Danyang City is located in the south of Jiangsu Province. The city has a total area of 1.059 square kilometers and a registered population of 805,000. It governs 13 towns, 1 provincial development zones, 1 administrative districts, 225 administrative villages and 69 neighborhood committees. 1987 was approved by the State Council to set up a city, which was listed as an open coastal city and one of the counties (cities) with high economic development level in Jiangsu province. The city has made outstanding achievements in the construction of "Three Civilizations" and was rated as one of the top 100 counties (cities) with comprehensive economic strength in China. It is one of the first batch of 80 well-off counties (cities) in China, and its basic economic competitiveness ranks 24th among the top 100 counties (cities) and 8th in Jiangsu Province. It has been successively rated as "National Sanitary City", "National Excellent City for Comprehensive Environmental Improvement", "Civilized City in Jiangsu Province" and "Safe City for Social Security in Jiangsu Province". Carry out activities such as democratic appraisal of party member, openness of party affairs, and selection of ten-star civilized households throughout the country; Science and technology, education, culture, sports, family planning, greening and many other work were rated as advanced cities in the country. In 2006, the city's main economic indicators maintained rapid growth, achieving a regional GDP of 30 billion yuan, an increase of15% over the previous year; Among them, the industrial added value16.6 billion yuan, an increase of 22.1%; Industrial sales reached 510.88 billion yuan, an increase of 22.6%; The total profit and tax was 3.826 billion yuan, an increase of 30%; Fiscal revenue was 3.224 billion yuan, up 2.7 1% over the previous year, of which local fiscal revenue was1.329 billion yuan, up 25.3%; The urban per capita disposable income in the city is 14 185 yuan, and the annual per capita net income of farmers is 7,050 yuan, increasing by 15.8% and 12.7% respectively.

Danyang is one of the counties of Qin Dynasty 15 in 22/Kloc-0 BC in Jiangsu Province. Historically, Danyang was the hometown of Qihe, the founding emperor and the emperor of the Southern Dynasties. At present, the territory is rich in cultural relics, including 1 1 pieces of tombs in the Southern Dynasties, which are rare treasures in China's stone carving art and have been listed as national key protected cultural relics. This is the origin of the story "Yong Dong and the Seven Fairies".

Danyang enjoys a superior geographical position, 200 kilometers east of Shanghai and 68 kilometers west of Nanjing. Beijing-shanghai railway, Shanghai-Nanjing Expressway, National Highway 3 12, Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway under construction, Shanghai-Nanjing intercity light rail and Changtai Expressway pass through the urban area. Changzhou Airport is located in the city, 80km away from Nanjing Airport in the west, and more than 2 hours' drive from Shanghai Hongqiao Airport and Pudong Airport in the east, with direct access to all parts of the world. The Yangtze River is the third largest port open to the outside world, 0/8km away from the urban area/KLOC-,and the city has formed a comprehensive transportation system of railways, highways, waterways and aviation.

Danyang's urban infrastructure construction is changing with each passing day. From west to east, Xinmin Road Shili Commercial Street, Zhongshan Road Commodity Street, Feng Dan Road and Hecheng Road Commercial Street form a "well" shaped framework. A central business district has been formed in the first ring of the city, and the North Second Ring Road, the South Second Ring Road and the East Second Ring Road have been built. In 2004, the decisive battle of rural roads was launched, and more than 700 kilometers of rural roads in the city were rebuilt with high standards and high quality; The urban area has successfully transformed Wanshan Road Wind Belt, Moon Island and Huayang Road. A 40,000-square-meter civic square was built; The transformation of China Glasses City, the largest professional glasses market in China, has been completed, and the first phase of the project has been put into use. The city has realized public transportation and urban-rural integration, and social public facilities are more complete. Urban management has been standardized, scientific and legal, and it has been rated as a national sanitary city and an excellent city for comprehensive environmental improvement.

Danyang is a famous "land of plenty". 1990 is listed as the national commodity grain production base, and 65438+ 10,000 mu high-yield party is listed as the demonstration party in Jiangsu Province. It has been rated as an advanced county (city) for plain greening in China, an advanced unit for voluntary tree planting in China, an advanced county (city) for land reclamation in China, and an eco-agricultural city in Jiangsu Province. The city actively organized the implementation of high-quality agricultural products projects, expanded the development space of agricultural industrialization, cultivated superior characteristic agriculture, and made new progress in agricultural structure adjustment. In 2006, the total agricultural output value was 65.438+0.64 billion yuan, the annual output of grain was 4.265438+0.7 million tons, and the annual output of aquatic products was 3.65438+0.0 million tons. Agriculture has attracted 775 million yuan from foreign investors, and the coverage rate of improved varieties and good laws has reached over 90%, and the level of comprehensive mechanization has reached 87%.

