Liangxi District, Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province

Liangxi District Liangxi District, located in the southeast of Jiangsu Province, is located in the center of Wuxi City. In October 2015, Chongan District, Nanchang District and Beitang District were abolished and Liangxi District of Wuxi City was established. Liangxi district is the central urban area of Wuxi City, covering an area of 71.5 square kilometers. It has 16 streets and 154 communities, with a permanent resident population of 950000.

Liangxi, named after Liangxi in the west of Wuxi City, belongs to Wu culture. It borders Xishan District in the East, Binhu District in the South and Huishan District in the West and North. It is the political, economic and cultural center of Wuxi City.

Liangxi district has the largest business center, the largest passenger transport center, the largest subway hub and the express channel connecting the airport and high-speed railway station in the city. The central location advantage is unique. In 2017, the GDP of Liangxi district was 115 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 7.1%;

In November 2016, Liangxi District of Wuxi City was rated as the second batch of national global tourism demonstration zones by the National Tourism Administration. In September 2018, the white paper on the development of China's top 100 districts in 2018 was published in Beijing and was elected as the top 100 districts in 2018.

Regional adjustment trends

Before the adjustment of administrative divisions: Nanchang district covers an area of 20.15 square kilometers with a population of 4113000; Chongan district covers an area of 17.2 square kilometers with a population of 241700; Beitang District covers an area of 28.6 square kilometers with a population of 361700.

On October 13, 2015, the State Council approved the approval of Jiangsu Province to adjust some administrative divisions of Wuxi City (Guo Han No. 184) and agreed to cancel Chongan District, Nanchang District and Beitang District of Wuxi City and establish Liangxi District of Wuxi City. The former administrative regions of Chongan District, Nanchang District and Beitang District are the administrative regions of Liangxi district. The people's Government of Liangxi district is located at No. 688, Jiefang South Road, Chongan Temple Street.

On November 30, 2015, the people's Government of Jiangsu Province issued the notice on adjusting some administrative divisions of Wuxi City (suzhengfa No. 161).

After the merger, Liangxi district covers an area of 71.5 square kilometers and has a population of about 1014700.

Evolution of organizational system

In April 1949, Wuxi County was set up as Wuxi City and Wuxi County, when Wuxi City had 12 towns under its jurisdiction. At the same time, five public security bureaus were set up in the city, the East, the west, the South and the north, which was the rudiment of Wuxi City's core urban area.

In September 1949, Wuxi City abolished the town system, which was directly managed by the city, and the civil affairs were handled by five public security bureaus.

In October 1951, eight districts were set up in Wuxi, of which the first to the fifth districts were urban areas.

In December 1955, the first to the fifth districts were renamed Chongan District, Gongyun District, Nanchang District, Xixin district and Beitang District respectively.

In June 1958, the Gongyun district was abolished and merged into Chong'an district; the Western New District was abolished and its jurisdiction was divided into Nanchang District and Beitang District. So far, the urban area of Wuxi has formed a pattern of Chongan District, Nanchang District and Beitang District.

In May 1960, Chongan District, Nanchang District and Beitang District were changed into people's commune system, which was called Chongan people's commune, Nanchang people's Commune and Beitang people's commune. District and commune coexist.

In April 1962, the urban people's commune system was abolished, and the names of communes in Chongan District, Nanchang District and Beitang District were no longer retained.

In August 1966, Chongan district was renamed Chongwu district.

In August 1978, Chongwu district was restored to Chongan district.

In October 2015, Chongan District, Nanchang District and Beitang District were abolished and Liangxi district was established.

On the morning of February 20, 2016, Wuxi Municipal Party committee held the inaugural meeting of Liangxi District of Wuxi City. As Li Xiaomin, member of the Standing Committee of the provincial Party committee and Secretary of the municipal Party committee, slowly opened the red silk, the "Liangxi District Committee of Wuxi City of the Communist Party of China" officially appeared. Before the end of June, the first session of the first Liangxi District People's Congress, the first session of the first Liangxi District People's Congress and the first session of the first Liangxi District CPPCC Committee will be held.

administrative division

Before the zoning adjustment, Chongan District governs Chongan Temple Street, Tongjiang street, shangmadun street, Guangrui Road Street, Jianghai street and Guangyi street; Nanchang District governs nanchansi street, yinglongqiao street, qingmingqiao street, Jinxing street, Jingui street and Yangming street; Beitang District governs Huangxiang street, Shanbei street, Beidajie street and Huishan street.

