Danjiangkou
City Introduction
After the South-to-North Water Diversion Middle Route Project was confirmed, Danjiangkou City in Hubei Province became a veritable "Water City of China".
Danjiangkou City, with a history of more than 2,000 years, was called Junling in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods. The Qin Dynasty destroyed the Chu State and established the county of Wudang. The Han Dynasty inherited the Qin system, and was renamed Junzhou in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. It was also called Junzhou in the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties. An important town; in the early years of the Republic of China, it was changed from a prefecture to a county; in 1983, it was changed to Danjiangkou City. It is a place with outstanding people, a gathering of humanities, and sages. Historical celebrities such as Chen Tuan, Su Che, and Xu Xiake came here to write poems and articles, adding luster to the ancient Junzhou culture.
Asia’s largest artificial freshwater lake, the Danjiangkou Reservoir with a storage capacity of 29 billion cubic meters, is vast, blue, and shaped like emerald. It is the source of water diversion for the middle route project of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project that has attracted worldwide attention.
Danjiangkou City is the birthplace of Wudang culture. Wudang Mountain within the territory is a famous Taoist holy land in my country. The large-scale ancient building complex is listed in the World Cultural Heritage List and is a national scenic spot. Wudang Martial Arts is world-renowned. There are also the nationally famous "living fossil of folk culture" - Wujiagou Story Village, and the first Han folk song village in China - Lujiahe Folk Song Village. The popularity and long cultural history of the water diversion source of the South-to-North Water Diversion Middle Route Project have promoted the vigorous development of the tourism economy. Danjiangkou City has begun to cultivate Danjiangkou Reservoir and Wudang Mountain as famous brands and develop eco-tourism areas and holiday leisure areas with local characteristics.
Danjiangkou City has a strong industrial foundation. She is an important production supporting base of Dongfeng Company and the undertaking point of Dongfeng Company's eastward expansion strategy. It has more than 20 auto parts manufacturing companies and has initially formed two centers of cold rolling and hot rolling. Danjiangkou City's "four major and one new" industries continue to grow. A number of new companies such as Aluminum Company, Nongfu Spring, Xibao Steel Core Aluminum, Danrui Carbon Company, and Danchuan Company are growing, and the potential for the development of the industrial base continues to increase.
Danjiangkou City has an excellent ecological environment. Danjiangkou has lush trees and green mountains, with a forest coverage rate of 39.3%. In recent years, the city has vigorously implemented the ecological city strategy and extensively converted farmland into forests and planted trees. By 2010, it strives to increase the forest coverage rate to 50%. The urban green coverage rate of Danjiangkou is 40.5, with an average public green space of 14.86 square meters per capita. It has won the title of National Green City. The Danjiangkou Reservoir has a water surface of 1.12 million acres, with excellent water quality, pure and pollution-free, and a dazzling array of unique aquatic products. The meat of fish such as bream, bream, carp, crucian carp, mandarin fish, and whitebait is delicious and is a delicacy on the banquet. The Danjiangkou Hydropower Station has an installed capacity of 1.05 million kilowatts and an average annual power generation of 5 billion kilowatt-hours. The abundant hydropower resources have created conditions for industrial development within the territory. Today, Danjiangkou City has formed a political consciousness, striving to turn resource advantages into economic advantages, and strive to build the country's largest drinking water base, Hubei's important aluminum industry base, auto parts base and high-quality agricultural products base.
Danjiangkou City is rich in natural resources. This is the northernmost high-quality citrus production base in my country, with an annual output of 150 million kilograms. Danjiang citrus has been rated as "Chinese Famous Fruit" by the country. Agricultural products such as tea, fungus, and mushrooms are well-known throughout the country, and their development and utilization prospects are very broad. "Wudang Green Feather", "Wudang Needle Tea" and "Wudang Sword Tea" have been rated as high-quality tea by the Ministry of Agriculture and Hubei Province. Among them, "Wudang Zhenjing" is a famous trademark in Hubei Province and has been certified as organic (ecological) food by the European Union. There are more than 40 proven mineral deposits in Danjiangkou, among which the reserves of titanium and vanadium rank first in Hubei Province. Non-metallic minerals include dolomite, limestone, electrolyte, marble, asbestos, etc. that are available for investment and development. There are more than 1,100 varieties of real estate Chinese medicinal materials in Danjiangkou. Wudang Mountain in the territory is known as the "natural medicine storehouse" and is rich in precious traditional Chinese medicines Gastrodia elata, Ganoderma lucidum, Jinchai and Polygonum multiflorum, which are called the four treasures of Wudang.
