The history of Liushi

In 1984, Liushi Town Commune was renamed Liushi Town and was still under the jurisdiction of Liushi District; in 1992, Liushi District was revoked and the eighteen towns under the jurisdiction of Liushi District were merged into eight towns to form Liushi Town (formerly Liushi Town, Hutou Town, Huheng Township, Mingdong Township), Beibaixiang Town (formerly Beibaixiang Town, Sanshan Township, Mingyu Township, Wanjia Township, Hongduqiao Township), Wengyang Town (formerly Wengyang Town, Haiyu Township), Huanghua Town, Qiligang Town (formerly Shenjiang Town), Xiangyang Town (formerly Xiangyang Town, Xiangdong Township), Panshi Town, Baishi Town (formerly Baishi Township, Zhongdong Township) The administrative structure of the eight major towns in Yanxiang. Because the eight towns have similar languages, similar folk customs, and close connections, residents often refer to them as "Liushi Eight Towns". Each town generally implements the system of town management of villages and residents.

Liushi District was established in 1912 until it was abolished in 1992. In the past eighty years, it has been revoked and reset several times, and each time it was revoked, it was restored shortly after. The areas under its jurisdiction are basically unchanged, namely Liushi Town, Beibaixiang Town, Wengyang Street, Baishi Street, 2 towns and 2 streets (Yanpen Township was added in and out several times during the period, and Yanpen Street is now established). The number of towns under its jurisdiction increased and decreased with the establishment of towns and villages, reaching more than 50 at the most, and stabilized at eighteen in the 1960s, namely the "Liushi Eighteen Communes" (Liushi City had 18 communes under its jurisdiction during the commune period) , namely: Liushi, Baixiang, Wengyang, Mingdong, Mingyu, Hutou, Huheng, Wanjia, Hongduqiao, Haiyu, Sanshan, Xiangdong, Zhongyan, Panshi, Shenjiang, Huanghua, Xiangyang, Baishi)". Since entering the new era, in order to solve the problem of the central town of the area, Liushi Town, having great responsibility and small power, and promote its transformation into a city, in February 2010, Liushi Town became one of the five town-level cities in Wenzhou (the others are Oubei Town, Long Town, One of the towns (Gang Town, Tangxia Town, and Aojiang Town), the Liushi Town Government began to assume the functions of city construction and had some administrative rights at the Yueqing municipal level. At the end of the same year, Liushi Town was identified as the first batch of small city cultivation pilot projects in Zhejiang Province, further gaining administrative power and comprehensively promoting the leap from town to city. Liushi area will also be driven by planning, policy promotion, investment and reform. Promote Dongfeng to build the leading modern industrial base in southern Zhejiang.

In April 2011, in accordance with the overall plan of the Wenzhou metropolitan area, the Liushi District started the administrative division adjustment work around "1650". This is an adjustment initiated in the face of the new situation of new urbanization and urban-rural integrated development and the new requirements of the construction of the Wenzhou metropolitan area. This adjustment will, to a certain extent, change the problems of too small towns in Liushi area, weak urban functions, and too few rural central towns. In accordance with the Yueqing City administrative division adjustment plan approved by the Zhejiang Provincial People's Government, Liushi District has carried out a series of township and village mergers: Liushi Town merged with the surrounding Xiangyang Town, Qiligang Town, and Huanghua Town, forming an area of ??93.8 square kilometers. Xinliushi Town and Beibaixiang Town, an important southwest town, will also merge with Panshi Town to form New Taipei Baixiang Town with an area of ??75.5 square kilometers. Baishi Town, where Yueqing Railway Station is located, and Wengyang Town, where Yueqing Economic Development Zone is located, will also It will bid farewell to the history of townships and establish street offices. Together with the other six streets, it will form a new urban area of ??Yueqing City with an area of ??259.6 square kilometers, and will be placed under the direct management of the Yueqing Municipal Government. By then, Liushi District will form a new pattern of 2 towns and 2 streets, which will lay a solid foundation for Liushi District to promote the comprehensive reform of urban and rural coordination.

In May of the same year, Yueqing City’s application for establishing an urban functional area was approved. Five urban functional zones based on regional resource advantages and aligned with urban development positioning have started construction, which will build a platform for Yueqing to promote new urbanization and new industrialization. The Liushi District, which accounts for the largest economic weight in Yueqing City, includes 4 of them in one fell swoop, namely: Yueqing Binhai New City Functional Area, which is positioned as a city in Yueqing City with important functions such as business agglomeration, ecological livability, and comprehensive transportation hubs. Core area; Yueqing Economic Development Zone, positioned as the main platform for economic development of Yueqing City, industrial transformation and upgrading demonstration zone and comprehensive new industrial city with complete functions; Liushi Comprehensive Economic Function Zone, positioned as the International Electrical and Electrical Industry City and Yueqing City's Comprehensive Port Logistics Hub; Beibaixiang Industrial and Trade Functional Zone, positioned as Yueqing City's advanced manufacturing base, modern business gathering area and beautiful rural construction demonstration area. As a dispatched agency of the Yueqing Municipal Government, the Functional Zone Management Committee will be specifically responsible for economic affairs within the scope of the functional zone, while the streets (towns) will be responsible for social management and administrative affairs within their jurisdiction. At this point, all the streets (towns) in Liushi District have truly realized the "unification of districts and streets". Through a series of measures such as optimizing spatial layout and implementing comprehensive development, Yueqing has effectively promoted Yueqing to become a livable and entrepreneurial city integrating industry, trade, tourism and ports. The development of new modern cities.

On March 17, 2015, with the approval of the National Development and Reform Commission, 61 areas including Liushi Town were selected as pilot projects for comprehensive reform of small and medium-sized cities (only 4 at the town level, the others are Hengdian Town, Humen Town, and Chang'an Town) . In addition to focusing on the development of the region, this pilot is more importantly to explore paths for the reform and development of small and medium-sized cities across the country, strive to build institutional mechanisms to promote the healthy development of small and medium-sized cities, and explore reform experiences that can be replicated and promoted. This marks that Liushi Town has reached a new level in promoting the comprehensive reform of small and medium-sized cities.

In April of the same year, the Wenzhou Oujiangkou New Area Development and Construction Management Committee was renamed the Wenzhou Oujiangkou Industrial Cluster Area Management Committee.

On May 8, the Yueqing Economic Development Zone and Liubai New District in the Liushi area were included in the planning of the Wenzhou Oujiangkou Industrial Cluster Area, and implemented the "one set of people, multiple brands" operation model. They were respectively managed by the Yueqing Wengxin District Management Committee (Corresponding to the Yueqing Economic Development Zone Management Committee) and Yueqing Liubai District Management Committee (corresponding to the Yueqing Liubai New District Development and Construction Committee) are responsible for planning, construction, management, and investment promotion.