' Movement and Autumn Harvest Uprising, the birthplace of Chinese Young Pioneers and the cradle of red scarves.
Climatic characteristics:
1. Pingxiang City is located in the subtropical monsoon climate zone and belongs to the subtropical humid monsoon climate type.
2. There is plenty of sunshine and rainfall throughout the year, with four distinct seasons. The extreme maximum temperature reaches 4 1 degree Celsius, the extreme minimum temperature is minus 9 and 3 degrees Celsius, and the annual average temperature is 17 and 3 degrees Celsius.
Natural resources:
Pingxiang is famous for its rich mineral resources in history. The proven mineral resources are coal, iron, manganese, copper, limestone, kaolin, powdery timely, porcelain clay, etc. The prospective coal reserves are 852 million tons, the iron ore reserves are 67.6 million tons and the high-quality limestone is 6.7 billion tons.