Mazu Town, Shifang City, Deyang City, Sichuan Province

Mazu town

Mazu town is subordinate to Shifang City, Deyang City, Sichuan Province, China. It is located in the northwest of Chengdu Plain, connecting Lingjie town in the north, Zaojiao street and Yuanshi town in the south, Nanquan town and Yunxi Town in the west, and Shuangsheng town in the East. The town government is located at 104 ° 12 'e and 31 ° 09' n, 6 kilometers north of Shifang City. The town covers an area of 23.89 square kilometers, with jurisdiction over 2 communities and 7 towns Administrative village, with a total population of 28739 (2017).

Mazu town was formerly known as Xinglongchang and LiangLuKou. It was established in 1951, changed to Xinglong commune in 1958, changed to LiangLuKou commune in 1960, changed to LiangLuKou Township in 1983, changed to LiangLuKou town in 1988, and renamed Mazu town in 2005. It got its name in memory of Mazu, a Buddhist celebrity in Tang Dynasty.

Mazu town is the hometown of famous Chinese Buddhist figure Mazu Daoyi, known as "Mazu hometown". It is one of the first pilot towns in Sichuan Province and one of the ten red flag towns in Sichuan Province.

On December 11, 2019, Sichuan Provincial People's Government approved Deyang City to adjust the administrative divisions of some towns and townships in five counties (cities, districts) including Jingyang district (Chuanfu Civil Affairs [2019] No. 15): Shuangsheng town was abolished and its administrative area was put under the jurisdiction of Mazu Town, which was located at No. 8, group 18, Qinglong village.

History of construction

Mazu town was formerly known as LiangLuKou and Xinglongchang. In 1950, Longxiang farmers association was established. In 1951, land reform was carried out and Xinglong Township People's government was established. In 1958, Xinglong Township was changed into Xinglong people's commune. In January 1960, Shifang county was merged with Guanghan County, and the name of Xinglong commune was changed to LiangLuKou commune. In 1983, the people's commune of LiangLuKou was abolished and changed into LiangLuKou Township, and the people's government was restored. In 1988, LiangLuKou township was removed and rebuilt into LiangLuKou town. On August 17, 2005, LiangLuKou town was officially renamed Mazu town.

administrative division

Mazu Town People's government is located in group 10 of Fuxing village. As of November 2015, it has jurisdiction over 7 administrative villages, 2 communities, 101 villager groups and 43 resident groups.

geographical environment

Location context

Mazu market town is located 6 kilometers north of Shifang City. The town government is located at 104 ° 12 'e and 31 ° 09' n. The town borders Lingjie town in the north, Zaojiao street and Yuanshi town in the south, Nanquan town and Yunxi Town in the west, and Shuangsheng town in the East. The town covers an area of 23.89 square kilometers, 10 kilometers long from north to South and 2 kilometers wide from east to west.

topographic features

Mazu town is located in Chengdu Plain, which is full of plain terrain. The terrain inclines from northwest to Southeast with little fluctuation. The average altitude is 560 meters. The northwest end is 600 meters above sea level, and the southeast end is 530 meters above sea level.

climate

Mazu town is a subtropical humid climate zone, with an average temperature of 16 ° and annual sunshine of 1258 hours, annual precipitation of 959 mm, concentrated in July, August and September, and annual frost free period of 284 days.

Population nationality

population

According to the data of the Fifth National Census (including Southwest Chemical Machinery Co., Ltd.), there were 9056 households with 26375 people in the town at the end of October 2000, mainly Han nationality, including 2868 non-agricultural population. in 2017, the total population was 28739.

nation

The population of Mazu town is mainly Han nationality.

Economics

overview

In 2003, the total GDP of the whole town was 205.8 million yuan, and the revenue within the budget was 7.07 million yuan, including 1.92 million yuan of local tax revenue and 1.89 million yuan of extra budget revenue. The economic strength is among the top 20 towns in Shifang, and the per capita disposable income of farmers is 2683 yuan.

primary industry

In 2014, the total agricultural output value of Mazu town reached 260 million yuan, an increase of 8% compared with 2013, and the total grain output reached 14000 tons. The per capita net income of farmers reached 12705 yuan, an increase of 11% compared with 2013.

the secondary industry

At the end of 2003, there were 36 industrial enterprises in the town, including 13 collective enterprises in towns and villages and 15 private enterprises, led by kangfulai Pharmaceutical Group. The main products include: medicine, phosphate fertilizer, compound fertilizer, phosphate, sulfuric acid, pressure vessel, cement and cement products, API and pharmaceutical packaging, etc. In 2003, 400000 tons of phosphate fertilizer, 200000 tons of compound fertilizer, 100000 tons of sulfuric acid and 260 tons of API were produced. in 2014, the total output value of industries above Designated Size reached 350 million yuan, the number of tasks completed in the whole year was 102%, an increase of 20% compared with that in 2013, and a new enterprise above designated size was added.

