Changzhou Township, Poyang County, Shangrao City, Jiangxi Province

Changzhou Township

Changzhou township is located in the southeast of Poyang County, Zhiguan County, Jiangxi Province, and on the alluvial banks in the middle and lower reaches of Changjiang River. It is a Polder Township surrounded by water on all sides, with a total length of 36 km. There are 6 electric drainage and irrigation stations in the polder, with a total area of 23.8 square kilometers and a permanent population of 33640 (2017). It governs 15 administrative villages of Beiwang, Xiaodu, Beifeng, Beihu, Beixing, Yonglin, Yongping, Dongping, Qilin, Nanlin, Nanchen, Nanhu, Mahu, Fengzui and Nanfan. The township government is located in Yongping street, and there is a highway connecting Tianle highway.

geographical position

Changzhou township is under the jurisdiction of Poyang County, a county directly under the jurisdiction of Jiangxi Province. It has 15 administrative villages including Beiwang, Xiaodu, Beifeng, Beihu, Beixing, Yonglin, Yongping, Dongping, Qilin, Nanlin, Nanchen, Nanhu, Mahu, Fengzui and Nanfan. The township government is located in Yongping Street, and there is a road connecting Tianle road. It is said that this place was originally a piece of land on the shore of Poyang Lake. In the middle of the Tang Dynasty, some people moved here and built embankments to reclaim it. Now it is a continent surrounded by Changjiang River, so it is also called Zhongzhou. Before liberation, it belonged to six districts (sixiling) Huaiyi Township, and after liberation it belonged to four districts (guxiandu). It was the fourth and Fifth District in 1953, guxiandu District in 1958 and Zhongzhou commune in guxiandu District in 1961. In 1968, the district was withdrawn and merged into Dongfeng commune with miaojian. In 1973, it was changed into Zhongzhou commune. The township was changed in 1984 and Changzhou township was renamed in 1985. In 1997, it covers an area of 28.3 square kilometers and has a permanent population of 33640 (in 2017). It governs 15 administrative villages including Xiaodu, Beifeng, Beiwang, Beihu, Beixing, Yonglin, Yongping, Dongping, Qilin, Nanlin, Nanchen, Nanhu, Mahu, Fengzui and Nanfan. The township government is located in Yongping street, 13 kilometers away from the county.

Related introduction

The arable area is 19780 mu, the water surface is 6590 mu, the woodland is 1700 Mu and the Caozhou is 6000 mu. The main agricultural product resources are high-quality rice, which can provide 15000 tons of commodity grain every year, kenaf and hemp products which are sold all over the country, as well as sugarcane, garlic and wax gourd. There are abundant labor resources, and 8234 people go to Guangdong, Fujian, Zhejiang and other provinces and cities every year. The natural resources include 6590 mu of water surface, 3600 mu of grass land and waterfowl, and 1200 mu of ground pine forest land.

Development status

In order to strengthen the rural economic strength, Changzhou township of Poyang County adjusted measures to local conditions, vigorously guided and helped farmers to develop the "four major" agricultural industries of jute, sugarcane, vegetables and aquatic products, resulting in a gratifying situation that the "four major" agricultural industries had a strong momentum of development and the "four carriages" led the rural economic development.
The township has a long history of planting jute and sugarcane. In order to help farmers to make the industry bigger and stronger, the township gives full support in financial support and technical guidance. Every year, it helps farmers apply for loans of more than 3 million yuan, forming an economic plate of 2000 mu jute and 4000 mu sugarcane planting with Nanlin village as the center and Beifeng village as the center. In order to help farmers increase the economic added value of jute and sugarcane, the township has established two hemp and cotton products factories and a sugarcane industry cooperative. Hemp thread, hemp rope, polyester core spun yarn and other products produced by hemp and cotton products factory are exported to Fujian, Guangdong and other coastal areas, and Japan and other countries.
The people of Changzhou, who are close to water for generations, have rich experience in aquaculture. Especially in recent years, the efficiency of aquaculture has been significantly improved after the transformation from natural aquaculture to artificial intensive aquaculture. Over the years, the local people have been mainly raising four big fish artificially. In recent years, due to the market-oriented, intensive cultivation of horse fish, mandarin fish, eel and other fish species with high price and good market prospects, the intensive cultivation mode with Mahu Lake as the center has been formed, which radiates all villages and groups with water surface in the township. There are more than 20 large intensive cultivation households with high salary, and the water surface reaches more than 1000 mu. At the same time, with the development of transportation in recent years, the township has made full use of the advantages of its neighboring counties and parks, as well as the location advantages of Guangxi line and pole line, and vigorously developed the vegetable industry. Through efforts, it has formed a vegetable industry group with beiwanglin as the center and a planting area of 400 mu. In order to guide vegetable farmers to enter the market, the township also organized and established a vegetable association to provide vegetable farmers with one-stop services such as technology and product sales, which not only solved their worries, but also produced a gathering effect, improved the popularity of local products, and formed a gratifying situation of prosperous production and marketing.