The origin of Pizhou

Pizhou was called Piguo and Xiapi in ancient times, and Pixian in the first year of the Republic of China. Pizhou was founded in June 1992.

Pizhou City is located at the junction of Jiangsu, Shandong, Henan and Anhui, in the middle of Xuliandu city circle determined by Jiangsu Province, and the urban area is located at the intersection of Donglonghai Railway and Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, which is the land and water transportation hub of northern Jiangsu and southern Shandong. The urban area is 23 square kilometers and the population is 230,000. The city covers an area of 2,088 square kilometers, with a population of 6.5438+0.58 million, and governs 24 towns.

Pizhou was successively rated as national grain production (1996), vegetable basket product production (1996), vegetable basket product production (1996), top 100 greening counties of the United Nations (1996) and economic forest construction (20065438) 200. The first batch of famous and excellent economic forests in China-the hometown of ginkgo biloba (2000 national advanced city in scientific and technological work (1996), national advanced city in sports work (1996), advanced county in the construction of high-standard farmland forest network in the whole province (1999), and health city in Jiangsu province (1996)

The "city tree" in Pizhou is Metasequoia glyptostroboides, and the 80-mile Metasequoia forest belt in Picang Road is praised as "the first Metasequoia Road in the world" at home and abroad.

Second, physical geography.

Pizhou City is located in the north of Jiangsu Province, between Xuzhou and Lianyungang. It is adjacent to xinyi city in the east, Tongshan County and jiawang district in Xuzhou City in the west, Suining County and Yuxian County in Suqian City in the south and Shandong Province in the north.

Geographical coordinates are north latitude117 35' 50 "-1810' 40", and north latitude is 34 07'-34 40' 48 ". The distance from east to west is 52km, and the distance from north to south is 6 1 km. The mountains in the northwest and southwest are undulating, and the rivers in the hinterland are intertwined. According to the topography, the whole landform can be divided into four types: plain depression, slope, mountain and water. Among them, the plain depression is the main terrain of the whole city, with an area of 1080 square kilometers, accounting for 5 1.7% of the total area. The city boundary is located between Huanghuai and belongs to semi-humid warm temperate monsoon climate, with four distinct seasons, abundant sunshine and rainfall. The annual average temperature is 65438 03.9℃, sunshine lasts for 2350 hours, rainfall is 903.6 mm, and frost-free period is 265438.

Three. natural resource

The city's cultivated land area is 6.5438+0.832 million mu, garden land is 6.5438+0.7/kloc-0.00 million mu, forest land is 97,000 mu, and water area is 5.65438+0.9 million mu. Soil is divided into five types: fluvo-aquic soil, brown soil, cinnamon soil, sandy black soil and paddy soil, among which fluvo-aquic soil is the main one, which is distributed in the plain area, covering an area of 6,543,800 mu. The water system in the territory belongs to the Huaihe River Basin, the Yi, Shu and Sishui systems, and is divided into three major water systems: the Zhong Canal, the Yi River and the Pi Hong River. * * * There are 42 main branches and tributaries, which undertake the functions of flood discharge, drainage and shipping. The total amount of available water resources is nearly 8 billion cubic meters. The total surface runoff is 436 million cubic meters, and the total surface area of surface water is nearly 8 billion cubic meters. Among them, the total surface runoff is 436 million cubic meters, the total surface water area is 2.4 1.6 million mu, the exploitable groundwater is 337 million cubic meters, and the transit passenger traffic is 7.2 billion cubic meters. Mineral resources are mainly nonmetals, with 16 category, mainly including gypsum, limestone, marble, quartzite, diabase, high clay, yellow sand and ilmenite. Among them, gypsum mine is a super-large soft gypsum deposit with an area of about 60 square kilometers and a total reserve of 4.4 billion tons, ranking first in East China. The deposit has excellent texture, shallow burial, simple geological structure, hydrological conditions and development technology. Carboniferous ore reserves are 700 million tons, which is a high-quality raw material for producing cement and lime. Quartzite high-quality ore reserves of 200 million tons; Ilmenite reserves are nearly 3 million tons.

Fourth, folk customs and traditional culture.

There are traditional programs in Pizhou during the Spring Festival, such as lion dancing, roller boating and walking on stilts. "Laba porridge" on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, "popcorn" on the second day of February, "willow-piercing" and "willow-inserting" by Tomb-Sweeping Day, and a few tears of her daughter when she got married are called "Jin Doudou" to repay her mother's kindness in raising. Dragon Boat Festival, Spring Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival are the three biggest folk festivals.

