Xiaokeng Town, Qujiang District, Shaoguan City, Guangdong Province

Xiaokeng town

Xiaokeng Town, subordinate to Qujiang District, Shaoguan City, Guangdong Province, is located 27 kilometers northeast of Qujiang District, adjacent to Shixing County in the north and Wengyuan County in the south, which is located at the junction of the three counties. Provincial Highway 251 and 344 run through the town, with convenient transportation. With an area of 164.46 square kilometers and 5002 people (2017). It has jurisdiction over one community and five administrative villages. The town government is in Xiaokeng street.

Historical evolution

Xiaokeng forest farm was established in 1971 by merging Datian forest farm with Shangdong logging farm. It was divided into district in 1983 and town in 1986. In 1992, it was approved as a national forest park by the Ministry of forestry. It is a trinity of town government, forest farm and forest park. In 1996, it covers an area of 167 square kilometers and has a population of 6000. It has five administrative areas (administrative villages) of Shangdong, Huangdong, Tanghu, Hedong and Xiaping, and one neighborhood committee of Xiaokeng. At the end of 2008, the area was 167 square kilometers, and the total registered residence population was 5813, of which 1036 were non-agricultural population. [postcode] 512162 [2011 code and urban rural classification] 440205103: ~ 001121 Xiaokeng community ~ 201122 Tanghu village ~ 202220 Shangdong village ~ 203220 Huangdong village ~ 204220 and Dongcun ~ 205220 Xiaping Village

geographical environment

Geography and climate

Xiaokeng town is located in the mountainous area of northern Guangdong, with complex terrain, high mountains, dense forests, towering trees and surrounded by mountains. Xiaokeng is rich in water resources, with 7 streams (rivers). There is also the only radon temperature mineral spring in the town. There are more than 400 hectares of picturesque Longhu in the town, and a longdoufeng and qixingdun with an altitude of more than 1360 meters in the East and West. It is warm in winter and cool in summer, with an average annual temperature of about 20 ℃ and an annual precipitation of 265.8 mm. It is the only mineral spring with large amount of water and radon in the province.

Characteristic tourism

Xiaokeng National Forest Park has 210000 mu of mountain forest, with a forest coverage rate of 85%. There are more than 1600 kinds of wild plants in the forest, among which 33 are rare and precious species under the state key protection. The rare species include deer, Cephalotaxus, metasequoia, hemlock, water lotus, etc.; there are many animals and birds in the forest, among which yellow ventral horn is listed as the first class national protection, while pangolin, water deer, hairy crested deer, kitten, otter, Silver Pheasant, Shanrui, python, tiger frog, etc. are listed as the second class national protection. in the park, there are more than 3000 mu of picturesque Longhu Lake, which contains more than 100 million cubic meters of water. The lake is as flat as a mirror, clear and blue; there are many small islands and peninsulas in the lake, with twists and turns in the harbor. The scenery of the mountains and the waters are complementary, and there are unique caves. The deepest part of the lake is 60 meters, generally about 30 meters. There are many kinds of water birds in the lake, which is a good place for boating and fishing. The famous Tanghu hot spring in the province is also in the park. According to the appraisal of relevant experts, Tanghu hot spring contains a variety of elements beneficial to human body, especially trace radon element, which has good curative effect on rheumatism. In addition, it can adjust the cardiovascular function of human body, and has good effect on nervous system, metabolism and endocrine. High quality hot spring and Xiaokeng radon spring are highly evaluated in mineral spring recuperation. Clinical experiments have proved that it has good curative effect on a variety of chronic diseases, especially for motor system diseases, cardiovascular system diseases and nervous system diseases. Tanghu hot spring has been initially developed and a hot spring resort has been built. the organic combination of tourism resources in Xiaokeng National Forest Park has formed a rare high-quality leisure and water recreation environment in Guangdong, a unique charming hunting and tourism place, a good scientific research and teaching practice base, suitable for carrying out various high-level activities, such as leisure, fishing, conference, water recreation, study and investigation, etc.

economic development

Agriculture is developing steadily in the process of structural adjustment. The town to attract investment overall work, vigorously develop township enterprises. The town is rich in water conservancy and tourism resources. At present, 20 power stations have been built with an installed capacity of 7920 kW and an annual power generation capacity of 25 million kwh. The rapid transformation of resource advantages into economic advantages will enable township enterprises to develop by leaps and bounds. In 2002, there were 485 township enterprises with an operating income of 130 million yuan. New progress has been made in the transformation of township enterprises. By 2002, all township enterprises have been transformed into private enterprises. Through attracting investment, a number of key enterprises such as Huashi nonmetal Co., Ltd. have been established. The town continues to improve the investment environment, Xiaokeng National Forest Park has built a number of new tourist attractions, and the number of tourists to the park has increased year by year. In 2008, the total income of rural economy was 225.92 million yuan, the per capita net income of rural areas was 4687 yuan, and the investment in fixed assets was 42.18 million yuan, an increase of 13%, 12% and 51% respectively. Vigorously develop "one village, one product", increase the area of Moso Bamboo in Huangdong and Hedong villages from 60000 Mu a few years ago to more than 80000 mu, and set up eight moso bamboo processing plants. Set up a base of Chinese herbal medicine Wuyu and vegetables in Shangdong village. The successful planting and breeding mode of "company + base + farmer" was popularized in an all-round way, and the cooperative breeding households of Wenshi and Zhicheng were vigorously developed, which increased the income of farmers.

