Ma anshan

Maanshan （马鞍山, pinyin: Mǎānshān) is an industrial city on the Yangtze river about 50 km southwest of Nanjing. The main industry is the steel industry (MaGang) which employs most of the citizens of Maanshan.

The name sometimes appears as Ma'anshan or MaAnShan to indicate that "Ma" and "an" are pronounced as two syllables rather than one, although these are nonstandard romanizations. (Ma'anshan is the official pin yin romanisation)

Surrounded by little hills (MaAnShan means horse saddle mountain) it is not as polluted as other major Chinese "steel cities", but except for industry you will not find very much here. There are no tourist attractions in or around Maanshan. The only major international hotel is the Nanhu Hotel (four star hotel in Chinese ranking), which caters mainly to Communist party assemblies and foreign specialists for the steel industry.

In the near future (2004) major expansions of the steel plant (MaGang) are planned to increase production drastically.

External links

• Municipal website (http://www.mas.gov.cn/) | (English) (http://www.mas.gov.cn/col264/index.htm1?id=264)

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