Changde,HunanProvince,locatedinthenorthwest,knownasthe"throatofSichuanandGuizhou,YunnanandGuizhouportal."Northwesternisanimportanttransporthub,energybaseandpoliticalandculturalcenteraswellastheThreeGorges-DongtingLake,SouthMountain-Zhangjiajietourismcorridorofgoldbondsandcentral.Changdeisanimportantagriculturalproductionbase,Changdeisknownas"non-metallicmineraltown."

　　常德位于湖南省西北部,史称"黔川咽喉,云贵门户".是湘西北重要的交通枢纽、能源基地和政治文化中心,也是三峡——洞庭湖、南岳衡山——张家界黄金旅游走廊的纽带与中枢.常德是中国重要的农产品生产基地,常德是中国有名的“非金属矿产之乡”.