The economy of Zhuding Town

Zhuding Town is adjacent to Wuhe County, the junction of two provinces and three counties, connected to Mingguang City to the east, and across the river from Sihong County of Jiangsu Province to the north. It covers an area of ??109 square kilometers and has a population of 48,000. The territory is rich in resources and rich in various agricultural products. It is an important grain-producing town Zhuding Town Regional Map. Zhuding Town has convenient transportation. National Highway 104 passes through the town and hugs the Huaihe River. The Benning Expressway exit is only 15 kilometers away from the town (south), 50 kilometers away from Bengbu in the west, and 30 kilometers away from Suning Expressway in the east. This provides extremely good land and water transportation conditions. The 10KV power grid built within the territory provides investors with sufficient power; the surplus labor resources are even more advantageous. To facilitate investment by merchants, the town has built an investment platform and established industrial and trade zones on both sides of National Highway 104, making it the first choice for merchants to stay. The town has more than 400 large freight trucks, ensuring faster and more efficient transportation. Specialty agriculture includes strawberry base, chive base, garlic base, mint base, and jujube tree cultivation base. Breeding is mainly cattle, pigs, sheep and chickens. The annual average number of cattle raised reaches 25,000, nearly 30,000 pigs are raised for slaughter, nearly 60,000 sheep are raised, and 810,000 poultry are raised, mainly mountain chickens. Aquatic products are mainly produced in Qiaozijian, Kaoshanba low-lying areas and 13 mountainous reservoirs, with an annual output of more than 300 tons. In addition, there are idle land and several available factory buildings within the territory, as well as Dagong Mountain Forest Park and Qiaozijian Scenic Tourism Development Project. In Zhuding Town, as urban and rural residents' demand for pollution-free green food continues to increase, the development of specialty vegetables has become a good way to get rid of poverty and become rich in many areas. It was precisely because of his keen understanding of this information that Guo Qiping decided to lead the masses to vigorously develop chive cultivation. As a result, chive cultivation spread quickly. He invited technicians from the town's agricultural technology station to the village to guide the planting of chives and provide learning materials to the growers. The planting area of ??chives in the village soon expanded to more than 2,000 acres, and at the same time, it also promoted chive planting in surrounding villages such as Hongshan. Planting. As production increases, sales will be a matter of concern. On the one hand, Guo Qiping conducted inspections at his own expense and signed purchase and sales agreements with foreign merchants; on the other hand, he led the masses to form a group to enter the market and established the Xiaoyanagi Chives Association in 2005. He tried every means to strengthen the publicity of Xiaoyanagi Chives through radio, television, newspapers and government websites, and expand the scope of Xiaoyanagi Chives. The popularity of chives inside and outside the province. Customers from Hefei and Nanjing often drive to the village to buy chives, and sometimes demand exceeds supply. Crop intercropping such as "watermelon with cotton, soybean with corn" can be seen everywhere in Liugou Lake and Jingtou Lake in Zhuding Town, Wuhe County. This is another exploration of the town to expand farmers' income-increasing space. The intercropping area of ??the town has reached more than 20,000 mu.

Zhuding Town is close to the bank of the Huaihe River. Jingtou Lake and Liugou Lake are also known as the town’s “natural granary.” After the wheat harvest in the midday season, the central, provincial and municipal governments have With the policy of benefiting farmers, comprehensive reduction and exemption of agricultural taxes and increased grain subsidies, farmers' enthusiasm has been unprecedentedly high, and their investment in agriculture has further increased. In response to this public opinion, the town's party committee and government organized all village cadres to increase technology promotion efforts. Guide farmers to develop three-dimensional intercropping area, lead farmers to do it, show it to farmers, and achieve remarkable results. In Zhuding Town, the area of ??"soybeans integrated with corn" has reached more than 10,000 acres, and the area of ??"watermelons integrated with cotton" has reached about 12,000 acres. Since the intercropped watermelons came on the market late, at a time when watermelon prices were on the rise, the income was considerable.

The main agricultural products are wheat, soybeans, corn, and peanuts. The total grain output is nearly 40,000 tons, and the total oil output is more than 10,000 tons.

In 2010, the rural economy developed rapidly. The town's total agricultural production value was 378 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 14%; the per capita net income of farmers was 5,419 yuan, a year-on-year increase of 13.9%; the fiscal revenue was 7.465 million yuan, an increase of 2.535 million yuan from 4.93 million yuan in 2009, a year-on-year increase of 51.4%; All economic indicators were better than expected.

The town party committee and government have always placed grain production in an important position, adhered to the goal of increasing agricultural production and farmers' income, vigorously promoted improved seeds and methods, and built a 20,000-acre wheat high-yield research demonstration base in Jingtou Lake and Liugou Lake. , achieving full coverage of wheat varieties, and in 2010 won the title of the city's three advanced collectives in grain production; attaching great importance to the cultivation of specialty products, forming a 5,000-acre chive and 8,000-acre stevia production base, and building an 8,000-square-meter Agaricus bisporus greenhouse and a 200-acre vegetable greenhouse. , agricultural production benefits have initially emerged.

The animal husbandry industry has reached a record high. Small poultry is changing from traditional breeding of one household to professional, large-scale and standardized breeding. It has increased from 700,000 to 850,000 birds in 2010, a year-on-year increase of 21.4%. %; pig slaughter basically remains stable.

Strengthen the export of labor services and proactively connect migrant workers. There are 5,000 migrant workers in the town year-round and 7,000 seasonal workers, which has effectively increased farmers' income.

Vigorously develop the private economy, support local capable people to take the lead in starting businesses, and encourage migrant workers to return to their hometowns to start businesses. There are more than 480 large trucks in the town transporting outside all year round, and the scale advantage is obvious. By the end of 2010, there were 19 private enterprises and 325 individual industrial and commercial households in the town. Entrepreneurship among all people has gradually gained popularity, laying a good foundation for the implementation of the strategy of strengthening the town through industry and providing a reliable guarantee for significantly increasing farmers' income.