Liyang is located in southern Sunan, Jiangsu Province, in the Yangtze River Delta and belongs to the Shanghai Economic Zone. The total land area is 1535 square kilometers. North latitude 31°1`-31°4`, east longitude 119°08`-119°36`. It is 200 kilometers away from Shanghai and Hangzhou, more than 100 kilometers away from Nanjing, Suzhou, and Zhangjiagang, 80 kilometers away from Nanjing Lukou International Airport, and more than 60 kilometers away from Changzhou Airport. It is fully connected with the surrounding large and medium-sized cities by expressways. The city has a population of 780,000. It has won honorary titles such as "National Sanitary City", "National Environmental Protection Model City", "National Science Popularization Demonstration City", "Jiangsu Province Civilized City", etc., and was awarded the top ten comprehensive strength counties (cities) in Jiangsu Province in 2011. , ranking 40th among the top 100 counties (cities) in the country.

Introduction

Pinyin: LìYángShì, LiyangShi Liyang City is located in the southern part of Jiangsu Province. Area is 1535.87 square kilometers. The registered population is 782,000 (at the end of 2011). It has jurisdiction over 10 towns: Shezhu Town, Licheng Town, Daitou Town, Shanghuang Town, Daibu Town, Tianmuhu Town, Bieqiao Town, Shangxing Town, Zhuqi Town, and Nandu Town. The Municipal People's Government is located in Licheng Town. Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee: Sheng Jianliang Mayor: Sujiang Hua Shanghe City

Dialect: Wu Taihu Pian is adjacent to the small area of ??Jiangsu Province/Changzhou City/Liyang City Liyang City (English name: Liyang) Liyang City is at the southwest end of Jiangsu Province, China A county-level city, subordinate to prefecture-level Changzhou City. Liyang, Jiangsu Province, is home to outstanding people and beautiful scenery. Today's Liyang City was built in the 3rd year of Tang Tianfu (903 AD). It is an ancient city with a history of more than 1,100 years. It has the location advantage of the junction of three provinces, convenient water and land transportation, unique natural resources, a thriving industrial base, and thoughtful and superior services. The environment is a paradise for investment, entrepreneurship and peaceful living in the Yangtze River Delta. Since the reform and opening up, Liyang has always adhered to economic construction as the center, vigorously promoted the Liyang spirit of "unity to start a business, and hard work to revitalize the city", and has made remarkable achievements in economic construction and social undertakings. In 2010 and 2011, Liyang ranked 40th among the “Top 100 Counties (Cities) with Basic Competitiveness of County Economy in China”. It has successively won titles such as "National Ecological City", "National Sanitary City", "National Environmental Protection Model City", "China's Excellent Tourism City", "China's Hometown of Longevity", and "Provincial Civilized City". Today, the city is closely focusing on the new goal of "persisting in entrepreneurship for all and accelerating two firsts", insisting on "enhancing comprehensive economic strength and improving the economic development environment", working together to seize the first place, and working together to win glory. Economic construction and social undertakings have entered a new stage of development, and are accelerating from well-off society to modernization. Liyang

In recent years, Liyang's industrial economy, like other social undertakings, has made rapid progress. Major indicators such as the scale of the industrial economy, product tax sales revenue, gross domestic product, and investment in industrial technological transformation are increasing at a rate of more than 30% every year. The rise of the two major development zones, Tianmu Lake Industrial Development Zone and Kunlun High-Tech Industrial Development Zone, echoes each other. The construction of industrial concentration zones in various towns and districts is progressing with each passing day, laying a solid foundation for attracting investment, building nests and attracting customers, and a new round of development of the city's industry. As the comprehensive management department of the government, Liyang Municipal Economic and Trade Bureau is responsible for planning and guidance, management and services for the city's industry and commercial economy. Since its establishment in 2001, it has pioneered and innovated, worked hard, conscientiously performed its job functions, and provided solid services to enterprises, grassroots, and economic construction. All work has achieved remarkable results, especially in the sustained and rapid growth of the industrial economy, investment in industrial technological transformation, cultivation of economies of scale, and enterprise restructuring. It has achieved encouraging results and has been praised by superior authorities and the majority of enterprises. and praise. In the city government department evaluation and agency target management assessment, the Economic and Trade Bureau ranks among the best every year. In 2003 and 2004, it was awarded the title of "Good Team with Unity, Integrity and Development" by the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government for two consecutive years. Won the "Work Innovation Award" commended by the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government in 2003 and the "Outstanding Contribution Award" in 2004. The overall plan for Liyang's economic and social development and the new industrial layout plan have basically taken shape. The city's industrial economy has gradually emerged as pillar industries represented by machinery, metallurgy, building materials, chemicals, etc., and light industry, food, textiles and clothing and other industries are booming.

