Tiandong County, Baise City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region

Tiandong County Tiandong county is located in the west of Guangxi, in the abdomen of Youjiang River Valley and Youjiang Basin. Youjiang river runs through it from west to East, connecting Pingguo city in the East, Debao county and Tianyang District in the west, Tiandeng County in the South and Bama Yao Autonomous County in the north. With a total area of 2816 square kilometers, the county governs 167 administrative villages (streets and communities) in 10 towns and 1 Township, with a total population of 430000. It is a multi-ethnic county with Zhuang Nationality as the main body. The territory is like a giant mango, which coincides with the name of "the hometown of mango in China".

Tiandong is the birthplace of the Baise uprising and the seat of the right Jiangsu Soviet government. In 1929, Deng Xiaoping, Zhang Yunyi and other proletarian revolutionaries of the older generation led and launched the Baise uprising in southern Xinjiang, and established the right Jiangsu Soviet government, the first red revolutionary regime in Guangxi. It has a high reputation and influence, and has attracted much attention in the whole country. Tiandong was rated as one of the top 100 counties in Western China. It is the only pilot county of rural financial reform in China and the only national experimental area of rural reform in Guangxi. The former site of Youjiang workers' and peasants' democratic government was designated as the national patriotic education demonstration base by the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee in 2005. It is one of the 12 national key red tourism scenic spots designated by the central government.

Tiandong county has formed eight pillar industries of coal, electric power, petrochemical, chlor alkali chemical, aluminum manganese, sugar, cement and paper.

On September 25, 2018, it won the honorary title of "2018 e-commerce into rural comprehensive demonstration county" of the Ministry of Commerce. In March 2019, it was selected into the list of counties in the first batch of revolutionary cultural relics protection and utilization areas; on April 24, 2019, the people's Government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region approved Tiandong county to get rid of poverty. On December 6, 2019, it was selected as the pilot unit of promoting the quality improvement of farmers' cooperatives in the whole county.

Historical evolution

Before Qin Dynasty, today's Tiandong county belongs to Baiyue (Guangdong).

In the third year of the first emperor of Qin Dynasty (214 BC), Yang Yue was established as Guilin, Nanhai and Xiangjun. Today, Tiandong county belongs to Guilin county and Xiangjun county.

In the sixth year of Ding of Han Dynasty (111 BC), Guilin County of Qin Dynasty was changed to Yulin County. Today, most of Tiandong county belongs to ZengShi County of Yulin County. Until the Western Jin Dynasty.

In 313, Jinxing county was established in Yulin County. Today, most of Tiandong county belongs to Zengyi county. In the northern and Southern Dynasties, it was still due to this.

In 594, Emperor kaihuang abolished Jinxing county and established Jinxing county. In the 18th year, Jinxing county was changed into Xuanhua county. Today, most of Tiandong county belongs to Jinxing county and Xuanhua county.

In 622, Xuanhua county was divided into four counties: Wuyuan County, Hengshan County, Jinxing county and langning county. Under the jurisdiction of langning County, Yongzhou, Tang Dynasty set up Tianzhou in Kaiyuan period (713-741), which governed dujiu (in Pingguo County), Hengshan (in Tiandong county), Wulong (in Tianyang district and Baise City), Huijia (in Baise City) and Rulai (in Tianlin county), and governed dujiu County. In the first year of Tianbao, Tianzhou was changed into Hengshan County. Today, most of Tiandong county belongs to Hengshan County. In 758, Hengshan County was renamed Tianzhou, and Hengshan County was abolished. Today, most of Tiandong county belongs to Tianzhou. In 805, Tianzhou was abandoned and then restored.

In the Tang Dynasty, in addition to Hengshan County in today's Tiandong County, there were also two Jimi prefectures: Houzhou (now dengyao township) and gongrao (now Silin town). In Song Dynasty, there were Tianzhou, gongrao, houtang, zuifeng, Shanglong, Xiangwu and shanglintu counties in Tiandong County, and hengshanzhai, a military administrative unit.

In the Yuan Dynasty, the Hengshan village was abandoned, and there were three military and civilian offices in the west of Guangxi, including Tianzhou Road, Lai'an road and Zhen'an road.

In the Ming Dynasty, Tianzhou tuzhou and Xiangwu tuzhou were moved to Tianyang district and Tiandeng county. Shanglong Prefecture was abandoned because the Tusi moved to datangxia. During the reign of Hongzhi, Xialong Prefecture was changed into Tusi. By the end of Ming Dynasty, only shanglintu county had the administrative office in Tiandong county.

From the beginning of the Qing Dynasty to the 13th year of tongzhi (1874), the construction situation was the same as that in the late Ming Dynasty. In the first year of Guangxu (1875), Tianzhou changed its land and returned to Liuzhou. In today's Tiandong area, it set up Enlong County, which was under the jurisdiction of Baise Zhili hall.

In the first year of the Republic of China (1912), Baise Zhili hall was changed into Baise mansion. Today, most of Tiandong county belongs to Enlong County, and the rest belong to shanglintu County, xiangwutu Prefecture and Fengyi county. Enlong county and shanglintu county are under the jurisdiction of Baise Prefecture.

In 1913, Baise Prefecture was abolished and tiannandao was set up. Enlong county and shanglintu county were under the jurisdiction of tiannandao.

In 1915, Du'an County was established, and Enlong County assigned the land of Dahua district to Du'an County.

