Lechang is located in the north of Shaoguan City, adjacent to Yizhang County and Rucheng County in Hunan Province. It is known as the "Northern Gate of Guangdong". With a total area of ??2,419 square kilometers, it has jurisdiction over 16 towns, 1 subdistrict, and 2 offices. It has 195 administrative villages and 20 neighborhood committees. It has a registered population of 530,000 and a permanent population of 420,000. The area and population are both equal. Ranked first in Shaoguan.
It has profound historical and cultural heritage. Lechang has a history of more than 1,500 years as a county and is known as the "Millennium Tu City". Han Yu, a famous poet of the Tang Dynasty, once praised Lechang's beautiful landscape with the poem "The pure and beautiful spirit of Lingnan began in Changchun". In the seventh year of Liang Tianjian in the Southern Dynasty (508 AD), Lianghua County was established. In the 18th year of Kaihuang's reign in the Sui Dynasty (598 AD), it was renamed Lechang County due to the presence of Leshi and Changshan mountains in the territory. In 1994, the county was removed and established as a city (county level). . From the Great Revolution to the Agrarian Revolution, party and state leaders such as Mao Zedong, Zhu De, Chen Yi, Deng Xiaoping and others successively left glorious revolutionary traces in Lechang. From October 1940 to January 1945, National Sun Yat-sen University and other institutions moved inland to Pingshi Town, our city, to carry out teaching, composing a magnificent poem of anti-war education in South China. At present, Lechang City is advancing the construction of the South China Education Research Base (Pingshi) project in an orderly manner, including the construction of five major memorial sites including the National Sun Yat-sen University headquarters, the School of Liberal Arts, the School of Engineering, the Peizheng Peidao Joint School and the Law School. Lechang's traditional culture has unique charm. Lechang Flower Drum Opera, Lechang Fishing Drums, Jiufeng Folk Songs, and (Lion Dance) Frog and Lion have been included in the list of provincial intangible cultural heritage protection projects.
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The transportation location advantage is obvious. Since ancient times, Lechang has been an important channel for economic and cultural exchanges between Guangdong and the Central Plains, and a "bridgehead" for the Pearl River Delta to radiate from the mainland and inland provinces and regions into Guangdong. There are two ancient roads in the territory, Xijing and Leyi, as well as the Wujiang Waterway. It was once a distribution center for Guangdong salt and other commodities traveling from south to north. It is known as the "Chu-Guangdong Conduit", "Chu-Yue Passage" and "Gateway to Guangdong". Lechang has the transportation advantage of "two railways, three stations, two highways and eight roads". The "two railways and three stations" are Lechang Station and Pingshi Station of the Beijing-Guangzhou Railway, and the Lechang East Station of the Beijing-Guangzhou High-speed Railway; the "two highs" are the Beijing-Hong Kong-Macao Expressway and Leguang Expressway, with 5 expressway entrances and exits; the "eight roads" are National highways 107, 240, and 535 and provincial highways 247, 248, 249, 518, and 519. It only takes 1 hour to get to Guangzhou and 1.5 hours to Changsha from Lechang. It has been integrated into the Pearl River Delta and Changsha-Zhuzhou-Tan economic circles. Lechang is only 16 kilometers away from the Shaoguan Danxia Airport under construction, and the Beijiang Waterway will be extended north to Lechang.
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Unique ecological advantages. Lechang is a national key ecological functional area, a Beijiang water conservation area, and one of the provincial key forest areas with a forest coverage rate of 70.39%. It has two provincial nature reserves, Dayao Mountain and Yangdong Mountain Twelve Degrees Water. There are scenic spots such as "China's Beautiful Pastoral" Wushan Terraces, "China's Beautiful Leisure Village" Jiufeng Tea Village, "Provincial National Forest Park" Houdong Ecological Manor, and "Utopia" Jiufeng Mountain. Lechang currently has 1 national AAAA-level scenic spot (Ancient Buddha Cave) and 3 AAA-level scenic spots (Dragon King Pond, Jinji Ridge, Jiufu Orchid Park). In recent years, it has cultivated Yuma Wine Estate, Baizhen Agricultural Ecological Park, Changlaihe Village, Langtian Tongjidian Village and other new highlights of rural tourism.
