History of Fuqing City, Fujian Province

Fuqing, referred to as "Rong" for short, is located in the central hub of the economic zone on the west side of the Fujian Strait and the south wing of Fuzhou, the central city of the provincial capital. This is an ancient and young city. As early as 4,000 years ago, in the late Neolithic period, there were ancestors who thrived on this land. County was established in 699 AD, and 1990 65438+ February abolished the city. Now it has jurisdiction over 20 towns 1 streets with a total area of 2,430 square kilometers, including land area 15 19 square kilometers and population1217,000 people.

First, Fuqing regional characteristics

First, mountains and seas are rich in resources. Fuqing is mountainous in the northwest and faces the sea in the southeast. The mountainous area is 6.5438+0.02 million mu, rich in loquat, longan and litchi. 920,000 mu of shallow sea beaches are stocked with seafood treasures such as clams, oysters, fish and shrimp. But also a large number of mineral resources reserves. Fuqing coastline is 348 kilometers long, accounting for 13% of the whole province. The port has excellent construction conditions, and can build more than 500,000-300,000-ton excellent deep-water berths 100. At present, Jiangyin Port Area has built a 5,000-ton overseas Chinese container terminal, a 30,000-ton Justin general terminal, a 50,000-ton berth/kloc-0 container terminal, and other professional terminals and thermal power projects under construction, which are national first-class open ports.

Second, the regional location is special. National Highway and Fuquan Expressway run through the north and south, connecting Fuqing with the most economically active areas in the province, such as Fuzhou, Xiamen, Zhangzhou and Quanzhou. East of Taiwan Province Strait, the nearest place is only 84 nautical miles from hsinchu city, Taiwan Province Province, which is an important window for cooperation and exchange between Fujian and Taiwan Province and foreign countries.

Third, there are many talents who love their hometown. Fuqing people have the spiritual characteristics of loving to fight and dare to win, and attaching importance to feelings and righteousness. There are more than 780,000 overseas Chinese and new immigrants in Southeast Asia, Europe, America, Australia and Africa 1 12 countries and regions, and nearly 654.38+10,000 Rong's children are active in the main battlefields of economic construction all over the country. When overseas folks get rich, they never forget to benefit their hometown, or donate money to build public welfare, or invest and set up factories in their hometown, or actively help attract investment, which has made outstanding contributions to Fuqing's economic development and social progress. Fourth, there are many cultural attractions. There are many places of interest in the territory, including Shizhu Mountain, a national 4A-level tourist attraction, wanfu temple, the site of South Shaolin Temple, Lingshi National Forest Park, and Maitreya Buddha statue in Yan Rui, a national key cultural relic. Fuqing is the ancestral home of Lin Zexu, the national hero who opened his eyes first in the world. A large number of outstanding historical figures, such as Xia Zheng and Ye, have won the reputation of "literary state" for Yurong ancient town.

Second, the development status of Fuqing

Over the past 20 years of reform and opening-up, especially since the founding of the city 10, with the progress of the country, millions of Fuqing people have taken the lead in opening up, taken advantage of policy-driven, carried forward the geographical advantages of overseas Chinese and Taiwan, bravely stood on the road of reform and opening-up, enriched the people and strengthened the city, and strode forward, thus building a solid cornerstone for Fuqing's economic take-off in the new century. In 2004, Fuqing's economy and society continued to maintain a strong development momentum. The main economic indicators have continued the upward trend in recent years and reached the best level since the new century. Fuqing's various undertakings have reached a new and higher development platform, and the city presents a good atmosphere of being clean and honest, making the people rich and the country strong. First, the economic aggregate has risen sharply. The "234" target of economic development put forward by the Municipal Party Committee in early 2004 was fully exceeded, in which the total fiscal revenue reached 2.038 billion yuan, the regional GDP reached 30.328 billion yuan, and the industrial output value above designated size reached 47.097 billion yuan, up by 23%, 65.438+05.56% and 45.06% respectively. The growth rate of main economic indicators is among the best in all counties and cities in Fuzhou. It is particularly worth mentioning that the national economy achieved "three historic leaps" last year:

First, it took only three years for the regional GDP to exceed 20 billion from 20 billion/kloc-0 to 30 billion in 2004. Second, the total fiscal revenue basically doubled on the basis of 20 1 1027 billion yuan, and it took only three years to become one of the second three counties and cities in the province with fiscal revenue exceeding 2 billion yuan and national tax revenue exceeding1100 million yuan; Third, last year, the city's per capita GDP was close to 25,000 yuan, equivalent to 3,000 US dollars, which means that Fuqing took the lead in achieving the economic goal of building a well-off society in an all-round way proposed by the central government 16 years ahead of schedule. To achieve these breakthroughs, the role of industrial economy is the most obvious, and the leading position of industry is more prominent. Last year, the city achieved an industrial output value of 62.43 billion yuan, an increase of 32.28%, and the added value of the secondary industry with industry as the main body accounted for 58.96% of the regional GDP.

