Qinghai Province
Located in the northwest of China, with an area of 720,000 square kilometers, accounting for one-third of the country’s total area. It ranks fourth in the country after Xinjiang, Tibet and Inner Mongolia. Qinghai is Gansu connected to in the east and to west Xinjiang in the adjacent. The land forms of Qinghai Province are complex and diverse. More than four-fifths of the area is plateau. There are 150 largest saltwater lakes and other salt lakes in China, and the fifth largest pasture land in China.
In 2019, the population is 6.0782 million, ranking 31st nationwide. The GDP in 2019 was 296.595 billion yuan, ranking 30th nationwide. There are 2 cities and 6 autonomous prefectures under Qinghai. Xining City, the provincial capital.
Mineral Resources
Qinghai’s salt lake mineral resources (potassium, magnesium, sodium, lithium, strontium, boron, etc.) are rich in reserves, magnesium salts (magnesium chloride and magnesium sulfate), potassium salts, lithium ore, strontium ore, asbestos ore, and serpentine for facing , 11 kinds of mineral resources such as limestone for calcium carbide, serpentine for chemical fertilizer, quartzite for metallurgy and quartzite for glass rank first in the country. Mineral, ecological and biological resources, fertilizer, animal husbandry, non-ferrous metals, tourism and other industries have advantages.
