How is Shangqiu like this place?

Hello, let me answer this question about the economic and social development of Shangqiu City. Shangqiu City is located in the eastern part of Henan Province, at the junction of Henan, Shandong, Jiangsu and Anhui provinces. It governs 6 counties, 2 districts, 1 city and 1 Provincial economic development zone, with a total area of ??10,704 square kilometers and a total population of 8.2 million.

Shangqiu has a long history and splendid culture. Shangqiu has a history of 5,000 years of civilization. It is the birthplace of Chinese civilization, the birthplace of merchants, commerce, and commodities. It is also the place where the Suiren family invented artificial fire. The fire of Chinese civilization for the National Tenth National Games was collected in Shangqiu, and the torch of the 2008 Beijing Olympics was also collected there. A delivery event will be held in Shangqiu. It is also the ancestral home of world cultural celebrities Confucius, Zhuangzi, and Hua Mulan. It has many cultural relics and tourist attractions. Yi Yin, the prime minister of King Tangwu of the Shang Dynasty (who assisted King Tangwu to destroy Xia Jie and establish the Shang Dynasty) was buried in Shangqiu after his death. Hou Fangyu, the protagonist of the famous Chinese drama "The Peach Blossom Fan" and one of the four great talents in the late Ming Dynasty, was a native of Shangqiu. His former residence, Zhuanghuitang, is preserved in the ancient city of Shangqiu. Shangqiu Ancient City is one of the four well-preserved ancient cities in the country. It was listed as a national historical and cultural city in 1986. The gold-lined jade garment unearthed from the Han Tomb at Mangdang Mountain in Yongcheng was rated as one of the top ten new archaeological discoveries in the country in 1991. The Han tomb murals were hailed by experts as "Dunhuang before Dunhuang". Shangqiu is rich in resources and has natural treasures. Rich in wheat, corn, cotton, oilseeds, forest fruits, vegetables and livestock products, it is an important production base of agricultural and sideline products in the country. The Yongxia Coalfield in Shangqiu has reserves of 10 billion tons. It is one of the six high-quality anthracite coal bases in the country, with an annual mining volume of 15 million tons. The coal is of excellent quality and is an ideal raw material for smelting special steel and developing coal chemical industry. In 2006, the Zhecheng Coalfield was also discovered in Shangqiu, which is high-quality coking coal with low sulfur, low phosphorus, low ash, and high calorific value. The prospective coal resources are 1.243 billion tons. Shangqiu has abundant power resources. The city currently has 7 thermal power plants with a total installed capacity of 1.465 million kilowatts. The Guodian Minquan Power Plant with an installed capacity of 2×600,000 kilowatts is under construction. It was completed and put into operation in May and July 2008. The Shangqiu substation of the West-to-East Power Transmission Line 500 kV transmission line has been completed and put into operation. There are 6 colleges and universities in the city, ranking fourth in the province in terms of number of colleges and universities, with nearly 60,000 students enrolled.

Shangqiu has a good industrial foundation and distinctive characteristics. The city has cultivated six pillar industries including energy, machinery manufacturing, metallurgical building materials, food processing, textiles, and pharmaceutical and chemical industries. There are nearly 50,000 industrial enterprises in the city, including Yongmei Group, which ranks 178th among the top 500 companies in the country, Shenhuo Group, which ranks 487th among the top 500 companies in the country, and a number of large enterprise groups such as Shangdian Aluminum Group and Kedi Group. Coal, aluminum ingots, refrigeration equipment, glass, textiles, flour, lighters, steel tape measures and other famous products sell well all over the country and are exported to more than 50 countries and regions. Yongcheng City and Yucheng County were named the honorary titles of "China Flour City" and "China Steel Tape City" respectively.

