The history of Shipai Town

On the southwest bank of the Yangtze River and on the shore of the Wanhe River, there is an ancient but young market town called Shipai Town.

Shipai Town is the old county seat of Huaining County.

Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, this place has been an important agricultural and sideline products distribution center in southwest Anhui.

Merchants gathered and bribes flowed, making it the first town in Huaining.

For more than half a century after the founding of the People's Republic of China, Shipai served as the seat of Huaining County, enjoying a prosperous economy and culture.

A thousand-year-old ancient town, famous far and wide.

Shipai is an ancient trading town with a history of more than a thousand years. Shipai has been an important economic town in southwest Anhui since ancient times.

The origin of "Shipai" can be traced back to the Jianlong period of the Northern Song Dynasty more than 1,000 years ago.

Before liberation, Huaining County was located in Anqing City, with the prefecture and county in the same city, and was known as the "capital and first county" in history.

In 1950, the seat of Huaining County was moved from Anqing City to Shipai. In January 2002, with the approval of the State Council, the headquarters of Huaining County *** was moved from Shipai to Gaohe Town, Huaining County.

In October 2004, after the zoning adjustment, the original Wanhe Township was merged into Shipai. Now the town has jurisdiction over 18 administrative villages and 4 social and neighborhood committees, with a total land area of ??91.7 square kilometers and a total population of 10 Thousands of people, including 56,000 permanent residents in the urban area, with an urban area of ??more than 5 square kilometers.

The average daily passenger flow in the urban area reaches 38,000 people, and it reaches 87,000 people during festivals. The annual merchandise trade volume reaches 4.5 billion yuan.

It is the town with the highest population concentration in Huaining County and even Anqing City.

The urban area has 4-star and 3-star hotels, various entertainment venues, brand-name stores of various products, and the Chinese-style "KFC" and "Wallace" known as McDonald's.

As the county seat of Huaining County for more than half a century, Shipai is the political, economic, scientific, educational and cultural center of Huaining.

Brilliant achievements have been made in various economic and social undertakings.