Resource conditions of Qiaohou Town

Land resources The existing total land area is 509.4 square kilometers (764,061.8 acres), with per capita land occupation of 37 acres. The utilized land area is approximately 611,249.4 acres, accounting for about 80%. Land resources are abundant, but due to geographical conditions There are many mountainous areas and few flat lands, and the overall level of land use is not high.

Biological resources 1. There are rich forest resources, with a forest area of ??496,640.2 acres and a forest coverage rate of 65%. The main tree species are Yunnan pine, Huashan pine, spruce, fir, etc., with pink wood and red bean growing. Some rare species such as cedars. 2. Wild animals include monkeys, deer and bears. 3. Wild fungi resources: A large number of fungi are produced on average every year, among which a number of wild fungi such as boletus and matsutake have extremely high medicinal value. 4. Orchid resources: Qiaohou area has a very long history of orchid cultivation and rich experience in orchid cultivation. It is famous in western Yunnan for its variety of rare and valuable orchids. Economic fruit and orchid resources such as soaked walnuts and chestnuts are currently being developed. Other rich wild green resources still need to be further developed.

Mineral resources include rock salt, lead-zinc, copper, coal, gypsum, marble and other mineral resources. The copper mine is under further exploration. The preliminary work of coal mining has been fully completed. Lead-zinc, iron and Gypsum and marble mineral resources still need to be developed.

Energy resources The Hongtang area of ??Qiaohou Town is rich in coal resources and also has abundant hydropower resources. Now Qiaohou has developed small hydropower generation of 2,600 kilowatts, but there are still many water resources to be developed.

Human Resources Qiaohou Town had a total population of 20,731 at the end of 2002, including 14,420 laborers, accounting for 70% of the total population. Among them, male laborers accounted for 51% of the total labor force, and it has cheap labor resources.

Tourism and cultural resources There are currently 10 ethnic groups in Qiaohou Town. In the development process of each ethnic group, the national culture with the characteristics of each ethnic group has been formed, such as Zaocheng Bashizao in Qiaohou City District, Qiaohou Sihe The architectural style of the Five Patios, some ethnic cultural resources such as Yi songs and dances and Lisu songs and dances, and some Buddhist and Taoist tourism resources such as Qingjing Temple and Gao Temple.

Farmland water conservancy At the end of 2002, a total of 2.8 million yuan was invested in farmland water conservancy infrastructure construction, and 8 square kilometers of small watersheds were organized and implemented, 40 new water conservancy projects were built, and 2,937 new small pools (cellars) were built. 3,100 acres of basic grain fields for the poor have been built, and 2,600 acres of slopes have been converted into terraces.

Facility construction: There are provincial highways Pingdian Line and Bridge Line, and 120 kilometers of rural roads. 11 village committees have access to roads, which solves the transportation difficulties of 6 extremely poor villages. A program-controlled exchange with a capacity of 1,000 telephones has been built. The number of program-controlled telephones in the town is close to 900. Two mobile phone base stations of China Mobile and China Unicom and a PHS base station have been built, further improving communication conditions. The erection of the 35KV line from Qiaohou to the iron smelting line and the preliminary construction work of the Qiaohou step-down station were completed, and the rural power grid reconstruction project was fully launched, with an investment of 280,000 yuan in building 12 kilometers of new transmission lines. The "three links" goal has been basically achieved.