Laixi City, Qingdao City, Shandong Province

Laixi Laixi, a county-level city under the jurisdiction of Shandong Province and managed by Qingdao City, is located in the middle of Jiaodong Peninsula. It is one of the coastal areas open to the outside world determined by the State Council. The general trend of the terrain is high in the north and low in the south, with low mountains and hills in the north, gentle hills plain in the middle and dished depressions in the south. The climate is temperate monsoon continental climate, with obvious seasonal changes and monsoon advance and retreat Covering an area of 1568.2 square kilometers, it governs 8 towns, 3 streets and 1 provincial economic development zone. In 2019, the permanent resident population will be 762400.

Laixi City is the transportation hub of Jiaodong Peninsula. Qingrong intercity railway, Longqing Expressway and Tongsan Expressway run through the north and south. Weilai expressway, Lanyan railway and Weilai high speed railway under construction run through the East and West. There are 61 rivers including Dagu River, Xiaogu River and Zhuhe River in Laixi City. There are chanzhi reservoir with a total capacity of 402 million cubic meters and Jiangshan wetland with a total area of 25 square kilometers. Dagu River runs through the whole Laixi City The environment. In December 2019, it will become a national rural governance system construction pilot unit and a national urban-rural integration development pilot area (Jiqing District). On December 6, 2019, it was selected as the pilot unit of promoting the quality improvement of farmers' cooperatives in the whole county.

In 2019, Laixi's GDP will reach 52.635 billion yuan, an increase of 6.5% over the previous year at comparable prices. Among them, the added value of the primary industry was 6.688 billion yuan, an increase of 2.4%; the added value of the secondary industry was 19.301 billion yuan, an increase of 0.5%; the added value of the tertiary industry was 26.646 billion yuan, an increase of 13.0%. On October 9, 2020, it was named as the fourth batch of practice and innovation bases of "green water and green mountains are golden mountains and silver mountains" by the Ministry of ecological environment.

Historical evolution

In Xia and Shang Dynasties, Laixi belonged to Laiyi.

In 1046 BC, when the Zhou Dynasty was founded, it belonged to the state of Lai.

In the fifth year of King Ling (567 BC), the state of Lai was destroyed by Qi, and Laixi belonged to Qi Jimo.

Ziying year (206 BC), Qin destroyed Qi, belongs to Qi Prefecture.

At the beginning of the Western Han Dynasty, zoulu county was established in the ancient city. In 164bc, it belonged to Jiaodong state.

In the 13th year of Jianwu (37th year) of the Eastern Han Dynasty, zoulu county was removed and merged into Ting county (south of Laiyang), belonging to Donglai county. Yongping two years (59 years), belongs to Changyang County, belongs to Langya. In the first year of the founding of the people's Republic of China (76), he was transferred to Beihai state.

Changyang County was withdrawn in the early Jin Dynasty, and Changguang county was set up in the third year of Xianning (277) of Emperor Wu. Laixi is a county of Changguang County, belonging to Qingzhou. Yuankang eight years (298) to Yuanxi two years (420), the restoration of Changyang County (Laiyang), the territory belongs to.

In 470, the fourth year of emperor Xianwen's reign in the Northern Wei Dynasty was divided into Qingzhou, Guangzhou, Changguang county and Shanyang, Changqing County.

In the Northern Qi Dynasty (550-577), Changguang county was moved to Jiaodong city. Today, Changguang county is still in the West and Changyang County is in the East.

In 596, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty set up Luxiang county (Laiyang) in the old city of zoulu in the Western Han Dynasty. Lu county for Donglai County, under the Qingzhou.

In the first year of Tang Zhenguan (627), Luxiang county was withdrawn and merged into Changyang County, belonging to Laizhou and Henan Dao.

In 923, Changyang was changed to Laiyang.

In the Song Dynasty, it belonged to Laiyang County of Laizhou and Jingdong East Road.

In the Jin Dynasty, Laiyang County of Laizhou belonged to Shandong east road.

In the Yuan Dynasty, Laiyang County belonged to Yidu road at the beginning and Zilai road later. In 1287, Zilai road was changed to Banyang road. In 1363, Emperor Shun of the Yuan Dynasty established Jiaodong to travel to Zhongshu province and the Privy Council in Laiyang, where he was in charge of Oriental affairs and set up patrol inspection in taohuazhai village.

In the first year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (1368), Laizhou was promoted to be a prefecture, and Laiyang belonged to two prefectures and eight counties. In the ninth year of Hongwu (1376), Dengzhou was promoted to the state of Laiyang.

In the Qing Dynasty, it belonged to Laiyang County, Dengzhou Prefecture, and was subordinate to the Department of Shandong political envoys. In 1767, the county magistrate moved to Jiangshan village to manage the affairs in the southwest of the county, commonly known as "Er Ya".

In the first year of the Republic of China (1912), the government set up a road, which belonged to Jiaodong road.

In 1928, the Dao system was abolished, and each county was directly under the jurisdiction of the province.

On May 14, 1940, the Anti Japanese democratic government of Laiyang county was established in Beishankou village, belonging to Jiaodong administrative region.

On February 14, 1941, laidong administrative office was set up in Laiyang County, which belongs to Nanhai special area; on July 1942, Laiyang county set up Laixi administrative office, which belongs to Nanhai special area.

In August 1943, Laiyang County, laidong administrative office and Laixi Southern administrative office were all changed to belong to Xihai district.

In November 1944, Laiyang county was subordinate to Nanhai special area.

