Huqiu District, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province

Huqiu District Huqiu District, belonging to Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province, is located in the west of Suzhou City, between 31 ° 18 ′ - 31 ° 28 ′ N and 120 ° 10 ′ - 120 ° 52 ′ E. The land area is 224.7037 square kilometers, and the water area of Taihu Lake is 110.0465 square kilometers. It is adjacent to Xiangcheng District in the north, Gusu District in the East, Wuzhong District in the south, Taihu Lake in the West and northwest, and Binhu District in Wuxi City. The administrative area is 332.3686 square kilometers. As of June 2020, Huqiu District has jurisdiction over 5 streets and 2 towns. The permanent resident population is 599300.

In 2019, the GDP of Suzhou hi tech Zone will reach 137.724 billion yuan, an increase of 5.5% over the previous year, of which the added value of service industry will reach 68.446 billion yuan, accounting for 49.7% of the GDP, an increase of 10.2% over the end of last year.

In October 2019, Huqiu District will become one of the top 100 districts in China (top 100 districts in China), one of the top 100 green development districts in China in 2019, and one of the top 100 science and technology innovation districts in China in 2019.

Historical evolution

In 1100 BC, the eldest son Taibo and the second son Zhongyong of the leader of the Zhou family, Gu Gongyu, fled to the south of the Yangtze River and established Gouwu.

In 585 B.C., sun Shoumeng, the 19th grandson of Taibo, became the king of Wu. During his reign, he built a palace and a city in the northwest Erli (suzhan village, Huqiu township) outside pingmen, Suzhou.

In the 35th year of the first emperor of Qin Dynasty (210 BC), the first emperor of Qin Dynasty visited Wu area in the south, where the white tiger squatted in the Luqiu and was driven to the west to escape, "walking more than 20 Li" (today's Hushuguan).

In 247, sun Quanjian built Ruiguang Pagoda in the west of Nanyuan village in Loufeng area. This is the earliest tower built in Jiangsu Province.

In the Sui Dynasty, in the ninth year of kaihuang (589), Wuzhou was changed to Suzhou, named after Gusu mountain. In the 11th year of kaihuang (591), the administrative offices of Suzhou and Wu County moved to Xinguo, Hengshan.

In 620, the third year of Wude in Tang Dynasty, at the end of Sui Dynasty, Li Zitong, the rest of the peasant army, attacked Wujun county. Shen faxing, the prefect, abandoned the city and fled. Li occupied Xinguo city. In 624, the government offices of Suzhou and Wu County moved back to Suzhou.

In Song Dynasty, the construction of Yunyan Temple Pagoda (commonly known as Huqiu pagoda) started in the second year of Jianlong (961) and the sixth year of Later Zhou Xiande (959). It was completed on the top of Huqiu mountain. It is an octagonal Wooden Pagoda with brick body and wooden eaves. It has 7 floors.

Tang Yin (1470-1523), a famous calligrapher, painter and litterateur in Ming Dynasty, died in December 1523. Buried behind zhuntian in Taohuawu. Yin once won the first place in the local examination, and was known as Tang Jieyuan in the world.

In September 1684, Emperor Kangxi made his first tour to the south. On October 26, he arrived in Suzhou via Hushuguan, and on October 27, he arrived at Huqiu. In the 28th, 38th, 42nd, 44th and 46th years, Emperor Kangxi arrived in the Soviet Union again and all of them ascended Huqiu. When he went to Huqiu for the sixth time, he personally inscribed the plaque "Hufu Temple".

In the first year of the Republic of China (1912), Suzhou was renamed Wu County. Changzhou and Yuanhe counties were merged into Wu County. All towns in the suburbs belong to Wu County.

In August 1929, Wu County implemented the system of district and township. Hengtang Township belongs to the Second District of Wu County; Huqiu Township belongs to the second, sixth and twelfth districts; Changqing Township belongs to the first, second and sixth districts; Hushuguan town belongs to the first district.

In 1949, Suzhou was liberated. Suburban rural areas are divided into seven townships, which are respectively under the jurisdiction of the East, South and west districts of the city.

In 1951, the eastern and western districts of Wu County were divided into the suburbs of Suzhou.

In July 1960, Hengtang people's commune was transferred to the suburbs of Suzhou. In 1983, the system of Hengtang township was restored. In 1983, Hengtang township was removed and Hengtang town was built.

On January 5, 2000, the suburb of Suzhou was renamed Huqiu District.

Tiger Hill Style

administrative division

In October 2017, Suzhou West Eco City Management Committee (Suzhou West Eco City Tourism Resort Management Committee) changed its name to Suzhou West Eco Tourism Resort Management Committee, implementing the management system and working mechanism of "District Street integration" with Zhenhu street; in November, Dongzhu town was abolished, and Dongzhu street of Huqiu District was established as the original administrative region of Dongzhu Town, with Dongzhu Street office stationed in Suzhou 28 Zhuzhen Road, Xizhu community.

As of June 2020, Huqiu District has jurisdiction over 5 streets (Hengtang street, Shishan Street, Fengqiao street, Zhenhu street and Dongzhu Street), 2 towns (Hushuguan town and Tong'an town), 62 community residents committees and 31 villagers committees. The District People's government is located at 58 Kepu Road, Dongzhu street.

