Minqin County, Wuwei City, Gansu Province

Minqin County, a county under the jurisdiction of Wuwei City, Gansu Province, is located in the northeast of Hexi Corridor and the downstream of Shiyang River Basin. It is adjacent to Liangzhou District in the south, connected with Jinchang City in the southwest, and surrounded by Badain Jaran Desert and Tengger Desert in the East and West. As of February 2020, the county has a total area of 15900 square kilometers, 18 towns and 248 villages, with a total population of 263900 and a permanent resident population of 241400.

Minqin has a long history. As early as 2800 years ago, human beings lived and multiplied, and created a splendid "Shajing culture". In 121 BC, Huo Qubing led his troops to recover Hexi and set up a county here. In 1928, Minqin changed its name from "vulgar, simple and mellow, people industrious". It is a famous "cultural town" and "educational county" in Gansu Province.

Minqin has a superior combination of light, heat, water and soil resources, with high quality and large quantity of characteristic agricultural products such as honeydew melon, fennel, vegetables, grapes, red jujube and wolfberry. It is recognized as the "national vegetable industry county" by the Ministry of agriculture, and the first batch of "organic product certification demonstration areas" in Gansu Province. It is known as the "hometown of Chinese mutton sheep" by China Food Industry Association. The county is rich in wind energy resources and solar energy reserves. There are rich and unique tourism resources in the county, including Hongyashan reservoir, the largest desert reservoir in Asia, Shiyanghe National Wetland Park, Qingtu lake and ruianbao, and the intersection of Tengger Desert and Badain Jaran Desert, creating the wonder of "sand sea oasis and oasis blue sea".

In 2019, the county's GDP will reach 7.202 billion yuan, an increase of 3%, the fixed asset investment will increase by 8.66%, the actual investment funds will reach 4.745 billion yuan, an increase of 6.29%, the general public budget revenue will reach 386 million yuan, an increase of 6.16%, the total retail sales of social consumer goods will reach 3.203 billion yuan, an increase of 7.1%, the per capita disposable income of urban residents will reach 25902 yuan, an increase of 8.5%, and the per capita disposable income of rural residents will increase by 8.5% Income was 14414 yuan, an increase of 9%.

Historical evolution

More than 2800 years ago, Minqin had human beings living and reproducing, and created "Shajing culture".

In the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, it belonged to Qin and Xirong respectively.

During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Wuwei County and Xuanwei county were set up in the county, and then Wuwei County was set up.

During the Three Kingdoms period, it was occupied by Ma Chao and Han Sui, which was called guanxi.

During the period of the Sixteen States of Wuhu, except Xuanwei County in Qianliang, Zuli county was set up near Wuwei County in Han Dynasty, Xiangwu county and Wu'an County in Northern Wei Dynasty.

At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, Mingwei mansion and Mingwei garrison were set up; in the first year of Dazu (701), baiting army was set up in the northeast of the county, and later it was reduced to baiting garrison.

In the song and Yuan Dynasties, the Tang system was followed.

In Hongwu middle of Ming Dynasty, Linhe Wei was set up; in 1396, Zhenfan Wei was set up.

In 1724, it was changed into Zhenfan county.

In 1928, Minqin changed its name to "simple, elegant and industrious people".

After the founding of the people's Republic of China, in October 1949, Wuwei district was set up, stationed in Wuwei County, and Minqin belonged to Wuwei district; in October 1955, Wuwei district was abolished, and Zhangye district was set up, and county belonged to Zhangye district; on January 1, 1962, Zhangye District was abolished, and Wuwei district was re established, and county belonged to Wuwei district; in 2001, Wuwei district was withdrawn and city was established, and Minqin County belonged to Wuwei city.

administrative division

By the end of 2018, Minqin County was under the jurisdiction of

18 towns: Donghu Town, Xiqu Town, Shoucheng Town, hongshaliang Town, Quanshan Town, datan Town, shuangcike Town, Dongba Town, Jiahe Town, suwu Town, Sanlei Town, Daba Town, Xuebai Town, Changning Town, Chongxing Town, Caiqi Town, Nanhu town and Hongshagang town.

248 villages.

geographical environment

Location context

Minqin county is located in the northeast of Hexi Corridor in Gansu Province, the lower reaches of Shiyang River Basin, Liangzhou District in the south, Jinchang in the west, and the left and right banners of Inner Mongolia in the northeast and northwest. It is a green gem embedded in the ancient Silk Road. The specific geographical location is between 101 ° 49 ′ 41 ″ - 104 ° 12 ′ 10 ″ E and 38 ° 3 ′ 45 ″ - 39 ° 27 ′ 37 ″ n. It is 206 kilometers long from east to west and 156 kilometers wide from north to south, with a total area of 15800 square kilometers.

topographic features

Minqin County has a minimum altitude of 1298 meters, a maximum altitude of 1936 meters, and an average altitude of 1400 meters. It is composed of three basic landforms: Desert, low mountains and hills, and plain.

Climate and hydrology

In Minqin, low mountains and hills, plains, deserts, Gobi, etc. are crisscross distributed, belonging to the sensitive area of climate change and the vulnerable area of ecological environment.

