Pingxiang City is located in the west of Jiangxi Province, between 113°35′-114°17′ east longitude and 27°20′-28°0′ north latitude, with a total area of ??3827 square kilometers and a central urban area Covering an area of ??35 square kilometers, it governs Shangli, Luxi and Lianhua counties, Anyuan and Xiangdong districts and the provincial Anyuan Economic Development Zone.
Pingxiang belongs to the subtropical monsoon climate zone, with abundant light and heat, abundant rainfall, four distinct seasons, and a mild climate. The average annual temperature is 17.2°C and the average annual rainfall is 1,600 mm. The number of sunshine hours throughout the year is about 1,600 hours, and the frost-free period is 270 days.
Pingxiang is rich in mineral resources. The city's cultivated land area is 52,700 hectares. Its main mineral resources include 36 types of coal, iron, manganese, copper, molybdenum, tungsten, aluminum, limestone, kaolin, granite, mineral water, etc. The prospective coal reserves reach 852 million tons and the iron ore reserves are 67.6 million tons. tons, various non-metallic mineral resources have very broad development potential.
As far back as the Neolithic Age more than 5,000 years ago, there were three Miao people working and thriving in Pingxiang. During the Western Zhou Dynasty, Pingxiang belonged to Yangzhou, the Spring and Autumn Period belonged to the Wu State, and the Warring States Period was the Chu Territory. Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, belonged to Yichun County, Yuzhang County. Sun Hao, Emperor Wu of the Three Kingdoms, established Pingxiang County in the second year of Baoding (267), and the county government was Luxi Gugang. . In the second year of Tang Wude (619), the county government was moved from Luxi Ancient Hill to Fenghuangchi in Pingxiang (today's city government). In the first year of Zhenguan of Tang Dynasty, it belonged to Yuanzhou Prefecture of Jiangnan West Road. In the first year of Zhenguan of Yuan Dynasty (1295), Pingxiang was upgraded from a county to a state. In the second year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1369), it was changed from prefecture to county. The Qing Dynasty belonged to Yuanzhou Prefecture, Jiangxi Province. In the third year of the Republic of China (1914), it belonged to Luling Road. In the 15th year of the Republic of China, it was directly under the jurisdiction of the province. In the 20th year of the Republic of China, it belonged to the eighth administrative region. In the 24th year of the Republic of China, it belonged to the second administrative region. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, it belonged to Nanchang Prefecture. In January 1959, Nanchang Prefecture was renamed Yichun Prefecture, and Pingxiang belonged to it. In September 1960, the county was removed and a city was established, and it was managed by Yichun District. In March 1970, Pingxiang became a provincial city. In 1971, four districts were established with the approval of the Jiangxi Provincial Revolutionary Committee.
Pingxiang City currently governs three counties: Luxi, Shangli, and Lianhua (with the approval of the State Council, Lianhua County was placed under the jurisdiction of Pingxiang City from Ji'an in August 1992), Anyuan and Xiangdong Districts, and two districts: There are provincial-level Anyuan Economic Development Zone, 28 organized towns, 18 townships, 7 sub-district offices, 641 village committees, and 128 neighborhood committees.
The city’s total population is 1.8002 million, with a non-agricultural population of 524,800. The city’s population density is 470 people per square kilometer.
The city’s family planning rate is 95.45, the birth rate is 13.28‰, the death rate is 5.95‰, and the natural growth rate is 7.30‰.
There are 927,800 employees in the city, including 295,200 urban employees and 632,600 rural employees.
There are a total of 128,300 employees in the city, and the average annual salary of employees is 10,345 yuan, including: 94,700 employees in state-owned units, with an average annual salary of 11,647 yuan.
The above cited data are statistics at the end of 2003.
Pingxiang City is an important industrial city in Jiangxi Province. It has formed a relatively complete industrial system with coal, machinery, metallurgy, chemicals, building materials, ceramics, etc. Products such as steel, electric porcelain, industrial porcelain, fireworks and firecrackers are best-selling domestically. foreign market. At present, coal production accounts for 40% of the province's total; steel accounts for more than 30% of the province's production and sales; chemical filler production and sales account for 70% of the country's total; electric porcelain production occupies an important position in the country, low-voltage electric porcelain accounts for more than 60% of the national market share, and electric porcelain exports account for the province's 85. PC electric porcelain is a well-known trademark in the country; the building materials industry has developed rapidly and has become an important building materials production base in the province, with an annual cement production capacity of more than 5 million tons; the output of float glass in 2001 reached 5.55 million weight boxes, ranking eighth in the country; "Anyuan brand" buses sell well all over the country. Anyuan Co., Ltd. was grandly listed on July 2, 2002, becoming the first listed company in our city. Private enterprises are booming, and "Tengfei" plastic products produced by Tengfei Plastic General Factory and waterproof materials, refined camellia oil and "Hong Anyuan" liquor produced by Wuguan Group are selling well in the domestic market.
The food industry focusing on the processing of agricultural products has developed rapidly, and Chinese Eucommia tea, "Tiantian Shang", "Wugong Mountain", "Yuechi" mineral water, etc. are becoming increasingly popular in the market.
Light industrial products have won more than 300 famous and excellent product awards (times), 15 of which won national awards. Won more than 100 new product achievement awards (times), among which the "Flying Saucer" trademark of the "Flying Saucer" electric fan was awarded the famous trademark of Jiangxi Province, the "Queen's towel" of the Municipal Towel Factory was awarded an inspection-free export product, and the "Flying Saucer" trademark of the Municipal Huahai Rainproof Clothing Factory was awarded Qijia" brand breathable rainproof clothing won the "National Patented Product Gold Award in 1998" and the "Biggest Science and Technology Gold Award in 1994". Five varieties of fireworks produced by Shangli Export Fireworks including "China-Western Friendship Waterfall" and "Combined Fireworks Bomb" were sold in Spain Won the collective second prize at the 24th International Fireworks Grand Prix.
Since the reform and opening up, Pingxiang’s economy has been developing at an unprecedented speed. From 1978 to 2001, GDP growth averaged 10.2 per year. The economic structure has been continuously optimized. The proportion of the added value of the primary, secondary and tertiary industries in the GDP has changed from 33.3:43.8:22.9 in 1978 to 13.6:54.8:31.6 in 2001. The economic strength continues to increase. In 2003, there were 12,243 industrial enterprises in the city, including: 155 state-owned and non-state-owned industrial enterprises with annual product sales income of more than 5 million yuan; 12,088 non-state-owned industrial enterprises with annual product sales income of less than 5 million yuan. In 2003, the city's total industrial output value was 27.56 billion yuan. In 2002, the output of main industrial products: 6.5447 million tons of raw coal, 2.102 billion kilowatt hours of power generation, 1.8528 million tons of steel, 3.7358 million tons of cement, and 5.8352 million weight boxes of flat glass. In 2003, the city's state-owned and non-state-owned industrial enterprises with annual product sales revenue of more than 5 million yuan had a current total industrial output value of 8.521 billion yuan; industrial added value was 2.760 billion yuan; product sales revenue was 8.628 billion yuan; profits and taxes were 1.210 billion yuan, of which total profits 659 million yuan.