A large number of high-tech enterprises, provincial growth enterprises, provincial and Changzhou municipal enterprise technology centers, national, provincial and Changzhou municipal famous brand products, national well-known trademarks, provincial famous trademarks, etc. have emerged. There are more than 50 companies with annual product sales exceeding 100 million yuan. Many companies such as Shangshang Group, Huapeng Group, Zhengchang Group, Tianmu Lake Beer, Shanghai Automobile Gear Liyang Company, Jinfeng Cement, etc. are ranked in the same industry rankings nationwide and in the province. Famous. Liyang's industrial economy is making rapid progress today, and it will be even more brilliant tomorrow.

Historical evolution

In the third year of Wude in the Tang Dynasty (602), present-day Liyang was separated from the eastern border of Lishui County. The county has been established for 1410 years. In the early days, the county was governed in this city Forty-five miles northwest of the old county village. In the third year of Tianfu (903) of the Tang Dynasty, Liyang was moved to present-day Licheng Town. The history of Liyang city construction has reached more than 1,100 years. 45 million years ago, the emergence of Erypithecus sinensis in Jellyfish Mountain in Shanghuang Town (formerly Yixing before 1950) in present-day Liyang City found the origin of the development of advanced primates, including humans. Its significance is comparable to that of Zhoukoudian Peking Man. Found comparable. After entering the human era, stone tools representing the Paleolithic Age were unearthed in Shahe, Zhuqi, Shanghuang and other places in Liyang; cultural relics such as handled stone adzes and jade guides represent human social production and social living standards in the Neolithic Age. Shendun The archaeological excavation of the site has further enriched and enriched the historical connotation of Majiabang culture; geometrically printed pottery, copper sword clusters, etc., demonstrate the production level of Shang and Zhou culture. During the Zhou Dynasty, the area of ??present-day Liyang belonged to Wu Laizhu County (including present-day Gaochun, Liyang, and the southern border of Lishui). When Wu died, it belonged to Yue, and when Yue died, it belonged to Chu. In the 25th year of Emperor Qin Shihuang's reign, Liyang County was renamed Sezhu County. The seat of the county is today's Gaochungu Town, which belongs to Zhangjun. Today's Liyang is the eastern boundary of (ancient) Liyang County. During the Wu Dynasty of the Three Kingdoms, the (ancient) Liyang County organization was abolished and used for farming. Yongping County was established in the territory of today's Liyang City. It governs the vicinity of Guxian Village in Muhu Town today and belongs to Danyang County. It is one of the counties in today's Liyang City. beginning. In the first year of Taikang in the Western Jin Dynasty (280), Yongping County was changed to Yongshi County. The remaining parts of the original Liyang County (Gaochun and other places) reestablished Liyang County (governing Gaochun Gucheng), all belonging to Danyang County (now south of Nanjing). In the first year of Yongxing, part of Yongshi County was divided into Pingling County, both of which belonged to Yixing County (which governs today's Yixing City, Jiangsu Province). The seat of Pingling County is Pingling City, thirty-five miles west of the present city. Soon Yongshi County will still belong to Danyang County. In the ninth year of Yuanjia of Liu Song Dynasty (432), Pingling County was merged into Yongshi County and Liyang County (governing Gaochun). Both Yongshi and Liyang counties belonged to Danyang Yin (now south of Nanjing). During the Southern Qi Dynasty, Liyang and Yongshi counties both belonged to Danyang County. Liang, Chen Yinzhi. In the 9th year of Emperor Kaihuang's reign in the Sui Dynasty (589), Yongshi County was abolished. In the twelfth year of Kaihuang's reign (592), the organizational structure of Yongshi County was restored and it belonged to Xuanzhou (today's Xuancheng). In the 18th year of Emperor Kaihuang's reign in the Sui Dynasty, (ancient) Liyang was renamed Lishui County, and the Niucheng site in today's Gaochun County was moved to Yongshi County. At this point, the name of (ancient) Liyang, which had governed Gaochun for hundreds of years, ended. In the third year of Wude in the Tang Dynasty (602), the eastern border of Lishui County was analyzed and a new Liyang County was established, which was governed in the old county village forty-five miles northwest of present-day Liyang City. That is the beginning of the name Liyang today. Belongs to Yangzhou (now Nanjing). In the ninth year, Yangzhou was abolished and Liyang belonged to Xuanzhou. In the first year of Shangyuan (674), Liyang County was transferred to Shengzhou (now Nanjing). In the second year, Shengzhou was abolished and still belonged to Xuanzhou (now Xuancheng). In the third year of Guangqi (887), it belonged to Shengzhou again. In the third year of Tianfu (903), the county seat was moved to the current seat. Since the Tang Dynasty, Liyang and Lishui have been separated forever, and Yongshi County has been roughly completely integrated into Liyang County. During the reign of Yang and Wu, Liyang County belonged to Jinling Prefecture. During the Southern Tang Dynasty, Liyang County belonged to Jiangning Prefecture, which governed present-day Nanjing City. In the early Song Dynasty, Liyang County still belonged to Jiangning Prefecture. In the eighth year of Kaibao's reign, Jiangning Prefecture was promoted to prefecture. In the second year of Tianxi (1018), it still belonged to Jiangning Prefecture. In the third year of Jianyan's reign, it was renamed Jiankang Prefecture (today's Nanjing), and Liyang County was also transferred to it. In the 14th year of the Yuan Dynasty (1277), it was promoted to Lizhou. In the 15th year of the Yuan Dynasty, it was changed to Liyang Prefecture. In the 16th year of the Yuan Dynasty, it was changed to Liyang Road. In the twenty-eighth year, Lucun County was reformed. In the second year of Yuanzhen, the state was still changed and it belonged to Jiqing Road (today's Nanjing). In the second year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1369), the state was abolished and restored to the county, which belonged to Yingtian Prefecture (today's Nanjing). During the Qing Dynasty, it was transferred to Zhenjiang Prefecture (today's Zhenjiang) in the eighth year of Yongzheng's reign. During the Republic of China, Liyang County was under the jurisdiction of the Administrative Office of Jiangsu Province, Jinling Road, the Jiangsu Provincial Government, the First Administrative Supervision District of Jiangsu Province (the Commissioner's Office in Liyang County), and the Jiangnan Administrative Office of Jiangsu Province. Liyang was liberated on April 25, 1949, and the County People's Government was established. It was under the jurisdiction of the Wuhan Administrative Division of the Southern Jiangsu Administrative Office, the Changzhou Administrative Office, and the Zhenjiang Administrative Office. In 1950, 22 villages in Qianhua Township and Shanghuang Town in Yixing County were placed under Liyang County. After the city-governed county system was implemented in March 1983, Liyang County came under the jurisdiction of Changzhou City.

