Dagang Town, Yandu District, Yancheng City, Jiangsu Province

Dagang Town

Dagang Town, a key town in Jiangsu Province, is located in the northeast of Lixiahe area in Jiangsu Province, at the junction of Yancheng and Taizhou, which is the South Gate of Yancheng. It is said that Zhao Kuangyin, the song Taizu, once had a rest in Dagang, where beautiful legends such as Wolong bridge and boot ditch are well known. Dayunshan temple, a famous temple built in the Tang Dynasty, is full of incense. The industrial economy is growing, the agricultural economy is developing steadily, the investment environment is improving day by day, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. It has become a hot land for investment and a happy land for home. The whole town is aiming at the goal of building "integrity Town, ecological town, satellite town and harmonious town", implementing the strategy of "Xiang Mu Xing Town, industrial strong town, three industry active town and three industry prosperous town", and speeding up the construction of a new modern industrial and commercial town with beautiful countryside and rich civilization.

In October 2019, Dagang Town was selected as one of the "Top 1000 towns with comprehensive strength in China in 2019".

In July 2020, the National Patriotic Health Association decided to name Dagang Town as a national health township for the 2017-2019 cycle.

General situation

Dagang is an ancient market town in Lixiahe area of Central Jiangsu Province. It was built in Song Dynasty and has a history of thousands of years. It is named after "the giant of Shagang" and "the hometown of Chinese shoe machines". The town has a total area of 101.42 square kilometers (2017), under the jurisdiction of a sub district office, 21 villages (residents), with a total population of 47035 people (2017). It has won the titles of "national key town", "national civilized town", "national top 100 characteristic town", "national top 100 investment environment town", "national top 100 afforestation town", "national spark small town demonstration town", etc.

Dagang has superior location and convenient transportation.

Dagang is located at the junction of Taizhou and Yancheng and Xinghua, Dafeng, Tinghu, Chengnan and Yandu counties (cities and districts). It is the "South Gate" of Yancheng. It only takes 20 minutes to drive to the metropolitan area.

Yanjing Expressway and Ningyan first-class highway run through the north and south of the town. Together with Huaiyan expressway, Xinchang railway, Nanyang Airport and Dafeng port, they form a three-dimensional transportation network integrating expressway, railway, aviation and sea transportation, which has put wings on the rapid development of Dagang.

Takaoka has a long history and a rich cultural heritage.

It is an ancient market town in Lixiahe area of Northern Jiangsu. It was formed in the Neolithic age and has a history of thousands of years. Built in the Tang Dynasty and rebuilt in recent years, dayunshan temple is full of incense and a wide range of believers. It is said that Zhao Kuangyin, the founding emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty, once had a rest here, leaving beautiful legends such as Wolong bridge and boot ditch. In the yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, Dagang had already gathered merchants and had abundant resources. So far, it has preserved intangible cultural heritages such as "embroidered tiger shoes" and "three person flower drum". Dagang primary school was founded in 1904, with a history of 100 years.

Here is not only a treasure, but also a place of outstanding people: in 2012, the migrant workers in Beijing, Hong Kong and Macao, who were mainly from Dagang, demonstrated the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation, such as selflessness, sacrifice one's life for justice and bravery. In 2013, Guo Renzhong, a new academician of Chinese Academy of engineering, was born and grew up here. Here, I have been a river worker, recited quotations, and served as a private teacher. Today, these rich human resources are being transformed into the core competitiveness of Oka. The hardworking people of Dagang are striving to realize the dream of "Happy New Dagang" with their unique courage.

Oka is open to business and full of vitality.

At present, there are more than 300 industrial enterprises with nearly 10000 employees. It has formed five major industries: shoemaking machinery, petroleum equipment, textile and clothing, abrasive tools and metallurgical casting. The petroleum shoemaking equipment Industrial Park and textile park have begun to take shape, with an area of 3000 mu. The national entrepreneurship Park is a provincial enterprise science and technology incubation base. Shoemaking machinery, petroleum equipment, textile and clothing are the characteristic industries of Dagang. The products are sold to more than 40 countries and regions, and have become the national shoemaking machine manufacturing and production base and sand base cloth production demonstration base. As a small town of shoe machine characteristic industry, it participated in the 2010 Shanghai World Expo and won the honorary title of "China shoe machine city". Petroleum equipment enterprises have close cooperation with central enterprises such as PetroChina, Sinopec and CNOOC. Dagang has four distinct seasons, abundant sunshine, abundant rain, fertile land, suitable for crop growth, and has unlimited space for the development of modern agriculture. Close to 229 provincial road, WanMu agricultural park has family farms such as Jinxiu Jiafu, Yelu Fangdi and Guangming Chengxin, and modern agricultural scale bases such as high-quality rice, flowers and seedlings, protected vegetables, seasonal fresh fruits and large-scale breeding.

