North China lies in the middle & lower part of Yellow River and covers Shanxi, Hebei, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, Beijing and Tianjin. It enjoys convenient traffic because Euro-Asia Continental Bridge stretches across it and it connects with national railway trunk lines by means of various railway hinges. In addition, it is closely related to many economically advanced provinces and cities in terms of economy and society.

Northwest China covers Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia, Qinghai, Xinjiang and three Leagues or cities in the west of Inner Mongolia (Zhelimu League, Chifeng City, and Xing'an League). Being rich in water energy, coal, petroleum, natural gas, non-ferrous metals, etc., it provides necessary resources for the economic development of inland and coastal areas and plays an important role in promoting and supporting the economic development of the inland areas. After years of construction, Northwest China has gained certain amount of assets reserves. A group of large and medium-sized coal, power, non-ferrous metal, and mechanical & electronic enterprises have appeared there and an industrial basis has been established with energy, non-ferrous metal, petrochemical, mechanical and electronic industry as major parts. It is worthy of remarking that coal and mechanical & electronic industries in Shaanxi, petrochemical and non-ferrous metal industries in Gansu have formed industrial bases open to China, which occupy important place in the national economy. Furthermore, there are many internationally known tourism routes which attract tourists from all over the world, such as cultural relic and historic site tourism regions dominated by Xi'an, human landscape tourism regions characterized by Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes.