Zhangjiagang City, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province

Zhangjiagang, Zhangjiagang, a county level city in Jiangsu Province, is hosted by Suzhou, located in the eastern part of the Chinese mainland, the South Bank of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, Southeast and Changshu, South to Suzhou and Wuxi, West to Jiangyin, and the north shore Yangtze River, facing the Yangtze River from Rugao and Jingjiang, with a total area of 986.73 square kilometers, of which the land area is 777 square kilometers, and the water area is 195.67 square kilometers.

Zhangjiagang City was originally named Shazhou, Shazhou county was abolished in September 1986, and Zhangjiagang City was established after Zhangjiagang, a natural port in Zhangjiagang. The natural environment is superior, with Xiangshan, Jiyang lake, Fenghuang mountain, Yonglian town and other scenic spots.

In 2019, Zhangjiagang has 8 towns and 7 functional areas. In 2018, the permanent resident population of Zhangjiagang City is 1260600, and the GDP is 272018 million yuan, of which the added value of the primary industry is 3.063 billion yuan, the added value of the secondary industry is 142.368 billion yuan, and the added value of the tertiary industry is 126.587 billion yuan. The proportion of the three industries is 1.1:52.4:46.5. According to the permanent resident population, the per capita GDP is 216000 yuan, which is converted into 32600 US dollars according to the average exchange rate. In October 2020, it was rated as the national model city (county) of double support.

Historical evolution

There were 11 Neolithic sites in the south of Zhangjiagang 8000 years ago. They are: Dongshan village site, xujiawan site, Xuzhuang site, caidun site, Handun site, heyangshan site, Fenghuangshan site, Xixin village site, Xizhang site, Ximin site and laoyandun site. The time distribution is between 2500 and 8000 years ago. The unearthed relics from Dongshan village in Nansha are the earliest ancient cultural sites in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

At the end of Shang Dynasty, it belonged to Gouwu.

In the spring and Autumn period, it belongs to the state of Wu.

In the Qin Dynasty, it belonged to Kuaiji Prefecture.

In the fifth year of emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty (202 BC), Jiyang Township, piling County, was built, which is the earliest township administrative establishment in the territory.

In the Western Jin Dynasty, Jiyang County was set up and yangshe town was governed by the county.

In the Southern Dynasties, Liangfeng county was built in the ruins of Jiyang, belonging to Jiangyin county.

After the Tang Dynasty, Jiangyin county was in the West and Changshu County in the East.

During the Tang and Song Dynasties, there was a stream between Xiangshan and Zhenshan, which was full of water all the year round. In case of heavy rain, the mountain torrent will directly rush into the sand of Dongjiang bay where the flow channel is located, forming a channel.

In the first year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1573), there was Zhang Nanshan who lived in the north foot of Xiangshan mountain from Jingjiang ancestral hall. This was the first ancestor of Zhang's Xiangshan Branch. In this area, Nanshan Gong used his money to buy coupons and developed polder ponds. Next to Liuqu, a village named zhangjiadai was formed. In the 24th year of Wanli (1596), due to the fact that the polder fields were often flooded by mountain torrents, Yu Zhang's family and his descendants made concerted efforts to widen the channel into a new river with a width of 3 Zhang at the surface, 1 Zhang at the bottom and a length of more than 300 meters, thus avoiding the suffering of waterlogging, but there was no name for the river. In 1613, in order to manage grain and rice, Zhang's family provided three wooden boats to and fro between Yangzhou and Gaoyou. In order to make the wooden boat moor to its own door, it invested money to widen the river, and opened a pool at the end of the river beside the house, so that the wooden boat could turn around. At this time, the river is 7 Zhang wide and 3 Zhang wide at the bottom. Heavy wooden boats can enter and leave freely. It has become a big river, but it still has no name.

In 1663, Jiangyin county government planned to build a road between chengjiangmen and Wushan in the second year of Kangxi reign of the Qing Dynasty. When surveying and measuring this river, it was found that the river was nameless, so Dong wuyizhi of Daqiao town proposed to name it. Wu Yizhi knew that the river was opened by Zhang's ancestors and later widened by Zhang's descendants, so he named it "Zhangjiagang" and reported it to Jiangyin county government for confirmation and filing. In the winter of 1664, Jiangyin county government officially approved the name of Zhangjiagang.

From 1874 to the Republic of China, Tongzhou (now Nantong City) was given 10 square kilometers of sand to the north of Changtong port. During the Anti Japanese War, the Communist Party of China once established Shazhou County in the northern area along the Yangtze River, and Yuxi County in the southern area and the border area of Changshu and Jiangyin counties (the county governs Miaoqiao Office of Tangqiao town, Zhangjiagang City).

After the founding of new China in 1949, Changshu county (now Changshu City) was in the East, Jiangyin county (now Jiangyin City) in the west, and 10 square kilometers to the north of Changtong port were assigned to Changshu.

On November 291957, the State Council approved the establishment of Shazhou County, with Jiangyin and Changshu as its administrative regions. In 1958, Jiangyin County People's government organized 60000 migrant workers and 1000 PLA officers and soldiers to dredge Zhangjiagang, with a total length of 38.11km.