the service sector; the tertiary industry

At the end of 2003, the town area was 42 hectares, and there were 4 Town markets, including 2 comprehensive markets and 2 professional markets, with a population of 2328 and more than 1800 employees. in 2014, Mazu town completed 100.5 million yuan of fixed assets investment, 101% of the annual tasks, an increase of 99% compared with that in 2013; 59 million yuan of investment promotion, 107% of the annual tasks, an increase of 18% compared with that in 2013; the total retail sales of Enterprises above designated size reached 79.139 million yuan, 120% of the annual tasks, an increase of 30% compared with that in 2013; 2 new enterprises above Designated Size, 200% of the annual tasks . The industrial and commercial tax revenue and general budget revenue of township owned assessment enterprises were 15.97 million yuan and 3.12 million yuan, an increase of 7.07% compared with 2013; the financial expenditure was 24.44 million yuan, an increase of 48.55% compared with 2013. In 2014, the total number of visitors reached 200000, and the comprehensive tourism income was more than 6.8 million yuan.

Sociology

Cultural undertakings

In 2014, all kinds of literature and art teams in towns and villages conducted more than 20 times of literature and art tourism publicity, and created cultural tourism song and dance programs such as "auspicious Mazu", "Gesang impression" and "happy dam dance". After the MV of "auspicious Mazu" was released online, the click through rate exceeded 70000 person times in just one week. The program was rated as the excellent program of Shifang City, and participated in the Spring Festival group performance of the municipal Party committee and municipal government The front page headline of Deyang daily reports on the development of Mazu cultural tourism with the title of "spiritual building of a small town in Western Sichuan".

communication

Post Office

Before liberation, there were few people's exchanges with foreign countries, and the amount of postal service was small. At that time, the postal agency was operated by the owners of silk tobacco shops. Letters, newspapers, magazines, parcels, etc. are sent to the store by the county postman. The owner hangs his name and takes his own things. At the same time, the postman takes the mail from the store. after 1949, the postal agency was run by the collective. In 1958, the people's commune was established. At the same time, the post office of the commune and three staff members were set up. They were able to send and receive newspapers, letters, remittances, parcels, telephones and telegrams from all units and individuals in the commune. In November 1973, the post office was changed into a post and telecommunications office, which was under the charge of the commune and then under the unified management of Shifang County Post and Telecommunications Bureau. After 1983, LiangLuKou post office was changed into LiangLuKou post office. On September 25, 1998, LiangLuKou post and Telecommunications Branch was changed into LiangLuKou post and Telecommunications Branch, and telecommunications and post were operated separately.

telecom

Before liberation, there was a telephone in Xinglong Township Office, which connected to Shifang telephone management office. Since 1949, ten hand telephones and one switchboard have been installed successively, leading to Shifang and Yunxi, as well as 13 brigades and towns. In 1974, the commune had 30 telephones and one switchboard. In 1984, Liu Anqing, a native of LiangLuKou, installed the first private telephone in the territory, which is hand-held. On March 28, 1993, Shifang opened 4000 program-controlled telephones imported from Spain's myrcet SESA company. There were also 38 "crank" phones. In May 1993, all hand-held telephones were put out of use and changed to program-controlled telephones. The government, grain stations, supply and marketing cooperatives at Liangkou were the first to install program-controlled telephones. At that time, the telephone number was six Arabic numerals. In 1995, mobile phones (brick type mobile phones) began to appear. Zou Hanqi, Yao Qide, Lai Dehua and Zhang Zhongyi were the earliest owners of the two intersections. On September 25, 1998, telecom and post were separated, and an independent two crossing Telecom Station was established. At the same time, mobile communication was also independent of Telecom. At the end of 2000, the installed capacity of limited telephones in LiangLuKou town reached 2415.

water conservancy undertaking

The main water systems of Mazu town irrigation area are Renmin canal and Hongyan canal (among them, the main river of Hongyan canal does not flow through the area). Renmin canal has a management office and a management station. The management station has a maintenance section and two roads. There are three maintenance sections in the area, which are respectively managed by Renmin canal Shifang station (second station) and Renmin canal Yongxing station. each canal system management organization is mainly responsible for the perennial irrigation, flood control, drought relief, construction, protection and maintenance of water conservancy facilities, and other tasks, doing a good job in arrangement, guidance, coordination, service and inspection.

Transportation

highway

Mazu town is the transportation hub at the north gate of Shifang City. Shifang City has two roads, Lingjie, Luoshui, Yinghua, Bajiao and Hongbai in the north, Yunxi, Minzhu, Jiandi and Longju in the West. It is the main road connecting nine towns in the northwest. The highway transportation is very busy and the traffic flow is very large. There is one provincial road, one county road, three township roads and 98 village roads.

Provincial Highway

Pengshi highway is a provincial highway connecting Pengzhou City and Shifang City. It joins Guangmu road in Liangkou. It is 6 km long in the town. It starts from Baisha to the West from xinguanzi cross in Liangkou