Liangxi district has 16 streets: Chongan Temple Street, Tongjiang street, Guangrui Road Street, shangmadun street, Jianghai street, Guangyi street, yinglongqiao street, nanchansi street, qingmingqiao street, Jinxing street, Jingui street, Yangming street, Huangxiang street, Shanbei street, Beidajie street and Huishan street.

geographical environment

geographical position

Liangxi district is located in the center of Wuxi City.

topographic features

Liangxi district is mainly plain with low and flat terrain, scattered with low mountains and residual hills.

climate

Liangxi district belongs to the north subtropical humid area. Affected by the monsoon circulation, the climate characteristics of Liangxi district are: four distinct seasons, mild climate, abundant rain, sufficient sunshine and long frost free period. The average temperature is about 2.8 ℃ in January and 28 ℃ in July. The annual frost free period is about 220 days. The average annual precipitation in this area is 1048 mm. The rainy season is longer, mainly in summer. The annual precipitation is greater than evaporation, which belongs to humid area. Due to the influence of Taihu Lake water body and the complex topography of Yinan hilly and mountainous area, there are many kinds of microclimate conditions in some areas, which are suitable for both north and south agriculture, and there are many kinds of crops. The climate characteristics of Wuxi City in 2003 are as follows: extremely high temperature, high temperature in midsummer, normal precipitation, little sunshine.

natural resources

Animal resources

Liangxi district has more than 170 kinds of birds, more than 90 kinds of fish, silverfish in Taihu Lake, swordfish, shad and puffer fish in Yangtze River are precious fish, and more than 30 kinds of mammals, mainly including South China rabbit, pangolin, baby cat, leopard cat and weasel.

plant resources

Liangxi district has wild vascular plants that are naturally distributed in the area and naturalized from abroad. Bamboo, pine and Cunninghamia lanceolata are the main timber species. Cunninghamia lanceolata, Sassafras Sassafras, Cinnamomum camphora, Zinan, Phoebe bournei, Quercus acutissima, Castanea henryi and elm are the excellent timber species. There are more than 400 kinds of medicinal plants.

mineral resources

The mineral resources with mining value in Liangxi district are mainly non-metallic minerals such as clay, limestone and marble.

Population nationality

population

According to the sixth national census in 2010, there are 228854 permanent residents in Chongan District, 378490 in Nanchang District and 336844 in Beitang District.

nation

According to the fifth national census in 2000, there are Han, Mongolian, Hui, Tibetan, Uygur, Miao, Yi, Zhuang, Buyi, Korean, Manchu, Dong, Yao, Bai, Tujia, Hani, Dai, Li, she, Kazak, Russian, Oroqen, Gaoshan, Shui, Naxi, Tu, Sala and Gelao in Liangxi district The distribution of the ethnic groups is as follows: Xibo, Achang, Qiang, Tajik and Jing.

Politics

Xu Lixin: Secretary of Liangxi district Party committee

Zhou Zichuan: candidate for the head of Liangxi District

Economics

In 2017, Liangxi District achieved a GDP of 115 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 7.1%; the general public budget revenue was 4.55 billion yuan, of which the tax revenue was 4.06 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 7.2% and 8.8%, a year-on-year increase of 12.4% and 15% respectively; the fixed assets investment was 22.56 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 14.2%, a year-on-year increase of the city's first; the total industrial output value above the designated size was 28.19 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of the city's first The total retail sales of social consumer goods reached 100 billion yuan, with a year-on-year growth of 10.8%; the operating revenue of service industry above Designated Size reached 14.8 billion yuan, with a year-on-year growth of 7%, of which the operating revenue of profit-making service industry reached 4.8 billion yuan, with a year-on-year growth of 9%; the total import and export reached 2.37 billion US dollars, of which the total export reached 2.13 billion US dollars, with a year-on-year growth of 5.2% and 5.7% respectively; the registered foreign capital reached 72.74 million US dollars, with a year-on- The per capita disposable income of urban permanent residents increased by 8.4% year on year.

Honors

In January 2020, it was selected into the top 100 cultural consumption list of China's counties in 2020, ranking 64.

On June 30, 2020, it will be included in the list of counties in the second batch of revolutionary cultural relics protection and utilization areas.

On September 10, 2020, it was selected into the "top 100 cities with high quality development level in 2020" compiled by CCID Consulting Urban Economic Research Center, ranking No. 80.

famous scenery

Places of interest include Jichang Garden (national key cultural relics protection unit), Huishan temple, Shijing building, Jinlian bridge, the second spring in the world and its courtyard, four sides stele of dianyi Taiming, zhangzhongcheng temple, Xihui Park, huangbudun, etc.

Xue Fucheng's former residence, located on the west side of Jiankang Road, was built from 1890 to 1894. It was a large-scale bureaucratic residence of Xue Fucheng, a famous thinker, diplomat, political commentator, writer and representative of early bourgeois reformers in late Qing Dynasty.

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