Modern agriculture has unique characteristics. The city has 520,500 acres of cultivated land, 209,700 acres of grain sown area, and a grain output of 89,800 tons. The total amount of grain, vegetables and meat has been at the forefront of Shaoguan counties (cities, districts) for many years. Eight leading industries have been formed, including high-quality rice, vegetables, fruits, water chestnuts, taro, yellow tobacco, mountain chickens and pigs, and the "five belts and five bases" agricultural industry of high-quality rice, taro, water chestnuts, summer and autumn vegetables, high-quality fruits and tea have been initially constructed. layout. It has 2 provincial-level modern agricultural industrial parks (Taro Modern Agricultural Industrial Park and Lingnan Deciduous Fruit Industrial Park).
Lechang City has significant agricultural brand advantages. It has obtained the national "Ecological Origin Product Protection Demonstration Zone" certification and the provincial "Export Food and Agricultural Products Quality and Safety Demonstration Zone" certification. It has 3 national geographical indication products (Beixiang Water Horseshoe, Zhangxi Taro , Yanxi Mountain Baimaojian), 1 national geographical indication trademark (Golden Plum), 4 national ecological origin protected products, 25 agricultural famous brand products in Guangdong Province, 2 top ten famous brand products in Guangdong Province (Taro , Baimaojian tea), 156 "three products and one standard" agricultural products, and 27 leading agricultural enterprises. The four operating main production bases have been identified as the "vegetable basket" production bases of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and are committed to creating "vegetable baskets", "rice bags", "fruit plates" and "water tanks" in the "dual districts".
The industrial economy is growing day by day. In the 1960s and 1970s, Lechang served as a "small third-tier" construction base focused on development in Guangdong Province. Industries such as electric power, building materials, mechanical casting, new chemicals, and new materials began to take shape. It had a good industrial foundation and a relatively complete Industrial system, there is currently a provincial industrial transfer industrial park. In recent years, we have vigorously developed characteristic leading industries such as mechanical equipment manufacturing and new materials, and have successively introduced mechanical equipment manufacturing projects such as Shaorui Cast Steel, Jinfeng Machinery, and Boshengle, new material projects such as Wofu, Baochuang, and Longdu, and Featured light industrial projects such as Youtide Electrical Appliances, Yuchuang Luggage, and Tai Ruifei, and high-tech industries such as Gaode Lightning Protection, Oyate Electronics, and Shaorui Cast Steel. The park currently has 68 enterprises in production, 23 enterprises above designated size, 24 projects under construction, 41 mechanical equipment projects, 36 new material projects, and 40 characteristic light industry projects. It has initially formed a comprehensive range of mechanical equipment manufacturing, new The "2+1" leading industrial layout of materials and specialty light industries. It is rich in mineral resources, including 24 minerals such as coal, antimony, tungsten, iron, zinc, and fluorspar. The antimony and fluorspar reserves rank first and second in Guangdong respectively.
The pace of urban expansion is accelerating. Lechang's geographical environment is very special. The entire jurisdiction is naturally divided into two parts, the north and the south, by the Nanling Mountains. The south is centered on Lecheng Street, which is the political, economic and cultural center of Lechang City, radiating to Changlai Town, Beixiang Town, Langtian Town, Wushan Town, Jiufeng Town, Dayuan Town and Liangjiang Town in Lechang 7 towns; in the north, Pingshi Town is the center. Pingshi Town is a pilot town for administrative system reform in economically developed towns in the province. It is known as the "No. 1 Town in Lingnan" and has large backbone enterprises such as Pingshi B Power Plant and Dongfang Zirconium Industry. , is the political, economic, cultural, health, education, trade and financial center in the north of Lechang City, radiating to Huangpu Town, Baishi Town, Qingyun Town, Sanxi Town, Meihua Town, Xiushui Town, Yunyan Town and Shaping Town in Lechang There are 8 towns in the town. In recent years, the Lechang Municipal Government has actively implemented the "one city, two cities" development strategy to promote the expansion and quality improvement of the two central urban areas of Lecheng and Pingshi. At the same time, give full play to the radiating and leading role of the four central towns of Langtian, Jiufeng, Huangpu and Meihua, guide the rural population and production factors to gather in the central towns, and gradually form a city-led town, a town-led village, gradient advancement, and coordinated development new pattern of urbanization.