In August 1990, with the approval of the State Council, Liyang County was abolished and county-level Liyang City was established, under the jurisdiction of Changzhou City. Tianmu Lake

Geography and Nature

Liyang is located at the junction of Jiangsu and Anhui provinces, also close to Zhejiang Province, and belongs to the Yangtze River Delta region. The city's annual average temperature is 17.5°C and the precipitation is 1,136 mm. Liyang is located in southern Sunan, Jiangsu Province, in the Yangtze River Delta and belongs to the Shanghai Economic Zone. It is 200 kilometers away from Shanghai and Hangzhou, more than 100 kilometers away from Nanjing, Suzhou, and Zhangjiagang, 80 kilometers away from Nanjing Lukou International Airport, and more than 60 kilometers away from Changzhou Airport. National Highway 104 passes through the territory, Ning-Hang Expressway, Yang (zhou) Li Expressway, Ning-Hang Railway traverse the entire territory, Chang (zhou) Li, Wu (Hu) Li, Huang (shan) Li Yang Expressway, Lianyung (Yungang) Yang ( Prefecture) Zhen (Jiang) Lining (National) Railway, Chang (Prefecture) Liwu (Hu) Railway, Beijing-Fuzhou Railway are under planning and construction, Wutai Canal, Danjin Licao River, Xili Cao River directly connect to the Yangtze River and Taihu Wharf .

Human Geography

At the end of 2010, the city’s total registered population was 782,000, including 397,000 men and 385,000 women; the total number of households at the end of the year was 264,500. The city's population density is 509 people per square kilometer, composed of 12 ethnic groups including Han, Manchu, Korean, Zhuang and Mongolian. Dialect The Liyang dialect belongs to the Piling (Changzhou) subdivision of the Wu language family.

