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Gushi is located at the eastern end of Xinyang City, at the junction of Henan and Anhui provinces, with an area of ??nearly 3,000 square kilometers and a population of 1.7 million. It is the most populous county in Henan, a major agricultural county, and a major labor export county. It is also a key county for national poverty alleviation and development work, the hometown of willow weaving in China, the hometown of Chinese calligraphy, a national ecological demonstration area and the ancestral home of the Hakka people in the world.
Gushi is an ancient and civilized city
In ancient times, Gushi was the country of Fan, Liao, Chiang and other countries. Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty named Li Tong, the great farmer, the Marquis of Gushi. It means "to communicate with the emperor's chief affairs and to establish a solid foundation", from which Gushi got its name. It has a history of nearly 2000 years. For thousands of years, the magical and ancient land of Gushi has given birth to many historical figures and Chinese elites. In ancient times, there were Sun Shu'ao, Prime Minister of Chu, Chen Yuanguang, the "Sage King of Kaizhang" in the early Tang Dynasty, Wang Shenzhi, King of Fujian in the late Tang Dynasty, national hero Zheng Chenggong, Marquis of Jinghai Shi Lang, and famous botanist Wu Qirui. Recently there was the patriotic overseas Chinese Chen Jiageng, the national hero Jin Zhenzhong who fired the first shot in the war against Japan in the Marco Polo Bridge deeds, and now there is the "Chivalrous Elder" Wei Qinggang, the news figure who "moved China". Gushi was historically the starting point and distribution center for immigrants from the Central Plains to Anhui, Jiangsu, Fujian, Guangdong, Zhejiang, and Jiangxi, especially from Fujian and Taiwan. In the long years from the Qin and Han Dynasties to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the number of people who immigrated to the south was countless. Because of the migration to the South in the past dynasties, people in Fujian and Taiwan regard Gushi as their "ancestral land". "Min Zhong Ji" states: "Today, all people in Fujian are called Gushi people." Internally and externally, Gushi has been known as the hometown of overseas Chinese, and is famous all over the world. It is known as "the first hometown of overseas Chinese in the Central Plains".
Gushi is a pollution-free ecological city
Gushi is located between the Jianghuai River and the Huaihe River. It is a monsoon humid area transitioning from the subtropical zone to the warm temperate zone. It has superior climate conditions and diverse topography. It is a combination of mountains, hills, plains and wetlands, which can be called the "Chinese geography textbook". There are 170,000 acres of water surface suitable for cultivation, and 1.4 million acres of high-quality rice planting area. The total production of oil, grain, and meat ranks 4th, 32nd, and 42nd at the county level in the country. It is known as the "Land of Fish and Rice" for six consecutive years. It won the title of "National Advanced County for Grain Production" and "National Largest County for Pig Transfer Rewards" for three consecutive years. In 2005, it passed the construction acceptance of the National Ecological Construction Demonstration Zone and is a provincial-level plain high-level greening county. Gushi chicken, Gushi goose, and Henan black pig are national-level local high-quality poultry breeds. Gushi chicken and Gushi eggs have obtained national green food A-level certification and origin certification; during the 2008 Olympic Games, "Gushi chicken", "Gushi stupid
" and "Gushi vegetables" are designated as special foods for the Olympic Games. Gushi wicker product standards are listed as local standards in Henan Province, and it is one of the four major wicker production base counties in the country. Maojian teas such as "Jiuhua Mountain" and "Yangtian Xuelu" have passed the national green food and organic tea certification respectively, becoming well-known brands of Xinyang Maojian; "Nen Tou Qing" and "Wang Nao" radish have been registered as green food trademarks by the State Administration for Industry and Commerce. . The county has 21 high-quality agricultural products and origins certified and recognized at the provincial level or above, including 11 national-level green food, organic food, pollution-free agricultural products and origin label certifications. It is one of the “National Advanced Counties for Grain Production”, “National Three Green Project Tea Industry Demonstration County”, “National Strong Food Industry County”, “National Fruit and Vegetable Pollution-free Science and Technology Demonstration County”, “Top Ten Aquatic Products Counties in the Province”, “National Strong Food Industry Demonstration County” Key counties for animal husbandry development”. The domestic tourism resources include national cultural relics protection units such as Fanguo Ancient City Ruins and General Chen Yuanguang Temple, as well as cultural and natural landscapes such as Chen Yuanguang Square, Anshan Forest Park, Xiushui Park, Jiuhua Mountain Scenic Area, and Huayang Lake Scenic Area.
Gushi is a vibrant and open city
Historically, Gushi was an area where the Central Plains culture and Wuyue culture intersected, with simple folk customs and a harmonious and stable society. Gushi people "gather the atmosphere, keep the big rules, talk about the overall situation, and achieve great things". They dare to venture, dare to do, and dare to be the first. In recent years, they have made great achievements in the reform of the investment and financing system, the reform of the administrative approval system, and the development of radio and television, culture, education, and medical and health care. All have created remarkable experiences, and have maintained a leading position in economic and social development in the central and western regions; at the county level in Henan Province, we took the lead in launching foreign exchange export verification, international settlement, and foreign exchange settlement and sales businesses, and the China Development Bank’s development financial cooperation The bank was established in Gushi, and the only county-level commercial bank approved by the province is under preparation.