Danyang has a developed industrial economy. The city has formed an industrial system of more than 30 industries, including textiles, clothing, wood, chemicals, machinery, metallurgy, electronics, new building materials, lamps, motorcycles and auto parts, leather shoes, glasses and hardware tools, with a reasonable product structure. At present, there are 6 provincial-level enterprise groups 16, 2 national-level enterprise groups and 75 enterprise groups with sales exceeding 100 million yuan, forming large-scale enterprises 155 with annual sales of 50 million yuan, export earnings of 5 million dollars and profits and taxes of more than 5 million yuan, and 3 listed enterprises; Within two years, there are three enterprises with annual sales exceeding 100 billion yuan, five enterprises exceeding 5 billion yuan, enterprises exceeding 100 million yuan 100, and listed enterprises exceeding 10. In 2006, the National Glasses Product Quality Supervision and Inspection Center was built and put into use in Danyang. Our city also successfully held "China Auto Parts Industry Forum" and "China Wood Industry Forum", and won the title of "China Glasses Production Base". There are more than 200 famous and excellent new products in international and domestic markets, 7 famous brand products in China, 5 well-known trademarks in China and 8 national inspection-free products. This city enjoys the reputation of "the capital of glasses", "the world of lamps", "the hometown of leather shoes", "the kingdom of drill bits" and "the aircraft carrier of wood industry" in China.

Danyang's export-oriented economy is in the ascendant. 1988 with the approval of Jiangsu province, all towns and villages in the city are listed as open towns, which has opened up a broad space for the development of our export-oriented economy. In 2006, 83 foreign capital utilization projects were approved, with contractual foreign capital utilization of 263 million US dollars and actual foreign capital utilization of 654.38+0.7 billion US dollars. There are more than 200 export-oriented enterprises and nearly 100 self-operated export enterprises in the city. Export products include wood, glass, grain and oil, textiles, clothing, local products, hardware tools, chemicals, medical care, machinery and equipment, electronic products and more than 500 varieties. In 2006, the total import and export volume reached US$ 8,865.438 billion. Established in 1992 and 12.8 square kilometers, the provincial-level development zones have achieved "seven connections and one leveling" after more than ten years of development and construction, and the actual utilization of foreign capital is 350 million US dollars, and they have been rated as advanced development zones in Jiangsu Province. At present, after zoning adjustment, the total planned area of the development zone has reached 50 square kilometers. The garden, greening, street lamps, lighting and road construction in the area are complete, which provides a good development platform for Chinese and foreign businessmen to invest and start businesses.

Danyang's non-public economy has developed rapidly. Since the 1990s, we have taken the "three benefits" as the standard, adhered to the principle that public ownership is the mainstay and various economic sectors develop together, emancipated our minds, seized the opportunity and vigorously developed the individual and private economy. By the end of 2006, there were 20,450 individual industrial and commercial households in urban and rural areas, with nearly 63,000 employees and registered capital exceeding 745 million yuan. There are 4,946 private enterprises with116,000 employees and a registered capital of 7.72 billion yuan, accounting for one-third of the city's total economic output, tax paid and total investment. The development of individual and private economy has also promoted the construction of tertiary industry, market and small towns. The individual and private economy in the city accounts for 75% of the tertiary industry, which has played an important role in prospering the market and formed 43 standardized markets. The market turnover reached 5.5 billion yuan last year. Among them, Huadong Lighting City, Huadong Leather Shoes Market, Oriental Leather Mall, Glasses Market, Wanjiahuan Market and Qian Jiale Market have developed into markets with turnover exceeding 100 million yuan, with turnover reaching 3.6 billion yuan. At present, East China Lighting City has become the largest auto parts market in China, and the glasses market is the largest professional glasses market in China.

Danyang's social undertakings are developing continuously. Actively implement the strategy of "rejuvenating the city through science and technology", and has been rated as an advanced county (city) for scientific and technological progress in China for five consecutive years. Organize and implement more than 400 scientific and technological projects every year, and increase investment in science and technology and popular science. There are 105 scientific and technological institutions run by enterprises in the city, and Tanghuang and Daoshu towns are listed as national spark technology-intensive areas. The popular science network system is sound, the organization is in place, scientific ideas and knowledge are popularized, and a scientific, civilized and healthy social fashion is taking shape. Education has continued to develop, nine-year compulsory education has been further consolidated and improved, and the level of "two basics" has won the title of advanced county (city) in China; The educational modernization project has achieved remarkable results and won the title of "Advanced City in Implementing Educational Modernization Project" in Jiangsu Province. All primary and secondary schools in the city have passed the acceptance of provincial education modernization. Social undertakings such as culture, health, sports, news, family planning, medical insurance and endowment insurance have developed healthily.