特色：
SituatedinthecentralpatroftheAsiancontinent,thewestemregionofChinaisontheroortopoftheworld.WithandarealargerthanhalfofEurope,ishasafavorablegeographicallocation.FromwestChina,onecaneasilytravelwestwardtoreachCentralAsiancountriesandevenAmsterdaninEurope.ItadjoinsSoutheastAsiaandtheSouthAsiansubcontinentinthesouthwest,andtheBeibuGulfandSouthChianSeainthesouth.Theregionencopmassesone-thirdofChiansadministrativeregionns-Shaanxi,Gansu,Qinghai,Sichuan,YunnanandGuizhouprovinces,ChongqingMunicipality,andtheNingxiaHui,XingjiangUygur,GuangxyZhuang,InnerMongoliaandTibetautonomousregions.Covering5.4millionsquarekm.westChianequals56percentofthenationstotallandarea,andsupportsapopulationof280million,or23percentofthenationaltotal.TogettoknowwestChina,beginwithitsmostfamouswaterways,theYangtzeandYellowrivers,bothofwhichhavenurturedthecountrys5,000-year-oldcivilization.TakingmeltedglacialandsnowwaterfromtheKunlunandHimalayanmountainsinthewesternregion,theYangtzeandYellowriversfloweastwardbeforeemptyingintothesea.