Chengdu sits in the sub-tropical climate zone swept by the moist monsoon. With the average annual temperature of 15.2 to 16.6ˇăC and a total annual sunshine time of 1017 to 1345 hours, the city enjoys steady environment quality and healthy air. 51 Weeks in one year belongs to class ˇ°Bˇ± in terms of air pollution. And the regional noise is kept under 55 decibels, while noise of trunk traffic lines is kept under 68 decibels, both of which are lower than the international standard. This makes Chengdu one of the most habitable cities in China. UN has awarded Chengdu Model Prize of Habitat Environment twice.
Five suburban forest parks in Chengdu, covering an area of over 20,000 mu, have been opened to the citizens. These parks are distributed in each and every direction, and their names are: Xingfu Meilin Park in the east, Yongkang Forest Park in south, Lianghe Forest Park and Qingyang Lvzhou Forest Park in the west and Beihu Park in the north. These parks are built to satisfy the dreams of the residents, who wish to be ˇ°a boisterous world outside and a natural and tranquil world insideˇ±. Parks provide not only green fields and spaces, but also a refined way of living. Living by the park, one can talk a walk or do some exercise in the morning or evening and breathe in the fresh air. At weekend, one can also take his family to have a good time in the park to feel Mother Nature. This is a way to realize harmonious unity between the human beings and Mother Nature. The worldˇŻs top 500 enterprises like Carrifour, Lafarge, Motorola, Toyoto and Coca Cola have been pursuing a happy career in Chengdu and, witnessing the living environment here. Just as software engineers of Motorola have put it, ˇ°the vitality of Chengdu keeps us afresh at any time, thus we are always prepared for the next inspiration.ˇ± And this is also why Intel chose Chengdu to generate more wealth and joy. The company chose Chengdu for its chip package testing program, whose investment volume amounted to $375 million. This is the largest investment project made by Intel in China, and also the largest foreign investment in Chengdu or western China as a whole.