Belongs to: Wenchuan County, Aba Prefecture, Sichuan Province
Wenchuan County is located on the northwest edge of the Sichuan Basin, southeast of the Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, and borders Pengzhou City and Dujiangyan City to the east It borders Chongzhou City and Dayi County to the south, Baoxing and Xiaojin County to the west, Li County and Mao County to the northwest and northeast respectively. The county is 84 kilometers wide from east to west and 105 kilometers long from north to south, with a total area of ??8,820 square kilometers and a forest coverage rate of Up to 48. Weizhou Town, the county seat, is located at the intersection of Minjiang River and Zagunao River in the northern part of the county, with an altitude of 1,325 meters. It is surrounded by many mountains such as Chaping Mountains and Qionglai Mountains. It is 146 kilometers away from the provincial capital Chengdu and 246 kilometers away from the state capital Malkang. National Highway 213 and Line 317 passes through the city.
Since the restoration of the county in 1963, the county has jurisdiction over 6 towns and 8 townships, with a total population of 111,788, including 40,057 non-agricultural populations; the Qiang population is 29,839, accounting for 26.69% of the total population. One of the counties inhabited by Qiang people. The Minjiang River runs through the western part of the county and is 88 kilometers long. It mainly includes Zagunao, Yuzixi, Caopo and other rivers, with a drainage area of ??1,429 square kilometers. The county is rich in water energy resources, with a theoretical reserve of 3.48 million kilowatts and a developable capacity of 1.7 million kilowatts. Currently, 1 million kilowatts have been developed, indicating huge development potential.
It is rich in mineral resources, animal and plant resources, and its tourism resources are even more unique. It has natural landscapes such as Wolong Nature Reserve and Sanjiang Ecological Tourism Scenic Area, as well as cultural landscape resources such as Yu, Qiang culture and Three Kingdoms cultural sites. Wenchuan County is not only "the hometown of Chinese folk art - the hometown of Qiang embroidery", but also the hometown of the giant panda, a living fossil of animals. Wolong, the world's leading giant panda research center, is located in the southwest of the county. Wenchuan is the southern gate of Aba Prefecture and the "industrial economic corridor" of Aba Prefecture.
By the end of 2002, the GDP reached 1,258.52 million yuan, the total agricultural output value reached 165.43 million yuan, the total grain output reached 16,426 tons, and the per capita net income of farmers was 1,678 yuan. The agricultural industry structure adjustment has been further intensified, and an ecological agriculture science and technology demonstration park base of 1,500 acres and two pesticide-free IPM demonstration parks of 500 acres have been established. Two trademarks, "Xiqiang Brand" and "Minjiang Brand" and five trademarks have been registered and launched. It has a green label for vegetables and fruits, and is listed as a pollution-free vegetable and dried fruit production and construction base by the National Green Food Center. The construction of the three major forestry projects is progressing smoothly. 9,403.9 hectares of mountainous areas have been closed for afforestation, 813.4 hectares of aerial seeding afforestation, and 3,723.1 hectares of artificial afforestation have been completed; 32,800 acres of ecological forest and 4,200 acres of economic forest have been restored; and 146.0554 million hectares of sand control area have been completed. The industrial economy has developed rapidly, and investment promotion has achieved practical results. The industrial economic corridor and Shuimo Industrial Economic Park have been formed in the states and counties of Xuankou and Yingxiu areas. We are working hard to establish Taoguan Industrial Economic Park, which has scale, good benefits, and assets worth tens of millions of yuan. Among the investment-seeking enterprises, there are 6 such as Pandar Industrial Silicon Factory and Yuefa Smelting Co., Ltd.; the electric power industry has suddenly emerged. At present, more than 40 power stations of all levels have been built and put into operation, with an installed capacity of more than 1 million kilowatts. In early 1986, it was Rated as one of the first five "primary rural electrification counties" in the country. Tourism resources have been further developed, and scenic spots such as Sanjiang Ecological Tourism Zone, Xiqiang No. 1 Village, Jiangweicheng Ancient Cultural Site, and Luobo Village Folk Village have been developed. Remarkable achievements have been made in transportation construction. A well-connected transportation network has been built with national highways 213 and 317 as the main trunk lines and county, township and village roads as branch lines, realizing asphalt roads in every township and machined plowing roads in every village. The postal and telecommunications industry is booming. China Mobile and China Unicom communication network coverage reaches more than 85%. PHS communications have been opened in counties and major market towns, realizing program-controlled communication exchanges and digital transmission. Urban construction is changing with each passing day. The urban area of ??Weizhou, the county seat, has reached 3.53 square kilometers, and it has begun to take shape as a modern city. It has gradually formed the transportation distribution center and education and scientific research base of Aba Prefecture. “Surrounded by mountains, three mountains compete for beauty, two rivers compete for flow, and one city "New buildings across the river" is an accurate description of today's Weizhou.