Pizhou's long history of civilization gave birth to splendid culture. Around the Qing Dynasty, 79 works by 42 people in Pizhou were published in Twenty-four History and Sikuquanshu. Since modern times, especially after the founding of New China, local culture has developed rapidly. Folk Meitai, represented by peasant paintings and folk paper-cuts, reflects farmers' production and life with unique materials and techniques, which is very ideological and artistic. 1992, Pizhou was named as "the hometown of modern folk painting" and "the hometown of folk art (paper-cutting)" by the Ministry of Culture. Liuqin Opera is a local opera, which has been called "Soul Holding Opera" for more than 200 years. After the founding of New China, Qin Liu was named as the main accompaniment instrument and began to take to the stage. Its beautiful timbre is very popular in the border areas of Jiangsu, Shandong, Henan and Anhui. Pizhou dialect belongs to northern mandarin, and its phonetic system is close to that of ordinary dialect, but its tone value is different.

V. Historical celebrities and historical sites

Pizhou has outstanding people. Xi Zhong in the summer and Zou Ji in the Warring States were sealed in Pixian County, and Huang Shigong of the Qin Dynasty gave Zhang Liang a book in Pixian County. Yan Yan, Yi Feng, Shen Bin, the secretariat of Suizhou in the Five Dynasties, and Tang Kekuan, the national hero of the Ming Dynasty, either managed well and enforced the law strictly, or impeached powerful people, dared to get rid of bad politics, or repeatedly advised them to die for the people, or fought bravely to defend the people. Xu Guotai, a member of the League, set out from Huangxing to participate in the armed uprising in Guangzhou and joined Huanghuagang. Cui Daoping participated in the revolution with Sun Yat-sen and died in Xuzhou. Many revolutionary martyrs, such as Li Chaoshi, Wei Yunling, Dai, Lou Peiru, the couple, and "Little Radish Head" Song Zhenzhong, have made heroic contributions to national liberation. Guo, Zhang, Liu, etc. also fought bloody battles during the war years and made meritorious deeds repeatedly. Martyrs of Wang Jie died heroically in Pizhou under the 12 militia. Cultural celebrities in past dynasties are numerous. From Dr. Zu in the Western Han Dynasty to the literati in the Northern and Southern Dynasties of Ling, Guan, Qia and Sanzang, from Tang Yingzeng, a composer and pipa player in the Ming Dynasty, to academic celebrities such as Liu and Fan David in modern times, and contemporary writers such as Cheng, Jiang and others, all made contributions to carrying forward the cultural traditions of the motherland.

Historically, Pizhou experienced the battle between Chu and Han, the Three Kingdoms, the Song and Jin Dynasties and the Huaihai Campaign in modern history, leaving many places of interest and rich cultural heritage. There are 68 provincial and municipal cultural relics protection units in the territory, including Dadunzi Cultural Site, Cliff Stone Carving in Zhaishan, Liu Ling Cultural Site, Liangwangcheng Site, Jiunvdun, Youcun Han Tomb, Grandma Temple, Tushan Maji Pavilion, Guandi Temple, Baima Temple Ancient Ginkgo, Shanwo Guhuai, Xushan, Erlongshan Ancient Tomb, Nianzhuang Fighting Martyrs Cemetery in Huaihai Campaign and Wang Jie Martyrs Cemetery. The natural scenery and human landscape such as Shishou in Aishan Cave, Xiushan Scenic Area, Grand Canal Scenic Belt, Huangdun Lake Tourist Area, Metasequoia No.1 Road, Ginkgo Forest Park and Taohuadao Park complement each other. Among them, the contiguous Ginkgo Garden with Shang Gang and Tiefu as the center is 2 1 10,000 mu, which is known as "the first Ginkgo Garden in the world" and is designated as "Ginkgo Forest Park" by the province. There are nine peaks in the Shigou Scenic Area of Aishandong, 20 kilometers away from Fiona Fang, and the highest peak is 197 meters above sea level. On the top of the mountain are Phoenix Terrace, Bixia Terrace, Juxi Sendai, White Horse Spring, Heifengkou and Wangmutai. There are four peaks in Xiushan Scenic Area, the highest of which is 204 meters above sea level. There is a Gexian cave and a Gexian well in the Taishan Palace at the top of the mountain, where Ge Hong draws water to make an alchemy. The scenic spot in Fiona Fang is 4 square kilometers, and there are many Han groups.

Intransitive verb agriculture

Pizhou is a big agricultural county (city) in China. In 2002, the city's grain area decreased to 6.5438+0.593 million mu, with a total grain output of 655,000 tons. The cash crops have been expanded to 6.5438+0.7 million mu, and the ratio of grain to economy has exceeded 5:5.