Administrative divisions

Liyang City currently governs 11 towns, including: Jiangsu Liyang Economic Development Zone, Tianmu Lake Tourist Resort (Tianmu Lake Town), Licheng Town, and Daitou Town , Shanghuang Town, Daibu Town, Bieqiao Town, Zhuqi Town, Shangxing Town, Nandu Town, and Shezhu Town. Administrative division adjustment in 2007 According to the spirit of Jiangsu Provincial People's Government Su Zhengfu No. 200716 and Changzhou Municipal People's Government Chang Zhengfu No. 200744, our city will organize and implement the administrative division adjustment work. Administrative division adjustment plan: (1) Abolish Licheng Town and Xinchang Town, and combine the original jurisdiction of Licheng Town with Xinchang, Xindong, Huqiao, Dashanxia, ??Taojia, Matang, Jiangdian, and Qinfeng Nine villages in Hexin and Hexin merged to form a new Licheng Town. The town government is located at No. 188 East Street, Licheng Town. After the adjustment of administrative divisions, the administrative area of ??Licheng Town is 155.21 square kilometers, with a population of 234,300, and jurisdiction over 30 neighborhood committees and 47 village committees. (2) Abolish Tianmuhu Town and Zhoucheng Town, and combine the jurisdiction of the original Tianmuhu Town with the two village committees of Shannan and Maojian under the jurisdiction of the original Xinchang Town, and the Guanshan Natural Village and Dianqian Village of Guanshan Village Committee under the jurisdiction of Nandu Town The Dianqian Natural Village of the committee, the Zhucao Village Committee under the original jurisdiction of Zhoucheng Town, the Lucun Natural Village of Tangshan Village Committee, and the Dongding Natural Village of Xinding Village Committee were merged to form a new Tianmuhu Town, with the town government stationed in Tianmu Lake Zhen Zhen Qian Street. After the administrative division adjustment, the administrative area of ??Tianmuhu Town is 238.97 square kilometers, with a population of 69,600, and jurisdiction over 3 neighborhood committees and 30 village committees. (3) Abolition of Shezhu Town, and the original jurisdiction of Shezhu Town and the Zhoucheng Town Neighborhood Committee and the eight village committees of Zhoucheng, Meishan, Xinding, Tangshan, Pujia, Jinshan, Jinfeng, and Jinzhuang were After the merger, a new Shezhu Town was established, and the town government was located in Shezhu Market Town. After the administrative division adjustment, the administrative area of ??Shezhu Town is 207.07 square kilometers, with a population of 76,000, and jurisdiction over 3 neighborhood committees and 30 village committees. (4) Abolition of Nandu Town, and the three neighborhood committees including Nandu Town, Alliance, and Liqiang Industrial Park under the jurisdiction of the original Nandu Town, as well as Alliance, Pingcheng, Tangbei, Xinhe, Dawei, Hejia, Xixu, and He Xin, Qingfeng, Tangshang, Yongfeng, Dingcun, Nanyin, Qikou, Xingguang, Qiangbu, Xiguan, Meizhuang, Zhongqiao, Fuxin, Jiangjiazhuang, Jiuxian, East Lake, West Lake, Huangshan, Zengfu, Thirty village committees including Shengda, Zhuyu, Guanshan and Dianqian merged with 4 village committees including Qianjiawu, Shijie, Dazhu and Ganxi under the original jurisdiction of Xinchang Town to establish the new Nandu Town. The town government is located at No. 28 Yong'an Road, Nandu Town. After the administrative division adjustment, the administrative area of ??Nandu Town is 124.53 square kilometers, with a population of 72,200, and jurisdiction over 3 neighborhood committees and 34 village committees. (5) Abolish Daibu Town and Hengjian Town, merge the areas under the jurisdiction of the two original towns, and establish a new Daibu Town. The town government will be located at Zhenshan West Road, Daibu Town. After the adjustment of administrative divisions, the administrative area of ??Daibu Town is 162.99 square kilometers, with a population of 52,200, and jurisdiction over 4 neighborhood committees and 26 village committees. (6) Abolish Shangxing Town and Shangpei Town, merge the areas under the original jurisdiction of the two towns to establish a new Shangxing Town, and the town government will be located in Shangxing Market Town. After the adjustment of administrative divisions, the administrative area of ??Shangxing Town is 245.6 square kilometers, with a population of 78,800, and jurisdiction over 3 neighborhood committees and 36 village committees.

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(7) Abolish Zhuqi Town and Qianma Town, merge the areas under the original jurisdiction of the two towns to establish a new Zhuqi Town, and the town government will be located at Xinyuan Road, Zhuqi Town. After the adjustment of administrative divisions, the administrative area of ??Zhuqi Town is 183.6 square kilometers, with a population of 65,900, and jurisdiction over 1 neighborhood committee and 27 village committees. (8) Abolish Bieqiao Town, Dimou Town, and Houzhou Town, merge the areas under the jurisdiction of the original three towns to establish a new Bieqiao Town, and the town government will be located in Bieqiao Market Town. After the administrative division adjustment, the administrative area of ??Bieqiao Town is 128.3 square kilometers, with a population of 69,800, and jurisdiction over 3 neighborhood committees and 33 village committees. (9) Daitou Town maintains its original organizational structure, with an administrative area of ??42 square kilometers, a population of 28,100, and jurisdiction over 14 village committees. (10) Shanghuang Town maintains its original organizational structure, with an administrative area of ??47.6 square kilometers, a population of 26,500, and jurisdiction over 1 neighborhood committee and 14 village committees

Economy

Agriculture is developed, mainly producing rice, wheat and other grains. It is also rich in tea, celery and chestnuts. The industry is famous for the production of silk. Ranked 49th in Forbes' "2007 Mainland China's Best Commercial Cities List" and 67th in Forbes' "2008 Mainland China's Best Commercial Cities List". In 2011, the city achieved a regional GDP of 50.38 billion yuan, which was 1.9% of 2007. times, with an average annual growth rate of 17.3%, and per capita GDP exceeding US$10,000; total fiscal revenue was 10.03 billion yuan, of which local general budget revenue was 3.71 billion yuan, both 2.3 times that of 2007. The city's per capita disposable income of urban residents and per capita net income of farmers reached 26,418 and 13,505 yuan respectively, with average annual growth rates of 12.5% ??and 13.9% respectively; Liyang has entered an important period of moving from a comprehensive well-off society to taking the lead in basically realizing modernization. In August 2000, China's first "not starting from scratch" KFC franchise store was authorized and transferred in Liyang, Changzhou.

