Desheng Town, Lichuan County, Jiangxi Province

Desheng Town

Desheng Town, subordinate to Lichuan County, Fuzhou City, Jiangxi Province, is located in the southeast of Lichuan County. It borders Shaowu City and Taining County in Fujian Province in the East, Jianning County in Fujian Province in the south, Hongcun town and sheping Township in the west, and RiFeng Town, Xiongcun town and Tanxi Township in the north. The town covers an area of 158.09 square kilometers, with jurisdiction over 2 communities, 5 administrative villages and 84 village groups. In late 2018, the population of Desheng Town had 18 thousand and 500 registered residence.

By the end of 2018, there were 10 industrial enterprises in Desheng Town and 11 comprehensive stores or supermarkets with a business area of more than 50 square meters.

History of construction

In the early days of the founding of the people's Republic of China, it was located in Dongshan, the Sixth District of Lichuan County; in August 1956, it was withdrawn from the district and merged with the township, and set up Desheng Township and Dongshan Township; in 1957, it was restored to the District, and was still located in Dongshan, the Sixth District of Lichuan County; in September 1958, it set up Dongshan commune, Desheng commune and deshengguan reclamation farm; in 1991, the state-owned deshengguan comprehensive reclamation farm of Jiangxi Province was renamed Jiangxi Desheng enterprise group On November 5, 1999, the Jiangxi provincial Party committee and government decided that the Desheng enterprise group was established and put under the jurisdiction of Lichuan County; in March 2001, it was approved by the Jiangxi Provincial Department of civil affairs to withdraw the site and build a town; on August 19, 2004, the Desheng Town Government was officially established.

administrative division

As of June 2020, Desheng Town has two communities and five administrative villages: Desheng community, Xincheng community, Desheng village, Xindian Village, Maodian village, Dongshan village and Liming Village.

geographical environment

Location context

Desheng Town is located in the southeast of Lichuan County, bordering Shaowu City and Taining County in Fujian Province in the East, Jianning County in Fujian Province in the south, Hongcun town and sheping Township in the west, and RiFeng Town, Xiongcun town and Tanxi Township in the north. The maximum distance from east to west is 14 kilometers, and the maximum distance from north to south is 18 kilometers, with a total area of 158.09 square kilometers.

topographic features

Desheng Town is located in the West foot of the middle section of Wuyi Mountains, with high terrain in the southeast and low terrain in the northwest. The mountains tend to be north-south. The average altitude of the southeast mountain is more than 500 meters, the highest peak is yangshanling, 1513 meters above sea level, and the lowest is Liming Village Committee, 143 meters above sea level.

climate

Desheng Town has a subtropical humid climate with mild climate and abundant rainfall. The annual average temperature is 17.27 ℃, the extreme minimum temperature is - 7.5 ℃, and the maximum temperature is 41.6 ℃. The average annual rainfall is 2016 mm, and the minimum extreme annual rainfall is 920 mm. The rainfall is concentrated from April to August every year.

hydrology

There are 32 streams and streams in Desheng Town, with annual runoff of 197.6 million cubic meters. Lianhe peak is the main birthplace of Litan River and Long'an River in Lichuan County.

natural resources

Desheng Town has 192700 mu of forest land (including more than 55000 mu of Phyllostachys pubescens forest). The cultivated area is 14500 mu. The forest coverage rate of the territory reaches 78%, with nearly 100 kinds of coniferous and broad-leaved forests such as Taxus chinensis, rich in bamboo, grain, chaxinggu, flue-cured tobacco, tea, etc. The main mineral resources include porcelain clay, rare earth, quartz, feldspar, gold, tantalum, niobium, etc.

natural disaster

The main natural disasters in Desheng Town are flood, drought, low temperature, hail and so on.

population

At the end of 2011, the total population of Desheng Town was 21800, including 3262 urban permanent residents and 35 floating population. In the total population, there are 11500 males, accounting for 53%; 10200 females, accounting for 47%; 3629 under 14 years old, accounting for 16.6%; 16100 between 15 and 64 years old, accounting for 74%; 2055 over 65 years old, accounting for 9.4%. In 2011, the birth rate was 6.04 ‰, the death rate was 2.07 ‰, and the natural growth rate was 3.97 ‰.

At the end of 2017, Desheng Town had a permanent population of 12800.

In late 2018, the population of Desheng Town had 18 thousand and 500 registered residence.

Economics

overview

In 2016, the total revenue of Desheng Town was 27.352 million yuan, of which 11.237 million yuan was from China, 13.481 million yuan was from local government and 2.634 million yuan was from finance.

