Where is Liaocheng?

Liaocheng City is located in the economically developed Shandong Province, in the west of Shandong Province, near Henan and Hebei, and at the junction of three administrative regions: East China, North China and Central China. The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, which represents China's commercial civilization, and the Yellow River, which represents agricultural civilization, meet here, and the Beijing-Kowloon Railway, which runs through the north and south of China, and the Han Railway and expressway, which connect the east and west of the motherland, meet here to form a "golden cross". Liaocheng not only radiates and drives the economic development of western Shandong, but also is an important channel for economic, scientific and cultural exchanges with inland provinces such as Shanxi and Hebei. Liaocheng can make use of both the advanced technology in the eastern coastal areas and the rich resources in the eastern provinces. China is an important transportation hub, energy base, inland port and central city radiating Hebei-Shandong-Henan border region.

Liaocheng is located between 35o 47'~37 o02' north latitude and115o16' ~16o32' east longitude, with a straight line distance from north to south 138 km and a straight line distance from east to west/. The total area is 87 15 km2, the total population is 5,575,200, and the population density is 640/km2. Among them, there are 38 ethnic minorities, about 67,300 people. The city is located in the Yellow River impact plain, with high terrain in the southwest and low terrain in the northeast. The cultivated land area is 553 183 hectares, and the per capita cultivated land area is 1.49 mu. It belongs to warm temperate monsoon climate zone and semi-arid continental climate. The climate is suitable and there is plenty of sunshine. The annual sunshine hours are between 2463-274 1 hour, and the frost-free period is about 200 days. Liaocheng has jurisdiction over guanxian, Shenxian, Yanggu, Dong 'e, chiping, Gaotang, Dongchangfu and Economic and Technological Development Zone, and Linqing, a provincial city, with 126 townships and offices and 65 16 village committees. At the end of 200 1 year, there were 12 19 enterprises, 148 1 institutions, 1065438 institutions, with 325020 employees in each unit.

Liaocheng has a long history and splendid culture. As early as the primitive society, our ancestors lived here and engaged in agricultural production. Eight Longshan cultural cities have been discovered in the city, about six or seven thousand years ago. They are the largest Longshan cultural city discovered in China so far. It can be seen that the west bank of Guji River was an extremely important political and cultural center at that time. During the Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties, Liaocheng's economy and society developed rapidly, and its agriculture and handicrafts were relatively developed. During the Spring and Autumn Period, Liaocheng was an important city in the west of Qi. During the Warring States Period, Liaocheng was a place where princes fought. During the Qin and Han Dynasties, economy and culture developed rapidly, and people's living standards improved greatly. Copper, iron and aluminum are the main production tools, and wells are used to solve drinking water and irrigation problems. Wealthy families travel by car and horse, bronze mirrors and fuming stoves become necessities, and high-tech pottery can be made. Culture and education have developed rapidly, and many famous military generals have been trained. During the Three Kingdoms, the Jin Dynasty and the Southern and Northern Dynasties, there were frequent wars and many natural disasters. During the period of partial reunification, the society was relatively stable, and economic and cultural undertakings were restored and developed to a certain extent. In the fourth year of Sui Dynasty (AD 608), Yang Di dug the Grand Canal, which facilitated the traffic and water conservancy in the city and promoted the economic and cultural development. Linqing was an important transportation hub at that time. The Tang Dynasty was a period of all-round political, economic and cultural development, especially education, which produced many celebrities. The Ming and Qing Dynasties were a glorious period in Liaocheng history. From the 26th year of the Yuan Dynasty (1289) to the 9th year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty (14 1 1), the Huitong River flowed again and again. The Grand Canal, which runs through the north and south of China, has brought great vitality to the development and prosperity of Liaocheng. Linqing and Liaocheng (now Dongchangfu District) have become nine major cities along the route. Liaocheng has "more than 100,000 fireworks in the city", where merchants gather, businesses flourish, sails are like forests, reeds meet, cars and horses flow endlessly, and goods pile up like mountains. The foreign businessmen's guild hall stands by the river, with tall buildings and famous temples. Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty came to talk four times, and Emperor Qianlong stayed in Liaocheng nine times. Commercial trade in the city is prosperous, and agriculture, textile, printing, pen making, handicraft production, brick kiln, food, shipbuilding and water transportation are developed. Before the founding of the Republic of China, members of the League secretly organized people to carry out innovations in the city. During the Republic of China, Liaocheng was the political, cultural and center of western Shandong. In the early years of the Republic of China, there were cotton research institutes, workshops and experimental factories, roads were built, and automobile transportation companies, electric light companies, banks, weaving factories, hospitals, government middle schools and normal schools were established. In the middle and late period of the Republic of China, agriculture, industry and commerce suffered great damage due to warlord melee and Japanese invasion. 1937 After the July 7th Incident, Liaocheng became the frontier of the Anti-Japanese War. More than 60,000 anti-Japanese armed forces fought against the Japanese for more than 80 times, defending and recovering a large area of land, and the people of Liaocheng made great contributions and sacrifices to the victory of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression. During the War of Liberation, Liaocheng was the rear base of China People's Liberation Army. When Liu Deng's army marched into Dabie Mountain and crossed the Yellow River, 37,000 people in the city joined the army. During the Huaihai Campaign and Nandu, the people of China organized transport teams and stretcher teams to fully support the PLA's operations and made great contributions to the victory of the war. After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), Liaocheng people inherited the excellent historical traditions, worked hard, made pioneering efforts, and made great achievements in all walks of life.

