Rongcheng District of Jieyang City is located in the middle of the Chaoshan Plain in eastern Guangdong, in the middle section of the Rongjiang River Basin, backed by Zifeng Mountain and surrounded by the Rongjiang River. It has a unique geographical location. Rongcheng has been the seat of Jieyang County since the 10th year of Shaoxing in the Song Dynasty (AD 1140). It has a history of more than 800 years. It is known as "Zoulu on the Seaside" and "Lotus on the Water" and is a provincial-level historical and cultural city. In December 1991, the State Council approved the establishment of Rongcheng District (county-level district). The district now covers an area of ??91.26 square kilometers, with a total population of 382,900 in 2002. It governs five sub-district offices, Ronghua, Xinxing, Zhongshan, Xima, and Rongdong, and two towns, Xianqiao and Meiyun. It is a city in Jieyang City 's central urban area. Rongcheng District is a famous hometown of overseas Chinese. There are nearly 200,000 overseas Chinese and compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, distributed in more than 30 countries and regions around the world. Rongcheng District is a provincial-level cultural city with many places of interest, including: Xuegong, Confucius Temple, Jinxian Gate, Forbidden City, Shuangfeng Temple, City God Temple, Guandi Temple and other cultural relics from the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. Zifeng Mountain within the territory is one of the four famous mountains in Jieyang.
In recent years, the Rongcheng District Party Committee and District Government have followed the work policy of “accelerating development, implementing rectification, strengthening management, and focusing on improvement”, firmly grasping the theme of accelerating development, and correctly handling reform and development. and stable relations, the region's national economy has maintained a good momentum of sustained, rapid and healthy development, and various social undertakings have reached new heights. In 2002, the region's GDP was 3.94 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 9.1%; the total agricultural output value was 230 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 3.3%; the total industrial output value was 8.41 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 11. 6%; the total retail sales of consumer goods was 2.54 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 11.9%; the market trade turnover was 3.15 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 3.1%; the social fixed asset investment was 429 million yuan, a year-on-year increase 15.9%; the per capita disposable income of urban residents was 7,418 yuan, a year-on-year increase of 4%; the per capita net income of farmers was 4,713 yuan, a year-on-year increase of 1.5%; the general budget revenue was 105 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 9. 8%.
The pace of industrial development in the region has accelerated, and the private economy has developed rapidly. The region has formed pillar industries and advantageous industries such as hardware and stainless steel, plastic chemicals, electronic appliances, stationery printing, watches and toys, etc. There are a number of key leading enterprises such as Rongtai, Yuntong, Shunfeng, Tajima Machinery, Soy Sauce, Shenzhen Chemical, Yuaner, Yingang, Shunda, etc. Rongtai Co., Ltd. became the first listed company in our region. There are currently 50 enterprises above designated size in the district; 5 high-tech enterprises above the provincial level and 19 provincial private technology enterprises. Industrial enterprises in the district have 513 registered trademarks, including 5 provincial famous trademarks and 21 municipal famous trademarks. There are 2,476 private enterprises, and the total industrial output value accounts for 90% of the total output value of the region. New breakthroughs were made in the construction of industrial parks. Xianmei Private Science and Technology Park was the first in the city and was listed as a "Guangdong Province Private Science and Technology Park". Xima Industrial Park was listed as one of the city's top ten external industrial parks.
Actively take measures to raise funds from various sources and do everything possible to speed up the pace of urban construction. The "One Road and Two Roads" renovation project, Jinxian Commercial Pedestrian Street, Zhongxing Park Commercial District and other key projects and a number of municipal facilities have been completed one after another, effectively improving the urban transportation, business and living environment, and promoting the development of urban commerce and trade. Focusing on the construction projects determined by the on-site office of the city leaders, 40 key projects covering different types such as industry, commerce, and municipal infrastructure, with a total investment of more than 1 billion yuan, were identified as the focus of economic and infrastructure construction in 2002-2003. At present, 18 projects have been completed and put into use or put into production, and other projects are progressing smoothly. The business agglomeration and radiation effect of the commercial area with Ronghua Avenue and Jinxianmen Avenue as the axis have initially taken shape. Foreign trade exports have developed steadily, and the number of self-operated import and export enterprises has reached 25. Agricultural and rural work has been continuously strengthened to achieve a moderately prosperous rural area and become the first county (city, district) in the city to achieve a moderately prosperous society.
We will conscientiously carry out the work of controlling urban chaos and market economic order, strengthen comprehensive management of social security, and strive to create a good development environment in the urban area. Strengthening the construction of spiritual civilization, the implementation of the population and family planning target management responsibility system for three consecutive years from 2000 to 2002 passed the provincial assessment and met the standards, and was notified and commended by the provincial party committee and the provincial government, and was awarded the national advanced title of "Marriage and Parenting New Trends Enter Ten Thousand Families" activity unit.