Enshi’s Economy

In terms of agriculture and rural economy, six specialty agricultural product bases including tobacco, tea, medicine, vegetables, forestry, and animal husbandry have taken shape. Leading agricultural enterprises have increased their driving force, and 120 agricultural products in Enshi City have obtained product certification.

In 2013, the total output value of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and sideline fishery was 4.08 billion yuan, an increase of 7%. 8.02 million yuan of direct grain subsidy funds and 46.56 million yuan of comprehensive agricultural input subsidy funds were implemented; 12.2 million yuan of central agricultural machinery purchase subsidy funds were implemented, 22,775 agricultural machinery (sets) were subsidized, and 6,139 farmers benefited. The total planting area of ??grain and oil crops throughout the year was 1.149 million acres, with a total output of 349,000 tons, an increase of 8.5%. The scale of bases for agricultural specialties such as tobacco, tea, commercial vegetables, livestock breeding, forest medicine, orchards has expanded. The planting area of ??"Two Tobacco" reached 112,000 acres, with an acquisition value of 290 million yuan; the tea garden area reached 300,000 acres; 7 new tea processing companies were added, reaching 257; the commercial vegetable planting area reached 400,000 acres, with a total output of 450,000 tons. The output value is 580 million yuan; 1.05 million pigs were slaughtered, an increase of 5%. It has been rated as "National Big Pig Transfer County" and "National Pig Breed Subsidy County" for 7 consecutive years; an additional Chinese medicinal material planting area of ??50,000 acres; orchards The area reached 60,000 acres, and the fruit output reached 17,000 tons; 15 new key leading enterprises in agricultural industrialization were added, reaching 69; 132 new farmer cooperatives were added, reaching 476. There are 110 industrial enterprises in Enshi City with an annual output value of more than 5 million yuan, including more than 40 enterprises above designated size. Chemical industry, light industry, machinery, building materials, energy, tobacco, textiles, pharmaceuticals, etc. have begun to take shape, especially the selenium-rich food industry is in the ascendant, such as selenium-rich wheatgrass tablets, selenium-rich sweet corn, selenium-rich konjac powder, etc. The products are exported to Europe, America, Japan and other countries as well as Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan regions.

In 2013, the total industrial output value was 8.4 billion yuan, 180 million yuan of special funds for industrial development were implemented, 42 technical transformation projects were implemented, and 800 million yuan of investment in technical transformation was completed. There were 12 new enterprises above designated size, bringing the total to 54, of which 14 were enterprises with an output value of over 100 million yuan, achieving a total output value of 2.85 billion yuan, accounting for 33.9% of the total industrial output value. In terms of external development, large-scale promotional activities such as "CCTV Passion Square - Enshi Chapter" were held, and the "14th International Conference on Trace Elements for Humans and Animals" was successfully hosted. In 2013, there were 42 new "limited" commercial and trade enterprises, reaching 127; 4 new star-rated hotels and 83 star-rated farmhouses; 2,300 new hotel beds were added, reaching 22,000.

Tourism In terms of industry, it received 10.1 million domestic and foreign tourists in 2013, an increase of 40.3%. Completed the filming of the large-scale documentary "Tea" for tourism promotion.