Located in the southeast of Hubei, on the south bank of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, Huangshi City covers an area of 4630 square kms with a population of 2.6million. It is an important industrial base of raw materials, a national information security achievement industrialization base, and an open city along the Changjiang River. Huangshi is convenient in transportation, with Beijing-Kowloon Railway and Jingguang (Beijing-Guangzhou) Railway and the golden waterway of the Changjiang River. Yihuang and Huanghuang Expressways run through the city. Huangshi Port is capable of loading oceangoing cargo vessels up to 5,000 tons. Some major enterprises in Huangshi include: Daye Special Steel Group Corporation, Huaxin Cement Group Corporation, Mailyard Group Corporation, Kongsai Group Corporation.