About Hirakawa: Hirakawa is a city area of Baiyin City, Gansu Province, north of central Baiyin City, Gansu Province. The general characteristics of the terrain of Pingchuan District are high in the southeast and low in the northwest, ranging from southeast to northwest. 2,106 square kilometers, with a population of 190,000 (2010). Pingchuan District governs 4 streets, 3 towns and 4 townships. Pingchuan is an important coal-fired energy base in Gansu, with an annual output of more than 12 million tons of high-quality raw coal and a power generation capacity of 13 billion kWh. Pingchuan is the largest ceramic production base in the northwest. The reserves of clay are more than 4 billion tons, and the annual output of wall and floor tiles is nearly 20 million square meters. It was awarded the “China Ceramic Industry Transfer Demonstration Base” by China Ceramic Industry Association. In 2009, Pingchuan District won the title of China Advanced Science and Technology Progress Zone.