Lishi Town, Heping County, Heyuan City, Guangdong Province

Lishi town

Lishi Town, a town under the jurisdiction of Heping County, Heyuan City, Guangdong Province, is located at the southernmost end of Heping County. It is one of the old revolutionary base areas and belongs to the mountainous agricultural town. With a total area of 70.15 square kilometers, the town has eight village committees and one neighborhood committee. At the end of 2017, there were 4589 households with a population of about 22000.

In 2017, the total agricultural output value of Lishi town was 61.58 million yuan.

Historical evolution

In Ming and Qing Dynasties, Li Shi was called Li Shuxia, which means Li Xian corporal.

At the beginning of the Republic of China, it changed its name to Li Shi.

In May 1949, Lishi Township People's government was established.

In 1993, Lishi town was established.

administrative division

By 2019, Lishi town has one neighborhood committee and eight village committees (Street neighborhood committee, meiba village committee, Chengxin village committee, Datang Village Committee, Sanlian Village Committee, Xiajian village committee, Xinfeng village committee, Huangmao village committee and Longshui village committee). The town government is stationed in the neighborhood committee.

geographical environment

Location context

Lishi town is located in the southernmost part of Heping County, adjacent to linzhai town and Dongshui town in the East, Chuantang town in Dongyuan County in the southwest, and Gongbai town in the northwest. It is a mountainous agricultural town. The total area of the town is 70.15 square kilometers.

Topography and climate

Lishi Town, with an average altitude of 176 meters, belongs to the subtropical monsoon climate zone. The climate is mild, the light is sufficient, the four seasons are distinct, and the frost free period is long. The annual average temperature is 17.9 ℃ - 20.2 ℃. In most years, the sunshine is more than 1704.7 hours, the annual average relative humidity is 80%, and the frost free period is 267-301 days.

natural resources

Natural resources mainly include land, forest and mineral resources; paddy field covers an area of 6379 Mu and dry land covers an area of 2872 mu; woodland covers an area of 115000 mu with more than 900 plant species and forest coverage rate of 74.12%; mineral resources include mineral water, porcelain clay and rare earth.

River Hydrology

The river originates from the town and flows to Xinfeng River, belonging to the Wanlu Lake Basin.

population

At the end of 2017, there were 4589 households in Lishi Town, with a population of about 22000. A total of 310 people were born in the whole year, with a birth rate of 14.01 ‰ and a natural growth rate of 9.9 ‰. In addition, the population of Lishi town according to China county statistical yearbook 2018 (township volume) was 13926 (2017).

Economics

In 1995, the total industrial and agricultural output value of Lishi town was 10.4363 million yuan, including 1.11 million yuan of industrial output value and 9.3263 million yuan of agricultural output value, accounting for 6.06% and 93.94% of the total industrial and agricultural output value respectively. There are 28 enterprises in the town, including 13 collectives. In agriculture, it mainly produces high-quality grain, persimmon green, miscellaneous fruit, pine, fir, "three birds" and so on. Lishi town is the main distribution center of industrial and agricultural products in the southern towns of Heping County and Chuantang and Sanhe of Dongyuan County. It has two professional markets with a total area of 10000 square meters. In 1993, the market trade turnover was 24.3 million yuan, and the retail sales of consumer goods was 18 million yuan.

In 2017, the total agricultural output value of Lishi town was 61.58 million yuan, the total tax revenue was 5.6755 million yuan, and the per capita net income of rural residents was 10850 yuan, mainly relying on the cultivation of rice, passion fruit, Camellia oleifera, processing of agricultural and sideline products, and external work.

social undertakings

education

In 1995, there were 2 middle schools and 11 primary schools in Lishi town.

In 2017, Lishi town had one junior high school, one primary school (Lishi Town Central Primary School in Heping County), nine teaching sites, one kindergarten, 151 in-service teachers (including 46 middle school teachers and 105 primary school teachers), and 1547 primary and secondary school students (including 427 middle school students and 1120 primary school students).

In May 2020, Lishi town has 1 middle school, 10 primary schools and 2 kindergartens (Lishi Middle School of Heping County, Lishi Central Primary School of Heping County, Chengxin Primary School of Lishi town of Heping County, meiba Primary School of Lishi town of Heping County, Dafang Primary School of Lishi town of Heping County, Zhitang primary school of Lishi town of Heping County, Sanlian Primary School of Lishi town of Heping County, Huangmao Primary School of Lishi town of Heping County, SONGFENG Primary School of Lishi town of Heping County) Primary school, Chishui primary school in Lishi town of Heping County, Longtang primary school in Lishi town of Heping County, central kindergarten in Lishi town of Heping County, Chengxin kindergarten in Lishi town of Heping County).

medical and health work

In 1995, there were 17 medical stations and rooms in Lishi town.

In 2017, there was one health center in Lishi Town, and eight villages had epidemic prevention stations and medical rooms.

targeted poverty alleviation

Since 2016, with the help of Shenzhen Vocational and technical college, Xiajian village has actively carried out industrial poverty alleviation, vigorously promoted consumption poverty alleviation, and increased the efforts of skill education poverty alleviation. Under the "Golden Mountain" of Xiajian village and the Bank of Chengxi River, "poverty alleviation trees" have been planted, and 182 people from 52 poor households in the village have been lifted out of poverty.

Guarantee of people's livelihood

In 2017, there were 15797 urban and rural residents in Lishi town who participated in medical insurance, and 7475 urban and rural residents participated in endowment insurance, completing the tasks assigned by the higher authorities. In the whole year, more than 3 million yuan of various types of funds for benefiting the people were realized, including 1.572 million yuan for 220 urban and rural households, 706000 yuan for 92 households supported by the five guarantees, 198000 yuan for the elderly, 460000 yuan for 92 people, 300000 yuan for temporary relief, and 97000 yuan for various kinds of consolation activities.

Transportation

Lishi town is one of the nanchukou towns in Heping County. The highway connects National Highway 205 through Chuantang town and Zhangxi town of Dongyuan County in the west, Beijing Kowloon Railway through linzhai town in the East, 11 km away from linzhai railway station and Gongbai town in the north. There is a provincial highway 229 Luomi line, only 8 kilometers away from the "Kunming Shantou expressway" Chuantang interchange exit.

Local specialties

Persimmon green, flat round fruit body, orange yellow color, sweet taste, with heat, nourishing yin and fire function, can be water, dry, pot system.

Turkey, the traditional poultry, tender, mellow, is a good food tonic.

Honorary title

In 2019, Lishi town was rated as a strong education town in Guangdong Province by the Department of education of Guangdong Province.