General situation of Zhongshan City, Guangdong Province

1. Zhongshan is a prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province, which governs 24 towns and villages. It is located in the south-central part of the Pearl River Delta, with Guangzhou in the north and Macau in the north. The total area of the city is 1900 square kilometers, the annual average temperature is 20℃, and the registered population is 14 1000. Zhongshan is the hometown of Sun Yat-sen, the forerunner of China's great revolution, and also a famous hometown of overseas Chinese. More than 800,000 overseas Chinese and compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan live in 87 countries and regions on five continents.

Zhongshan is one of the coastal open cities in China. In recent years, the strategy of "strengthening the city by industry" has been vigorously promoted, and high-tech industrial parks such as national packaging and printing base, national health science and technology industrial base, electronic information industrial base and private science and technology park have been built one after another. Basically, a diversified product structure with high-tech industries as the leader and high-quality products as the fist has been formed, including Robust drinks, Yale Guli locks, Kaida Fine Chemicals, Vantage gas appliance, Jiahua Electronics and a number of well-known products at home and abroad. Xiaolan hardware, ancient town lighting, Shaxi leisure clothing, large mahogany furniture, south air conditioning, Huangpu food and other regional characteristic economies are booming, and their products occupy a large market share in the country. Global top 500 enterprises have set up more than 20 enterprises in Zhongshan. In 2003, the city achieved a GDP of 5065438+40 million yuan and a total industrial output value of 154429 million yuan.

The investment environment in Zhongshan City is very attractive. The existing highway mileage in the city is 1.067 km, forming a highway network extending in all directions with national highways, trunk highways and Beijing-Zhuhai Expressway as the skeleton; Within a radius of 90 kilometers, there are five airports in Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Hong Kong and Macau. Railway transportation reaches all parts of the country through Guangzhou. At present, with the opening of Shenwan Port, Zhongshan has formed a "Pin"-shaped wharf layout from zhongshan port in the east, Shenwan Port in the south and Xiaolan Port in the north. Among them, the annual container throughput of zhongshan port ranks 10 in China and 100 in the world. The flight from zhongshan port to Hongkong takes only 75 minutes. With sufficient water supply and power supply, Zhongshan has initially established a broadband high-speed and large-capacity information network with the urban area as the hub and running through towns and large and medium-sized enterprises, forming "Zhongshan Information expressway".

Zhongshan is the hometown of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the forerunner of China's great democratic revolution. Located in the south-central part of the Pearl River Delta, on the west bank of the Pearl River Estuary, Guangzhou in the north, Zhuhai in the south and Macau in the south. There are 24 towns, 5 districts and a national high-tech industrial development zone in the city. East Songyuan Road 1 where the municipal government is located. Zhongshan is a famous hometown of overseas Chinese, with more than 800,000 overseas Chinese and compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan living in 87 countries and regions.

Zhongshan was called Xiangshan in ancient times. Panyu County in Han Dynasty, Dongguan County in Jin Dynasty and Dongguan County in Tang Dynasty. In the 22nd year of Shaoxing in the Southern Song Dynasty (1 152), Xiangshan County was established, "the coastal areas of Nanhai, Panyu and Xinhui counties benefited from it". It belongs to Guangzhou and directly belongs to Guangdong Province after the Republic of China. Cuiheng Village in Xiangshan County is the hometown of Dr. Sun Yat-sen. In 2008+0925, Xiangshan County was renamed Zhongshan County. In February, with the approval of the State Council, Zhongshan County was changed to Zhongshan City (county level). /kloc-in October, it was upgraded to a prefecture-level city with the approval of the State Council.

The geological structure system of Zhongshan city belongs to the central Guangdong depression of South China fold bundle. The terrain is mainly plain, with high terrain in the middle and flat surroundings. The plain slopes from northwest to southeast. Mountain ranges such as Wugui Mountain and Zhusongling stand in the south-central part of the city. The main peak of Wugui Mountain is 53 1 m above sea level, which is the highest peak in the city. Zhongshan City is located in the low latitude, south of the Tropic of Cancer, with a subtropical monsoon climate and sufficient light and heat. Dry and wet are distinct, with an annual average of 265,438 0.8℃. Summer monsoon brings a lot of water vapor and becomes the main source of precipitation. The disastrous weather affecting the whole city includes typhoon, frost, low temperature and rainy weather, cold dew wind and heavy rain. The representative vegetation type is tropical monsoon forest-type evergreen monsoon forest, with more than 6 10 species of vegetation and forest coverage rate of 12.95%.

