Meizhou Island

Meizhou Island

Meizhou Island, an island under the jurisdiction of Meizhou Town, Xiuyu District, Putian City, Fujian Province, is located 42 kilometers southeast of Putian City Center in Fujian Province, only 1.82 nautical miles away from the mainland. It is the second largest island in Putian City and the holy land of Mazu. Meizhou Island has a land area of 14.35 square kilometers, a population of 38000, an average annual temperature of 21 ℃ and a coastline of 30.4 kilometers. There are more than 30 islands, islets and reefs. It is 72 nautical miles away from Taichung port in Taiwan Province. The island is 9.6 km long from north to South and 1.3 km wide from east to west. The central part is plain and the coastline is 30.4 km long. Putian dialect is used in the whole town, including Wuqiu, with Wuqiu Township in Putian in the south.

Meizhou Island is known as "Penglai in the South". It has exciting Chaoyin of Meiyu, ancestral temple of Meizhou and "Oriental Hawaii" There are more than 30 scenic spots, such as jiubaolan golden beach and "little stone forest" geese tail strange stone. There is also Mazu temple, which is believed by 200 million Mazu believers. Every year, during the 23rd birthday of Mazu in March and the ninth birthday of Mazu in early September of the lunar calendar, the pilgrimage tourism is unprecedented, known as "Oriental Mecca".

In 1998, Meizhou Island was established as a tourism economic zone open to the outside world in Fujian Province. In 1992, it was established as a national tourist resort. In 2012, it was listed as a national AAAA scenic spot.

Evolution of organizational system

Since Putian was established as a county in the Southern Dynasties, Meizhou Island belongs to Putian County. Meizhou Island is called Meizhou or Meiyu because of its shape.

After the reform and opening up in 1978, Fujian Province listed it as one of the key development areas for construction.

In 1988, Meizhou Island was established as a tourism economic zone open to the outside world in Fujian Province.

In 1992, Meizhou Island was approved as a national tourist resort by the State Council.

In 2010, Meizhou Island was listed as Meizhou Mazu culture ecological protection experimental zone by Fujian Provincial People's government.

In 2011, Mazu temple in Meizhou, Putian City, Fujian Province was officially approved as a "Cross Strait Exchange base".

administrative division

As of 2011, Meizhou Island is under the direct jurisdiction of Putian City, under the jurisdiction of Meizhou town

By the end of 2008, there were 9817 households and a total population of 40000 in Gongxia, Dongcai, Gaozhu, Lianchi, Zhaixia, Shanwei, Xiting, Beidai, GangLou, Houxiang and Xiashan.

The formal administrative division is Meizhou Town, Xiuyu District, Putian City. Post code: 351154

geographical environment

Location context

Meizhou Island has belonged to Putian, Fujian Province since ancient times. It is in the middle of the west coast of Taiwan Strait, and in the north of Meizhou Bay Port, one of China's four major international transit ports determined by the Ministry of communications. It is about 9.6 km long from north to South and 1.3 km wide from east to west. The island is long and narrow from north to south, and shaped like an Emei, so it is called Meizhou.

Meizhou Island is the second largest island in Putian City, with a land area of 14.35 square kilometers, including more than 30 islands, islets and reefs.

In the southeast, there are Wuqiu townships in Putian, including dawuqiuyu and xiaowuqiuyu (Xiayu). Originally, it was Wuqiu in Meizhou township of Putian County. Putian dialect is used in the whole town, and more than 600 indigenous people in Wuqiuyu also use Putian dialect.

After half a century of isolation, Wuqiuyu and Meizhou Island in Putian, Fujian Province resumed direct flights for the first time in 2002. 55 Wuqiuyu villagers took the Jinmen "Taiwu" passenger ferry to Meizhou to visit their relatives.

Meizhou Island is close to Meizhou Bay, the "Golden Coast" of Fujian Province. It is only 1.8 nautical miles from the mainland, 72 nautical miles from Taichung port of Taiwan in the East, 100 nautical miles from Xiamen port in the South and 70 nautical miles from Mawei Port of Fuzhou in the north. On the North Bank of Meizhou Bay, there are ferry terminals, 3000 ton passenger terminals to Taiwan and other external transportation facilities, as well as the highway network to all parts of the island. Putian Meizhou Island National Tourist Resort with informal administrative divisions.

climate

Meizhou Island is a typical subtropical marine monsoon climate, with an average annual temperature of 21 ℃ and an average annual rainfall of about 1000mm.

Politics

Putian Meizhou Island National Tourism Resort Management Committee is located at No. 1588, Meizhou North Avenue, Meizhou Island, Putian City,

Excluding the Party committee and government of Meizhou Town:

Huang Hua, vice chairman of the CPPCC municipal committee and Secretary of the CPC Working Committee, presided over the overall work of the CPC Working Committee.

Lin Shaowen, deputy secretary of the Party Working Committee and director of the management committee, presided over the overall work of the management committee.

Huang Jianguo, member of the working committee and Secretary of the political and legal committee, is in charge of the daily work of the working committee management committee, comprehensive administration of politics and law, social stability, national security, on duty emergency, digital Meizhou, letters and visits, civil affairs, reception, etc., and is in charge of the Working Committee Management Committee Office, comprehensive administration office, Social Affairs Administration Bureau (Civil Affairs), reception office, logistics management center, letters and visits office, national security office, emergency office, digital office Procuratorial office, police station, frontier police station, Meizhou court, overseas Chinese Federation.