-Rice cultivation and high-quality rice. Pizhou is a demonstration city of rice field culture in Jiangsu Province, with rice field culture area of 10.6 million mu. "Zhanglou" brand rice is exported to all parts of the country. In recent years, it has cultivated colorful rice and expanded production year by year.

-Ginkgo biloba. Pizhou is one of the five largest ginkgo bases in China. At present, there are 265,438+0,000 mu of ginkgo orchards, with an annual output of 900 tons of ginkgo fruit, accounting for one tenth of the country. The output of Ginkgo biloba leaves is 6.5438+200,000 tons, accounting for about 60% of the national output. The capacity of ginkgone is 250 tons, accounting for 80% of the national total.

Garlic. Garlic covers a total area of 460,000 mu, with a total output of 460,000 tons and an annual export volume of 200,000 tons. There are more than 50 garlic processing enterprises and the largest garlic trading market in northern Jiangsu.

-Dry moss. Dried moss is a specialty of Pizhou, and it is also called "tribute dish" because it was paid to the court as a tribute in history. The planting area of dried moss in the city is 654.38+10,000 mu, with an annual output of 6,000 tons.

-Meat rabbit. The number of meat rabbits is 9 million, and the export of frozen rabbit meat accounts for 70% of the province.

Seven. industry

In recent years, the industrial economy with private enterprises as the main body has developed rapidly, and its economic strength and development potential have been significantly enhanced. There are more than 0/0000 industrial enterprises and more than 800 kinds of industrial products in the city, and pillar industries such as plate, building materials, machinery and electronics, food, medicine and chemical industry, textiles and clothing, and ships have initially formed. The total industrial output value in 2002 was 1, 5 1 100 million yuan.

-Plate processing industry. There are more than 2,500 plate processing enterprises in the city, with an annual output of 5 million cubic meters, accounting for 15% of the national output. It is the largest plate production base in Jiangsu Province. More than 30 kinds of products, such as plywood, multilayer board and high-grade veneer, sell well at home and abroad, accounting for 44% of the country's exports.

-building materials industry. Relying on local mineral resources, it mainly produces cement, gypsum board, Dali factory, quartz sand and other products. Jiangsu Grand Canal Group is a large national enterprise and one of the top 500 building materials enterprises in China. 200 1 has passed the ISO 14000 international environmental protection system certification, and there are 3 cement plants with an annual output of 650,000 tons. There are 60 gypsum board factories with an annual output of 80 million square meters. Pizhou Regal Marble Co., Ltd., a wholly-owned company in Taiwan Province Province, can produce more than 6,000 square meters of marble products such as Jiangjunhong, Chuanhong and Emerald every year.

-electromechanical industry. The main products are fitness equipment, automobile brake discs, hardware tools (wire cutters), high-speed motors and energy-saving electronic products. Jiangsu Hujin Group is a key export enterprise of mechanical and electrical products in Jiangsu Province. Wire cutters, brackets, vises, pipe wrenches and other products are exported to Europe and America, with an annual export volume of 5 million US dollars. The products of Xuzhou Xia Jun Fitness Equipment Co., Ltd. include treadmills, bench presses, dumbbells and fitness balls, among which fitness balls have been exported to the United States.

Metallurgical industry. Jiangsu Chunxing Alloy Group Co., Ltd. is the largest lead recycling enterprise in Asia, and its main products include more than 20 varieties of cable sheath lead, refined lead and alloy lead.

-Energy industry. Jiangsu Xutang Power Generation Co., Ltd. has two 300,000-kilowatt generating units, and Pizhou Local Power Company owns 1 50,000-kilowatt generating units, with an annual power generation of 2.5 billion kWh. The urban thermal power plant is under construction.

Eight, commercial catering service industry

The market circulation industry, which is mainly based on modern services, is booming. In 2002, the total retail sales of consumer goods in the whole society was 2,654.38+0.5 billion yuan. There are 77 large-scale comprehensive markets and specialized wholesale markets such as East Trade City, Han Shi Pedestrian Street, Wanxing Market, Grand Canal Decoration Material City and East Comprehensive Wholesale Market, and 28 supermarket chains such as Hualian, Su Guo, Huikelong and Lianhua. There are three two-star hotels, Pizhou Hotel is a four-star hotel. Urban supporting facilities such as residential quarters, high-grade villas, squares, gardens, parks and scenic spots are being accelerated, and 1 large park, 3 squares and 15 gardens have been built.