Second, the "three major demands" grew strongly. Investment, consumption and export, as the "three major demands" to stimulate economic growth, are all growing rapidly. The fixed assets investment of the whole society grew strongly, with a total investment of 6.694 billion yuan, an increase of 53.4%; The effect of "family project" is gradually emerging. Overseas, domestic and Fuqing's "three Fuqing teams" have become the backbone of Fuqing's economic development. Last year, the actual use of domestic capital was 265,438+49 million yuan, up by 5.253%, and the actual use of foreign capital was 203 million US dollars. Foreign trade exports grew rapidly, with a total export value of $34 1.5 billion, an increase of 64.95%. The business market is booming day by day. With the introduction of large chain business enterprises such as Gome and Tuofu Building Materials Supermarket, the modernization level of business circulation in Fuqing has been further improved, and the total retail sales of social consumer goods has reached 7.228 billion yuan, an increase of 10%.

Third, industrial parks have been rapidly promoted. The "national" brand advantage of Qiao Rong Development Zone is further highlighted. The declaration and construction of the development and exhibition industrial park in the southern district has been steadily advanced, and the construction of the export processing zone has started. Industrial clusters represented by electronic information and automobile glass have begun to take shape, with the industrial output value above designated size reaching 36.6 billion yuan, accounting for 77.7% of the industrial output value above designated size in the city; The output of TPV and strapdown monitors exceeds 20 million units, ranking first in the world; Fuyao Automobile Glass achieved a breakthrough of "China Famous Brand Product" in our city, the first float glass production line was successfully put into trial production, and Fuyao Company was selected as the sixth CSI? The top 50 listed companies with the most development potential in China ranked seventh. In Justin Investment Zone, the bundling of town and street investment and the development of "enclave" industry have achieved remarkable results, and many economic indicators have achieved double growth. The first phase of 6,543,800 square meters standard factory building has been fully completed, and the investment has been basically completed. The infrastructure construction of Jiangyin Industrial Cluster is in full swing, and key projects such as No.2 and No.3 berths, preliminary iron and steel works and the first phase of Guodian have been officially started. Emerging industries represented by Fukang and Fuxing Medicine are taking shape, and various projects are accelerating. Jiangyin Port has passed the national acceptance for opening to the outside world, and opened three new international routes, namely, America West, Europe Mediterranean and Japan. Together with the West Africa route opened in 2003, four international routes have been opened. New progress has been made in the construction of industrial clusters in key towns, and industrial clusters and their effects have become more obvious, which has become an effective carrier to promote urban economic development.

Fourth, the development pattern is more coordinated. The three industries developed simultaneously, and the agriculture and rural economy rose steadily, achieving a total agricultural output value of 6.094 billion yuan. The income of urban and rural residents continued to grow, and people's lives were further improved. The per capita disposable income of urban residents was 10964 yuan, and the per capita net income of farmers was 5963 yuan, increasing by 9.4% and 10.28% respectively. The balance of local and foreign currency savings of residents reached 23.3 billion yuan. Fully implement the strategy of revitalizing the city through science and education. Last year, the online rate of college entrance examination and the excellent rate of senior high school entrance examination reached the best level in recent years, taking the lead in realizing the goal of basically popularizing high school education in the province one year ahead of schedule; Yatong Company established the first national postdoctoral research center in Fuqing, and the output value of high-tech enterprises (including Strapdown) accounted for 52.7% of the total industrial output value. The urban landscape has been further improved, and the construction of municipal infrastructure has been continuously strengthened. We started the construction of urban trunk roads such as Qingsheng Avenue, Ye Fu Avenue and Zhonghuan Road, completed the widening and reconstruction of Justin Road, and built places for mass leisure activities such as Longshan Park. Urban traffic conditions have been further improved, and the "unblocked project" has reached the national second-class city standard. It has successively won the honorary titles of advanced counties and cities in national science and technology progress, strong city in national food industry and provincial health city.