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Being located on the upper reaches of the Yellow River, Gansu Province lies in the intersection joint of loess plateau, Inner Mongolian Plateau and Tibet Plateau. Gansu Province is one of the birthplaces of Chinese civilization, it has an area of 425,900 square kilometers 14 cities and autonomous prefectures with 26,100 thousand residents. Being the center of five provinces in Northwest China, Gansu Province is now the hinge of transportation and telecommunications in the northwest and the new Eurasian Land Bridge runs through Gansu Province. Having unique resources of agriculture and animal husbandry, Gansu Province ranks one of 5 national pasturing areas, one of major provinces of animal husbandry and a major producing area of traditional Chinese medicine herbs.