Agriculture

The city has jurisdiction over 1 district and 9 towns, with a total population of 782,000, including an agricultural population of 307,000, and a total area of ??1,535 square kilometers, including 1.124 million acres of cultivated land and 426,000 acres of water surface. , 328,000 acres of mountain forest. Reform and opening up has rejuvenated ancient Liyang, and Liyang City has been rated as one of the "Top 100 Counties with Comprehensive Rural Strength in China" for many years in a row. At the same time, Liyang City is also one of the major grain counties in the country and the only "National Comprehensive Development Demonstration County in Mountainous Areas" in Jiangsu Province. In 2010, the city's GDP was 42.466 billion yuan. Liyang has always been an important agricultural and sideline product production base in the country. The city's perennial high-quality rice and wheat sowing area remains at 970,000 acres, with a total output of about 450,000 tons. The city's high-quality rapeseed sowing area is 400,000 acres, with a total output of about 35,000 tons. In addition, the city has seven major forest sideline production bases, including 60,000 acres of tea gardens, 80,000 acres of chestnuts, 100,000 acres of timber bamboo, 50,000 acres of mulberry fields, 10,000 acres of ginkgo, 20,000 acres of fruit orchards, and 10,000 acres of early garden bamboos, and 12 Ten thousand acres of intensive aquatic products, 400,000 livestock, and 3 million poultry breeding production bases, among which chestnut and tea are national-level production bases, and more than 10 agricultural and sideline products have won the titles of ministerial and provincial excellence. In recent years, Liyang City has organized and cultivated a large number of "leading" processing enterprises and "leading" circulation markets for agricultural industrialization in order to accelerate agricultural industrialization and promote the depth and breadth of agricultural product processing. Among them, Tianmu Lake Beer Co., Ltd., Cocoon Silk Group Company, Lihua Health Food Co., Ltd. and other enterprises have been rated as provincial and municipal leading enterprises, with an annual processing output value of nearly 1 billion yuan. While implementing all-round development, Liyang Agriculture adheres to the principle of sustainable development and has built Xinchang Sightseeing Agriculture Demonstration Park, Zhoucheng Tangshan Three-dimensional Agriculture Demonstration Park, Tianmu Lake Tourist Resort, Daibu Nanshan Bamboo Sea Scenic Area, and Tianmu Lake Surrounding Area. A number of ecological agricultural reserves such as the Green Food Belt have achieved good economic and social benefits. Liyang City has a hilly and mountainous area of ??more than 1.5 million acres and is a traditional key forest area and dried fruit forest production base county in Jiangsu Province. In recent years, the city has launched a vigorous development boom in hilly and mountainous areas based on its resource advantages. It has comprehensively managed mountains, rivers, forests and roads, and developed agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and sideline fisheries. The city has newly developed 120,000 acres of economic forest and fruit bases, with a total investment of 120 million yuan in development funds, forming a It has 50,000 acres of mulberry orchards, 60,000 acres of tea gardens, 80,000 acres of chestnut gardens, 100,000 acres of bamboo gardens, 300,000 acres of fine-bred sheep and 50,000 acres of special aquaculture and other professional commodity production bases. The abundant Tianmu Lake series of famous teas have won many provincial and Ministry of Agriculture awards. In May 1997, it was designated by the State Council as a national demonstration county for comprehensive development in mountainous areas. Agricultural machinery and water conservancy: Liyang is located in the west area of ??Taihu Lake, with complex terrain, and the Xuxi River runs through the hinterland.

Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, under the leadership of the party and the government, the people of the city have persisted in water conservancy and built a large number of water conservancy engineering facilities. An engineering system that can block, irrigate, drain, and reduce water has initially been formed, which has become the key to overcoming floods and droughts in the past years. important material basis for disasters. According to statistics, a total of 183 million yuan has been invested in water conservancy, 232 million projects have been built, and 464 million cubic meters of water conservancy earthwork has been completed. The city has built 73 reservoirs and 15,409 ponds and dams with a total storage capacity of 414 million cubic meters. It has dredged and excavated 20 main river channels with a length of 266 kilometers. It has built 723 kilometers of standard polders. It has 1,074 fixed electromechanical drainage and irrigation stations with an installed capacity of 1,229 The station has 41,570 kilowatts. Plowing, drainage and irrigation, threshing and agricultural product processing have been basically mechanized. The mechanization level of sowing and harvesting has increased rapidly in recent years, and the comprehensive level of agricultural mechanization has reached 62.6%. The water conservancy construction has been commended by the province and city many times. It has been rated as an advanced unit of water conservancy construction in the province many times, and won the titles of "National Water Conservancy Economy Advanced County" and "National Water Conservancy Economy Outstanding Contribution Award".