Cultural and educational undertakings are advancing rapidly.
There are 6 colleges and universities in the county, including Aba Normal College, Aba Finance and Trade School, and Aba Radio and Television University, 4 state-level technical schools including state hydropower, agricultural machinery, transportation, and animal husbandry, and 3 agricultural, animal husbandry, and forestry research institutes. So it covers 9 junior and senior high schools. Weizhou Middle School, listed as a provincial key middle school, has continuously innovated its teaching methods and rapidly improved its education quality. It is at the forefront of education in the state and has cultivated a large number of outstanding talents for colleges and universities inside and outside the province.
Physical Geography
Wenchuan County is located in the Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province. It is named after Wenshui River and is one of the four counties in China where the Qiang people live. The map coordinates are between 30°45′～31°43′ north latitude and 102°51′～103°44′ east longitude. It is 84 kilometers wide from east to west and 105 kilometers long from north to south. The county covers an area of ??8,820 square kilometers and has a population of 110,118 people (2000). The main ethnic groups are Han, Qiang, Tibetan and Hui. It is surrounded by county-level administrative regions, Pengzhou and Dujiangyan City in the east, Chongzhou and Dayi County in the south, Baoxing County and Xiaojin County in the west, and Li County and Mao County from northwest to northeast respectively. There is Wolong Nature Reserve within the territory, which is the research and main breeding ground for giant pandas, and Siguniang Mountain is the main tourist attraction. The county seat is Weizhou Town.
Wenchuan is located on the northwest edge of the Sichuan Basin. The Longmen Mountains and Qionglai Mountains are located in the northeast and southwest of the county respectively. The Minjiang River and its tributaries Zagunao River, Caopo River and Shoujiang River are the main rivers in the territory.
Wenchuan was named after the West Wenshui River (now Minjiang River) in the county. It was Mian_ County in the Western Han Dynasty. It was changed to Wenshan County in the Western Jin Dynasty and was governed by Wenshan County. It was first named Wenchuan County in the Northern Zhou Dynasty. It has existed since More than 1,400 years of history. In 1952, the county seat was moved from Mian_ to Weizhou; in 1958, Maoxian County, Wenchuan County, and Li County merged to form "Maowen Qiang Autonomous County"; in 1962, Wenchuan County was restored to the present day.
On December 5, 2007, Wenchuan County was awarded the honorable title of 2007 National Advanced County in Cultural Relics Work by the Ministry of Culture of the People's Republic of China and the State Administration of Cultural Heritage.
Plant Resources
The mountains in Wenchuan County are huge and tall, with huge differences in relative heights. Light and precipitation conditions change with increasing altitude, which also affects the distribution of forest and vegetation community types and plants. Formation of band spectrum. The plant resources here are very rich, with a wide variety of families and genera, with 4,000 species in total. There is a unique wild Davidia involucrata forest distributed in large tracts in the country, accompanied by more than 20 species of water green trees, lianxiang trees, bole trees and other rare trees under national protection. There are also many famous and ancient trees and "national fragrance" orchids, which give people a rich artistic conception and various aesthetic feelings in terms of rarity, grace and ancient beauty. In terms of forest vegetation, special forests and shrubs account for 82.85% of the forest vegetation area, while sparse woodland, unafforested woodland, and trace regeneration land account for only 17.15%, which shows the richness of its forest resources. It is rich in tourism, natural and cultural landscape resources, and the development of the "Sanjiang Ecological Tourism Zone" is beginning to take shape. Today, when "rejuvenating the country through science and education" is advocated, Wenchuan County Wuning provides the most extensive "natural teaching laboratory" to improve people's spiritual and cultural quality, enhance science and education knowledge, study the impact of environmental changes on human beings, and grasp the future.