In 1917, Xiangwu Prefecture was abolished and Xiangdu county was established. Today, Yincha town and Jiangcheng town are under the jurisdiction of Xiangdu county.

In 1918, shanglintu county was transformed into a local government. The whole territory of shanglintu county and one or two capitals of enli under Enlong County, the whole territory of yangbantu and Xiawang Tusi under shangtianli, were juxtaposed with Silin county. So far, Enlong county is located in the east of Shangmei village, Jiangnan township (now Pingguo County), south of North Bank of Youjiang River, west of Kunhe village, eqiao township (now Tianyang District), and north of Fulu village, bapin township (now Bama Yao Autonomous County), with a total area of 5547 square kilometers, equivalent to 8320875 mu. Until the abolition of Enlong county and the establishment of Tiandong county.

In 1934, Silin county was abolished and Enlong county was renamed Tiandong county. Baocheng, Zhumei and Yangxiu, which belong to Silin County, belong to Tiandong County, while Huiwang, Haicheng, Pingzhi, Zhongshan, Leyu, Gumei, Fengwu and Yuhuan, which belong to Pingzhi county. Datong (except Qiuwu Street), Jingde, Zhenjiang and Jiangnan townships in chongen District of Enlong county were transferred to Pingzhi County; Luoxian, Lingqi, Rende, qianggui, Hongdu and bapin townships in lipin district and yanle, Fengqiao and eqiao townships in Longyi district were transferred to Wangang county. In Fengyi County, most of lunwei Township, Mutao Township and ren'an Township, Maping Township, tanhe Township, Zuodeng Township, Bali Township and Dalan Township belong to Tiandong county.

After liberation, Tiandong county's governance remained unchanged. The situation has changed.

In May 1950, the people's Government of Tiandong County divided 21 townships (towns) that took over the old regime into seven districts, abolished townships (towns) and retained villages (streets).

In August 1951, the Guangxi provincial government adjusted the administrative divisions and abolished Wangang county. The Fifth District (NATAO District), the Sixth District (Qiangwei District) and eight villages, Yandong, Longwei, Laiman, Longtian, Hongwan, Xinli, Zimao and Yanting, originally belonging to Wangang County, belong to Tiandong county.

In November 1952, in order to meet the needs of the development of production after the land reform, the whole county changed the village into township.

In 1953, gancha district and Shuangyan, Naya and fengma townships of zhendu county were transferred to Tiandong. So far, the county has jurisdiction over 11 districts, 1 town and 142 townships.

In 1955, tuohongtun, Xinceng Township, the Sixth District of Tianyang, was under the jurisdiction of Baoli Township, Tiandong county.

In October 1956, Bama Yao Autonomous County was established, and Tiandong County transferred eight townships of NATAO and Qiangwei districts and Banlong District, including Yandong, Longwei, Laiman, Longtian, Hongwan, Xinli, Zimao and Yanting, to Bama County, while Banlong district was abolished. In the same year, Pingmeng Township, liming District, Pingguo County assigned the first, fifth, sixth and seventh areas to Tiandong county.

In November 1958, the county implemented the people's communization. Eight people's communes were established on the basis of eight districts and one town. All the people's communes organized management committees and implemented the integration of government and society. Instead of district (town) offices, they became grass-roots administrative units under the jurisdiction of production brigades (streets).

In January 1959, Heping people's commune was divided into Pingma town commune and Heheng commune (in October 1960, Heheng commune was renamed Bailin commune, also known as Balin commune), and Xianfeng people's commune was renamed shuoliang commune. The county governs nine communes.

In 1961, Pingguo County assigned three brigades of Haicheng commune, Baijiao, Bazhao and Baliu, to Tiandong county. In June of the same year, Pingma commune restored its organizational system and formed the Pingma town government. The other eight communes were divided into 24 small communes, with 24 communes in one town under the jurisdiction of the county.

In 1962, Pingguo County put Keheng and Chongshan brigades of Guoheng commune in Guohua district under Tiandong county. So far, the jurisdiction of Tiandong county has been stable. In July of the same year, the original 24 small communes were merged, and the county had eight district offices and one town office, with eight districts and one town under its jurisdiction.

In September 1966, each district office was renamed the commune management committee, the Pingma Town Office was renamed the Pingma Town People's government, and the production brigade below the county level was renamed the commune. It governs eight communes and one town. The name of the production brigade below the commune shall be restored.

In March 1968, the district (town) revolutionary committees were set up to replace the functions and powers of the district commune management committees and the town people's governments.

In October 1980, the Revolutionary Committee was abolished and Pingma Town Management Committee and commune management committee were established. The county has jurisdiction over 8 communes and 1 town.

In December 1984, according to the spirit of the higher authorities on the separation of government and society, the original eight communities and one town were abolished and 11 townships and two towns were set up. Each production brigade is reorganized into a village. Basically, each production brigade is reorganized into one village, and some production brigades are reorganized into two villages. A village committee is set up as an autonomous organization of the masses. In 1987, the villagers' committee established in 1984 was changed into a village office as the agency of the people's Government of each township (town). In addition, the villagers' committee was established by taking the natural village as a unit or several natural villages. In 1995, the village office was abolished and the village committee was established. All the villagers' committees that were originally set up by natural villages or by several natural villages will be abolished.

Tiandong, 1996-2004

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