Huangchuan glutinous rice flour occupies nearly half of the national market. China Grain Industry Association awarded Huangchuan the title of "Hometown of High Quality Glutinous Rice in China". Huangchuan is one of the high-quality glutinous rice producing areas in China. The planting area of glutinous rice is stable at more than 320,000 mu, with an annual output of nearly 200,000 tons. Planting area and output rank among the top three in China. There are 400,000 tons of glutinous rice flour for processing industry every year, accounting for 40% of the national output. Huangchuan's "National Industry Standard for Water Mill White Glutinous Rice Flour for Tangyuan" has become a unified national standard.
Huangchuan is a traditional agricultural county, and strengthening agriculture is the development idea to activate Huangchuan county economy. At present, there are nearly 600 food industrial enterprises in the county, including 68 enterprises above designated size, accounting for 57% of the above-designated industries in the county. It has become the leading industry in Huangchuan's industrial economy, with more than 83,000 farmers and 249,000 employees. Five food industry clusters, including livestock and poultry, aquatic products, grain and oil, glutinous rice flour and beverages, have been initially formed. There are 1 academician workstation, 1 postdoctoral mobile station, 2 national scientific research institutes and 2 product research and development centers. Enterprise's innovation ability ranks in the forefront of Henan Province, and Huaying and Guo Huang products have successfully created famous trademarks in China.
Huangchuan is rich in natural resources, mild climate, abundant rainfall, sufficient light and heat, four distinct seasons, rich in rice, wheat, rape, kenaf, aquatic products, livestock and poultry, flowers, tea and so on. The annual output of characteristic agricultural soft-shelled turtle is 350,000 kg, which is known as the "soft-shelled turtle kingdom". The number of ducks in Cherry Valley reached 24 million, ranking first in the world. The flower area is more than 50,000 mu, and there are more than 200 genera and classes. It is a national flower and tree demonstration base county and a "hometown of flowers and trees" awarded by the state. The main pillar industries and characteristic industries are ducks, flowers, turtles, pigs, feathers, aquatic products and high-quality grain and oil, which are known as the land of plenty.
Huangchuan is a national ecological construction demonstration county, a national flower and tree production base county, a national top 100 meat production county, a national basic farmland protection demonstration county, a provincial animal husbandry key county, a provincial fishery key county, an advanced grain production county, a provincial pig export base county, a provincial 26 key counties (cities) for urbanization promotion, one of the first 23 key counties (cities) for opening to the outside world and one of the 35 counties (cities) for power expansion. In 2005, Huangchuan was awarded the title of "National Animal Husbandry Demonstration County". Huangchuan is rich in animal and plant resources. * * * There are 295 species of vertebrates, belonging to 4 categories and 30 orders, of which 13 species are national second-class protected animals, namely golden pheasant, pelican, swan, red-footed falcon, yellow-clawed falcon, kestrel, swallow falcon, otter, yellow-billed egret, mandarin duck and pheasant. Provincial key protected animals 18 species. In addition, there are many kinds of invertebrates, including 65 species in 47 families of 3 classes, 6 classes, and 2 classes, 8 orders 18 families 103 species.
There are 284 families 1959 species of higher plants in China, and there are many lower plants, among which 27 species of 17 families are only suitable for medicinal purposes.
Huangchuan is famous for its characteristic industries. It is a flower production base in China, with a flower planting area of 1.8 million mu. Butaji Town was named "the hometown of flowers and trees in China". Huaying Group is known as "China duck king", with an annual production and processing of 70 million cherry valley ducks, and its products sell well in more than 20 countries and regions such as North Korea, Japan, Middle East, Russian Federation and Hongkong. The Chinese soft-shelled turtle is an authentic origin, with an annual output of 360,000 kilograms of ecological soft-shelled turtle, which is known as the "turtle kingdom". In Qing Dynasty, Gwangju (now Huangchuan) was one of the three major cities in Henan Province (Gwangju, Kaifeng and Zhoujiakou) with a population of 65,438+10,000.
At the end of 20 14, Huangchuan had a total population of 857,800 and a permanent population of 662,900. The annual birth population was 7,869, and the birth rate was11.87 ‰; The death population was 3,825, with a mortality rate of 5.77 ‰; In the whole year, the population naturally increased by 4044 people, and the natural population growth rate was 6.1‰; The urbanization rate reached 47. 1%, 8 percentage points higher than that at the end of the 11th Five-Year Plan. The total population is dominated by Han nationality, accounting for 99.5%; There are also 19 ethnic minorities, Hui, Zhuang, Miao and Manchu, accounting for 0.5%, of which Hui accounts for 93.8% of the ethnic minority population.