Chen Zhicheng, deputy investigator of the Party Working Committee: contacted the municipal CPPCC, assisted Comrade Zhang Huang in charge of culture, education, health, sports, environmental sanitation, urban management, etc., and concurrently served as director of reception office, in charge of Social Affairs Administration Bureau, urban management office

Administrative Law Enforcement Bureau (Urban Management), Meizhou Island branch of Affiliated Hospital of Putian University, education supervision office, Mazu middle school, first central primary school, second central primary school, health and epidemic prevention station, CDC, ancestral temple, intangible cultural heritage center, Mazu Culture Research Center.

Zhang Guolian, deputy researcher of the management committee, is in charge of environmental protection and ecology, assisting Comrade Lin zongchu in charge of land and resources and garden work, and in charge of construction and Transportation Bureau, land and resources sub Bureau, municipal garden department and gas station.

Lin Yuan, member of the Party Working Committee and deputy director of the management committee, is in charge of development and reform, fiscal and tax revenue, project management, finance, ticket collection and management, state-owned assets supervision, civil affairs, maritime affairs, ports, etc., and is in charge of planning and Finance Bureau, Social Affairs Administration Bureau (Civil Affairs Work), marine department, project office, key office, port office, accountant appointment management center, China Construction Bank and rural commercial bank.

Liu Dapeng, member of the Party Working Committee, director of the Organization Department, and director of the United Front Work Department: in charge of Party building, organization, personnel, labor, establishment, United Front work, mass organizations, social security, etc., in charge of Party building office, mass organizations work department, people's Labor Bureau, labor employment center, medical insurance center, agricultural insurance center, and Party member education and Management Center (Party School).

Pan Lin, deputy secretary of the Party Working Committee, is also Secretary of the Party Committee directly under the district: in charge of Party construction, organization, personnel, establishment, rural areas, spiritual civilization construction, urban management, social stability, anti-terrorism, petition, population and family planning; in charge of Party Construction Office, people's and Labor Bureau, editorial office, agriculture, forestry and Water Bureau, Cultural Affairs Office, urban management office, comprehensive management office, petition office, anti terrorism office, population and Family Planning Bureau, tourism construction group,

Wu Beijun, member of the Party Working Committee and Secretary of the Commission for Discipline Inspection: in charge of discipline inspection, administrative supervision, party conduct and clean government, in charge of the Supervision Bureau.

Zhang Huang, member of the Party Working Committee and director of the Propaganda Department, is in charge of ideology, propaganda, ideological culture, spiritual civilization construction, Taiwan tourism, education, health, sports, cultural and creative industries, Internet economy, urban management, environmental sanitation, etc., and is in charge of civilization office, Taiwan Affairs Office, Tourism Bureau, social affairs administration bureau, trade and Investment Promotion Bureau (Internet Economy), urban management office, and administrative law enforcement bureau（ Urban Management), ancestral temple, intangible cultural heritage center, Mazu Culture Research Center, Mazu middle school, first central primary school, second central primary school, Meizhou Island branch of Affiliated Hospital of Putian University, health and epidemic prevention station, CDC, news center, Youth Activity Center, education supervision office, cultural investment company, Xinfa company.

Fang Guocheng, deputy director of the Management Committee: contact the Municipal People's Congress, in charge of agriculture, forestry and water conservancy, marine fishery, coastal defense, safety production, flood control and drought relief, forest fire prevention, people's armed forces, family planning, meteorology, civil air defense, in charge of Agriculture, forestry and Water Bureau, marine and Fishery Bureau, Safety Supervision Bureau, population and Family Planning Bureau, meteorological branch, civil air defense office, forest defense station, water supply company, sewage treatment plant, fishing port company.

Yan Jinfeng, deputy director of the Management Committee: in charge of tourism, economy and trade, investment promotion, industrial and commercial administration, food safety, quality supervision, etc., in charge of Tourism Bureau, economy and Trade Investment Promotion Bureau, industrial and commercial branch, food and Drug Administration Branch, tourism quality supervision office, scenic spot management service center, power supply company, supply and marketing agency and post and telecommunications unit.

Zheng Jinhe, deputy director of the Management Committee: in charge of price, audit, statistics, administrative services, project bidding management, Taiwan Affairs, overseas Chinese, science and technology, earthquake, letters and visits, in charge of the Bureau of planning and finance, Taiwan Affairs Office, economic and Trade Investment Promotion Bureau (Overseas Chinese, science and technology, earthquake), comprehensive management office and administrative service center.

Lin zongchu, deputy director of the management committee, is in charge of urban and rural planning, construction and transportation, landscape architecture, land and resources, village construction management, urban and rural integration, efficiency supervision, performance management, rectification, etc. He is also in charge of construction and Transportation Bureau, land and Resources Bureau, Administrative Law Enforcement Bureau, traffic law enforcement brigade, Scenic Area Administration Bureau, municipal landscape architecture department, planning office, construction project quality supervision station, and municipal planning office Planning Bureau Meizhou Island branch, integration office, efficiency office, rectification office, tourism construction group, bus company.

History and culture

mazu culture

The term "Mazu culture" was first put forward by Professor Lin Jinwen of Shanghai Normal University at the Symposium on Mazu Millennium sacrifice held in Putian in 1987, and was recognized by most people. According to the Song Dynasty Liao Pengfei's "the reconstruction of Shunji Temple of shengdunzu Temple", it is recorded that "the strong one is the only goddess, and the strong one is the best one. It is also handed down from generation to generation. Surnamed Lin, from Meizhou Island. In the early days, Wu Zhu was used as a matter to predict people's misfortunes and blessings

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