In May 1945, laixinan administrative office was renamed laixinan county.

On March 12, 1950, Laiyang County merged with laixinan County, which was called Laixi. On June 1, Laiyang district was established, which belongs to Laixi.

On October 17, 1958, Laixi and Laiyang merged into Laiyang county.

On October 5, 1961, Laixi and Laiyang were divided, and on January 1, 1962, they officially opened their offices in Yantai.

On October 1, 1983, Laixi was transferred to Qingdao.

On December 18, 1990, with the approval of the State Council, Laixi county was abolished and Laixi City was established. In February 1991, it was officially opened to the public.

administrative division

Division evolution

In the Ming and early Qing Dynasties, Laixi was divided into 14 townships. After Haiyang county was separated in 1735, Laixi had jurisdiction over 11 townships, among which Zhishan Township, Xiangu Township, Changqing Township, Taohua Township, Yitan Township and cuoe Township were located in the West (Cuoxi Township after 1735).

In February 1941, Laixi was separated from laidong county. Laixi (commonly known as Laixi) governed the fifth, sixth, seventh, ninth and tenth districts of Laixi.

In August 1945, Laixi had jurisdiction over 12 districts and laixinan county had jurisdiction over 10 districts.

In March 1950, Laiyang and laixinan counties were merged into Laixi. Laixi was divided into 22 districts and one town, with jurisdiction over 836 administrative villages.

In February 1952, Laixi was divided into 18 districts and 176 townships. In May 1958, 27 townships and one town were set up. In September of the same year, 22 people's communes were established. In October, Laixi and Laiyang counties merged.

In January 1962, Laixi separated from Laixi and governed 11 people's communes: Hetoudian, malianzhuang, Nanshu, Rizhuang, Yuanshang, Dianbu, Sunshou, Xiagezhuang, Jiangshan, Niuxibu and Shuiji. In May of the same year, five people's communes, Wangcheng, Liquanzhuang, Wubei, Yuanli and Tangjiazhuang, were added.

In 1963, five new people's communes, zhougezhuang, raoling, Nanlan, pumu and shaocunzhuang, were established.

In 1972, Wujia people's commune was separated from Nanshu people's commune. So far, Laixi has 22 people's communes.

In January 1982, Shuiji people's commune was renamed Shuiji town.

In April 1984, the people's commune was transformed into a township. Laixi has 8 towns (Shuiji, Nanshu, Hetoudian, Rizhuang, Yuanshang, Xiagezhuang, Wangcheng, Jiangshan), 14 townships (Niuxibu, hehe Wujia, malianzhuang, Liquanzhuang, Wubei, Yuanli, Tangjiazhuang, raoling, zhougezhuang, shaocunzhuang, pumu, Dianbu, Sunshou, Nanlan), and 839 natural villages.

In June 1992, Laixi economic and Technological Development Zone was established.

In October 1993, seven townships, including Niuxibu, zhougezhuang, Liquanzhuang, Yuanli, pumu, Sunshou and malianzhuang, were set up. In August 1994, Dianbu township was replaced by Binhe Road street.

In December 1995, Nanlan Township, Tangjiazhuang Township and Wubei Township were set up as towns.

In 1996, around the Lingxiang Township, the township was set up.

In December 1997, shaocunzhuang Township and hehewu Township were set up as towns. Laixi was divided into 22 towns and one street.

In December 1998, Shuiji town and Wangcheng town were removed and streets were set up.

In January 2001, with the approval of the provincial government, Wujia Town, Nanlan Town, pumu Town, Tangjiazhuang Town, Yuanli Town, raoling town and Binhe Road Street in hehe were abolished, and shaocunzhuang town and zhougezhuang town were removed to set up streets.

In March 2002, Laixi economic and Technological Development Zone was renamed Laixi economic and Technological Development Zone.

In June 2003, with the approval of the provincial government, Niuxibu town was replaced by Guhe street, shaocunzhuang street was renamed Meihuashan street, zhougezhuang street was renamed Longshui street, Laixi town was divided into 11 towns, 5 streets and a provincial Economic Development Zone, with jurisdiction over 861 administrative villages.

Zoning details

By 2018, Laixi City has jurisdiction over 8 towns and 3 streets, including Shuiji street, Wangcheng street, Guhe street, Jiangshan Town, Xiagezhuang Town, Yuanshang Town, Rizhuang Town, nanshau Town, Hetoudian Town, Dianbu town and malianzhuang town; in addition, there is a provincial Economic Development Zone (Laixi Economic Development Zone). The municipal government is in Shuiji street.

geographical environment

Location context

Laixi City is located in the middle of Jiaodong Peninsula, which belongs to Qingdao city. It is located between east longitude 120 ° 12 '～ 120 ° 40' and north latitude 36 ° 34 '～ 37 ° 09'. It is adjacent to Laiyang City in the East, Pingdu City with Xiaogu River in the west, Jimo district with Wugu River in the south, Zhaoyuan City and Laizhou City in the north and northwest. The maximum length of the north and south is 63 km, and the maximum width of the East and West is 36 km, which is irregular rectangle. The total area of the city is 1568.2 square kilometers.

topographic features

The general trend of Laixi terrain is higher in the north and lower in the south. The northern part is low mountains and hills, the central part is gentle hill plain, and the southern part is dished depression. The terrain gradually decreases from the northwest border to the south, and gradually inclines to the southwest after passing the LAN Yan railway. The geomorphic types can be divided into low mountains, hills, plains and depressions