Natural Resources and Industries Development
Shanxi Province has always been known as a 'Province of Coal', Taiyuan City is just in the heart called 'City of Coal'. One-fifth, or 1,282 square kilometers of the city's total area has rich deposits of coal under it, with a known coal reserve of 18.5 billion tons. Besides coal, Taiyuan also has rich deposits of metal minerals, including iron, manganese, copper, aluminum and lead, and rich deposits non-metal minerals, such as gypsum, sulfur, marble and dolomite. The city is capable of providing many types of industrial resources, including iron, steel, copper, cement and chemical raw materials.

Major Industries: Major industrial products of Taiyuan include stainless steel, silicon steel, automobile steel, precision copper, tube bars, metallurgical equipment, mining machinery and equipment, heavy trucks, mining machinery equipment, large-size and drawn transformers, digit-controlled lathes, hydraulic elevator platforms, optical fiber surface boards, light vision instrument, serial products of vinegar for medicine, cosmetics and foods, products from deep processing of gypsum, special-shaped toughened glass and double-layered glass.

Taiyuan Economic and Technological Development Zone and Taiyuan High and New Technology Industry Development Zone: The Taiyuan economic and technological development zone covers a total area of 20 square kilometers. The Taiyuan high and new technological industry development zone (park) covers an area of 1.12 square kilometers. The two development zones boast a complete range of water supply, electric power, gas and heat supply facilities, and complete systems of support services, such as governmental administration offices, customs bonded warehouse, transportation facilities etc. So far, more than 500 enterprises have successful formed five pillar industries in the two development zones - - the manufacture of micro - electronic telecommunications equipment, the manufacture of biopharmaceutical products, the production of new materials and the production of energy-saving and environment protection equipment.

Other Cities in Shanxi Province: Datong, Yangquan and Changzhi are the most comprehensive industries and economic developing cities of opening cities to outside world of Shanxi Province. Those cities were described as a treasure reserves. There are 52 kinds of proven minerals. Among these minerals, coal, bauxite and iron ore are known at home and aboard, its large reserve is for anthracite production. Other minerals: such as sulfur, aluminum, limestone, marble, refectory clay and clay.