Industry in the three southwestern provinces

The three southwestern provinces have a great potential for developing industry, which has grown rapidly since liberation. Chongqing Municipality is the largest industrial center in Southwest China, and has now become a comprehensive industrial city with various sectors of heavy and light industries, as well as the center of iron and steel industry in Sichuan. Chengdu has always been famous for its traditional silk weaving industries such as Shu brocade and Ba satin. At present, Chengdu is an emerging center of various industries focusing on the machinery industry, and is famous for its measuring and cutting tools in the country. The salt industry in Zigong, the "Salt Capital", and the sugar industry in Neijiang, the "Sweet City", are also unique. Ferry City is the southwest of the emerging iron and steel industry, the city is developing rapidly. Kunming is famous for its machinery manufacturing, non-ferrous metallurgy, chemical industry, optical instruments and cigarettes. Guiyang city's mining machinery, agricultural machinery, chemical, cigarette and other industries, Zunyi's phosphate fertilizer industry, etc. are also built up after liberation. The conditions for the development of industry in the three southwestern provinces are very good, using the three provinces' rich mineral, forest and hydroelectric resources, there will be a new industrial zone focusing on non-ferrous metallurgy, ferrous metallurgy, electric power and forest industry.