Animal Resources
Wenchuan County has a large number of animal resources. Judging from the specimens collected so far: there are more than 20 orders and more than 700 species of insects, of which Coleoptera alone has 33 families and 482 species. There are 6 species of fish, 9 species of amphibians, 208 species of birds, and 96 species of mammals. Among these animals, there are not only southern animals that like temperature and humidity, such as macaques, clouded leopards, sambar deer, and civets, but also plateau and northern animals that are resistant to severe cold, such as wildebeest, lynx, horse bear, white-lipped deer, and white-eared pheasant. Among them, 4 species of rare animals are under national first-level protection, including giant pandas and golden monkeys; 17 species are under second-level protection, including red pandas, snow leopards, and red-bellied pheasants; and 8 species are under third-level protection, including forest musk deer and golden eagles. 29 types in total. Pheasants are one of the most distinctive animals in Wolong. Among the 56 species in the country, Wolong accounts for 11 species, most of which are nationally protected species.
Mineral Resources
Wenchuan County has complex geological structures, well-developed strata, wide distribution of magmatic rocks, and rich mineral resources, especially non-metallic minerals.
Tourism
Wenchuan County in Aba Prefecture has very obvious geographical and location advantages. It is only 70 kilometers away from Chengdu and is known as the southern gate of Aba Prefecture. This is not only one of the only four counties in the country inhabited by the Qiang people, but also the hometown of Chinese folk art - the hometown of Qiang embroidery. It is also the hometown of the giant panda, a living fossil, and the world's leading giant panda. Research Center——Wolong. The county's water energy resource reserves reach 3.48 million kilowatts, making it an important energy supplier in the western Sichuan Plain.
In recent years, the county party committee and county government have firmly grasped the opportunities of being close to the central city of the province, the construction of Duwen Expressway high-grade highway, the construction of Zipingpu water conservancy project, and the creation of the Nine Ring Thousand Miles Civilized Corridor. , adjust development ideas in a timely manner, strive to promote the leap-forward development of Wenchuan, and strive to build Wenchuan into the first model county in Tibetan areas in the country and a "Pearl City" in the upper reaches of the Minjiang River.
When you enter Wenchuan, you will see an ecological paradise in front of the world! A "natural oxygen bar" closest to the city! A tourist destination that is most suitable for urbanites to relax! The climate here is mild, with no severe cold in winter and no scorching heat in summer. The travel comfort period here is very long, and the comfortable time here is 23 to 24 hours a day in summer. The quality of the living environment here is extremely high, and the atmospheric environment quality is national first-class, with an air pollution index It is 25, which is 1/5 of the city; the surface water environmental quality is at the national first level and is rich in minerals and vitamins. Just take Sanjiang, Caopo, Wolong and other ecological scenic spots as examples. The daily oxygen release is 1,500 tons. The negative ion content in the air reaches 150 per cubic centimeter, which is 1,000 times higher than that of some big cities. The amount of bacteria in the air is higher than that of some other cities. It is 100 to 1,000 times lower in metropolitan areas.
When you enter Wenchuan, you will enjoy unique short-distance tourism and urban vacation and leisure tourism that integrate nature, ecology, and Tibetan and Qiang folk customs. You can trace the world's oldest Qiang culture and the gorgeous Qiang embroidery; admire the Qiang villages, tower houses and Qiong cages that have survived for thousands of years and still stand under the snow-capped mountains. The fragrance fills the sky above the canyon.
Enter Wenchuan, rock climbing, rafting, gliding, scientific exploration, camping, survival challenges, orienteering, rail gliding, Qiang zipline, sunbathing beach, Tibetan Qiang party, Xiqiang medicine steaming, etc. It can cultivate the body and mind and strengthen the body.
Walking into Wenchuan, you can see all the spring scenery in the world: countless giant trees with a diameter of several meters form a unique forest, with rhododendron, nan, involucrata, incense, osmanthus and orchid forming the The fragrant sea, fragrant road, fragrant mountain, especially the dozens of species of rhododendrons blooming from spring to winter are extremely beautiful. Summer is the best season to see columbine flowers. This is the only place in the world where you can see such spectacular scenery. Starting from April, the flowers change from light green to milky white to brown. The mountain breeze blows and thousands of flowers move together, like pairs of white doves spreading their wings. In autumn, if you look around, the mountains are red and the forests are dyed; in winter, Rime, ice hanging and ice waterfall are the elves of snow, while snow lotus and wintersweet are the angels of snow.