Society and people’s livelihood continue to improve. In 2019, 3.651 billion yuan was invested in people's livelihood, an increase of 21.02%, accounting for 85.14% of the general public budget expenditure. We will resolutely safeguard the bottom line of people's livelihood and raise the minimum standard of the basic pension insurance for urban and rural residents for seven consecutive years. Subsidies for the disabled and orphans, extremely poor people, and urban and rural subsistence allowances will be raised again, and social assistance policies will be fully implemented. The poverty alleviation campaign has been solidly advanced, and various safeguard measures for poverty alleviation have been strictly implemented. A total of 5,065 households and 13,791 people have been lifted out of poverty, with a poverty alleviation rate of 99.57%. Vigorous efforts have been made to resolve shortcomings in people's livelihood such as education, medical care and health care. The problem of large class sizes at the beginning of the compulsory education stage has been effectively alleviated. The first phase of the expansion project of Lecheng's third primary school has been put into use. The quality of high school education has steadily improved, and college entrance examination scores have increased for seven consecutive years. Successfully created a provincial health promotion demonstration county, successfully passed the Guangdong Provincial Health City review, and the creation of a national advanced unit for grassroots Chinese medicine work passed the provincial preliminary evaluation. We have strengthened food and drug safety supervision and promoted the creation of a "counterfeit drug-free city". The food and drug safety assessment results ranked first in Shaoguan. The special campaign against organized crime and anti-drug rectification has achieved phased results. The effectiveness of the "Hurricane 2019" special operation, drug-related crackdowns, and crackdowns on violence and terrorism ranks first in Shaoguan. The people's sense of security and satisfaction continue to improve.
The investment environment is increasingly optimized.
Lechang insists on innovating investment methods, optimizing the business environment, promoting the construction of industrial standards, relying on the "Voice of Enterprise" to build a communication bridge between government and enterprises, and continuously improving the level of serving enterprises. The business environment brand effect of "Dalang Efficiency + Lechang Service" Continue to expand. Strictly implement the system of contact points for city leaders to handle problems encountered during the construction of key projects. Improve and implement the joint approval, one-stop service, and time-limited settlement system, reduce administrative approval items, streamline the approval process, and shorten the approval time limit for social investment projects to 40 working days. In 2019, there were 40 newly signed projects, including 14 projects worth more than 100 million yuan and 18 high-tech enterprises, with a total investment of more than 4 billion yuan, exceeding the three-year "Double Hundred Plan" goal of industrial construction. The industrial park was rated as a provincial four-star service park. The park ranks first in Shaoguan in terms of the number of investment projects signed and the number of new projects put into operation. It has achieved "two consecutive championships and three consecutive excellences" in the performance evaluation of Shaoguan Park.
The city business cards that Lechang has obtained include: the Hometown of Ornamental Stones in China, the Hometown of Chinese Horseshoes, the National City with Basic Balanced Development of Compulsory Education, the National Advanced Sports City, the National Health Promotion City, the National Home of Chess, and " "Four Good Rural Roads" national model county, national rural primary, secondary and tertiary industry integrated development pilot county, the country's first non-cash payment pilot town, provincial key forestry city, Guangdong fruit hometown, provincial tourism strong city, provincial education strong city, provincial Civilized city, Provincial Nanyue Jinxiu Engineering Culture Advanced City, Provincial Double Support Model City, Provincial Civilized City, Provincial Sanitary City, Provincial Drug Safety Demonstration County, Provincial Export Food and Agricultural Product Quality and Safety Demonstration Zone, Provincial River Chief System County Demonstration Zone, Provincial campus football pilot county.
In the pre-Qin Dynasty, Lechang belonged to the land of Guangdong. Qin belongs to Nanhai County. At the end of the Qin Dynasty, Zhao Tuo became the captain of Nanhai and proclaimed himself the emperor of Lingnan. Lechang belonged to the Nanyue Kingdom.
In the sixth year of Yuanding, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty (111 BC), South Vietnam returned to the Han Dynasty, and Lechang belonged to Qujiang County, Guiyang County. In the first year of Wu Ganlu in the Three Kingdoms (265), the southern part of Guiyang County was divided into Shixing County, and Lechang belonged to Qujiang County of Shixing County. In the first year of Jianyuan of the Southern Qi Dynasty (479), Qujiang County was demolished and Lingxi County was established. The county seat is now Lingkou, the town of Lechang.
In the seventh year of Liang Tianjian in the Southern Dynasty (508), the northwest border of Qujiang County (including Lingxi County) was divided into Lianghua County. In the seventeenth year (518), Lianghua County was divided into Pingshi County in the north, and its administrative location was Laopingshi in the northwest of Lechang City.
In the ninth year of Emperor Kaihuang's reign in the Sui Dynasty (589), the county seat was moved to Zhaotuocheng (today's west of Wu River, Erli, southwest of Lechang City). In the twelfth year (592), Pingshi County was abandoned and moved to Lianghua County. In the 18th year (598), Liang was renamed Lechang County, and its administrative seat was still on the west side of Wushui, Erli, southwest of today's Lechang City, under the jurisdiction of Guangzhou.
