Wanzhou District, Chongqing Municipality

Wanzhou District, located in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River and the northeast of Chongqing, is located in the heart of the Three Gorges Reservoir area. It is named after "Wanchuan Bihui" and "Wanshang gathering". The city city city one belt, one road city, the east of Xiangxi City Economic Zone, is an important node city of the Yangtze River economic belt.

Under the jurisdiction of 52 towns, townships and streets, Wanzhou District covers an area of 3457 square kilometers, with an urban area of 100 square kilometers and an urban population of 1.02 million. The urban spatial pattern of "one ring and two wings" has been built, with 25 kilometers of riverside Lake inner ring and 57 kilometers of urban outer ring. The forest coverage rate of the whole district reaches 53.5%. At the end of 2019, the total population of Wanzhou registered residence was 1 million 735 thousand and 600, with a permanent population of 1 million 650 thousand and 100.

Wanzhou District has customs and bonded logistics center (type A), Wanzhou Comprehensive Bonded Zone, 7 colleges and universities, 6 scientific research institutions, and nearly 40000 middle and senior talents. It has won the honor of "national model city of double support" for three consecutive times and the highest award of "Chang'an Cup" for comprehensive management.

Historical evolution

Wanzhou is named after "Wanchuan Bihui" and "Wanshang Biji". There are traces of human activities in the Paleolithic age, a batch of beaten and ground stone tools unearthed from zhazimen site in Dazhou Town, and sites of Fuxikou, maliutou, mixigou, suheping, dadizui, huangbaixi, Juyutuo in the Neolithic age.

Xia belongs to Liangzhou, Shang and Zhou belong to Yong state. In the second year of King Kuang of Zhou Dynasty (611 BC), Chu, Qin and Ba united to destroy Yong, and divided the area into three parts. The territory belonged to ba. In the process of Ba's westward migration from Qingjiang River basin to Yangtze River Basin, he once lived in "Bazi old city" in Wuling Town, Wanzhou District.

In the thirtieth year of King Zhao of Qin Dynasty (277 BC), after seizing the western area of Chu state, Qin set quren County in Ba County (zhiwanhuyi, now Jianmin village, Shuangjiang Town, Yunyang County) under its jurisdiction.

In the 21th year of Jian'an (216) of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Bei set Yangqu County as the southwest boundary of Qu and ruled Changtan town of Wanzhou District. It was the beginning of Wanzhou's construction. It belonged to Guling county (now Fengjie) at that time and Badong County (now Fengjie) later.

In 230, the eighth year of Jianxing in Shuhan Dynasty, Yangqu was set up in Nanpu county.

In the southern and Northern Dynasties, Nanpu was changed to Yuquan County in 553, and Jiangbei (formerly Huancheng Road) was transferred to Xinzhou (now Fengjie). In the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Yuquan county was changed to Anxiang County, and then Wanchuan County, which was under the same rule as Nanzhou and Wanchuan County, and then Xinzhou general manager's Office (now Fengjie).

In the Sui Dynasty, Wanchuan county was abolished and changed into Nanpu County in the 10th year of kaihuang (598), which was under the same rule as Nanzhou. At that time, it belonged to the general manager of Xinzhou (now Fengjie); in the third year of Daye (607), Nanzhou and Nanpu County belonged to Badong County (now Fengjie).

In the Tang Dynasty, Nanpu Prefecture was set up in 619 (the second year of Wude), with three counties of lingliangshan, Nanpu and Wuning; Nanpu county was changed to Puzhou in the eighth year of Wude; Puzhou was changed to Wanzhou in 634 (the eighth year of Zhenguan); before the an Shi rebellion, it belonged to the general manager's office of Kuizhou (now Fengjie), and then to the governor's office of Kuizhou (now Fengjie); Wanzhou was changed to Nanpu County in 742 (the first year of Tianbao); Wanzhou was renamed to Wanzhou in 758 (the first year of Qianyuan) Leading Nanpu, Wuning and Liangshan counties. In the Tang Dynasty after the an Shi rebellion, Wanzhou belonged to Kui Zhongfu defense envoy (zhifengjie) most of the time.

