In August 1951, Taipei County had the same name as Taipei County in Taiwan Province, so it was named Dafeng County after the word "Dafeng" from the two major towns of Dazhong and Xinfeng at that time. This is the origin of the name Dafeng.

In the Tang Dynasty, today's Dafeng District was affiliated with Hailing County of Yangzhou (now Taizhou City). In the first year of Shengyuan of the Southern Tang Dynasty (937), it was affiliated to Hailing Supervisor of Taizhou, the eastern capital (today's Yancheng Supervisor to the north of Datuan). In the Northern Song Dynasty, there were Zizhuang, Nanbayou, Dingxi, Zhuxi and other salt fields along the coast, which were affiliated to Taizhou.

In the second year of Jianyan of the Southern Song Dynasty (1128), the Yellow River took Si and entered the Huaihe River. The coast silted up eastward, and the territory expanded eastward. Today, the area from Dingxi to Datuan belongs to Taizhou, and the area between Xindoulong Port and To the north, it belongs to Yancheng County, Chuzhou. Earlier in the forty-seventh year of Wanli (1619), the jurisdiction of Baiju Chang and Liuzhuang Chang was transferred from Taizhou to Yancheng County, Huai'an Prefecture. Soon, it was transferred from Yancheng County to Xinghua County.

In August 1996, with the approval of the State Council, Dafeng County was abolished and county-level Dafeng City was established, which was managed by Yancheng City. In August 2015, with the approval of the State Council, county-level Dafeng City was abolished and Dafeng District, Yancheng City, was established.

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Dafeng District Development:

In 2016, Dafeng District, Yancheng City, Jiangsu Province firmly established that "ecology is productivity, ecology is competitiveness, and ecology is The concept of "brand power" regards the construction of ecological civilization as an important part of promoting transformation and upgrading, connotation development, and green growth. It relies on ecology to benefit the people, relies on ecology to attract factors, and relies on ecology to gather industries to achieve coordinated and sustainable development of the economy, society, and ecological environment.

We took the lead in building a provincial-level ecological county (city) in Yancheng. The national ecological city and the national environmental protection model city passed the national-level assessment and acceptance. The national ecological town achieved full coverage and became a national garden city.

Compile and implement the "Implementation Plan for Centralized Disposal of Pollution from Rural Livestock and Poultry Breeding in Dafeng District" and actively promote the centralized disposal project of livestock and poultry manure in the district. The livestock and poultry manure comprehensive utilization project of Jiangsu Sugang Heshun Company with a total investment of more than 63.9 million yuan has been completed and put into operation. It has disposed of 10,000 tons of chicken manure in half a year, solving some livestock and poultry pollution problems.

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