Qibin

In its quest for new economic growth in the reform period, the local state of Hebi decided to establish a new growth center away from the hilly mining areas, where the environment and transportation were both less than desirable. The Qibin District was built as the new growth center for Hebi City. The construction of an ETDZ at Qibin as a greenfield project in an agricultural area was far easier and more desirable than building such a center in any of the mining areas, where transportation and the physical environment were, and still are, inconvenient and unattractive.

2011, Liu Yungang et al., “Local state and administrative urbanization in post-reform China: A case study of Hebi City, Henan Province”, in Cities, published 2012, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 111, column 1

In the surrounding areas of Qibin District, Hebi City in the north of northern Henan, the content of element zinc in wheat grains is high.

Journal of Nuclear Agricultural Sciences

2017, Ruixue (夏瑞雪), et al. Xia, “豫北地区小麦籽粒矿质元素含量分析 [Analysis of Mineral Element Content of Wheat in Northern Area of Henan Province]”, in 核农学报 [Journal of Nuclear Agricultural Sciences], volume 31, number 3, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 Jun 2022