During the period of Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, Wanzhou was occupied by the former Shu, the latter Tang and the latter Shu successively. The administrative construction still followed the Tang system, leading Nanpu, Wuning and Liangshan counties. They successively belonged to the Jiedushi of Zhenjiang Army (first governing Fengjie, then Zhongxian, and then Fengjie) and Ningjiang Army (governing Fengjie).

In the third year of Kaibao (970) of the Northern Song Dynasty, Liangshan Army (also known as Gaoliang county) was set up by the Shi family of Wanzhou, and led Liangshan County. Xianping four years (1001), home Kuizhou road in Fengjie, jurisdiction Wanzhou, Fuzhou, Chongqing and other places.

In the Yuan Dynasty, in 1283, Nanpu County entered Wanzhou and led one county of Wuning. It was Kuizhou Road (now Fengjie).

In the Ming Dynasty, in 1371, Wuning County entered Wanzhou, and in 1373, Wanzhou was demoted to Wanxian, which is the capital of Kuizhou (now Fengjie).

In the Qing Dynasty, following the Ming system, it belonged to Kuizhou prefecture (now Fengjie). On September 5, 1902, the British imperialists forced the Qing government to sign the Sino British Treaty on continued trade and shipping, which added Wanxian as a trading port.

In 1917, the Customs was set up. Due to the Yangtze River waterway, Wanxian became the third largest city in Sichuan, known as "Chengdu Chongqing Wanxian". At the same time, it also became an important material distribution center in eastern Sichuan, Western Hubei, southern Shaanxi, eastern Guizhou and Western Hunan. In July 1925, the Duan Qirui government announced that Wanxian was officially opened as a port. Since then, Wanxian has become the second direct customs declaration and export port in Sichuan Province. On November 15, 1928, the warlord Yang Sen set Wanxian city as Wanxian city.

In June 1935, the ninth administrative supervision district of Sichuan Province was set up in Wanxian city, with jurisdiction over Wanxian city (merged into Wanxian in October of the same year), Wanxian, Kaixian, Zhongxian, Yunyang, Fengjie, Wushan, Wuxi and Chengkou.

Since the founding of the people's Republic of China, Wanxian district has been under the leadership of East Sichuan administrative region and Sichuan Province.

On December 8, 1949, Wanxian county was liberated. On the 15th, Wanxian special district of East Sichuan administrative region was set up. Wanxian city was set up on December 15 and transferred to Wanxian district on December 20, 1952 with the approval of the Government Affairs Council. It has jurisdiction over 9 counties, including Wanxian, Kaixian, Zhongxian, Yunyang, Fengjie, Wushan, Wuxi, Chengkou and shilao (which were assigned to Fuling District in January 1950). In September 1952, it was transferred to Sichuan Province.

In March 1953, Liangping County was put under the jurisdiction of Wanxian district. In 1955, Shijia and other four townships in Lichuan County, Hubei Province were assigned to Wanxian County, Sichuan Province. The three townships in Wanxian County belong to Lichuan County.

In May 1968, it was renamed Wanxian district.

In December 1992, Wanxian district was abolished in Sichuan Province. Wanxian city is established at prefecture level, with jurisdiction over Longbao District, Tiancheng District, Wuqiao District, Kaixian County, Liangping County, Zhongxian County, Yunyang County, Fengjie County, Wushan County, Wuxi County and Chengkou County, covering an area of 29485 square kilometers.

In September 1996, due to the construction of the Three Gorges project, the central government approved Chongqing, a city separately listed in the Sichuan provincial plan, to take charge of Wanxian city.

In 1997, Chongqing became a municipality directly under the central government. Chongqing abolished Wanxian city and set up Wanxian immigration Development Zone and Wanxian district.