At the end of 2017, there were 13 enterprises and 503 employees in Desheng Town.

Agriculture

In 2011, Desheng Town produced 8753 tons of grain, including 8704 tons of rice; 64 mu of oil crops, including 11 tons of peanuts; 1454 mu of vegetables, including 2297 tons of output; 5400 pigs, with a year-end stock of 1120; 214 cattle, with a year-end stock of 200; 32400 poultry, with 15000 listed poultry; and 432 tons of meat, with a year-end stock 383 tons of pork and 20 tons of eggs.

In 2017, Desheng Town planted 15200 mu of high-quality rice, 2330.5 mu of flue-cured tobacco, purchased 5100 loads of tobacco leaves, 22 million barrels of edible fungi, completed 580 mu of barren mountain afforestation, 2600 mu of bamboo conversion, and signed 1100 mu of woodland transfer for Torreya grandis.

Industry

At the end of 2017, there were 8 industrial enterprises in Desheng Town.

By the end of 2018, there were 10 industrial enterprises in Desheng Town.

Commerce and trade

At the end of 2011, Desheng Town had 28 commercial outlets with 56 employees. In 2011, the total retail sales of social consumer goods in Desheng Town reached 7 million yuan, an increase of 8% over 2010; the transaction volume of urban and rural fair trade reached 1 million yuan, an increase of 8.6% over 2010.

By the end of 2018, there were 11 comprehensive stores or supermarkets with a business area of more than 50 square meters in Desheng Town.

social undertakings

education

At the end of 2011, Desheng Town had 2 kindergartens with 200 children and 4 full-time teachers; 5 primary schools with 1100 students and 70 full-time teachers, and the enrollment rate of primary school-age children was 99%; 1 junior middle school with 700 students and 36 full-time teachers, and the enrollment rate of junior middle school-age population was 97%.

At the end of 2016, there were four primary schools, one middle school, 273 middle school students and 753 primary school students in Desheng Town; there were six kindergartens, with an enrollment rate of 100% and a consolidation rate of 99.8%.

science and technology

At the end of 2011, Desheng Town had 420 scientific and technological talents, including 36 professional and technical talents, 24 management talents, 38 skilled talents and 322 rural practical talents.

Culture and art

At the end of 2011, there was a cultural station in Desheng Town, with a construction area of 400 square meters. There is one folk art group, four village cultural activity rooms and farmer's library, with a collection of 21000 books.

Sports

At the end of 2011, Desheng Town had a sports ground, 40% of the administrative villages had installed fitness equipment, and 50% of the permanent residents often participated in sports activities.

medical and health work

At the end of 2015, there was one health center and three village clinics in Desheng Town, covering all villages of the town.

Urban construction

Desheng new district is located in the center of Desheng Town, at the intersection of Xindian and Dongshan villages, and on the south side of provincial road Litai highway. It covers an area of about 256 mu, with a permanent population of 12000.

At the end of 2017, the built-up area of Desheng Town reached 8546 hectares.

Post and telecommunication

At the end of 2011, there was a postal network in Desheng Town, with a total one-way delivery route of 30 kilometers, and the rural postal rate was 100%. In the whole year, 236 newspapers and 128 periodicals were subscribed, and the business income was 150000 yuan.

At the end of 2011, there were 4500 fixed telephone users in Desheng Town, with the penetration rate of 90%; there were 5630 mobile telephone users, with the penetration rate of 96%. The annual revenue of telecom business was 2.3 million yuan.

Transportation

Desheng Town is 13 kilometers away from Lichuan County. Litai highway runs through the town from north to south. It is only 15 kilometers away from the entrance of Lichuan on Beijing Fuzhou Expressway. There is a county (town) highway with a total length of 30 kilometers.

At the end of 2011, Desheng Town had a total passenger volume of 54000 person times and a total freight volume of 18000 tons.

History and culture

Desheng, also known as deshengguan, was called "Guan" before the middle of Ming Dynasty. At the end of Ming Dynasty, because the local Yuan people were dissatisfied with the imperial court, they gathered together to revolt. The imperial court sent Wang Xun, the magistrate of the imperial court, to suppress and win, so it was renamed deshengguan.

Desheng, one of the revolutionary bases in Fujian Jiangxi Soviet Area, was the famous main battlefield of Tuan Village Campaign in the fifth anti encirclement and suppression campaign of the Chinese workers and peasants army in December 1933.

Honorary title

On July 29, 2020, the National Patriotic Health Association decided to name Desheng Town as a national health township for the period of 2017-2019.