Jincheng, in southeastern Shanxi, sits on about a quarter of China’s proven anthracite and in 2022 produced nearly half the province’s coalbed methane. Hunters here were chipping microblades some twenty thousand years ago, long before anyone dug a mine.
晋城位于山西东南部，探明的无烟煤储量约占全国的四分之一，二〇二二年的煤层气产量接近全省的一半。早在约两万年前，猎人就在这里打制细石叶，那时离人们开挖第一口矿井还很遥远。
Both stories belong to the same hills.
这两件事，说的是同一片山岭。
The hunters left their mark at Xiachuan, in Qinshui County. The site was found in 1970 and dug between 1973 and 1975, and its upper cultural layer gave up more than 1,800 stone artefacts, among them microblades, microblade cores, end-scrapers, burins and points. Radiocarbon dates for that layer run from about 23,000 to 13,900 years ago.
猎人在沁水县下川留下了遗迹。遗址于一九七〇年发现，一九七三年至一九七五年发掘；上文化层出土石制品一千八百余件，有细石叶、细石核、端刮器、雕刻器和尖状器。该层的放射性碳测年约为二万三千年至一万三千九百年前。
Hard Coal, Plentiful Gas
硬煤与丰沛的气
China Energy News reported in 2023 that Jincheng’s proven anthracite reserves are about a quarter of the national total and its proven coalbed methane reserves about two fifths. Xing Haibin, director of the Jincheng Energy Bureau, said the city produced 5.12 billion cubic metres of the gas in 2022, or 45 percent of Shanxi’s total.
《中国能源报》二〇二三年报道，晋城探明的无烟煤储量约占全国的四分之一，煤层气探明储量约占全国的五分之二。晋城市能源局局长邢海斌说，二〇二二年全市煤层气产量为五十一亿二千万立方米，占全省的百分之四十五。
Jincheng’s 2026 government work report says its coalbed methane output has led the province for five years running, and it sets a target of 8.2 billion cubic metres of extraction this year. It also commits to keeping coal output at 140 million tonnes or more, and says the city has built 44 smart mines.
晋城市二〇二六年政府工作报告称，全市煤层气产量连续五年居全省第一，今年的抽采目标为八十二亿立方米；报告还提出煤炭产量保持在一点四亿吨以上，并说全市已建成四十四座智能化煤矿。
The same report says the economy grew 6.3 percent in 2025, with manufacturing value added up 12.1 percent, ranking second in the province. It puts the size of the economy at ¥242.99 billion at the end of the five-year plan period, or ¥113,000 per person.
报告还称，二〇二五年全市经济增长百分之六点三，制造业增加值增长百分之十二点一，居全省第二；”十四五”末全市经济总量达到二千四百二十九亿九千万元，人均生产总值十一万三千元。
Foxconn’s Big Promise
富士康的大承诺
Foxconn promised this small Shanxi city ¥100 billion. In August 2012 Terry Gou, chairman of Foxconn’s parent Hon Hai, told the first World Jinshang Conference that the company would invest that sum in Jincheng over five years. Qianzhan, the business research site, reported that the plan covered eight production bases, from precision mechanical parts and lens modules to ceramic components and robots.
富士康曾向这座山西小城承诺投资一千亿元。二〇一二年八月，富士康母公司鸿海集团董事长郭台铭在首届世界晋商大会上宣布，公司将在五年内向晋城投入这一数额。前瞻网报道，这一计划涵盖八个生产基地，从精密机械件、镜头模组到陶瓷结构件和机器人。
Qianzhan reported that the precision mechanical parts line alone was planned to employ 110,000 people, and that it initially needed about 37,000 workers.
前瞻网报道，仅精密机械件一条生产线就计划提供十一万个岗位，起步阶段约需三万七千名工人。
Foxconn did build in Jincheng. Yicai lists the city among the mainland bases of its mould-making and component group, whose customers include Apple and BMW. According to [source], its largest product there is the mechanical parts of mobile phones, including camera components, frames and back covers, about 35 million pieces a year worth some ¥7 billion; fibre-optic parts add output worth more than ¥3 billion a year.
富士康确实在晋城建了厂。《第一财经》把晋城列为其模具制造与零组件平台事业群在大陆的基地之一，该事业群的客户包括苹果和宝马。据**[来源]**，它在晋城最大的产品是手机结构件，包括摄像头组件、边框和后盖，年产约三千五百万件，产值约七十亿元；光通讯部件另有年产值三十亿元以上。
Trains, a Runway and Old Stones
火车、跑道与古老的石器
High-speed trains now reach cities across the country from Jincheng, the work report says, but flights are another matter. China’s civil aviation regulator approved the airport site in September 2019 and the central government cleared the ¥2.36 billion investment in 2023, Aviation Week reported. The plans call for a 2,800-metre runway, a 10,000-square-metre terminal and 900,000 passengers a year. Aviation Week names Zhengzhou as the nearest major airport, and the 2026 work report lists the new one among the city’s key projects.
工作报告说，高铁列车已从晋城通达全国各地，但航班是另一回事。《航空周刊》报道，中国民用航空局二〇一九年九月批准了机场选址，中央政府二〇二三年批复了二十三亿六千万元的投资。规划建有二千八百米跑道、一万平方米航站楼，年旅客吞吐量九十万人次。《航空周刊》称最近的大型机场是郑州机场，晋城市二〇二六年政府工作报告也把新机场列入了重点项目。
A use-wear study in Documenta Praehistorica examined eleven Xiachuan microblades and found five still marked by cutting, sawing, scraping and slicing, mostly of flesh, hide and bone. Jincheng as a whole holds about a quarter of China’s proven anthracite; what the hunters of Xiachuan left on the surface is a scatter of stone slivers, some still scored by the cutting and scraping of hide.
《史前文献》（Documenta Praehistorica）刊发的一项使用痕迹研究检查了十一件下川细石叶，发现其中五件留有切割、锯割、刮削和切片的痕迹，加工对象多为皮肉和骨头。晋城全市的探明无烟煤储量约占全国的四分之一；下川的猎人留在地表的，是一撮石片，有的至今仍带着刮削兽皮的刻痕。