In 1998, Wanxian district was renamed as Wanzhou District (Wanzhou District still governs Longbao Management Committee, Wuqiao Management Committee and Tiancheng Management Committee); Wanxian immigration development zone was renamed as Wanzhou immigration Development Zone (Wanzhou immigration development zone manages Kaixian, Zhongxian, Yunyang, Fengjie, Wushan and Wuxi counties with immigration tasks).

In 2000, Wanzhou immigration development zone was abolished, and Zhongxian County, Kaixian County, Yunyang County, Fengjie County, Wushan County and Wuxi County, which were entrusted by Wanzhou immigration Development Zone, were directly under the central government of Chongqing Municipality. At the same time, Longbao Management Committee, Wuqiao Management Committee and Tiancheng management committee were renamed as Longbao immigration Development Zone, Wuqiao immigration Development Zone and Tiancheng immigration Development Zone, which are still under the jurisdiction of Wanzhou District, with a total of 32 towns, 45 townships, 14 streets and 1277 neighborhood committees and village committees.

In 2005, Longbao, Tiancheng and Wuqiao immigration development zones were abolished, and Wanzhou District directly managed towns, townships and streets, with 13 townships, 28 towns and 11 streets, covering an area of 3457 square kilometers. On June 24, the residence of the people's Government of Wanzhou District was moved from Taibaiyan street to chenjiaba Street (i.e. from No. 82 gaosuntang to No. 756 Tiancheng Avenue)

In 2010, Chongqing Three Gorges resettlement task has been fully completed. Wanzhou is the largest Three Gorges resettlement area, with 263000 immigrants. One fifth of the immigrants from the Three Gorges Reservoir area moved to Wanzhou. Wanzhou has become the second largest city in Chongqing because it has become the main destination of the Three Gorges immigrants.

On August 5, 2020, the Joint Conference on the establishment of Wanda Kaichuan Chongqing integrated development demonstration zone was held in Dazhou. The statistical bureaus of Dazhou City, Wanzhou District, Kaizhou district and Yunyang County of Chongqing had in-depth exchanges on the coordinated development of statistical work, negotiated the establishment of cross administrative regional statistical cooperation mechanism, and signed the statistical strategic cooperation agreement on the establishment of "Wanda Kaichuan Chongqing integrated development demonstration zone" It's a good idea.

On November 29, 2020, China will join the Dabashan Grand Three Gorges Cultural Tourism Development Alliance.

administrative division

By the end of 2019, Wanzhou District has jurisdiction over 12 townships, 29 towns and 11 streets, including Zhushan Township, Jiuchi Township, Tiefeng Township, Huangbai Township, Xikou Township, Yanshan Township, Changping Township, Lishu Township, Puzi Township, Dibao Township, Cizhu Township, Henghe Tujia Township, Gaofeng Town, Longsha Town, Xiangshui Town, Wuling Town, fandu Town, Ganning Town, Tiancheng Town, xiongjia Town, Dazhou Town, Xiaozhou town and sunzhou town Home town, Gaoliang Town, Lihe Town, Fenshui town, Yujia Town, Houshan Town, Tanzi Town, Changling Town, Xintian Town, Zouma Town, Baitu Town, Changtan Town, Baiyang Town, Tai'an Town, Longju Town, Tailong Town, Luotian Town, Xinxiang Town, Guocun Town, gaosuntang street, Taibai street, pailou Street, Shuanghekou street, Longdu street, Zhoujiaba street, Shahe street, Zhonggulou street Street, bai'anba street, Wuqiao street, chenjiaba street.

geographical environment

Location context

Wanzhou District is located in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River and the northeast of Chongqing, between 107 ° 55 ′ 22 ″ - 108 ° 53 ′ 25 ″ E and 30 ° 24 ′ 00 ″ - 25 ~ 31 ° 14 ′ 58 ″ n. It connects Yunyang County in the East, Shizhu Tujia Autonomous County in the South and Lichuan City in Hubei Province, Zhongxian County and Liangping District in the west, Kaizhou District in the north and Kaijiang County in Dazhou city in Sichuan Province

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