Industry

Industrial production maintained rapid growth, and the total volume jumped to a new level. The total industrial output value and product sales revenue exceeded the 100 billion yuan mark for the first time, reaching 103.516 billion yuan and 100.817 billion yuan respectively, an increase of 31.9% and 33.4% over the previous year. The total industrial profits and taxes were 11.073 billion yuan, and the total profit was 6.500 billion yuan. Growth rates were 62.8% and 96.4% last year. In 2010, the industrial added value was 21.873 billion yuan, an increase of 18.8% over the previous year, accounting for 51.5% of the city's GDP. There are 84 companies with annual taxable sales revenue exceeding 10 billion yuan, including 1 company exceeding 20 billion yuan, 3 companies exceeding 5 billion yuan, and 8 companies exceeding 1 billion yuan. Huapeng Group, Shangshang Cable, Shente Steel, Jinfeng Cement, Guoqiang Electroplating, and New Era Copper entered the "Top 500 Chinese Private Enterprises". The pillar industries have obvious advantages, and the development of emerging industries is gratifying. In 2010, the output value, sales, profits and taxes, and profits of the four pillar industries of metal smelting, equipment manufacturing, power transmission and transformation equipment, and new materials were respectively 70.75 billion yuan, 69.78 billion yuan, 8.01 billion yuan, and 5.05 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 30.3% respectively. , 34.6%, 72.5%, and 95.8%, accounting for 76.8%, 77.1%, 76.1%, and 80.7% of the city's above-scale industries respectively. The proportions were 25.9, 26.1, 17.1, and 15.6 points higher than last year. The rapid development of pillar industries has contributed to the city's industry maintaining growth, increasing efficiency, adjusting structure, and reducing energy consumption; in 2010, the city's high-tech industries developed gratifyingly, with output value, sales, profits and taxes reaching 39.09 billion yuan, 37.08 billion yuan, respectively. 4.06 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 30.3%, 33.7%, and 43.5% respectively.

Trade

The consumer goods market is prosperous and active. In 2010, the total retail sales of consumer goods reached 14.619 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 18.2%. Among them: the retail sales of consumer goods in urban areas was 9.106 billion yuan, an increase of 18.3%; the retail sales of consumer goods in rural areas was 5.512 billion yuan, an increase of 18.0%. Among the retail sales of social consumer goods, the retail sales of the wholesale and retail industry were 13.331 billion yuan, an increase of 18.4%; the retail sales of the accommodation and catering industry were 1.288 billion yuan, an increase of 16.3%. The consumption structure has been upgraded and the catering market is booming. The retail sales of "eating" and "clothing" commodities grew steadily, and the retail sales of "use" commodities grew rapidly. In 2010, the city's retail sales of food, beverages, tobacco, alcoholic beverages, clothing, shoes, hats, and knitted goods by wholesale and retail enterprises above designated size increased by 10.6% and 13.4% year-on-year respectively. The retail sales of automobiles, furniture, and cosmetics increased by 27.1%, 16.6%, and 17.3% respectively year-on-year, indicating a significant upgrade in the consumption structure. The catering industry continues to maintain a rapid development trend. The catering market composed of star hotels, restaurants, fast food, and farmhouses achieved retail sales of 1.1 billion yuan, an increase of 17.3%. In 2010, there were 6 markets in the city with a turnover of more than 100 million yuan, and the total turnover of goods was 8.774 billion yuan, an increase of 0.6% over the previous year. Among them: the Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui border market achieved a turnover of 7.598 billion yuan. At the end of the year, there were 3,075 rental stalls and 11,762 market transaction owners and employees. Open economy. Breakthroughs have been made in attracting investment, and the use of foreign capital has reached a new level. Throughout the year, the actual received foreign investment was US$354 million, and the registered foreign investment in the industrial and commercial registration was US$740 million, an increase of 17.9% and 22.5% respectively.

There were 57 newly approved foreign investment projects, with an average registered foreign investment of US$13.7 million. Breakthroughs were achieved in introducing projects with a total investment of over 100 million US dollars and internationally renowned companies. 2 projects with a total investment of over 100 million US dollars were introduced. Walsin Lihua-Danone Solar with a total investment of 500 million US dollars and Shunfeng Photovoltaic Power Project with a total investment of 150 million US dollars were successfully settled. Foreign trade exports maintained growth. The total foreign trade import and export volume was US$660 million, of which exports were US$560 million, an increase of 22.8% and 25.7% respectively. The value of newly signed foreign economic contracts was US$71.35 million, and operating income was US$59.47 million. The 11th China Liyang Tea Festival and the 6th Tianmu Lake Tourism Festival were successfully held, and sister cities were formed with Union City in the United States and Levaton in the Netherlands, further expanding the degree of openness.

