Zhong Chi Xiang, Wuping County, Longyan City, Fujian Province

Zhongchi town

Zhong Chi Town, a town in April 2018, is located in the southwest of Longyan County, Fujian province. It has a total area of 113 square kilometers, and has 10826 registered residence population (2018). It has 7 administrative villages (October 2019). Zhongyan highway is connected with national highway 205, Zhongchi highway is connected with provincial highway 306, and Zhongchi Yuping village is directly connected with Guangfu Town, Guangdong Province.

In 2018, there were 15 industrial enterprises in Zhongchi Town, including 1 industrial enterprise above designated size.

Historical evolution

In Song Dynasty, it belonged to Heping township.

Ming Dynasty, belongs to the county.

At the beginning of the Republic of China, the central red area was set up.

In 1940, it was changed to Wancheng township.

During the Soviet period, two townships in the central red area established the Soviet regime.

At the beginning of new China, it was divided into Chengxiang District and Xiaba district.

In April 1958, Zhongchi township was established; in November of the same year, Zhongchi commune was established.

In February 1960, it was incorporated into Xiaba commune.

In April 1961, the Chinese Red commune was restored.

In October 1984, Zhongchi commune was abolished and Zhongchi township was reestablished.

On November 6, 2018, Zhongchi township was removed and Zhongchi town was established.

administrative division

As of October 2019, Zhongchi town has seven administrative villages: Zhongchi village, shangchi village, Zhuang she village, WANYING village, Xiaying village, Pingyan village and Yuping village. The town government is located in Zhongchi village.

geographical environment

Location context

Zhongchi town is located in the southwest of Wuping County, adjacent to Yanqian town in the East, Guangfu town in Guangdong Province in the south, Zhongshan and Xiaba Township in the west, Chengxiang Township and Shifang town in the north, with a total area of 113 square kilometers.

topographic features

Zhongchi town is mountainous terrain with an altitude of 190 meters, with more mountains and less flat land.

climate

Zhongchi town is located in the subtropical monsoon climate zone, with four distinct seasons, warm and humid, pleasant climate, abundant rainfall and 310 frost free days.

hydrology

Zhongchi river flows into Zhongchi town from east to west, receives Shifang stream, Yanqian stream and WANYING stream, and flows westward into Xiaba township. Zhongchi river flows from east to west, and the water level is relatively stable, so it can be used for rafting throughout the year. After the founding of the people's Republic of China, a large number of timber and bamboo were exiled from here to Guangdong every year.

natural resources

In Zhongchi Town, the quartz ore was discovered in Zhuangyu and WANYING villages. The Zhongchi River, which runs through the three villages of shangchi, Zhongchi and Xiaying, has about 5000 kilowatts of water resources. Seven hydropower stations have been built with a total installed capacity of 2820 kilowatts. Zhongchi River can be used for hydropower resources development in many places. There are 1.35 million mu of forest land, 83.7% of forest coverage, 300000 cubic meters of forest stock and 799500 bamboo stands. There are Zhuang she and WAN Ying in villages with more than 2000 mu bamboo forest. Shangchi Village

population

In 2018, the registered residence population in central town was 10826.

Economics

overview

In 1987, the total agricultural output value of Zhongchi township (now Zhongchi Town, the same below) was 3.5875 million yuan, with 278 township enterprises and an annual income of 1.8693 million yuan. By 2001, the total social output value of Zhongchi township was 132 million yuan, the total industrial and agricultural output value was 72 million yuan, and the per capita net income of farmers reached 2695 yuan. Since the reform and opening up, township enterprises and non-public economy have made great progress, forming such pillar industries as hydropower, papermaking, bamboo and wood processing, and wine making.

In 2000, the total industrial and agricultural output value of Zhongchi township was 65.51 million yuan, including 34.82 million yuan of agricultural output value and 30.69 million yuan of industrial output value, which increased by 6.76 times and 5.94 times respectively compared with 1988.

primary industry

Grain production

Zhongchi town is mainly planted with double cropping rice. Part of the dry land planting sweet potato, corn and other cereals. After 1988, hybrid rice was mainly cultivated, and conventional varieties were eliminated. The traditional field seedling raising was replaced by coated seed seedling raising, dry seedling raising and throwing seedling.

cash crop

The economic crops in Zhongchi town include rape, peanuts, vegetables, flue-cured tobacco, cassava, banana and taro; the fruit trees include loquat, citrus, peach, plum, persimmon, etc. In 1988, 8.46 hectares of citrus were planted. In 2000, introduced high-quality balsam pear, radish, cabbage, potato, Xiayang cabbage, betel nut taro and other vegetable varieties in the field, the field planting structure has been a large area of adjustment, field vegetable planting area of 469.2 hectares (including multiple cropping), vegetable production of 10350 tons. Orchards are mainly distributed in Zhongchi, shangchi, Zhuangye and WANYING villages.

