Platform Town, Liangyuan District, Shangqiu City, Henan Province

Platform town

Platform Town, a place name, is located 5 kilometers away from Liangyuan District, Shangqiu City, Henan Province. It has unique location advantages and superior traffic conditions. The Longhai railway running through the East and west of China and the Beijing Kowloon railway crossing the north and south of China meet here, forming a "golden hub". Platform town is located 5 kilometers southeast of Shangqiu City, a satellite town in the suburbs. The town has a total of 20 administrative villages and 83 natural villages, with a permanent population of more than 59000, a total area of 56 square kilometers and a cultivated area of more than 32000 mu. The South Station of Shangqiu railway station and the bus station of Shangqiu City are located in the town. Shang Hao expressway runs through the north and south of the town. National Highway 310, provincial highway Shang Yong road and municipal road Beihai Road, Liangyuan Road, Yuhang Road, Changjiang Road and the Second Ring Road crisscross the town. The 38.5km asphalt road connects 20 administrative villages. There are more than 10 large, medium and small bus lines and 6 bus parking lots in the town, with an average daily passenger flow of more than 4000 people.

Human history

Platform town has a long history and splendid culture. At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, Liu Wu, the second son of Emperor Wen of Han Dynasty, was granted the title of King Xiao of Liang for his meritorious service in the war of the seven kingdoms. According to the records of Liang Xiaowang's family in historical records, "Xiaowang built Dongyuan more than 300 Li, guangsui Yangcheng 70 Li, Dazhi palace, in order to restore the way, his palace even belonged to the platform more than 30 Li.". Liang Xiaowang built Liang garden and selected seven platforms and eight sceneries. The platform was one of the seven platforms. Because the platform was flat, the gang called it the platform. After browsing the platform, Li Bai, a famous poet of the Tang Dynasty, once wrote an eternal poem that "the sky is vast, the sea is far away, and I am tired of traveling far away. It's the beginning of my visit to ancient times and between platforms". Today, the Millennium ginkgo tree in Pingtai Town, like a historical witness, records the great changes of Pingtai town.

economic development

In recent years, it has invested more than 6 million yuan to build 38.5 kilometers of asphalt roads in towns and villages, realizing the goal of connecting asphalt roads in villages and villages ahead of time. Second, it has built a new 11.11 million volt substation, added 8.60 kilometers of high-voltage lines, and reconstructed more than 200 kilometers of low-voltage lines in rural power grid, thus reducing the town's electricity price. At present, the average daily electricity consumption of the whole town has reached 300000 kwh. Third, it has established a telecommunications branch office with an installed capacity of 2003 It has installed 4400 telephones, with a penetration rate of 50%; fourthly, it has implemented the greening project of municipal roads, with an investment of more than 300000 yuan, added more than 9000 square meters of green space, and installed more than 600 high standard street lamps, thus beautifying the roads and streets and improving the quality of the city; fifthly, it has invested more than 16 million yuan to build the largest pesticide seed wholesale market in Shangqiu; sixthly, it has invested 5 million yuan More than 100 million yuan, the use of the canal surface to build ecological agriculture, catering, tourism, entertainment as one of the tourist areas - China park; seventh, the completion of the cable TV village project, active people's spiritual life. in addition, Huayu College of Henan Agricultural University (now renamed Shangqiu College) was established here, which promoted the local economic development.