Liaocheng is rich in resources, convenient in transportation and developed in communication, and tourism has become a new industry. Liaocheng is an important production base for commodity grain, high-quality cotton, vegetables, fruits, livestock and poultry and an export base for deep processing of agricultural and sideline products in China. Among them, high-protein wheat, pear, round bell jujube, cantaloupe, small-tailed Han sheep, Luxi yellow cattle and other famous specialties are well-known at home and abroad. The planting area of pollution-free vegetables is 6.5438+0 million mu, and the planting area of edible fungi ranks first in China. The prestigious pear planting area in guanxian is 600,000 mu, the highest in China, with more than 6,543,800 beef cattle and 5 million broilers. Rich in water resources, the Grand Canal of Tu Hai, Ma Jiahe and Beijing-Hangzhou runs through the north and south, located in the upper reaches of Weishan Irrigation District of the Yellow River, with superior water conservancy conditions. The total annual available surface water resources in the city is 45.486 billion cubic meters, the water resources crossing the Yellow River are 42.03 billion cubic meters, and the available groundwater resources are 95.65438+0 billion cubic meters. Coal, oil, natural gas, limestone, gypsum, iron and other underground mineral deposits are abundant. Geothermal resources have yet to be developed. There are many kinds of biological resources, including more than 500 varieties of food crops, 7 varieties of cash crops 107, more than 600 varieties of vegetables, 6 varieties of medicinal materials1variety, 225 varieties of forest and fruit trees, 46 varieties of flowers1variety and 95 varieties of cultured animals. Liaocheng is one of the most developed cities in Shandong Province, where Beijing-Kowloon Railway, Han Ji Railway and Jiguan expressway meet, and it is an important transportation hub connecting east, west, north and south. Liaocheng Railway Marshalling Station is one of the four major marshalling stations of Beijing-Kowloon Railway. From Liaocheng, 1 hour arrives at Jinan airport, 4 hours at Qingdao seaport and 4.5 hours at Beijing. With the rapid development of information industry, a modern telecommunication network with program-controlled switching, digital transmission and three-dimensional network has been realized. Liaocheng has also opened computer internet and multimedia communication network. "Liaocheng Information Port" is a part of China public multimedia information network, which is connected with foreign information networks and share the world resources. Liaocheng is a famous historical and cultural city in China, where natural resources and human landscape blend with each other, forming rich tourism resources. There are more than 2,700 scenic spots and historical sites, and more than 470 landscapes with tourism development value. There are 3 national key cultural relics protection units and 5 provincial key protection units/kloc-0, especially Liaocheng, which has the unique characteristics of "Jiangbei Water City" and is known as "Venice in the North of China".

Liaocheng's economy is developing rapidly, and all walks of life are thriving. In 200 1 year, the gross domestic product reached 3185.4 billion yuan, the added value of the primary industry was 9.37 billion yuan, the added value of the secondary industry was1383.6 billion yuan, the added value of the tertiary industry was 8.648 billion yuan, and the structural ratio of the primary, secondary and tertiary industries was 29.5: 43.5: 27. The per capita GDP is 5734 yuan. The total output value of industry and agriculture was 57.347 billion yuan. The actual cultivated land area is 553 1.83 hectares, the agricultural population occupies cultivated land 1.84 mu per capita, the total output value of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery/kloc-0 1.630654.38 million yuan, the grain output is 3,390,700 tons, the cotton output is 65,800 tons, the oil output is 277,000 tons, and the fruit output is 33 eggs. At the end of the year, the number of live animals 1.5055 million, the output of aquatic products was 45,800 tons, the per capita net income of farmers was 2,353 yuan, and the per capita living consumption expenditure of farmers was 1.492 yuan. The total industrial output value was 465.438+46 billion yuan, of which the total industrial output value above designated size was 27.364 billion yuan. There are 362 industrial enterprises, large and medium-sized industrial enterprises 102 (53 state-owned industrial enterprises) and 260 small enterprises in the city. There are 87 state-owned industrial enterprises with a total output value of 965 1.23 million yuan, 57 collective industrial enterprises with a total output value of 29,947/kloc-0.10 million yuan, joint-stock cooperative industrial enterprises/kloc-0.654338+0.54 million yuan, and 84 joint-stock industrial enterprises with a total output value of 65,438 foreign-funded and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan industrial enterprises/kl. 3,003,300 yuan, central industrial enterprises 1 family, with a total output value of 95.77 million yuan, and 2 provincial industrial enterprises with a total output value of 524.38 million yuan. The total export value was US$ 6.5438+0.2628 million, up by 3.865438+0% over the previous year, and the total import value was US$ 45.27 million, down by 654.38+0% over the previous year. Investment in fixed assets of the whole society1033.7 billion yuan, an increase of19.9% over the previous year; The actual utilization of foreign capital was 36.6 million US dollars, an increase of 45.3% over the previous year. Road passenger traffic17.79 million people, road freight volume 88 1000 tons, total telecom business1268.62 million yuan, and total postal business1521800,000 yuan.

Liaocheng has convenient transportation, fast communication, vigorous development of science and education and colorful literature and art; The urban environment is clean and fresh, and it is a sanitary city in Shandong Province. The reception conditions are becoming more and more perfect, and there are a number of high-end hotels and restaurants; Land ports, customs, commodity inspection and other foreign-related institutions are sound. The infrastructure focusing on improving the comprehensive service function of the city, the centralized heating and gas supply in the urban area, the completion of dongchang lake, the ancient canal and Tu Hai have made a qualitative leap in the urban construction of Liaocheng. With the completion of the first phase project of 4× 600,000 kW Shandong Zhonghua Liaocheng Power Plant, Liaocheng will become one of the largest energy bases in eastern China. "Jiangbei Watertown" will welcome guests from all corners of the country with her unique charm.