During the Tang Dynasty, counties and states changed frequently. Lechang's affiliation also changed accordingly.
In the Song Dynasty, Lechang was subordinate to Shaozhou. In the fifth year of Kaibao in the Northern Song Dynasty (972), Renhua County was removed and merged into Lechang. In the third year of Xianping (1000), Renhua County was restored. In the second year of Qiandao in the Southern Song Dynasty (1166), Ruyuan County was established, and Yihua Township in the southwest of the county was divided into Ruyuan County.
In the Yuan Dynasty, the Xingzhongshu Province (referred to as the province) was established. Lechang belonged to Shaozhou Road, Guangdong Road, Jiangxi Province.
In the Ming and Qing dynasties, Lechang was subordinate to Shaozhou Prefecture.
In the early years of the Republic of China, the government system was abolished, and Lechang was directly under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Province. In the third year of the Republic of China (1914), Lechang was affiliated to Lingnan Road. In the 9th year of the Republic of China, Lechang successively belonged to the Beijiang District Rehabilitation Office and the Beijiang Appeasement Office. After the Office of Appeasement was abolished in the 25th year of the Republic of China, Lechang belonged to the Office of the Administrative Inspectorate of the Second District of Guangdong.
On October 6, 1949, Lechang was liberated. On October 19, the Lechang County People's Government was established. In January 1950, the Office of the People's Administrative Inspectorate of Beijiang, Guangdong Province (referred to as the "Beijiang Office") was established, and Lechang was affiliated with the Beijiang Office. In November 1952, the Guangdong Northern Guangdong Administrative Office was established, and Lechang was affiliated to the Northern Guangdong Administrative Office. In 1956, the Northern Guangdong Administrative Office was renamed the Shaoguan Commissioner's Office, and Lechang was affiliated to the Shaoguan Commissioner's Office. After the establishment of Shaoguan area, Lechang was affiliated to Shaoguan area.
In June 1983, the Shaoguan area merged with Shaoguan City to form a county under the jurisdiction of the city, and Lechang was affiliated to Shaoguan City. On April 28, 1994, the State Council approved Lechang to be removed from the county and established as a city, becoming a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Shaoguan City.
Administrative divisions Before the Ming Dynasty, there was no examination of administrative divisions.
From the fifth year of Emperor Kangxi's reign in the Qing Dynasty (1666) to the tenth year of Tongzhi's reign (1871), the county was divided into 5 townships and 13 capitals. Guoxia Township governed Chengnan Capital, Guodong Capital, and Guo Xidu; Jianfu Township governed Henan Capital and Baidu. Shadu, Litiandu, and Rongcundu; Xinpi Township governs Xintiandu and Tutoudu; Lingkou Township governs Ankou Capital and Quhedu; Yihua Township governs Guishangdu and Guixiadu.
After the Tongzhi of the Qing Dynasty, the county was divided into eight townships, including Fucheng, Dongxiang, Nanxiang, Xixiang, Beixiang, Jiufeng, Huangpu and Pingshi.
In the 18th year of the Republic of China (1929), the county was divided into eight districts. The city and its affiliated cities were the first district, Dongxiang was the second district, Nanxiang was the third district, and Xixiang was the fourth district. , Beixiang is the fifth district, Jiufeng Township is the sixth district, Huangpu Township is the seventh district, and Pingshi Township is the eighth district. In the 20th year of the Republic of China (1931), Wushan was added as the ninth district.
In the 26th year of the Republic of China (1937), the county was divided into 3 administrative districts, 17 townships and 2 towns. The first district governs Fucheng Township, Changshan Township, Zhengdong Township, Shangdong Township, Xiadong Township, Changlai Township, Luocun Township, Yangxi Township, Wushan Township, Xixiang and other nine townships and one town; the second district governs Nanxiang, Jiu There are three townships including Feng Township and Dayuan Township; the third district governs five townships and one town including Pingshi Town, Liantang Township, Jinghe Township, Tiantou Township, Qingyun Township, and Luxi Township.
In the 30th year of the Republic of China (1941), the county had 2 districts, 11 townships and 1 town. Fucheng Township, Xixiang, Wushan Township, Shangdong Township, Xiadong Township, and Nanxiang belong to the first district, Huangpu Township, Pingshi Town, and Guishang Township belong to the second district, and Beixiang, Dayuan Township, and Jiufeng Township are directly under the county government.
In January of the 37th year of the Republic of China (1948), the county was divided into 11 townships (towns). Fucheng Township, Xixiang, Nanxiang, Beixiang, Wushan Township, Shangdong Township, Xiadong Township, Huangpu Township, Pingshi Township, Dayuan Township, and Jiufeng Township.