Sister cities

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Transportation

< p>In 2010, 1.56 billion yuan was invested in transportation construction, and the construction of highways, railways, and waterways went hand in hand. The Nanjing-Hangzhou Railway Passenger Dedicated Line is advancing rapidly, and the construction of Liyang and Wawushan Railway Stations has begun. The construction of key transportation projects such as the reconstruction of the first-class highway from Xinchang to Yanghe of National Highway 104, the West Ring Road, and the pilot section of Wushen Canal City were accelerated, and the foundation stone of Changli Expressway was officially laid. Completed the reconstruction of Provincial Highway 239 from Kunlun Roundabout to Shijie Street, Provincial Highway 241 from Kunlun Roundabout to Jintan Zhiqian and Laomingxian. It has built 80 kilometers of rural roads and renovated 102 rural and dangerous bridges. It has been rated as "Advanced County (City) in Rural Road Construction in the Province" for 7 consecutive years. 72 new buses have been added, and the bus transportation rate from town to administrative villages is 75%. The integrated urban and rural passenger transportation model has become a national model. The total highway mileage at the end of the year was 2,017 kilometers, including: 56 kilometers of expressways, 83 kilometers of first-class highways, and a total mileage of 346 kilometers of waterways. The cargo volume was 23.8 million tons, an increase of 14.1%, the passenger volume was 49.3 million, an increase of 12.0%, and the port throughput was 31.7 million tons, an increase of 25.6%. The postal and telecommunications industry achieved postal and telecommunications business revenue of 651 million yuan throughout the year, an increase of 7.3% over the previous year. At the end of the year, the total capacity of office switches was 294,700. At the end of 2010, the number of local telephone users in the city reached 263,800, a decrease of 5.3% from the previous year. Among them, there are 77,700 urban telephone users and 130,300 rural telephone users. At the end of the year, the number of mobile phones reached 622,000, an increase of 11.1% over the previous year. The number of Internet broadband access users increased by 8,100 that year, and the cumulative number of users reached 84,900, an increase of 10.5% over the previous year. At the end of the year, the city's financial institutions had a RMB deposit balance of 45.464 billion yuan and a loan balance of 29.911 billion yuan, an increase of 18.8% and 16.8% respectively from the beginning of the year. The actual new loans were 7.26 billion yuan, including 4.46 billion yuan of industrial loans. Hua Xia Bank Liyang Branch, Jinfeng Rural Small Loan Co., Ltd., and Jiangsu Maixin Venture Capital Co., Ltd. have been listed for business. The annual insurance business income was 748.92 million yuan, an increase of 24.9% over the previous year. Among them, property insurance income was 244.67 million yuan, an increase of 24.0%, and life insurance income was 504.25 million yuan, an increase of 25.3%. All types of insurance claims paid throughout the year were 193.24 million yuan, a decrease of 7.7%, of which property insurance expenses were 113.52 million yuan, an increase of 24.0%, and life insurance expenses were 79.72 million yuan, a decrease of 32.3%.

High-speed Railway

The Nanjing-Hangzhou High-speed Railway runs through the entire territory, with Liyang Station and Wawushan Station, two high-speed railway stations. When completed and opened to traffic at the end of 2012, it will only take 25 minutes and 35 minutes from Liyang to Nanjing and Hangzhou respectively. Entering the era of high-speed rail. It takes 15 minutes from Wawushan Station to Nanjing, 10 minutes to Liyang, and 35 minutes to Hangzhou, which greatly facilitates communication between Liyang and other places in the Yangtze River Delta. Wawushan Station

Liyang Station

Cultural and Educational

Education

The development of education has accelerated. The sports ground of Guanghua Junior High School with an investment of 12 million yuan was completed and put into use. The renovation and expansion project of Chengnan Primary School with an investment of 42 million yuan was officially started. The school building safety project is progressing in an orderly manner. The city's vocational and technical school successfully established the provincial three-star vocational high school, and 9 compulsory education schools were built into Changzhou's high-quality schools. The integration of educational resources is advancing steadily. Complete the cleanup and rectification of privately-run and restructured schools in the compulsory education stage. It was rated as "Jiangsu Province's Demonstration County (City, District) for Standardized Education Fees". The quality of education has steadily improved. The quality assurance and monitoring system for school education in the compulsory education stage has been continuously improved. The level of high-quality and balanced education in the compulsory education stage in the city has been continuously improved, and the gap between schools in the region has been continuously narrowed.

The high school entrance examination scores rank among the top in Changzhou City, with 98% of junior high school students advancing to high school; the college entrance examination achieves new brilliance, with a passing rate that exceeds the provincial plan by 20.9 percentage points, and 4 students were admitted to Tsinghua and Peking University. 2,468 people with more than two books were admitted, a net increase of more than 300 people compared with last year; the college entrance examination for vocational high schools continued to be brilliant, with 498 people taking references, the undergraduate admission rate reached 73%, and the results of major majors ranked among the top in Changzhou City. There are 79 primary and secondary schools in the city, including 41 primary schools and 38 middle schools. There are 76,204 students in school, including 37,271 primary school students. The graduation rate of primary school students is 100% and the enrollment rate is 99.4%. There are 38,933 middle school students and junior high school students. The graduation rate is 97.4%. There are 3 vocational senior high schools with 9,797 students in school; 43 kindergartens, including 15 private ones with 17,554 children in kindergarten.