Minqin is a temperate continental arid climate zone with four distinct seasons, cold in winter and hot in summer, windy in winter and spring, hot in summer, large diurnal and annual variation of temperature, less precipitation and uneven distribution, large evaporation, dry climate, high frequency of drought, strong solar radiation, sufficient light, short frost free period and more frost damage weather. The annual average temperature is 8.8 ℃, the extreme minimum temperature is - 29.5 ℃, and the extreme maximum temperature is 41.7 ℃. The annual average temperature range is 31.8 ℃, and the daily average temperature range is 14.3 ℃. The average annual growth period of wheat is 120 days, the average annual frost free period is 152 days, and the accumulated temperature above 0 ℃ is 3873.5 ℃. The annual average sunshine hours are 3134.5 hours. The average annual precipitation is 113.2 mm, and the average annual precipitation days are 79 days. The rainfall is concentrated from June to September, and the most in August. The annual average relative humidity is 44%.

natural resources

mineral resources

Minqin County's mineral resources mainly include coal, salt, gypsum, mirabilite, limestone, crystal stone, phosphorus, iron, copper, nickel, potash brine, etc. Among them, the total reserves of coal are 580 million tons, mainly distributed in Xidayao mining area and Hongshagang mining area; the total reserves of salt are about 252000 tons; the reserves of gypsum are about 700000 tons, distributed in langpianquan mountain and alagu mountain; the total reserves of graphite ore are 6.67 million tons; the reserves of graphite are 60083 million tons, distributed in Tangjia EBO mountain area; the reserves of Glauber's salt are 7.38 million tons, distributed in xinaichi, baitujing, tangjiahaizi and Sujiang Wushan area; iron ore reserves 349000 tons, distributed in Hongyashan area. Coal ash powder is low, sulfur content is low, heat is about 4000 kcal, mainly used in industry; graphite ore average grade is 9.11%, is the better ore-forming conditions in Northwest; the rest of the mineral distribution scattered, mineral grade is low.

ecological environment

In the whole year of 2019, there are 296 days of good air quality in Minqin County, with an excellent and good rate of 81.1%. 116000 mu of land greening (including artificial afforestation), 94000 mu of sand compaction project, 321.7 km of channel greening, 2.25 million trees voluntarily planted, and 18.65% of grassland vegetation coverage were completed.

By February 2020, the key management tasks of Shiyang River Basin have been fully completed, and the two binding indicators of Caiqi section discharge and Minqin Basin groundwater exploitation have been achieved 8 years ahead of schedule, and the ecological goal of key management has been achieved 6 years ahead of schedule. The proportion of deserts and desertification areas decreased from 94.5% to 90.34% at the end of the eleventh five year plan, and the forest coverage rate increased from 11.52% to 17.91% at the end of the eleventh five year plan.

water resource

In 2019, the total runoff of Caiqi section passing through the station will reach 401.18 million cubic meters, an increase of 15.81 million cubic meters over the previous year. Among them, Liangzhou District transferred 123.12 million cubic meters of water, an increase of 12.52 million cubic meters; Jingdian transferred 84.76 million cubic meters of water, a decrease of 11.87 million cubic meters; normal water inflow was 193.3 million cubic meters, an increase of 15.16 million cubic meters. The total water consumption of the county is 35763 million cubic meters, including 243.6 million cubic meters of surface water and 140.3 million cubic meters of groundwater. According to the construction requirements of "8 + n" Industrial Park, three underground water drip irrigation demonstration areas, two agricultural precision irrigation demonstration areas, two solar greenhouse drip irrigation demonstration areas and one comprehensive water-saving irrigation demonstration park have been built, with a demonstration area of 15700 mu. The annual precipitation was 127mm, 25.77% lower than that of the previous year, and the number of artificial precipitation and snow spots increased 76 times, 35.71% higher than that of the previous year.

Population nationality

In late 2019, 263 thousand and 900 households registered residence in Minqin County. The permanent resident population of the county was 241400, a decrease of 0400 over the previous year. Among them, the urban population was 92700, and the rural population was 148700. The urbanization rate of permanent residents was 38.4%, 1.55 percentage points higher than that at the end of last year. In the whole year, 2178 people were born, the birth rate was 9.02 ‰; 1518 people died, the death rate was 6.29 ‰; the natural growth rate of population was 2.73 ‰.

Economics

overview

In 2019, Minqin county achieved a GDP of 7.202 billion yuan, an increase of 3% over the previous year. Among them, the added value of the primary industry was 3.22 billion yuan, up 6.1%; the added value of the secondary industry was 832 million yuan, down 3.8%; the added value of the tertiary industry was 3.15 billion yuan, up 2.4%. According to the resident population, the per capita GDP was 29835 yuan, an increase of 3.2% over the previous year. The three industrial structure is 44.7:11.6:43.7.

The added value of the top ten ecological industries was 2.682 billion yuan, an increase of 6.9%, accounting for 37.24% of the county's GDP.

In 2019, the investment in fixed assets in Minqin county increased by 8.66% over the previous year, of which the investment in projects with 5 million yuan or above decreased by 7.49%. There were 27 projects of 50 million yuan and above, and the investment decreased by 25.3%; there were 121 projects of 5-50 million yuan, and the investment increased by 26.02%. There were 29 projects in the primary industry, with an increase of 49.53%; 28 projects in the secondary industry, with an increase of 45.67%; and 91 projects in the tertiary industry, with a decrease in investment

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