In 1962, Changshu set aside 14 communes and Changyinsha farm, Jiangyin set up 9 communes, established Shazhou County, established Shazhou County, which belongs to Suzhou area. In 1982, Zhangjiagang port was officially opened to the outside world.

In September 1986, with the approval of the State Council, Shazhou county was abolished and Zhangjiagang City was established under the name of Zhangjiagang, a good natural port.

administrative division

In 2019, Zhangjiagang has 8 towns and 7 functional areas. Zhangjiagang Municipal People's government is located at 28 Renmin Middle Road, yangshe town.

geographical environment

Location context

Zhangjiagang City is located in the South Bank of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the southeast of Jiangsu Province. It connects Changshu in the East and Southeast, Jiangyin in the West and southwest, Yangtze River in the north, northeast and northwest, 98 km away from Shanghai in the southeast, Taihu Lake in the south, 58 km away from Wuxi and 90 km away from Suzhou, 55 km away from Changzhou and 200 km away from Nanjing in the west, and Nantong in the north. It is between 31 ° 43 ′ 12 ″ - 32 ° 02 ′ N and 120 ° 21 ′ 57 ″ - 120 ° 52 ′ e, with a total area of 986.73 square kilometers, accounting for 0.92% of the province's area and 11.62% of Suzhou's area. Among them, the land area is 791.06 square kilometers, accounting for 80.17% of the city's total area; the Yangtze River water area is 195.67 square kilometers, accounting for 19.83%. The maximum straight-line distance between East and West is 44.58 km, and the maximum straight-line distance between North and south is 33.71 km. It is wide in the north and narrow in the south.

topographic features

Zhangjiagang is a city with flat terrain, vertical and horizontal rivers and harbors. There are 6033 large and small rivers, with a total length of 4477.3km. On average, there are 5.71km rivers per square kilometer of land.

Climatic characteristics

Zhangjiagang City belongs to the humid climate zone in the south of north subtropical zone, with mild climate, four distinct seasons and abundant rainfall.

natural resources

water resource

Zhangjiagang is rich in water resources. The storage capacity of surface water is 236 million cubic meters in wet year and 97 million cubic meters in medium dry year. In 2016, the city's gates along the river diverted 1.158 billion cubic meters of water and drained 3.859 billion cubic meters of water. During the flood season, 589 million cubic meters of water was diverted and 2.433 billion cubic meters of water was drained from the control gates along the river. Annual actual water consumption: 918 million cubic meters of surface water (the water consumption of thermal power enterprises is calculated by full caliber), and 1068000 cubic meters of shallow groundwater. There are 9002 large and small rivers, with a total length of 4569.51km.

land resource

According to the statistics released by Zhangjiagang Bureau of land and resources, by the end of 2015, the city had 30186.84 hectares of cultivated land, 3470.49 hectares of garden land, 203.87 hectares of forest land, 27935.87 hectares of urban and rural land, 6256.39 hectares of transportation land, 28402.72 hectares of water area and water conservancy facilities land, and 416.36 hectares of other land.

mineral resources

The main mineral resources discovered in Zhangjiagang are sand, stone, brick, clay, mineral water, coal, natural gas, etc. Among them, the proven reserves are about 60 million tons of sand and stone, about 20.1 million tons of coal, about 80 million cubic meters of natural gas and about 80 million cubic meters of mineral water. In 2003, Fenghuang geothermal well hot spring was built, with a water temperature of 45 ℃ and a daily geothermal water output of 624 cubic meters.

plant resources

Zhangjiagang City is rich in wild plant resources, there are more than 100 families of nearly 500 varieties, common 24 families of 80 varieties, distributed in the fields, hills, rivers, beaches, can be used for agriculture, animal husbandry, fishery production, hand weaving and disease treatment. There are 314 kinds of common greening plants.

Animal resources

There are 292 species in 13 classes of wild animal resources in Zhangjiagang City. Among them, there are 96 species of fishes, such as swordfish, puffer fish and crucian carp, 21 species of reptiles, such as turtles, turtles and snakes, 104 species of birds, such as pheasants, ducks, eagles and sparrows, 8 species of mammals, such as rabbits, hedgehogs and rats, and 63 species of wild invertebrates.

population

By the end of 2018, the permanent resident population of Zhangjiagang City was 1260600, an increase of 2800 over 2017. At the end of the year, the total registered residence of the city's population was 929 thousand and 400, an increase of 411 over 2017. At the end of the year, there were 721700 temporary residents, an increase of 12200 over the previous year. Compared with 2017, the city's birth population increased, with 6362 people born in the whole year, with a birth rate of 6.7 ‰, 6788 dead people, a mortality rate of 7.2 ‰, and a natural population growth rate of - 0.45 ‰.

Politics

Secretary of the municipal Party committee: Pan Guoqiang

Deputy Secretary of the municipal Party committee and candidate for mayor: Han Wei

Economics

overview

In 2018, Zhangjiagang achieved a GDP of 272.018 billion yuan, an increase of 6.7% at comparable prices. Among them, the added value of the primary industry was 3.063 billion yuan, a decrease of 3.1%; the added value of the secondary industry was 142.368 billion yuan, an increase of 3.3%; and the added value of the secondary industry was 142.368 billion yuan, an increase of 3.3%