Technology

The total social R&D investment accounts for 2.1% of the regional GDP. The output value of high-tech industries was 39.09 billion yuan, an increase of 30.3%. 226 science and technology plan projects at all levels and various types were implemented, and 8 high-tech enterprises and 66 products were newly recognized. Created 3 provincial-level enterprise academician workstations, 2 provincial-level enterprise postdoctoral workstations, 5 provincial-level engineering technology research centers, 12 provincial innovative enterprises, 1 new provincial-level incubator, 2 Changzhou municipal-level incubators, Licheng Town Was named "Innovative Township in Jiangsu Province". The number of patent applications and authorizations exceeded 1,950 and 900 respectively, an increase of 41% and 162% respectively. It was awarded 12 leading innovative and entrepreneurial talent projects in Changzhou City, and introduced 51 overseas talents and 230 high-level talents. Industry-university-research cooperation has been continuously deepened, and 5 large-scale industry-university-research docking activities have been organized and participated in, and 40 cooperation projects have been signed. Liyang (Shanghai) Scientific and Technological Achievements Transformation Center was put into operation. In 2010, the number of patent applications in the city reached 2,030, an increase of 46.8%, of which 404 were invention patent applications and 1,095 patent applications were authorized.

Health

Health work has been strengthened. The construction of a new municipal hospital was started, the Daibu Health Center was completely relocated, and the main project of the Bieqiao New Health Center was completed. Disease prevention and control, health supervision and food and drug safety supervision have been strengthened. There are 220 medical institutions in the city, including 10 hospitals and 18 health centers. There are 2,259 hospital beds, 4,051 health workers, and 2,841 health technicians, including: 1,257 practicing (assistant) physicians, 1,056 registered nurses; 2,337 hospital and health center technical staff, and 1,004 practicing (assistant) physicians. There are 823 registered nurses. The city's mortality rate for children under 5 years old is 5.37‰, and the infant mortality rate is 3.68‰[1].

Culture and Sports

Public cultural and sports services cover urban and rural areas, and mass cultural and sports activities are rich and colorful. In 2010, the Municipal Gymnasium was completed and opened, becoming the largest single cultural and sports facility in our city. The maintenance and scene restoration project of the old site of the New Fourth Army Jiangnan Headquarters was fully completed, and 10 town cultural sharing project demonstration sites and 10 demonstration farmhouses were built. Remarkable results have been achieved in literary and artistic production and cultural heritage protection. "We Grow Happy" won 7 awards at the first "National Drama Culture Award", and "Jiangtang Marquee" was included in the national public list of intangible cultural heritage protection. Throughout the year, 43 square-themed theatrical performances were held, 10 cultural programs were sent to the countryside, and 100 films were brought to the community. There were 6,325 new cable TV users. It successfully completed all tasks of the 17th Provincial Games, ranked 4th among counties (cities, districts) in the province in terms of number of gold medals, and won the third-class collective merit for hosting the organization work.

Celebrities

Li Bai came here several times, and left his Yuefu "Tiger Walking" as well as "Play to Zheng Liyang", "Visiting Liyang Beihu Pavilion and Looking at Wawu Mountain Nostalgic Gift to Fellow Travelers" ", "Inscription and Preface to the Inscription of Liyang Laishui Zhen's Advocate", etc. Meng Jiao once served as a lieutenant in Liyang County, and wrote the famous poems "Wandering Zi Yin" and "Liyang Qiu Ji" here. Historical celebrities: Liyang Hou Shichong, Number One Scholar Ma Shijun, Prime Minister Shi Yizhi, Ma Yilong, Ren Lanzhi, etc. There have been many scientists and writers in modern times, such as economist Di Chaobai, academicians Cai Banghua, Peng Shaoyi, Zhai Zhonghe, Shen Xuechu, Wu Yundong, Cheng Shunhe, Shi Yifan, writer Han Zi, ecologist Cai Xiaoming, etc. The famous contemporary poet and writer Ye Qianhua, the writer Cai Kui, the historian Miao Yue, the economic historian Shi Quansheng, the physicist Shen Zhiyuan, the drama historian Jiang Xingyu, the art educator and printmaker Chen Xiaonan, the aerospace expert Zhu Senyuan, the optical expert Zhuang Songlin, the aquatic product Scholar Shi Qun and others.

Tourism

Scenic Spots

Liyang is an excellent tourist city in China, receiving nearly 10 million Chinese and foreign tourists every year. It currently has a national AAAA-level tourist resort (attraction). 3: Tianmu Lake, Nanshan Bamboo Sea, Yushui Hot Spring. There are also famous tourist attractions such as Wawushan Forest Park, Changdang Lake Wetland Park, New Fourth Army Jiangnan Headquarters Memorial Hall, Pingqiao Shiba, Tashan Fawei Temple, and more than 100 agricultural sightseeing demonstration gardens and tourist farms dotted in various towns in Liyang. . On the wall of the Yu family ancestral hall in Biejiao, there is "Chunhua Pavilion Calligraphy" written on it, which is a copy of many calligraphy works by famous artists and celebrities before the Song Dynasty. There are also places of interest such as Gao Jing Garden and the corner of Gao Jing Garden

. The newly built moat-encircling park is also worth a visit. "Gaojing Yushi" stands majestically opposite the gate of Gaojing Garden. The name of Gaojing Garden comes from "Gaojing Stone". According to local records in Liyang, it is said that Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, who was "obsessed with loving rocks", collected all kinds of strange rocks and rocks from the folk throughout his life. The number was immeasurable. When Song Gao passed the word limit, he couldn't lose anymore. You can ask again