When walking into Wenchuan, various bases supported by ecology come into view: the county has built more than 3,000 acres of high-quality tea bases in Shuimo Town, and more than 1,000 acres of kiwi fruit bases in Sanjiang Township. Hexuanying area has a "Kudingcha" base of more than 2,000 acres; an "Agricultural Ecological Science and Technology Demonstration Park" base covering an area of ??1,500 acres has been built in Buwa Mountain, Weizhou Town, and a 3,000-acre "Agricultural Ecological Science and Technology Demonstration Park" base has been built in Sanguan Temple, Mian Town. There are also a number of high-standard characteristic agricultural bases such as the Qipangou Loquat Garden and the Pear and Date Garden in Keku Township. It has also registered and launched two trademarks, "Xiqiang Brand" and "Minjiang Brand", and 5 green labels for vegetables and fruits. It has been listed as a pollution-free vegetable and dried fruit production and construction base by the National Green Food Center; the county has developed commercial vegetables There are more than 30 varieties, with a planting area of ??more than 30,000 acres, more than 7,000 acres of high-quality tea, 8,000 acres of sweet cherries, 3,000 acres of loquats, and 4,000 acres of small fruits. In another three years, the county will build an ecological agricultural base of 10,000 acres of high-quality Four bases include sweet cherries, 10,000 acres of high-quality loquats, 10,000 acres of high-quality small fruits such as kiwi and sweet persimmons, and 10,000 acres of high-quality tea.
Jionglan Pagoda is located on the bank platform at the intersection of Minjiang River and Shouxi River behind the town government of Xuankou Town, Wenchuan County. The tower is a nine-level brick tower with dense eaves, facing southeast to northwest.
The base and body of the tower are in the shape of a regular hexagon and are plastered with white mortar. The base of the tower is slightly retracted from top to bottom. The base is 2.6 meters long and 6.5 meters high. There is an arched door on the southwest side, 2.4 meters high and 0.80 meters wide.
The tower body has nine levels of dense eaves, which are gradually retracted from bottom to top. The eaves of each floor of the tower are made of stacked bricks and projected outwards. The height of each floor decreases from bottom to top. There is a small arched window in the middle of each face of each floor, and the top is a hexagonal spire. The tower is 21 meters high. On the inner wall of the first floor of the tower, there is an inscription: "Yao Chuidian's desert training edict damaged the construction, but it was prosperous and Gou Hanzhang was built, and Xie Yinchang built it. It was established in the 24th year of Daoguang in the Qing Dynasty (1844)". "Guanxian Chronicle" also records that the Jiulan Pagoda was "built by Yao Qinglan, a scholar from the Qing Dynasty". Jionglan Tower is a Feng Shui tower and one of the eight scenic spots in Xuankou Town. State-level cultural relics protection unit.
Qipangou is located in the south of Wenchuan County, Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, about 7 kilometers away from the county. The ditch is about 30 kilometers long. The mouth of the ditch is 1,500 meters above sea level. The Bailong Pond on the top of the ditch is 4,020 meters long. The ditch is more than 300 meters wide and only about 1 meter narrow. There is abundant rainfall and dense vegetation in the ditch. It is a mountainous scenic area dominated by natural scenery.
The entire ditch landscape can be divided into upper and lower sections. The upper section is about 6 kilometers long from Bailongchi to Xuehuaping, with a large slope drop from 4020 meters to 3418 meters. This section is a typical "Pengguan Zagu" fault zone. The mountains are as steep as a knife and an axe, and the peaks are in various shapes. Bailongchi is an alpine barrier lake shaped like a gourd, with deep pools of clear water. It falls from the water outlet to form multi-level waterfalls, among which there are more than 10 waterfalls over 50 meters. The lower section runs from Xuehuaping to Goushi in Goukou Town. The water flow is slow and changeable, flowing among lush forests and bamboos, with a total length of about 15 kilometers. The terrain is flat and open with towering peaks on both sides, wild flowers everywhere and green grass. Xuefhuaping Waterfall is the most spectacular.