Danjiangkou City has developed transportation and communications, with a combined water, land and air transportation network extending in all directions. The Xiangyu Railway, Hanshi Highway and Hanshi Expressway run through the entire territory, and National Highway 316 runs through five towns; The Danjiang Railway directly leads to Wuhan, and the Han River Channel leads directly to Wuhan, Shanghai and other ports; Wudangshan Airport and Xiangfan Airport are 26 kilometers and 108 kilometers away from the urban area respectively. Mobile communications and information transmission are convenient and fast, the industrial foundation is good, the city has complete functions, and the infrastructure is complete.
The pure water and juice beverage production base invested and constructed by Nongfu Spring Co., Ltd., a nationally renowned enterprise, in Danjiangkou has been completed and put into operation; related projects of EPlC and JLF companies in the United States have been settled in Danjiangkou and put into operation; the construction of a bridge across the Han River for the middle line of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project will make The urban areas on the right and left banks of Danjiangkou are connected into one. In addition, the Jingle Palace, the first of the eight palaces in Wudang Mountain, which is being restored, has enriched the tourist routes, and a series of buildings such as the South-to-North Water Diversion Memorial Tower and the Observation Deck will rise from the ground.
Danjiangkou City is determined to seize the opportunity of the South-to-North Water Diversion Middle Route Project, and has put forward the overall goal of building an "ecological city, a strong economic city, a famous tourist city, and a civilized city", and mobilizes the city's efforts to serve the South-to-North Water Diversion Middle Route Project. Expand investment, pioneer and innovate, develop Danjiangkou economy, and strive to build China's water capital - Danjiangkou.
Historical evolution
Danjiangkou City is a county-level city established on the basis of Yuanjun County with the approval of the State Council on August 19, 1983. It is located in northwest Hubei, in the upper reaches of the Han River. It borders Laohekou City to the east, Fang County to the south, Gucheng County to the southeast, Shiyan City to the west, Yun County to the northwest, and Xichuan County of Henan Province to the northeast. The urban area of ??Danjiangkou is 480 kilometers away from the provincial capital along the highway in the southeast and 110 kilometers along the highway in Shiyan City, where the Yunyang District Administrative Office is located, in the west. The city is 73 kilometers long from east to west and 81 kilometers long from north to south, with a total area of ??3111 square kilometers. The city has a population of 431,000, with 11 ethnic groups including Han, Hui, Manchu, Zhuang, Dong, Miao, Bai, Mongolian, Tujia and Buyi. The Han nationality accounts for 99.82% of the total population.
On March 21, 1948, Jun County was liberated. At that time, the population was 239,000, including 15,000 in the county seat. In 1959, due to the construction of Danjiang Dam, the county seat was moved to Danjiangkou. After nearly 30 years of construction, the urban area has reached 16 square kilometers, with 4 street offices, 20 neighborhood committees, 17 natural villages, and a population of 83,064 people.
As of the end of 1986, there were 108 industrial enterprises in the city with a total of 24,000 employees. Among them, there are 25 central and provincial enterprises with 14,700 employees. There are 14 industrial categories. Metallurgy, electric power, chemistry, machinery, building materials, food, textile, sewing, stationery industry and other major categories have formed industry advantages. Chemistry, machinery, building materials, food, etc. have become the four major municipal industries. economic pillar. Danjiangkou City has now formed a regional industrial center city focusing on water conservancy project projects.
The education industry in Danjiangkou City is developing rapidly. In 1986, the city had 526 universities, middle schools and primary schools with more than 100,000 students. Among them, there are 4 higher and secondary schools affiliated to the Ministry of Water and Electric Power and the province, 1 secondary normal school, 3 ordinary high schools, 5 agricultural middle schools, 69 junior high schools, and 445 primary schools in the city, with 99.722 students enrolled. In addition, there are various adult schools, staff schools, TV universities, etc.
Danjiangkou City has a long history and prosperous culture. Tracing its history is beneficial to the city’s socialist spiritual civilization construction and governance.