What is Shuyang County in Suqian City, Jiangsu Province?

Shuyang County is located in the north of Jiangsu Province, under the jurisdiction of Suqian City, with 35 townships (fields), covering an area of 2,298 square kilometers, 2.04 million mu of cultivated land and a population of 1.76 million. It is the county with the largest population and the largest land area in the province.

Shuyang has a long history and a rich collection of humanities. It belonged to Lu in the Spring and Autumn Period and was built in the Warring States Period. Houqiu County was established by Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty, and Shuyang County was established in the seventh year of Jiande in the Northern Zhou Dynasty (AD 578). Named after the county seat is located in the Yang of Shu River. Yan ji zhen is the hometown of peerless concubines, and the story of Farewell My Concubine has been circulated for thousands of years. Shen Kuo, a great scientist in Song Dynasty, was the master book of Shuyang, leading the people to govern Shuhe River and Liutang River, and his political voice spread far and wide. Yuan Mei, a poet in the Qing Dynasty, left many beautiful poems when she was the magistrate of Shuyang County, and her pro-wisteria (Yuan Gongteng) is still in full bloom. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, Liu Qingyun, a talented woman in Shuyang, went to Jiangnan with 10, and celebrities in Jiangsu and Zhejiang fell for it and circulated it as a beautiful talk. Li, a scholar in the late Qing Dynasty, wrote China's first military music. Before and after the founding of the People's Republic of China, Wu Yinxian, a famous photographer and writer, Bai Ye, a Peking Opera performer and a "living matchmaker", Wang Shijing, a research expert on Lu Xun, Ye Jisheng, a famous historian, Li Deyi, an academician of the two academies, and Zhang Zixiang, a "living Lei Feng" in the new era, were born in Shuyang. They have contributed to the liberation and construction of the motherland and won honors for the people of Shuyang. The profound cultural heritage has become the precious spiritual wealth of Shuyang's modernization today.

The transportation in Shuyang is developed. Beijing-Shanghai Expressway, Xinchang Railway, National Highway 205, Provincial Highway 245, Lines 324 and 326 meet in the county. It takes 40 minutes to get to Lianyungang Baitabu Airport in the east and Xuzhou Guanyin Airport in the west 1 hour. Shuyang County has a smooth waterway, Xinyi River runs through the east and west, and Hu Aishu Xinhe runs through the north and south. Shuyang Port, one of the top 20 inland ports in our province, has an annual throughput of more than 3 million tons. It crosses the Huaihe River and connects with the Yangtze River, and reaches Lianyungang through Shuxin River, Rose River and Bo Gu.

Shuyang is rich in resources. Shuyang is one of the top ten commodity grain base counties in China, the first batch of advanced plain greening counties, commodity pig base counties and advanced science and technology counties. The annual output of grain is 6,543,800 tons, oil is 62,300 tons, cotton is 0.5 1 10,000 tons, and the annual slaughter of commercial pigs is nearly 2 million. The flowers and trees in Shuyang are world-famous. The total area of flowers and trees in the county is 3 1000 mu, with more than 3,000 varieties of flowers and seedlings and more than 830,000 pots of various bonsai. It is the largest flower and tree base in China and has the reputation of "Oriental Flower Capital". In 2005, the county achieved a flower sales income of 2.2 billion yuan. Known as the leading flower sales enterprise in the province, Subei Flower Bonsai Company has the national second-class landscape design qualification. Xinhe town, the county, was awarded the title of "Hometown of Flowers and Trees in China" by the Provincial Flower Association in 2000, and Yanji Town was awarded the title of "Hometown of Flowers and Trees in China" by the China Flower Association in 20001year. Shuyang is a traditional forestry county with 6 1.56 million mu of poplars, 2.32 million mu of forest nets, 3.8 million cubic meters of standing trees and a forest coverage rate of 46.5%. Shuyang has obvious advantages in aquatic resources. The water area of the county is 622,000 mu, and the aquaculture surface is10.2 million mu, which is rich in freshwater fish such as herring, carp and silver carp. Shuyang is rich in mineral resources, with 9 kinds of nonmetallic minerals and energy minerals 1 species, among which kyanite, crystal, phosphorus, mica, yellow sand and clay have high mining value.