The climate here is mild and the vegetation is luxuriant. From the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain, it can be roughly divided into the mountainous subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forest belt, the mountainous warm temperate zone coniferous broad-leaved mixed forest belt, the mountainous cold temperate zone dark coniferous forest belt, and the subalpine There are five vertically distributed plant zones, the subarctic shrub-meadow zone and the alpine boreal meadow zone, with a wide variety of plants and rich animal resources.
Wolong Nature Reserve is located in the southwest of Wenchuan County, Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, on the southeast slope of the Qionglai Mountains, 130 kilometers away from Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province, with convenient transportation. The reserve was founded in 1963, covering an area of ??200,000 hectares. It is one of the earliest comprehensive national reserves established in China. It is a "popular science education base" and "patriotism education base" named by the country and Sichuan Province. The reserve currently has a population of 5,343 people, of which 4,550 are agricultural people.
In 1980, the reserve joined the UNESCO "Man and the Biosphere" protected area network, and cooperated with the World Wildlife Fund to establish the China Conservation and Research Center for Giant Pandas. In March 1983, with the approval of the State Council, the two communes of Wolong and Gengda in Wenchuan County within the Wolong Nature Reserve were designated as the Wolong Special Administrative Region of Wenchuan County. They implemented a dual leadership system of the ministry and the province and were managed by the Forestry Department. In July of the same year, the provincial government and the former Ministry of Forestry jointly made the decision to change the Wolong Special Administrative Region of Wenchuan County, Sichuan Province into the Wenchuan Wolong Special Administrative Region of Sichuan Province, establishing a comprehensive management system co-located with the Wolong Nature Reserve Administration.
Wolong Nature Reserve is famous both at home and abroad as the "Hometown of Pandas", "Precious Biological Gene Bank" and "Natural Animal and Botanical Garden". It is rich in animal, plant and mineral resources. There are more than 100 giant pandas distributed in the area, accounting for about 10% of the total number in the country. There are 56 species of other rare and endangered animals such as golden monkeys and takin that are listed as national key protected animals. Among them, 12 species are classified as national first-level protected wild animals and 44 species are classified as second-class protected animals. According to statistics, other animal species in the area include: 450 species of vertebrates, including 103 species of mammals, 283 species of birds, 21 species of amphibians, 25 species of reptiles, 18 species of fish; and about 1,700 species of insects. According to statistics of collected plant specimens, there are nearly 4,000 species of plants in the area. There are 1,989 species of higher plants. Among seed plants, there are 20 species of gymnosperms and 1,604 species of angiosperms. There are 24 species of rare and endangered plants listed as nationally protected, among which the first-level protected plants include Davidia involucrata, Lianxiang tree, and Shuiqing tree, 9 species of second-level protected plants, and 13 species of third-level protected plants.
The reserve also has abundant water energy reserves.
Wolong Nature Reserve has unique geographical conditions, complex landform types, beautiful scenery, diverse landscape types, and pleasant climate. It integrates mountains, water, forests, caves, danger, steepness, wonder, and beauty. Rich Tibetan and Qiang ethnic culture. There are considerable national protected animal breeding grounds for giant pandas, red pandas, golden monkeys, etc. in the area; there is the world-famous "Wuyipeng" Giant Panda Field Observation Station; and there is a museum that has been built mainly on a single biological species in China so far. Giant Panda Museum.
Over the years, Wolong Nature Reserve has focused on the goal of building a first-class national nature reserve, adhered to the policy of protection and rational utilization, and actively carried out protection, scientific research, community building and other work to make the giant panda-dominated Wildlife resources and alpine ecosystems are effectively protected. Since its establishment, the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, through unremitting efforts, has successfully overcome the three major difficulties in the artificial breeding of captive giant pandas: "difficulty in estrus, difficulty in mating and conception, and difficulty in survival of cubs". The artificial breeding of giant pandas has produced 48 births. , 72 cubs, and 59 cubs survived. The cub survival rate has reached 100 for 5 consecutive years. The total number of giant pandas in captivity has reached more than 80, accounting for 60% of the world's captive population. At the same time, it has also cultivated and trained one of the most dynamic giant panda scientific research teams in the world. It has published 8 academic monographs and more than 200 scientific research papers. 4 of them have won the Ministry and Provincial Science and Technology Achievement Awards, and 5 people have won the Outstanding Science and Technology Paper Award. Giant panda adoption activities have been carried out around the world. The reserve actively seeks foreign cooperation and establishes a cooperative development mechanism. At present, the economy in the region has been effectively developed and people's living standards have been significantly improved. In 2004, the per capita income of the region reached 2,074.39 yuan, an increase of 234.21 yuan over 2003. Infrastructure construction has been fundamentally improved, and the construction and development of protected areas has developed in a virtuous cycle that is consistent with China's national conditions.
