Brief description: Cenxi City, Guangxi Province is located in the southeast of Guangxi, at 110°3′-111°22′ east longitude, 22°37′-23°13′ north latitude, adjacent to Luoding City, Guangdong Province in the east and Luoding City, Guangdong Province in the south. Xinyi City, Guangdong Province, connects Yulin City to the west and Wuzhou City to the north. Located at the junction of the Pearl River Delta Economic Circle and the Southwest, it is not only an important hinterland connecting South China, the Pearl River Delta, and the economic radiation of Hong Kong and Macao, but also the connection point between the resource-based economy of the Southwest and the coastal export-oriented economy.
Climate conditions: Cenxi is located south of the Tropic of Cancer and belongs to a typical subtropical monsoon climate zone. It has a mild climate, sufficient sunshine, and abundant rainfall. The average annual temperature is 21.4°C and the average annual precipitation is 1450mm.
Natural environment: Cenxi is a hilly mountainous area in the eastern section of the northern foothills of Yunkai Mountain. The terrain is high in the southeast and low in the northwest. The mountains within the territory extend from the Yunkai Mountains and Gouluo Mountains. The top of Tuzhu in the southwest is the highest peak in the territory, with an altitude of 1,211 meters. The lowest point is the Dumu River Valley in the northwest, with an altitude of 50 meters. The main rivers, Huanghua River and Yichang River, flow from southeast to northwest respectively, with a mileage of 111.5 kilometers and 123 kilometers respectively. They belong to the Pearl River system. There are 36 other rivers with a rain collection area of ??more than 10 square kilometers. The annual sunshine hours are 2004.7 hours. The city's soils include five soil types: red soil, brick red soil, paddy soil, purple soil and alluvial soil.
Area and population: Cenxi City has a total area of ??2,783 square kilometers and a total population of 800,000. Among them, the city's male population is 416,667, accounting for 53.2% of the city's population; the female population is 366,836, accounting for 46.8% of the city's population. The agricultural population is 659,871, the non-agricultural population is 123,632, and the average number of people per household is 3.8. The majority of the city's population is Han, with 3,357 ethnic minorities including Zhuang, Yao, Miao, Li, Jing, Buyi, Dong, Mulao, Hui, Dai, Maonan, Yi, and Shui, accounting for 0.4% of the city's total population.
Transportation facilities: Cenxi City has developed land transportation. The three major exits connecting Nanning, Wuzhou and Guangdong are all high-grade highways. Among them, National Highway 324 and National Highway 207 intersect in the urban area. The under-construction Nanning to Guangzhou Expressway, Shanxi Linfen-Hainan Sanya Expressway, Luo-Zhan Railway and Cen-Luo Railway all pass through Cenxi.
Currently, it takes about 3 hours to drive from Cenxi to Nanning, Guangzhou, Zhuhai, Zhanjiang and other cities. The highway mileage from Cenxi City to surrounding cities: 298 kilometers from Nanning City, 85 kilometers from Wuzhou City, 350 kilometers from Guilin City, 400 kilometers from Beihai City, 300 kilometers from Guangzhou City, 450 kilometers from Shenzhen City, 380 kilometers from Zhuhai City, 280 kilometers from Zhanjiang City, Dongguan City The city is 360 kilometers away.
Electric power resources: Cenxi City’s hydropower resource reserves reach 130,000 kilowatts, and the exploitable capacity is 72,000 kilowatts. The city has three 110,000-volt substations and one 220,000-volt substation, which is the national “ An important base and outlet for "West-East Electricity Transmission".
Hotels and restaurants: The city's tourism and catering industry is developed, and various cultural and entertainment facilities are available. Among them, Alixiang Hotel and Ronghu Hotel are three-star hotels, and Cenxi Hotel is a two-star hotel.
Agriculture: The city has 21,100 hectares of cultivated land, 16,400 hectares of effective farmland irrigation area, 18,600 hectares of cash crop planting area, 49,500 hectares of grain sowing area, and a total grain output of 271,000 tons, achieving a total agricultural output of 271,000 tons. The output value was 203.765 million yuan; of which, the rice sown area was 476,565 acres, the total rice output was 226,300 tons, and the average yield per mu was 712.2 kilograms. There are 18 high-quality hybrid rice models with an area of ??8,500 acres, 45 dry-bred and sparsely planted rice models with an area of ??20,000 acres, and 33 plastic tray seedling models with an area of ??6,500 acres. The city has promoted the planting of high-quality hybrid rice at 308,000 acres, accounting for 10% of the total rice. 66.20% of the sown area; 30 "Ten Thousand Yuan Field" model sites were established, covering an area of ??45,000 acres, with an output value of 398.124 million yuan; 6 watermelon model sites were established, covering an area of ??950 acres, and 28 mulberry and silkworm breeding model sites were established, covering an area of ??600 acres. There are 5 potato models with an area of ??1,000 acres, and a flower demonstration garden of 1,350 acres, including 1,100 acres of Nuodong flower demonstration garden, and 250 acres of Guiyi fresh cut flower base; there are lilies, roses, gladioli, weeping lotus and other flower crops and green seedlings.