Note:

① According to the records of the Ministry of civil affairs, the resident of Huqiu District government is Shishan Street.

② In the national geographic name information database of China, Huqiu administrative region is composed of two parts which are not connected with the East and the West. The eastern region is the central and western region of Suzhou Industrial Park. In the brief list of township administrative divisions of the people's Republic of China (2018), Xietang Street (administrative division code 320505006) and Loufeng Street (administrative division code 320505007) are also listed in the list of streets (towns) under the jurisdiction of Huqiu District.

③ Huqiu District has Yangshan Street (a non statutory administrative division unit, not recorded in the Civil Affairs Department), which is subordinate to Suzhou Hushuguan economic and Technological Development Zone and manages 15 community neighborhood committees in Hushuguan town. Among them, Yangxi community, Beijin community and Nanzhuang community have been cancelled.

④ Huqiu District has Zhenhu sub district (a non statutory administrative division unit, which has not been put on record in the Civil Affairs Department), which cooperates with the Western Suzhou eco-tourism resort to implement the "District Street integration" management system and working mechanism, and manages one community neighborhood committee and 10 village committees of Dongzhu sub district.

⑤ Shishan Street and Hengtang Street are "one team, two brands" to implement integrated development. The party working committees and offices of the two streets are jointly set up, but the working committee of the National People's Congress and the working committee of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference are separately set up.

⑥ Dongzhu street and Suzhou science and Technology City cooperate, and Suzhou science and technology city manages five community neighborhood committees of Dongzhu street. Dongzhu Street actually manages 5 community neighborhood committees and 8 village committees.

geographical environment

Location context

Huqiu District is located in the west of Suzhou City, adjacent to Xiangcheng District in the north, Gusu District in the East, Wuzhong District in the south, Taihu Lake in the West and northwest, and Binhu District in Wuxi City. The geographical coordinates are 31 ° 18 ′ - 31 ° 28 ′ N and 120 ° 10 ′ - 120 ° 52 ′ E. The land area is 224.7037 square kilometers, the water area of Taihu Lake is 110.0465 square kilometers, and the administrative area is 332.3686 square kilometers.

Note: the land area and Taihu Lake water area are the data of land resource update survey in 2005, and the administrative area is the data of land change survey in 2014.

topographic features

The terrain in Huqiu District is high in the West and low in the East, with Wusong elevation of 4.88m-5.38m.

climate

Huqiu District has a subtropical monsoon marine climate with short spring and autumn, long winter and summer, four distinct seasons, mild and humid climate throughout the year, average annual temperature of 17.7 ℃, average annual relative humidity of 80%, and average annual precipitation of 1099.6 mm. The most frequent wind direction is southeast wind (summer), followed by northwest wind (winter).

hydrology

The altitude of the Yellow Sea in Huqiu District is 4.88m-5.38m; the average water level (altitude) in recent 50 years is 2.76m; the flood level (altitude) with 100 year return period is 4.41M; the average surface water level is 3.6m-3.0m.

natural resources

land resource

As of 2014, the total land area of Huqiu District is 33236.86 hectares, including 8724.43 hectares of agricultural land, accounting for 26.25% of the total land area of the region, 11961.29 hectares of construction land, accounting for 35.99%, and 12551.14 hectares of other land, accounting for 37.76%.

population

By the end of 2018, Huqiu District had 599300 permanent residents, accounting for 88.29% of the urban population. 126512 registered residence households, with a total population of 407023, increased by 5920 and 16804 respectively over 2017. The registered residence population includes 201221 men and 205802 women, with a gender ratio of 100:102, 82692 to 0 years old, 20.32%, 18 to 60 years old, 242603 persons, 59.6%, and 60 persons over the age of one year old. In 2018, 4766 people were born, the birth rate was 11.96 ‰, 2031 people died, the death rate was 5.10 ‰, and the natural growth rate of population was 6.86 ‰. In the whole year, 12008 people moved in, 1885 people moved out, and 10123 people mechanically increased. The average family size was 3.22. The floating population in the region was 510372, an increase of 90715 over the end of 2017.

Economics

overview

In 2019, Huqiu District will achieve a GDP of 137.724 billion yuan, an increase of 5.5% over the previous year, of which the added value of service industry is 68.446 billion yuan, accounting for 49.7% of GDP, 10.2 percentage points higher than that at the end of last year.

primary industry

In 2018, the total sales of agricultural leading enterprises in the region reached 865 million yuan, an increase of 28%. Shihang fresh food was rated as the first provincial Internet platform economy "ten million" project key enterprise in the region, and 4 new municipal headquarters economy enterprises were added; 4 products were shortlisted for industrial design products in the province, and the number of approved products ranked first in the city.

the secondary industry

In 2018, Huqiu District is expected to complete 312.7 billion yuan of industrial output value above designated scale, an increase of 9%. The annual sales of nearly 350 industrial enterprises exceeded 100 million yuan, and the added value of industries above designated size increased by 9

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