Forestry production

There are 9733.33 hectares of mountain forests in Zhongchi Town, including 6800 hectares of collective forest land, 1266.67 hectares of self retaining mountains and 1393.33 hectares of state-owned forests. The forest volume is 300000 cubic meters. After 1988, with the implementation of the policy of cutting and building simultaneously, forestry production developed steadily, and each village organized labor to produce wood and reforestation and regeneration. In 1996, shangchi village was rated as "one of the best afforestation villages in China" by the Ministry of forestry. By 2000, the total area of afforestation and regeneration in the township in 13 years was 3297.33 hectares, and the afforestation rate ranked first in the county. In 1988, there were only 6.903 hectares of bamboo forests in Zhongchi township. The area of bamboo forests increased by 355.33 hectares, and the number of bamboos per hectare was 2250. Compared with 1988, the area increased by 348.4 HA and 1125 plants / ha.

Animal husbandry and aquaculture

Before 1988, farmers in Zhongchi Township raised pigs, cattle, rabbits, chickens and ducks. After 1992, the farmers' pig breeding has developed, the lean pig breeding specialized households appeared, and the traditional local varieties have been eliminated year by year. By 2000, 103 lean type sows will be raised in the township, 2 lean type pig breeding households will have more than 300 sows per year, 3 households will have more than 100 sows, and 8 households will have more than 50 sows per year. The popularization rate of lean type pig breeding will reach 20%. 10910 pigs and 540 cattle were sold in the township, and the total meat output reached 1004 tons, an increase of 240%, 1900% and 70.14% respectively over 1987; the total output value of animal husbandry reached 6.64 million yuan, an increase of 10.18 times over 1987. Before 1988, farmers in Zhongchi Township mainly used mountain ponds and ponds to raise four big fish, with a small number. Since 1990, with the construction of Xiaba power station, shangchi power station and changfengjian power station, farmers have made full use of the rich water resources of reservoir area and river course, adopted the form of reservoir location and river course contract to develop four major fish culture, and introduced technology to promote the culture of tilapia, catfish and other famous and special fish. In terms of culture methods, since 1995, the new technology of cage culture has been popularized, which has improved the culture quantity and yield per unit area. In 2000, the area of cage culture reached 3000 square meters, the output of aquaculture in the township reached 120 tons, and the total output value of aquaculture reached 490000 yuan, an increase of 8.38 times and 21.22 times respectively over 1988.

the secondary industry

Township enterprises and non public economy

From 1988 to 1997, Zhongchi township (now Zhongchi town) established industrial enterprises such as machine brick factory, machine-made paper factory, wood products processing factory and quartz powder factory. At the same time, individual processing industry, transportation industry, commerce and catering industry developed rapidly. Since 1997, a number of joint-stock cooperative small hydropower stations have been built, including shangchi power station with an installed capacity of 800 kW, changfengjian power station with an installed capacity of 800 kW and its affiliated power station, qixingyi power station with an installed capacity of 160 kW, and Hengshi power station with an installed capacity of 125 kW has been expanded to China Chih united power station with an installed capacity of 640 kW. In 2000, there were 5 small power stations with a total installed capacity of 2400kw, 27 individual breweries, 380 enterprises with 1235 employees and a total output value of 94.18 million yuan, including 357 individual enterprises with 935 employees and an output value of 54.42 million yuan. The products of paper factories and wood products factories are sold to Taiwan. The power of the power station is integrated into Guangdong power grid and sold to Guangdong Province.

In 2018, there were 15 industrial enterprises in Zhongchi Town, including 1 industrial enterprise above designated size.

social undertakings

Communications, posts and Telecommunications

In 1988, there were Wuping Chengguan to Zhongchi and Zhongchi shangchi highways, with a total length of 31 kilometers. Since 1990, highways from shangchi Yanqian, WANYING Xiaba, Zhongchi Pingyan, neipingyan Yuping, WANYING Xiaying and Yuping villages in Zhongchi township to Guangfu town in Guangdong Province have been opened, with a total length of 68 kilometers. At the same time, cement is laid on the pavement of sanjiaopu Zhuangye section and WANYING Zhongchi section of county road. In 2000, seven administrative villages of the township were connected with roads, with a total length of 41 kilometers; 35 natural villages were connected with tractor roads, with a total length of 33 kilometers. Xiaying ferry has two Flathead boats with a total tonnage of 3. There are 4 freight cars, 5 small cars, 9 Longma cars, 13 tractors and 778 motorcycles in the township.

From 1988 to 1996, due to the inconvenient transportation in Zhongchi Township, the mail delivery in Pingyan, Yuping and Xiaying villages was carried on shoulder to shoulder, every other day. Since 1997, bicycles and motorcycles have been used to deliver mail once a day.

In 1991, only posts and Telecommunications Bureau, forestry station and Banking Office installed a carrier telephone in Zhongchi township. In October 1996, we purchased program-controlled equipment, opened program-controlled telephone, and realized the automation of township telephone exchange. In 1997, a mobile phone station and a wireless paging station were built, and mobile phones and wireless paging were opened. In 2000, program-controlled telephones were opened in seven villages, with the village access rate of 100%. 736 villagers installed fixed line telephones, with the household access rate of 29