Wujiang
Wujiang District
Wujiang District, subordinate to Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, is located in the southeast of Jiangsu Province, adjacent to Shanghai in the East, Taihu Lake in the west, Zhejiang in the south, and the main urban area of Suzhou in the north. The total area of the region is 1176.68 square kilometers, of which the water area is 26700 hectares, accounting for 22.70% of the total area of the city (excluding the water surface of Taihu Lake under its jurisdiction). As of June 2019, Wujiang district has 4 streets and 7 towns, with 832 thousand and 700 registered residence and 979 thousand and 200 floating population.
In 909 ad, Wujiang was established as a county; in 1992, Wujiang was established as a city; on September 1, 2012, Wujiang was established as a district of Suzhou. Wujiang is located in the south of the Yangtze River, with developed river and lake systems, crisscross rivers and scattered lakes. It is known as the "land of fish and rice" and "Silk house". Wujiang has a north subtropical monsoon marine climate with four distinct seasons, mild climate and abundant rainfall.
Wujiang has a long history and culture, and has formed a number of distinctive cultural resources, such as sericulture and silk culture, ancient town culture of water town, Millennium canal culture, Ulva perch poetry culture, Sinology culture and Jiangcun culture of enriching the people. There are more than 140 famous historical figures, such as Fan Li of the spring and Autumn period, Lu guimeng of Tang Dynasty, Wang Xichan of Qing Dynasty, Chen Qubing of 1911 Revolution, Liu Yazi of patriotic poet, Fei Xiaotong of sociologist, etc.
In 2017, the GDP of Wujiang district was 178.898 billion yuan, an increase of 7.1% over the same period last year; the per capita disposable income of residents was 48517 yuan, an increase of 8.9% over the same period last year.
Historical evolution
In the middle and late Neolithic period, there were human activities in Wujiang.
Wujiang belonged to Wu in ancient times. In the 25th year of emperor Zheng (the first emperor) of Qin Dynasty (222 BC), Kuaiji county was set up and Wuxian county and Youquan county were set up. From then on to the second year of Kaiping (908), Wujiang belonged to Jiaxing in the South and Wuxian in the north.
In 909, the third year of Liang Kaiping (909) after the Five Dynasties, Qian Liu, the king of Wu and Yue, cut the southern part of Wu County and the northern part of Jiaxing, and set up Wujiang County under the jurisdiction of Suzhou. In 1276, Suzhou was renamed zhongwujun, pingjiangjun, Suzhou, pingjiangfu and pingjianglu. Wujiang county has always been subordinate to it. In 1296, Wujiang county was promoted to Zhongzhou, belonging to Pingjiang road. In 1356, Pingjiang road was renamed Longping mansion, and in 1357, it was renamed Pingjiang road.
In the first year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (1368), it was renamed Suzhou Prefecture, and the subordinate relationship of Wujiang Prefecture remained unchanged. In the second year of Hongwu (1369), Wujiang Prefecture was still changed into a county and its subordinate status remained unchanged.
In 1726, Zhenze county was located in the west of Wujiang County, while Wujiang county was still in the East. Both Wujiang and Zhenze counties were subordinate to Suzhou government. In 1860, the peasant uprising army of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom captured Wujiang and Zhenze counties, both of which belonged to Sufu province of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. During this period, Shengze was assigned to Xiushui county. In the second year of tongzhi (1863), the Qing army captured Sufu province of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Wujiang and Zhenze counties were still under the jurisdiction of Suzhou government. In 1911, the revolution of 1911 broke out, and Wujiang and Zhenze counties "recovered" on September 25 (November 15 of the Gregorian calendar).
In 1912, Wujiang county was subordinate to the governor of Jiangsu Province. In June 1914, it was changed to Su Changdao. In May 1927, the government of Jiangsu Province was established. Wujiang county belongs to Jiangsu Province. In March 1933, there were 13 administrative supervision districts in Jiangsu Province. Wujiang county was under the jurisdiction of the office of the third district administrative supervision commissioner (Suzhou). In December this year, Wujiang county was under the jurisdiction of Wuxi District Office of the Commissioner of administrative supervision. In 1935, Wuxi district was renamed the Second District, and Wujiang county still belongs to it. On November 18, 1937, the Japanese occupied Wujiang county. Wujiang county government moved out of the county. On July 1, 1938, Wujiang County Office was established. In August 1945, after the victory of the Anti Japanese War, the puppet Wujiang County Office disintegrated, and the Wujiang county government moved back to the county seat.
On April 29, 1949, Wujiang county was liberated. On May 5, the whole territory of Wujiang county was liberated, and Wujiang county was subordinate to the Suzhou administrative division of the southern Jiangsu administrative office.
On January 1, 1953, Wujiang county was subordinate to the Suzhou Commissioner's office.
On March 26, 1968, the Suzhou special district Revolutionary Committee was established. On April 13, 1971, it was renamed the Suzhou regional Revolutionary Committee. In July 1978, it was renamed the Suzhou regional administrative office, which was attached to Wujiang county.
On January 18, 1983, the Suzhou District administrative office was abolished, and Wujiang county was under the leadership of Suzhou city.
On February 17, 1992, the Ministry of Civil Affairs approved the abolition of Wujiang county and the establishment of Wujiang City. On May 4, Wujiang held the inaugural meeting of withdrawing counties and establishing cities.