IX. Park Development and Foreign Investment

Pizhou, with the "one master and seven deputies" industrial park as the carrier, has carefully created a relaxed and superior environment for attracting foreign investment, becoming one of the most attractive foreign investment gathering places in northern Jiangsu, and merchants from home and abroad are pouring in. At present, there are nearly 50 foreign-invested enterprises in this city. Foreign-funded enterprises such as Sino-British joint venture Zhengan Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Sino-US joint venture Aibo Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., French Zhong Da Company, Taiwan Province Huarui Wood Industry, etc. have become successful models of Pizhou's entrepreneurship with their solid business performance. In 2002 alone, the actual use of overseas and foreign funds in the city exceeded 654.38 billion yuan, among which Kunshan Sanniu Garment, Hunan Tang Renshen Group Industrial Park and Shanghai Longfei Footwear Expansion Project were put into production one after another.

Ten, urban construction and transportation and telecommunications

Pizhou City has vigorously promoted the "north expansion and east expansion" around the goal of "rebuilding a Pizhou city in five years". Two highway bridges, an oversize expressway bridge and a double-track bridge of Longhai Railway have been built on the Grand Canal, extending the urban space to both sides of the canal. The urban built-up area is 22 square kilometers, and the urban population is 230,000. The power supply, communication, greening, beautification and lighting of the four window sections in the urban area have achieved more than 33% green coverage. "Three Games" (People's Square, Jinxiu Square and Da Qiao Square) and "Two Districts" (Grand Canal and Liubao River Scenic Belt) are coordinated with Pizhou Park, community garden and street attractions, and the layout of commercial outlets is reasonable. Sewage treatment plants, pipeline liquefied gas and thermal power plants are under construction. With the acceleration of informatization, the number of program-controlled telephones has grown to 6.5438+0.79 million, and the number of mobile phone users has reached 80,000. Cable TV has reached every village, with more than 6.5438+0 million Internet users, and broadband networks have entered major residential areas.

Xi。 Finance, finance and insurance

In 2002, the city's fiscal revenue was 420 million yuan, the balance of deposits in financial institutions was 4.6 billion yuan, and the balance of loans in financial institutions was 4.22 billion yuan. The insurance industry has developed rapidly, with four insurance companies: China People's Insurance Company, China Life Insurance Company, Pacific Insurance Company and Ping An Insurance Company. Personal credit consumption and rural insurance industry have accelerated development. The securities business of Guotai Junan Securities Service Department has developed steadily, with an annual turnover of 500 million yuan.

Twelve. Science and technology, education, culture and health

Technology. The city has 34,000 professional technicians, 78 municipal-level private science and technology enterprises and 20 agricultural science and technology demonstration parks/kloc-0. Since the Ninth Five-Year Plan, the city has undertaken the implementation of various scientific and technological projects 156, accepted 283 patents and authorized 255 patents. Every year, we introduce, apply and popularize advanced and applicable scientific and technological achievements 100, and develop nearly 100 new products. The contribution of scientific and technological progress to economic growth is increasing by more than 5% every year, reaching nearly 50% in 2002, and science and technology has increasingly become a powerful driving force for economic and social development.

Education. * * * There are 66 1 schools of all levels and types in the city, with 394,000 students and 0/6800 teaching staff. In 2002, the enrollment rate of school-age children reached 99.98%, the primary school graduation rate reached 95.2%, and the number of people who passed the college entrance examination ranked second in Xuzhou. At present, there are four provincial key middle schools, including Pizhou Middle School, Yangshan High School, Guanhu High School and Bayi High School, two provincial demonstration junior high schools, conditional vocational education centers and experimental primary schools, 1 provincial demonstration kindergartens, demonstration schools for the deaf, demonstration teachers' further education schools, demonstration primary schools and demonstration adult education centers.

Culture. The municipal cultural center and library are national second-class museums, and the municipal museum is national third-class museum. In recent years, folk painting, paper-cutting, drama (Liuqin opera), literary creation, calligraphy and other cultural undertakings, as well as the annual "Pizhou Spring" and other mass cultural activities have developed vigorously and healthily.

Sanitary facilities. There are 797 health institutions, including 2 second-class hospitals, 39 first-class hospitals and 5,326 health personnel at all levels.

Thirteen. People's life and social security

In 2002, the per capita disposable income of urban residents was 4,900 yuan. The per capita net income of farmers is 3495 yuan. The average wage of employees is 7560 yuan. The per capita residential area of urban and rural residents is 15.6 square meters and 27.3 square meters respectively. The number of urban workers participating in pension, medical care and unemployment insurance reached 67,000, 47,000 and 73,000 respectively. There are 46 social welfare homes of various types, with adoption 1770 people; 50,000 rural entitled groups; The number of people participating in old-age insurance in rural areas is 6.5438+0.3 million.

Fourteen, postal code area code

Postal code: 22 1300

Area code 05 16