Social undertakings

Since liberation, especially since the reform and opening up, social undertakings such as culture, education and health in Shuyang have made great progress. In recent years, the county party committee and government adhere to the market orientation, vigorously promote the industrialization of social undertakings, make it a real market subject, and achieve unprecedented development in market competition. At present, there are 963 educational institutions in the county, including national demonstration high schools 1 and 65438 provincial key high schools. There are 326 newly established private educational institutions, with fixed assets investment of 654.38+0.4 billion yuan, and a number of private schools with advanced teaching facilities have emerged. Hospitals and clinics in urban and rural areas are reasonably equipped, and county people's hospitals and county traditional Chinese medicine hospitals in urban areas have advanced equipment and strong technology. All township hospitals in the county have been privatized, and more than 0/0 private hospitals have been set up. A number of large-scale and high-grade private medical institutions have been born, such as Shuyang Eye Hospital, Renci Hospital, Otolaryngology Hospital, Cardiovascular Hospital and Ping 'an Hospital. The funeral industry has achieved new development, with private investment in Tianfu Garden Cemetery and Wanfu Funeral Home, the only star funeral home in northern Jiangsu. Literary forms with distinctive local colors, such as Huaihai Opera, Copper Opera, Huaihai gongs and drums, flower boats and Allegro, have developed rapidly, and various artistic categories such as literature, drama, music, folk art, painting, calligraphy, photography, sculpture, radio and television have flourished unprecedentedly, and cultural networks at the county, township and village levels have gradually taken shape.

city construction

In the past, many streets were built along the Shuyang River and alleys were built along the street. In the seventh year of Ming Dynasty, Zheng De built a clay city (15 12) and rebuilt a brick city in the forty-fourth year of Wanli (16 16). Rural market towns were mostly built in Yuan Dynasty, and gradually expanded in Ming and Qing Dynasties, with regular distribution. Urban and rural houses are simple, and roads are sunny, dusty and rainy. After the founding of New China, the old city was gradually transformed. The urban area expands southward at 1956 and eastward and westward at 198 1. By 1987, the urban area is 6 square kilometers, 20 streets have been built, and the per capita living area is 5.9 1 square meter. In recent years, Shuyang has fully implemented the strategy of "cluster towns rise, stimulate domestic demand, gather chariots and horses, enhance radiation, focus on the moon, form a system, integrate urban and rural areas and promote development", adhered to high-standard construction, high-demand management and high-speed development, and achieved a historic breakthrough in urban construction and embarked on the fast lane of development. By the end of 2005, the "star-moon cluster" urban system was gradually formed. The supporting area of urban infrastructure is expanded to 5 1 km2, and the newly paved cement road is 89. 1 km; 23 sections including Nanjing East Road, Guangzhou Road and Shanghai Road were transformed without poles; Laying 90 kilometers of natural gas main pipeline and 20 kilometers of branch pipe network; New construction and renovation 132 flush toilets; 40 squares have been built, with a green area of 9.46 million square meters and a green coverage rate of 45.2%. Today's Shuyang, with spacious streets, rows of buildings, lush green spaces, beautiful environment, orderly management and strong popularity, has basically achieved the goal of hardening, greening, beautifying, purifying and lighting, and the framework of medium-sized cities has become increasingly prominent, showing a new situation of vigorous development.

physical geography

Shuyang is located in northern Jiangsu, downstream of Yishu and Surabaya, and belongs to the transitional zone between southern Shandong hills and Jianghuai Plain. The county seat is between 33 53' and 34 25' north latitude, between118 30' east longitude and 1 19 10' east longitude, 60 kilometers east-west and 55 kilometers north-south. Lianyungang in the east, Huai 'an in the south, Suqian in the west and Xuzhou in the north, which is the junction of Xu, Lian, Huai and Su. The terrain of the county is irregular, square, high in the west and low in the east, and most of the ground elevation is 7-4.5 meters. Hanshan Mountain, the highest peak in the county, is 70 meters above sea level. Except for some hills in Toarey Yang, Mao Wei, Liuji and Yuelai, the land is flat and the river network is dense. There are 29 rivers running through the territory, including Xinyi River and Huaishuxin River.