On October 29, 2012, Wujiang was set up as Wujiang District of Suzhou.
administrative division
Division evolution
In January 1986, there were seven towns in Wujiang, namely Songling, Shengze, Tongli, Zhenze, Lili, Pingwang and luxui, and 17 townships, namely Bache, Wanping, Tuncun, Xinta, Beishe, Jinjiaba, Meiyan, Shengze, Tanqiu, Nanma, Badu, Hengfan, Qidu, Miaogong, Tongluo, Qingyun and Taoyuan.
On January 16, 1987, Beishe withdrew the township to build a town, and implemented the system of town governing village.
On August 11, 1988, Bache, Tongluo, Meiyan and Taoyuan withdrew their townships to build towns and implemented the system of town governing village.
On December 22, 1988, Shengze Township and Shengze Town merged and implemented the system of town managing village.
On September 26, 1992, six townships, Hengfan, Nanma, Tuncun, Miaogong, Qidu and Badu, were removed from their townships and built into towns, and the system of town managing village was implemented.
On February 3, 1994, Tanqiu, Xinta, Jinjiaba, Qingyun and Wanping were removed from their townships to establish towns, and the system of town governing village was implemented, with 23 towns under the jurisdiction of the whole city.
On July 12, 2000, Bache town was abolished and its original jurisdiction was merged into Songling town; Tanqiu town was abolished and its original jurisdiction was merged into Shengze Town. After the adjustment, the number of towns under the jurisdiction of Wujiang City has been adjusted from 23 to 21.
On October 11, 2001, Tongli town and Tuncun town were merged, and the former Tuncun town area was merged into Tongli town; Luxu town and Xinta town were merged, and the former Xinta town area was merged into Luxu town; Taoyuan town and Qingyun town were merged, and the former Qingyun town area was merged into Taoyuan town. After the adjustment, the number of towns under the jurisdiction of Wujiang City has been adjusted from 21 to 18.
On December 18, 2003, Shengze and Nanma towns were merged to form new Shengze Town; Hengfan and Wanping towns were merged to form new Hengfan town; Qidu and Miaogong towns were merged to form new Qidu Town; Zhenze and Badu towns were merged to form new Zhenze town; Taoyuan and Tongluo towns were merged to form new Taoyuan town; luxui and Jinjiaba towns were merged to form new luxui town; Lili and Beishe towns were merged to form new luxui town The two towns were merged to form xinlili Town, and Pingwang and Meiyan towns were merged to form xinpingwang town. After the adjustment of administrative divisions, the number of towns under the jurisdiction of Wujiang City has been adjusted from 18 to 10, namely Songling Town, Tongli Town, Shengze Town, Hengfan Town, Qidu Town, Zhenze Town, Taoyuan Town, Luxu Town, Lili town and Pingwang town.
In October 2006, luxui and Lili were merged to form FENHU Town, which is integrated with the "FENHU Economic Development Zone in Wujiang, Jiangsu".
In December 2011, with the approval of Jiangsu provincial government, Hengfan town of Wujiang City was abolished and the original administrative area of Hengfan town was merged into Songling town; four neighborhood committees of Aolin Qinghua, Shuixiang, Xinyuan and Suhe in Songling town and seven village committee areas of Chang'an, Ludang, Yuyu, Liantuan, Gaoxin, Wumo and Meili in Songling town were demarcated, and Binhu street of Wujiang City was established.
In August 2012, "Jiangsu Wujiang FENHU Economic Development Zone" was renamed "Jiangsu FenHu high tech Industrial Development Zone".
In May 2013, FenHu town was renamed as Lili town. In November, Wujiang Economic and Technological Development Zone and Tongli town officially implemented the "district town integration" management system.
In October 2018, with the consent of Jiangsu provincial government, Binhu street and Songling town of Wujiang district were abolished, and Songling street, Jiangling street and Hengfan street were established.
On June 17, 2019, Suzhou Municipal People's Government approved: 1. To cancel Songling town and Binhu street in Wujiang district. 2、 Songling street of Wujiang district was established. 3、 Jiangling street of Wujiang district was established. 4、 Hengfan street of Wujiang district was established. 5、 Bache street of Wujiang district was established. 6、 Adjust the regional scope of Tongli town in Wujiang district.
After the adjustment of administrative divisions, Wujiang district has jurisdiction over 7 towns of Lili, Shengze, Qidu, Taoyuan, Zhenze, Pingwang and Tongli, and 4 streets of Songling, Jiangling, Hengfan and Bache, with a total of 71 neighborhood committees and 249 village committees.
Zoning details
By the end of 2017, Wujiang district had one street and eight towns, including Binhu street, Songling Town, Tongli Town, Lili Town, Pingwang Town, Shengze Town, Zhenze Town, Qidu Town and Taoyuan Town, and the District People's government was stationed in Binhu street.
As of October 2018, Wujiang district has jurisdiction over three streets and seven towns, including Songling street, Jiangling street, Hengfan street, Tongli Town, Lili Town, Pingwang Town, Shengze Town, Zhenze Town, Qidu Town and Taoyuan town. The District People's government is stationed at No. 1000 Kaiping Road, Songling street.
geographical environment
Location context
Wujiang district is located in the southeast of Jiangsu Province, bordering Qingpu District of Shanghai in the East, Jiaxing City and Tongxiang City of Zhejiang Province in the south, Taihu Lake in the west, Wuzhong District of Suzhou City in the north, Jiashan County of Zhejiang Province in the southeast, Kunshan City in the northeast and Huzhou City of Zhejiang Province in the southwest
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