In particular, Gushi has more than 500,000 people working and doing business abroad all year round, with an annual income of nearly 4 billion yuan. Many of them have successful careers and have become the largest "talent pool, capital pool, and project pool" in Gushi. In recent years, with the return of Gushi’s talents, the return of capital and the relocation of enterprises, the “Gushi people economy” has been developed and amplified, creating the “Gushi phenomenon” with “specimen significance”. Wang Gang, the "Chinese Rural Newsmaker" in 2005, and Wei Qinggang, the "Moving China" figure, are the best among them.
Gushi is a city that is rising and taking off
Gushi is backed by the Central Plains and faces the East China and South China economic zones. It has obvious location advantages and convenient transportation. It is not only in the center of the small economic circles of Xinyang, Lu'an and Fuyang, but also in the hinterland of the large economic circles of Zhengzhou, Wuhan, Nanjing and Shanghai. Close to the Beijing-Kowloon Railway, the Beijing-Zhuhai Expressway, the Ningxia-Xi'an Railway, the Shanghai-Shaanxi Expressway, National Highway 312, Provincial Highway 204, and Provincial Highway 216 pass through it. Fuyang International Transportation Port is within easy reach. Gushi has gradually become the two provinces of Henan and Anhui. Bordering regional central cities. The county has a built-up area of ??39.5 square kilometers and a population of 373,000. It is a "Healthy County in Henan Province" and an "Advanced City in Creating Civilized Cities in Henan Province", and won the "China Human Settlements Environment Model Award". The county's market towns cover an area of ??75.7 square kilometers and have a permanent population of 312,000. The urbanization rate of the county reaches 35.3%. 12 townships (towns) have been identified as national, provincial, and municipal key towns or comprehensive reform pilot towns.
Comprehensive strength has improved rapidly. In 2010, the county's GDP was 17.64 billion yuan, an increase of 11.1%; local general budget revenue was 440 million yuan, an increase of 14.0%; fixed asset investment was 12.68 billion yuan, an increase of 19.6%; the total retail sales of consumer goods was 7.53 billion yuan, An increase of 18.7%; the per capita disposable income of urban residents was 12,926 yuan, a comparable increase of 7.5%; the per capita net income of farmers was 5,483 yuan, a comparable increase of 11.1%; new deposits in financial institutions were 2.19 billion yuan, and new loans were 1.00 billion yuan. The county's basic economic competitiveness has ranked among the top 100 counties (cities) in central China for six consecutive years.
Industrial development has strong momentum. In 2010, the county's industrial enterprises above designated size achieved an added value of 3.14 billion yuan, sales revenue of 10.97 billion yuan, and profits and taxes of 1.35 billion yuan. Investment of 390 million yuan was completed in 15 key industrial projects. The two major industrial clusters of the county and Shihewan have entered the first batch of 175 industrial clusters in the province. The county has 1 key leading enterprise in agricultural industrialization at the national level, 7 at the provincial level, and 9 at the municipal level. Five major processing industries have been formed, including willow processing, wood processing, grain and oil processing, tea processing, and livestock, poultry, and aquatic products processing, and an industrial system that is labor-intensive, resource-processing, technologically innovative, and export-oriented has been cultivated.
The rural economy is booming. In 2010, the county's grain planting area reached 2.31 million acres, with a total output of 2.4 billion kilograms. It was named "National Advanced County Model for Grain Production" and "National Green Agriculture Construction Demonstration County"; the output value of animal husbandry was 3.17 billion yuan; the output of aquatic products 54,000 tons, with an output value of 550 million yuan, and was awarded the title of "Top 100 Fishery Production Counties in the Nation" and "Top Ten Fishery Production Counties in the Province"; 41,500 acres of new tea gardens were built, and 39,600 acres of trees were planted. It was awarded the title of "Advanced County in Municipal Forestry Ecological Construction" ”, and the title of “Provincial Forestry Ecological County”. In 2010, an additional 261,000 acres of land were transferred, bringing the total area to 1.239 million acres. There were 60 large households planting more than 1,000 acres. There are 6 new provincial-level key leading enterprises in agricultural industrialization, bringing the total number to 12, ranking first among counties in the province. There were 153 new farmers' professional cooperative organizations of various types, bringing the total to 588, including 1, 8, 30, and 33 national, provincial, municipal, and county-level demonstration cooperatives respectively.
The construction of new rural areas has entered the forefront of the country. There are 127 civilized villages in the county, and there are 12,536 biogas demonstration households. 80% of farmers live in buildings and brick-concrete houses. The county has more than 2,000 kilometers of roads open to traffic and more than 1,000 kilometers of oil roads. There are more than 60,000 optical fiber network users, more than 160,000 program-controlled telephone users, more than 180,000 mobile phone users, and more than 7,000 broadband users, all ranking at the forefront of counties and districts in the province. It has basically been realized that every village has access to shuttle buses, asphalt roads (cement roads), radio and television, program-controlled telephones and mobile phones without blind spots. It has been rated as "National Socialist New Rural Construction Demonstration County" and "Provincial Socialist New Rural Construction Demonstration County" Pilot County”. The Central Party School promotes the “Gushi Model” across the country, and a high-level forum on new rural construction was successfully held in Gushi.
Social undertakings develop harmoniously. Tzu Chi High School and Gushi No. 1 Middle School have entered the ranks of provincial model high schools, and the number of private schools represented by Yonghe High School has grown to 171. The construction of township health centers is at the forefront of the country, and the experience of establishing New Rural Cooperative Medical System designated overseas medical institutions is being promoted across the country. Gushi's "Hua Tiao Dance", "Zao Opera", and the Han nationality's long narrative poem "Guo Dingxiang" are listed on the provincial key intangible cultural heritage protection list.