Wolong Nature Reserve was founded in 1963 and covers an area of ??200,000 hectares. It is a nature reserve that mainly protects rare wild animals and plants such as giant pandas and alpine forest ecosystems. The reserve joined the UNESCO "Man and the Biosphere" protected area network in 1980 and was included in the World Natural Heritage List in 2006. In 1983, with the approval of the State Council, the Wenchuan Wolong Special Administrative Region of Sichuan Province was established, with one township and one town under its jurisdiction and more than 4,500 farmers. The protected area is directly under the State Forestry Administration, and the special zone is under the Sichuan Provincial Government. Both the Ministry and the Province entrust the Provincial Forestry Department to manage it. The special zones and protected areas implement a management system of “two brands, one team, and shared offices.”
Wolong is located in the alpine valley area where the Sichuan Basin transitions to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. The area has unique natural conditions, complex landforms, beautiful scenery, pleasant climate, and extremely rich wildlife resources. It enjoys the title of "Hometown of Pandas" It is known as a "precious broad-spectrum biological gene bank" and a "natural zoological and botanical garden". It has 81 species of rare and endangered animals and plants under national key protection and 143 wild giant pandas, accounting for nearly 10% of my country's existing wild giant panda resources. Wolong is a "National Science Education Base" and a "Patriotism Education Base" named by the Sichuan Provincial Government; it is a "National Nature Reserve Demonstration Unit" of the State Forestry Administration. In October 2006, it was rated as "National Nature Reserve Management Advanced Group" by seven ministries and commissions including the State Environmental Protection Administration, State Forestry Administration and Ministry of Agriculture. It was also rated as "China's Most Desirable Tourist Attraction" by China Tourism Television Association. Awarded "the gold medal title of the hometown of China's most coveted giant panda".
The main attractions include the Giant Panda Garden, China Wolong Giant Panda Museum, Panda Valley, Zhenghe, Dengsheng Primeval Forest, Balang Mountain Alpine Meadow and other attractions.
On May 12, 2008, a strong earthquake measuring 8.0 on the Richter scale occurred in Wenchuan, causing heavy casualties. At the same time, the Wolong Nature Reserve in the southwest of Wenchuan County was also hit hard, and more than 60 giant pandas lost their beautiful homes. With their shelters destroyed and food (mainly bamboo) scarce, the giant pandas had to be moved to safety. In the process of rescuing giant pandas, the staff of Wolong Nature Reserve rescued these giant pandas as quickly as possible regardless of personal safety. Sadly, two of the giant pandas are still missing.
In April 2021, Wenchuan County was selected into the second Top 100 Chinese Cultural Counties in 2021.
In January 2021, Wenchuan County was included in the list of advanced counties (cities, districts) in Sichuan Province for increasing farmers' income in 2020.
In January 2021, Wenchuan County was listed among the "Top 100 Demonstration Counties and Cities in China's Social Governance in 2020", ranking 35th.
In January 2021, Wenchuan County was recognized as the third batch of food safety demonstration counties (cities, districts) in Sichuan Province.
In December 2020, the Sichuan Provincial Spiritual Civilization Construction Office announced the list of cities selected for the fifth Sichuan Provincial Civilized Cities, and Wenchuan County was on the list.
In July 2020, the National Patriotic Health Campaign Committee reaffirmed Wenchuan County as a national health town (county) in 2020.
In June 2020, Wenchuan County was included in the second batch of counties for the protection and utilization of revolutionary cultural relics (Long March Area (Fourth Red Army)).
In February 2016, Wenchuan County was included in the list of counties (cities, districts) with basically balanced development of compulsory education nationwide in 2015.