agricultural economy

Since the 10th five year plan, around the goal of increasing agricultural efficiency, increasing farmers' income and stabilizing rural areas, Xiaokeng town has actively carried out disaster prevention and reduction and post disaster recovery, and made efforts to eliminate the influence of floods, highly pathogenic avian influenza and other factors, winning the sustainable development of agricultural and rural economy. In 2006, the total income of rural economy was 185.3 million yuan, and the rural per capita net income was 3780 yuan, with an average annual growth of 6% and 4% respectively. The policy of benefiting agriculture has been effectively implemented, and the comprehensive agricultural production capacity has been steadily improved. The agricultural tax was completely abolished, and the agricultural tax was reduced or remitted by 70000 yuan in the whole town. In 2006, 686 farmers in the town were directly subsidized, with rice subsidy area of 2443 Mu and subsidy fund of 17101 yuan. Through direct subsidies to Grain Growers, farmers' enthusiasm for growing grain has been greatly improved. We will further implement the immigration policy, help immigrants develop in a three-dimensional way, develop "short, flat and fast" projects to get rich, and support the construction of five civilized new villages, so as to significantly improve the living conditions of immigrants. Tanghu and xiaokengjie new villages under construction are progressing smoothly. Meanwhile, 25 farmland water conservancy maintenance projects and drinking water projects have been completed. Actively organizing the export of labor services has increased farmers' income. We launched the project of "supporting thousands of households with thousands of cadres" and organized 40 cadres to help 80 poor households in pairs. The coverage rate of improved varieties of vegetables, fruit trees, aquatic products, livestock and poultry reached more than 85%, forming a number of agricultural product bases with good benefits, such as moso bamboo, high-quality fruits, mountain chicken and aquaculture. carrying out forestry second pioneering activities has improved the comprehensive benefits of forestry. Good economic benefits have been achieved by focusing on the development of mountainous areas, processing value-added, vigorously promoting the mode of planting fruit and raising chickens, organizing farmers to do a good job in the management of Phyllostachys pubescens tending, and setting up bamboo processing plants. Forest administration has been strengthened, forest fire prevention work has been further implemented, and it has been rated as the advanced unit of forest fire prevention in the whole region for many years. The compensation system of ecological public welfare forest was gradually improved, and the production and management of bamboo and wood were constantly standardized, which effectively protected the forest resources. Efforts should be made to increase investment in agriculture, rural areas and farmers, and rural infrastructure construction should be improved continuously. Since the 10th five year plan, we have achieved a historic breakthrough in the construction of water, electricity, transportation and other infrastructure by striving for the support of higher authorities. The 35kV Xiaokeng power transmission and transformation project and rural power grid reconstruction project were completed with an investment of 16.5 million yuan, which solved the "bottleneck" problem of small hydropower on-line. Jinhui, Meisheng and Jingtou power stations have been built and put into operation. Good achievements have been made in the construction of transportation and communication. The 6.3km long hard bottomed highways in five natural villages and the reconstruction project from huanglingting to Xiaokeng of provincial highway 251 have been completed. The Xiaokeng maintenance center has been completed and put into use. The rural telephone penetration rate reached 95%. The construction of biogas projects has achieved remarkable success, with 102 biogas digesters built, including 82 for charging and ignition. The construction of all these infrastructures has greatly improved the production and living conditions of the whole town and further consolidated the foundation of economic development.

infrastructure

Infrastructure construction is improving day by day. In 2002, the total investment in fixed assets was 35 million yuan, and the construction of agricultural infrastructure focusing on water conservancy was strengthened. The pace of village and town construction has been accelerated, the construction of "Benkang" project has been organized, and the "overall planning of Xiaokeng town" has been completed, covering an area of 2 square kilometers. 23 small hydropower stations have been built in the town, with a total installed capacity of 11355 kW and an annual generating capacity of more than 30 million kwh. There is a 35KV substation. The communication conditions are good. All administrative villages have opened many main communication networks such as telecom, China Mobile and China Unicom, and the coverage rate of telephone, fax and network reaches 100%.

social undertakings

Social undertakings continue to develop. We will consolidate and develop the achievements of "nine year universal education", increase investment in education year by year, and vigorously improve the conditions for running schools. We will build two new teaching buildings for Central Primary Schools and two new teachers' housing buildings, with a total construction area of 2440 square meters. In 2002, the enrollment rate of primary school was 100%, the enrollment rate of primary school graduates was 96%, and the enrollment rate of junior high school graduates was 77.5%. For many years, family planning has fully completed the population planning control indicators issued by the higher authorities, and the family planning environment in towns and villages has been further optimized. In the "village to village" project, five village committees have installed satellite TV reception equipment. By the end of 2002, the number of cable TV households reached 800, accounting for 65% of the total number of households. With the rapid development of telecommunications, 100% of the village committees and 90% of the natural villages have opened telephones, and the rural telephone penetration rate is 14 per 100 people. Health services have developed rapidly, and the coverage of rural cooperative medical system has been expanding. The scientific and technological work has been further strengthened, the agricultural network has been continuously improved, and the building of agricultural technology station and veterinary station has been realized. Mass cultural and sports activities have been widely carried out in mountainous areas