Shuyang belongs to a warm temperate monsoon climate with four distinct seasons, abundant sunshine and rainfall. Annual average temperature 13.8℃, annual average maximum temperature 14.3℃ and minimum temperature 13.3℃. The highest temperature over the years is generally between 35℃ and 38℃, and the lowest temperature is around -4℃ and -5℃. The annual average sunshine hours are 2363.7 hours, the annual average relative humidity is 75%, the annual average wind speed is 2.8m/s, and the annual average precipitation is 937.6mm ..

administrative division

There were Houzhen, Qutou, Liu Zhuang Kou and other towns in Shuyang in ancient times, which were later destroyed by fire. It increased to 36 towns in Ming and Qing Dynasties. During the Republic of China, there were 9 towns 1 township, and later it was changed to 10 district 162 township, and large and small market towns were scattered everywhere. After the founding of New China, the districts and towns changed frequently, and were relatively stable in the 1980s, with 35 townships (fields) and 10 markets. It has jurisdiction over 29 towns, 5 townships, 1 farm and 472 administrative village (neighborhood) committees with a population of 1.7 million, making it the most populous county in the province.

cultural life

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As an ancient city on the Huanghuai Plain, Shuyang is located at the intersection of north and south. Since ancient times, it has been a commodity distribution center and is known as the "land where merchants gather". For hundreds of years, merchants from south to north have not only promoted economic development, brought prosperity to Shuyang, promoted the exchange and integration of northern and southern cultures in Shuyang, but also made Shuyang have unique local folk customs and individual characteristics of residents. Shuyang people are warm and generous and polite in their daily communication, which has both the generous hospitality of northerners and the delicate feelings of southerners. Shuyang's folk literature and art are both heroic and rigid in the north and fresh and graceful in the south. In the early years of the Republic of China, a new wind of modern civilization blew into Shuyang. After the founding of New China, with the development of politics, economy and culture, traditional and healthy folk customs have been preserved and passed down, stereotypes and bad habits have been abandoned, and new fashions have gradually formed in the county. According to records, the folk customs with Shuyang characteristics have been preserved: on festivals, there are June 6, winter solstice, offering sacrifices to stoves and so on. There are some sayings about diet, such as "no wine, no table" and "no dog meat". According to folklore, the main house facing south is called "main house"; Etiquette, the birthday of the elderly is "nine and ten", and the birthday is one year ahead of schedule; Culturally, there are ancient operas such as Huaihai Opera and Copper Opera, as well as folk songs and dances such as stilts, yangko and waist drum. Since the reform and opening up, with the further liberation of people's minds, western and Hong Kong and Taiwan cultures have entered the lives of Shuyang people, and the ancient folk customs in Shuyang have incorporated more modern contents and become more modern.

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Shuyang economy

Shuyang is the hometown of flowers and trees in China, the top ten commodity grain base counties in China, the largest county in agricultural and sideline products production in China, the advanced county in plain greening, the national famous vegetable production base, the emerging edible fungi production base, the wood processing base and the national famous book distribution center.

In recent years, the Shuyang County Party Committee and the government have persisted in proceeding from the county situation, persisting in doing practical work, striving for Excellence first, vigorously implementing the "one body and two wings" development strategy with project promotion as the main body and investment promotion and entrepreneurship for all as the development wings, paying close attention to the two opportunities of industrial transfer and real estate development, and comprehensively accelerating the process of industrialization, urbanization and marketization. The county's economic and social development has always maintained a rapid and stable momentum. The economic operation has initially entered a virtuous cycle stage. In 2005, the regional GDP, fiscal revenue and per capita net income of farmers increased by 65,438 04.79%, 55.65%, 438 0% and 9.8%, respectively, which were 65,438 0.9 times, 2.8 times and 65,438 0.29 times of those at the end of the Ninth Five-Year Plan. The proportion of general budget revenue to total fiscal revenue ranks in the forefront of counties and cities in the province, and the growth rate ranks sixth in 66 counties and cities in the province. Industrial breakthroughs have achieved remarkable results. In 2005, there were 57 listed companies, with a total of 272. Textile, clothing, shoes and hats, toys and other industries have evolved into clusters, and the embryonic form of a modern textile industrial city has been presented. Entrepreneurship for all is in full swing. There are 344 large private enterprises, with an annual tax payment of over 654.38+10,000 yuan, and the direct tax revenue of the private economy has increased by 38.3%, accounting for about 80% of the national tax revenue. There are many bright spots in urban construction, the grade and grade of construction are constantly improving, and the framework of medium-sized cities is increasingly prominent. The supporting area of infrastructure in the county has been expanded to 5 1 km2 with a population of 390,000. The pattern of "doing more with one heart" and "big business and big logistics" has initially taken shape. Seeking truth from facts, pioneering and innovating have become a common practice, implementing the "front-line work method" and the work conference system, implementing the "do it right away" and the work method without excuses, establishing and improving the project assistance service system, and constantly improving the "seven stresses" work mechanism for maintaining stability. Not long ago, our county was named "Social Security County of Jiangsu Province" by the provincial party committee and government.