On October 6, 1949, Lechang was liberated. On the 19th, the Lechang County People's Government was established. The county is divided into 5 districts. The first district governs Chengguan Town, Beixiang and Henan; the second district governs Changlai, Ankou, Shang and Xiaxi; the third district governs Langtian and Wushan; the fourth district governs Jiufeng, Liangjiang and Dayuan. , Xikeng; the five districts govern Pingshi, Buffalo Bay, Luojiadu, Huangpu, Baishi and Qingyun.
In March 1952, in order to facilitate the land reform work, the four districts of Ruyuan County (parts of Meihua, Xiushui, Yunyan, Sanxi, Laopingshi, Pingshi Town, and Luojiadu) and Parts of the three districts (Qingyuan, Sanyuan, Qishi, Xin'an, Chayuan, Zhedong, Taiping, Yapoliao, Shaping and other townships) were merged into Lechang. After the land reform ended in 1953, nine townships, including Qingyuan, Sanyuan, Qishi, Xin'an, Chayuan, Zhedong, Taiping, Yapoliao and Shaping, were still placed under Ruyuan County.
On July 1, 1957, Shaobian Yao Autonomous County was established. Bibei, Wangcha, Guikeng, Yangxi and other townships were separated from Lechang County and placed under the jurisdiction of Shaobian Yao Autonomous County. In September 1958, Shaobian Yao Autonomous County and Ruyuan County were abolished, and Guitou, Yaoshan, Dashan, and Shaping were included in Lechang County. That year, there were eight rural people's communes in the county: Hongqi, Guitou, Yaoshan, Langtian, Pingshi, Huangpu, Meihua and Dashan.
On October 1, 1963, the five communes under the jurisdiction of Lechang County, namely Daqiao, Guitou, Youxi, Bibei and Dongping, were assigned to Ruyuan Yao Autonomous County. The county governs 16 communes, 2 towns, and 161 brigades.
In April 1964, Sanxi Commune was added. In May 1977, Luojiadu Commune was added. In March 1978, Liangjiang Commune was added. The county consists of 19 communes, 2 towns, and 197 brigades.
In November 1983, the county's 19 communes and 2 towns were changed into 18 district offices and 2 towns (Ankou Commune was merged into Changlai District Office), with 167 townships and 11 administrative departments under its jurisdiction. District, 12 neighborhood committees.
In the winter of 1986, 18 district offices, 167 townships, and 11 management areas in the county were abolished. Set up 10 towns including Lecheng, Changlai, Langtian, Beixiang, Jiufeng, Pingshi, Laopingshi, Sanxi, Huangpu and Meihua and Henan, Wushan, Dayuan, Liangjiang, Qingyun, Baishi and Luojiadu There are 10 townships including Xiushui, Yunyan and Shaping, with 178 village committees and 11 neighborhood committees. In 1989, the village committees under the jurisdiction of towns and villages in the county were changed into 190 management district offices. In August 1993, 10 townships including Henan were converted into towns, and the county established 20 towns, 196 management areas, and 12 neighborhood committees.
On April 28, 1994, the State Council approved Lechang to be removed from the county and established as a city (county-level city).
On July 16, the county was officially established as a city, and the administrative divisions remained unchanged. In 2000, the administrative areas under the jurisdiction of towns were transformed into village committees. The city has 20 towns, 195 village committees, 12 neighborhood committees, and 1,953 villager groups.
On April 12, 2002, Luojiadu Town was abolished and 10 village committees were under its jurisdiction. Among them, 5 village committees: Tiantou, Hefeng, Luojiadu, Changpailiao and Tiantang were placed under the jurisdiction of Ping It is under the jurisdiction of Shi Town, and the five village committees of Qingdong, Tongshan, Shixi, Lucun and Pingxi are placed under the jurisdiction of Meihua Town.
On July 25, 2003, Lecheng and Henan towns were abolished, and Lecheng Subdistrict Office was established to govern the original 11 neighborhood committees and 16 villager committees in Lecheng and Henan. Laopingshi Town was abolished, and the 15 village committees and 1 neighborhood committee under its jurisdiction were placed under the jurisdiction of Pingshi Town. The city has 16 towns, 1 sub-district office, 17 residents' committees, and 195 villagers' committees.
In February 2004, two additional offices were opened in Pingshi and Umeda. At the end of 2009, the city had jurisdiction over 16 towns, 1 subdistrict office, 2 offices, 20 residents' committees, and 195 villagers' committees.