Forestry: The city has afforestation of 70,335 acres, including 38,335 acres of economic forest bases based on anise, osmanthus, and fruits; 2,000 acres of masson pine low-fat forest transformation base; and establishment of Acacia acacia and improved varieties. There are 30,000 acres of fast-growing forest dominated by eucalyptus. More than 9 million yuan of foreign investment was introduced to establish a 22,000-acre Sufeng Forest Base, convert 40,200 acres of farmland into forests, plant 3,500 meters of hedges, and pave 5,200 square meters of lawn. It can supply 20,726 tons of branches, 25,586 tons of wood chips, 1,614 cubic meters of rosin wood, 120,801 cubic meters of harvestable wood, and 15,918 tons of rosin.
Township enterprises: Stone, earthen paper, bamboo awning weaving, fireworks and firecrackers are the characteristic pillar industries of our city's towns and villages, and stainless steel factories, woolen weaving factories, lead-zinc mining factories, etc. are backbone enterprises. There are two industrial parks, Tanhua and Siying. The city currently has 33 granite mines, 142 boundary saws, and 644 polishing machines, achieving a total stone output value of 780 million yuan and a total revenue of 740 million yuan. There are 36 new township enterprises in the city, with a total investment in fixed assets of 99.04 million yuan; 101 rural collective enterprises were restructured, and the equipment of 95 handmade paper mills was updated; now there are 13,289 township enterprises in the city, with 85,111 employees, achieving a total output value of 4.90414 billion yuan, and a total income of 5.00187 billion yuan. The tax paid was 73.93 million yuan, and the total profit realized was 282.93 million yuan; the added value of township enterprises was 107.204 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 0.34%.
Historical evolution: In the early Han Dynasty, Zhao Tuo established the Nanyue Kingdom, and today the city belongs to the Nanyue Kingdom. After the pacification of Nanyue in the sixth year of Yuanding of the Han Dynasty (111 BC), Mengling County of Cangwu County was established. Most of the city today is within the borders of Mengling County. In the fifth year of the Liang Dynasty (524) in the Southern Dynasties, Yongye County was established in most areas of today's city. The county seat was in Jiuxian Village, Jinzhu Town. In the third year of Emperor Kaihuang's reign in the Sui Dynasty (583 AD), the county was abolished and changed to Yongye County. The county was once abolished and restored in the 16th year of Kaihuang's reign (596). In the fifth year of Wude (622), Yongye County was used to establish Nanyi Prefecture, and three counties were divided into Anyi (in the east of today's city), Longcheng (in the middle of today's city), and Yicheng (in the west of today's city). The state government is located in Longcheng County. In the second year of Tang Zhide (757), Anyi County was changed to Yongye County, and Longcheng County was changed to Cenxi County, which was the beginning of the name of Cenxi County. In the sixth year of Kaibao in the Song Dynasty (973), the three counties of the original Nanyi Prefecture were merged into Cenxi County. In the subsequent dynasties, except for changes in affiliation, the name and establishment of Cenxi County remained basically unchanged. In 1951 and 1953, Nuodong and Sanbao districts, which were originally part of Teng County, were successively placed under Cenxi. In September 1995, Cenxi was removed from the county and established as a city (county-level city), still under the Wuzhou area. In April 1997, it was transferred to Wuzhou City. By 2002, the Municipal People's Government was stationed in Cencheng Town. It governs 16 towns including Cancheng, Nuodong, Chengjian, Guiyi, Jinzhu, Daye, Limu, Dalong, Shuiwen, Jitai, Nandu, Tanrong, Malu, Zhangmu, Sanbao, Botang and Anping 1 township.
Natural resources: Cenxi City contains gold, silver, lead, zinc, titanium and other metal minerals, as well as various non-metallic minerals such as phosphorite, fluorite, zeolite, rare earth, perlite, granite and so on. Among them, China Cenxi red granite has excellent texture and reserves of 2.1 billion cubic meters. It is the largest granite production base in the country and is known as the "Granite Capital". The city has 206,700 hectares of mountainous land suitable for forestation, with a forest coverage rate of 70.9% and a forest stock volume of 5.08 million cubic meters. It has built six foreign exchange-earning forestry production bases for rosin, cinnamon, star anise, bamboo, fruit, and firewood. With a total area of ??173,500 hectares, it is the only "National Economic Forest Construction Demonstration County and City" in Guangxi, with a water conservancy resource reserve rate of 130,000 kilowatts.