The main attractions are Sun Yat-sen's former residence, Sun Wen Memorial Park, Zhongshan City, CCTV shooting base, Sun Wen West Road Cultural Tourism Pedestrian Street, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Zhongshan Hot Spring, Quanlin Villa, Maritime Manor, Lingnan Water Town, Zimaling Park, Fufeng Wenta, Xiaoyao Valley, etc. Among them, "The Former Residence of Sun Yat-sen" is a national 4A-level tourist attraction.

In 2002, the registered population of the city was 1.36 million, with 434,000 households. The Han population is 230 1.8 million, accounting for 97.39%, and the minority population is 6 1.7 million, accounting for 26. 1%. The population living in cities and towns is 6066.00000000, and Chinese dialects are mainly used, including Cantonese, Min dialect and Hakka dialect. Among them, Cantonese is the most widely used, and there are four kinds of Cantonese: Shiqi dialect, Shatian dialect (near Shunde dialect), Sanjiao dialect (near Dongguan dialect) and Guzhen dialect (near new conversation).

Zhongshan is rich in folk arts, including Zhongshan folk songs, dragon dances, lion dances, cranes, phoenixes and peach blossoms. Zhongshan is the hometown of folk songs. The popular folk songs include salty water songs, Gaotang songs, big songs, Hakka folk songs, crane songs, Gu Mei songs, fishing drums, dragon boats and minor children's songs, among which salty water songs and Gaotang songs are the most distinctive. These two kinds of folk songs have a history of over 300 years.

Since the reform and opening up, Zhongshan's economic and social undertakings have developed rapidly and healthily, with improved infrastructure and developed land and water transportation. In 2002, the urbanization level reached 57%. The total highway mileage of the city is1153km, and the national highway 105, Guangzhou-Zhuhai Highway and Beijing-Zhuhai Expressway run through the whole territory. There are three foreign trade ports in the city, 165438. It takes only 75 minutes by sea from zhongshan port to Hong Kong, and five international airports, namely Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Hong Kong and Macau, can be reached within 1.5 hours by car. In recent years, Zhongshan has successively won the titles of "National Sanitary City", "National Garden City", "National Advanced City for Revitalizing the City with Science and Technology", "National Environmental Protection Model City", "China Excellent Tourist City" and "National Model City for Smooth Traffic Project".

Zhongshan

The name of China during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. In the spring and autumn period, it was called Xianyu, a genus, belonging to the tribe with the surname Zi, but some people thought it was Ji. There are many records about fresh risks in the Jin Dynasty in Zuo Zhuan. The name of Zhongshan first appeared in Zuozhuan for four years. During the Warring States Period, Zhongshan was in Lingshou, Pingshan and Jinxian areas of Hutuo River Basin. In 465438 BC+04 BC, Zhongshan Martial Arts was established, all of which were in Gu (now Jinzhou, Hebei). In the thirty-eighth year of Wei Wenhou (408 BC), Wei attacked Zhongshan and sent his son to attack it. Historical Records says that Zhongshan later rejuvenated the country. Ancestors may think that Sun Yat-sen was Ren Wei after the restoration of the country, but according to inscriptions on bronze, Sun Yat-sen was indeed a descendant of Wu Gong at the end of the Warring States Period. During the Warring States Period, Zhongshan and Song were both powerful countries after the Seven Heroes. According to historical records, Zhongshan built the Great Wall and Sun Yat-sen was appointed by King Zhou. In 323 BC, Sun Yat-sen was crowned king with Korea, Yan and other countries. Zhongshan became Zhao's confidant because of its proximity to Zhao. In 3 14 BC, Qi Xuanwang took advantage of the rebellion of Yan State to attack Yan State, and Zhongshan State also sent troops to seize a large area of land. Since 307 BC, King Wuling of Zhao has attacked Zhongshan every year, weakening Zhongshan. In 30 1 year BC, Zhongshan Jun was threatened by Zhao and attacked Qi. In the fourth year of Zhao Huiwen (295 BC), Zhao took advantage of Qi's southward attack on Chu and wiped out Zhongshan in one fell swoop. After the restoration of Zhongshan, he passed away and died. There are not many historical materials of Zhongshan handed down from generation to generation, only in books such as Warring States Policy and Lv Chunqiu. In the Qing Dynasty, Wang Xianqian compiled these historical materials into the Table of Zhongshan Prefecture in Xianyu.