Shangqiu has a vast market and prosperous commerce. The surrounding areas are densely populated and have broad market advantages. There is a consumer market of 100 million people within a radius of 200 kilometers. It has been an important material distribution center and business center since ancient times, and has been designated as a logistics hub city by Henan Province. It has invested more than 3 billion yuan to renovate and expand 675 professional markets of various types with a high starting point and high grade, with an annual transaction volume of more than 26 billion yuan. Shangqiu Agricultural Products Central Wholesale Market is the largest comprehensive wholesale market of agricultural products at the junction of Henan, Shandong, Jiangsu and Anhui provinces. The market size, function and grade are in the leading position in the national agricultural products market. It is a national "vegetable basket project" designated by the Ministry of Agriculture. The fresh agricultural products wholesale market has an annual transaction volume exceeding 10 billion yuan. A number of large projects such as the Guangcai Market with a total investment of 1.2 billion yuan, the Sino-Italian Building Materials Market with an investment of 1 billion yuan, the Zhongyuan Automobile City with an investment of 300 million yuan, and the Chili Market with an investment of nearly 100 million yuan have been put into use. Dennis and Beijing-Hong Kong Department Store A number of large shopping malls and supermarkets have been built and opened one after another, which has promoted the development and prosperity of the trade and logistics industry.

Shangqiu’s urban construction is changing with each passing day and its development environment is excellent. At present, the urban area has reached 87.1 square kilometers, the urban population is 900,000, and the urban functions and living environment are constantly improving.

It has been awarded the title of China's Excellent Tourism City, Provincial Health City, and Provincial Garden City. In the "Fifth (2006) China City Competitiveness Ranking" sponsored by the China Urban Competitiveness Research Association, Shangqiu City ranked 26th in urban growth competitiveness and 24th in investment environment among the 289 cities participating in the ranking. ; In the government effectiveness survey ranking organized by the World Bank, Shangqiu City ranked 29th, ranking first in Henan Province in all three rankings. In the 2006 and 2007 "Top 200 Charming Cities with Chinese Characteristics" jointly selected by the World Brand Organization, the organizer of the World Famous Brand Conference, and the US-China Economic, Trade and Investment Chamber of Commerce, Shangqiu has been on the list for two consecutive years. Recently, Shangqiu City won the title of "Top Ten Best Investment Cities in Central China" in the "Best Investment Cities in Central China" jointly organized by the Urban Development and Environmental Research Center of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Economic Viewpoint Newspaper, and Sina Investment Channel.

Shangqiu has made great efforts to attract investment and has a high level of opening up to the outside world. In the past few years, our city has always regarded investment promotion as the top priority of all work, making full use of its rich agricultural and sideline product resources, cultural tourism resources, and coal resources to increase investment promotion efforts. The world's top 500 multinational companies such as Brazil's Vale, Thailand's Charoen Pokphand, Anglo-Dutch Shell, Shanghai Baosteel, and Guodian Minquan Power Plant, Longyu Coal Chemical and other projects have successively settled in Shangqiu.

In recent years, our city has thoroughly implemented the Scientific Outlook on Development, accelerated the process of industrialization, urbanization, and agricultural modernization. The economy and society have continued to develop rapidly and coordinatedly, and the expansion capacity and stamina of the city's development have been significantly enhanced. In 2006, the city's GDP was 64.646 billion yuan, the added value of the primary industry was 20.6 billion yuan, the added value of the secondary industry was 26.8 billion yuan, of which the added value of industries above designated size was 14.03 billion yuan, and the added value of the tertiary industry was 176 billion, an increase of 13%. The proportion of the three industries was adjusted to 31.3:41.5:27.1. In the first three quarters of this year, the city's GDP was 61.34 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 13.0%. The three-dimensional industrial structure has realized the transformation from 213 to 231. The general budget revenue of local finance was 2.116 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 31.2%; the general budget expenditure was 6.006 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 58.7%. The city's urban fixed asset investment was 21.62 billion yuan, an increase of 38.1% over the same period last year. The city's 419 industrial enterprises above designated size have achieved a cumulative industrial added value of 13.075 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 22.8%. Industrial production has grown by more than 20% for 24 consecutive months since October 2005. The city's total retail sales of consumer goods reached 16.56 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 16.5%. The per capita disposable income of urban residents was 7,660 yuan, a year-on-year increase of 20%. The per capita cash income of farmers in the city was 2,390 yuan, a year-on-year increase of 21.9.