Shiyan City is located in the northwest of Hubei Province, in the middle and upper reaches of the Han River, and is the central city in the adjacent areas of Hubei, Henan, Shaanxi and Chongqing. It has jurisdiction over Yunxian, Yunxi, Zhushan, Zhuxi, Fangxian, Maojian and zhang wan, and is in charge of danjiangkou city. * * * There are 1 17 townships (towns and sub-district offices) and 3,234 villages (neighborhood committees). The total land area is 23,680 square kilometers and the total population is 3.46 million, including 590,000 urban residents. In 2006, Shiyan achieved a GDP of 34.5 billion yuan, of which the per capita net income of farmers was 2 1.9 1 yuan, and the per capita disposable income of urban residents was 77 1.8 yuan.
Shiyan was established1969,65438+February, 1973, upgraded to a municipality under the jurisdiction of Hubei province,1994,65438+1October, merged with the original Yunyang area to form a new Shiyan city, and implemented a management system with the city as the county. Shiyan was built by cars and prospered by cars. Since the city was founded more than 30 years ago, its economic strength has been significantly enhanced, social undertakings have flourished, urban functions have been continuously improved, and people's living standards have been improved day by day. 1992 ranks 6th in the national well-off city, 22nd in the national comprehensive strength evaluation, and has successively won the honors of national health city, national double-support model city, national top ten green city, national garden city, excellent tourist city in China, and first place in the civilized city competition in Hubei province. From 2002 to 2004, our city ranked among the "Top 100 Comprehensive Cities in China" for three consecutive years, and was named "National Rural Water Diversion Advanced Collective". In 2006, Wudang Mountain was awarded the title of provincial civilized scenic tourist area. Shiyan city is rich in resources and has a solid material foundation for sustainable development. To sum up, there are five characteristics:
Shiyan is a big city with mountains and water.
The land area accounts for one-eighth of the province, and the landscape resources are very rich. The city is rich in mineral resources. There are 50 kinds and 70 families of proven mineral resources, with more than 800 mineral deposits and occurrences, with a potential value of more than 400 billion yuan. Shiyan's turquoise is well-known at home and abroad, with silver and rare earth reserves ranking first in the province, and gold, silver, copper, tin, lead, zinc and other mineral reserves ranking first in the province. There are more than 250 families 1360 species in the city, most of which are rare species, which are a natural treasure house of traditional Chinese medicine resources. There are more than 0/40,000 mu of grassland in the city, and the theoretical carrying capacity reaches 800,000 cattle units, which can develop a large number of herbivorous livestock such as cattle, sheep and rabbits. There are more than 800 species of wild animals in the city, among which 23 species, such as South China Tiger, Golden Monkey, Sika Deer, White Crane and Giant salamander, are protected by the state. There are more than 3 100 kinds of biological resources in the city, which is a green treasure house to be developed. Amorphophallus konjac, tea, vegetables, wild vegetables and other green foods have broad development prospects. The theoretical reserve of hydropower is 5 million kilowatts, which is suitable for cascade development. The forest area of the city is 24.7 million mu, the forest coverage rate is 45.6%, and the per capita standing stock is 6 cubic meters. Shiyan's lint products are unique in the whole province and even in the whole country, and are crowned as "the hometown of black fungus, the hometown of tung tree, the hometown of Chinese alpine rush, the hometown of belly, the hometown of citrus and the hometown of konjac". Famous products such as Dioscorea zingiberensis, Eucommia ulmoides, Gynostemma pentaphyllum, tea, raw lacquer, oriental tobacco, etc. More popular among foreign businessmen.
Shiyan is an automobile industry base.
Shiyan is one of the largest automobile industrial bases in China, where Dongfeng Motor Group produces commercial vehicles, and has the most powerful automobile technology research institute in China. Dongfeng Motor Company is one of the three largest truck manufacturers in the world. We have established trade relations with more than 200 manufacturers in more than 30 countries and regions around the world, and established a joint venture with France in Wuhan. There are more than 200 local enterprises supporting Dongfeng Motor Company in this city. At present, Dongfeng Motor Company is implementing the series development of heavy, light, small and wide cars, and moving towards a million-car group. On July 1 day, 2003, Dongfeng Motor Co., Ltd., a joint venture between Dongfeng Motor Company and Nissan Company, was officially put into production. It is estimated that by 2006, the annual output of automobiles will be 550,000, and it will become a large company with strong international competitiveness, which will definitely have a great impact on the automobile industry in China and the economic and social development of Shiyan.
Shiyan is a tourist attraction.
Shiyan is a bright pearl on the golden tourist route of "Three Gorges of the Yangtze River-Shennongjia-Wudang Mountain-Danjiangkou Reservoir-Xi 'an, the ancient capital". There are Wudang Mountain, a Taoist holy place listed in the World Cultural Heritage List and awarded the title of 4A-level tourist area, Danjiangkou Reservoir, the largest artificial lake in Asia, the site of Yunxian ape-man which has caused a sensation at home and abroad, and dinosaur egg and dinosaur bones. It is a rare dinosaur hometown in the world. There are hot springs, waterfalls, Tianchi, canyons, caves, virgin forests and modern automobile cities. There is no cold in winter, no heat in summer, no strong winds in four seasons, beautiful mountains and rivers and pleasant climate. This is a fascinating land of geomantic omen.
Shiyan is the source of water transfer.
Danjiangkou Reservoir, known as "the world's water capital and the Tianchi Lake in Asia", is the water source and water intake for the implementation of the Middle Route Project of South-to-North Water Transfer. The water quality in Danjiangkou reservoir area reaches Class II standard, which is high-quality water and can be directly drunk. It is rare in large rivers and large and medium-sized reservoirs in China. Danjiangkou reservoir dam will be raised from 157m to 170m, and the reservoir capacity will be increased from11600 million cubic meters to 29.05 billion cubic meters. The project will start in 2003, which can fully meet the water demand in North China and Beijing and Tianjin.
Shiyan is an ecological barrier
Because the Qinling Mountains and Bashan Mountains meet at Shiyan, it constitutes the geographical dividing line between the north and south climate in China. It is a veritable ecological regulator and ecological heart in China, which can prevent sandstorms in the south from moving eastward and acid rain from moving northward and westward. The transportation in Shiyan is also very convenient. Xiangpu Railway runs through the whole territory, with 19 pairs of passenger trains passing through Shiyan every day. Wudang Mountain Airport will be opened to traffic in early 2004. Shiyan is the starting point of Hanshi (Wuhan-Shiyan) Expressway and the main control point of Yin Wu (Yinchuan-Wuhan) Expressway, thus opening the western corridor.
In the new century, Shiyan Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government take reform as the overall situation, constantly expand opening to the outside world, actively implement the strategy of sustainable development, persist in taking the automobile and auto parts industry as the leading factor, constantly expand the advantageous industries such as tourism, hydropower, biomedicine and green food, accelerate the process of economic marketization and social legalization, actively adapt to the new situation of joining WTO, and strive to build Shiyan into a modern manufacturing cluster and an automobile high-tech development zone in five to 10 years.