Dagang, with beautiful environment, is suitable for business and living.

Adhering to the concept of low-carbon development and green development, Dagang actively creates a national ecological town to promote the win-win development of economy, society and environmental protection. The domestic waste is treated in a centralized way, and the sewage treatment plant processes 2000 tons of sewage per day. We should pay attention to the improvement of people's livelihood, realize the full coverage of water supply in urban areas, the integration of public transportation in cities, towns and villages, the landscaping of market towns and communities, and the centralization of villagers' living. Pay attention to quality education, with provincial quality kindergartens, primary schools, junior high schools and senior high schools, teaching quality ranks among the advanced ranks in Yandu District. It has set up financial branches such as Bank of China, Agricultural Bank of China, Huanghai rural commercial bank, postal savings and other administrative departments such as industry and commerce, taxation, environmental protection, traffic police and traffic management. Commerce and trade are prosperous and popular, radiating and driving the surrounding five towns. Logistics, commerce and trade, catering, entertainment and other services have formed scale characteristics.

Adhere to the high-end guidance, reform and innovation, be the pioneer in the construction of towns, parks and communities, set up the development trend bravely, strive to realize the leap forward development of various undertakings, and strive to build a new city of entrepreneurship, opening up and ecological happiness.

Area and population

Dagang Town has a total area of 101.42 square kilometers (in 2017), a cultivated area of 7650 hectares, 20 administrative villages, 7 neighborhood committees and a total population of 47035 people (in 2017). The territory is flat with dense river network, four distinct seasons, abundant rainfall and fertile land.

Culture

According to legend, during the yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, Dagang Town had a large number of merchants and shops, especially hoop barrels and shoemaking. So far, the traditional shoe-making techniques such as "embroidered tiger shoes" and "embroidered cotton shoes" have been preserved. There is a tradition in Dagang, which is to "gather" every five days in the market town. There are "Wolong bridge", "boot ditch", dayunshan temple and other historical sites in the area. The name comes from the legend that Zhao Kuangyin, the founding emperor of the Song Dynasty, once had a rest in Dagang. Up to now, old buildings such as stone slab bridge and ancient green brick house are still preserved in Dagang old street.

High definition large picture of dayunshan temple in Dagang, Yandu

High definition big picture of old house in Dagang, Yandu

In terms of culture and education, there are two famous schools in Dagang. Dagang primary school was founded in 1904. The predecessor of Dagang middle school is Dagang higher school, which was founded in 1904. During the war, it was renamed as Dagang Branch of yeting middle school.

economic development

Dagang's economy is mainly shoe machine manufacturing, and its industrial cluster has a history of more than 30 years. In 1992, Dagang shoe machine industry was listed as one of the first batch of "spark plan" pillar industries and national spark technology intensive areas by the State Science and Technology Commission. Fei Xiaotong, a famous social economist and former vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, visited Dagang twice and happily wrote the praise of "Yancheng shoe machine, striving for the world bravely". Chen Zhili, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, and other leaders came to Dagang for inspection and guidance. The total number of Dagang shoemaking machinery enterprises has reached 350, and has formed five series, including blanking, upper making, shaping, compounding and assembly line, with more than 400 varieties. The annual output of shoes making machinery is 300000 sets. The total sales volume of shoes making machinery in characteristic industries accounts for one third of the country, forming a tripartite confrontation among Wenzhou, Dongguan and Dagang. Cutting machine series products account for more than 95% of the national market share, products are exported to more than 40 countries and regions. In 2008, the industrial added value was 1.276 billion yuan, accounting for 75% of the town, the main business income was 4.51 billion yuan, accounting for 76.2% of the town, the profit and tax was 190 million yuan, and the export delivery value was 152 million yuan. Dagang has become China's largest production and export base with the largest regional cluster of shoe machine manufacturers, the largest high-tech products and the largest foreign exchange earning products. The town has a large number of skilled workers in shoe machine manufacturing industry, with more than 3000 sales personnel stationed abroad all the year round, and more than 600 engineering and technical personnel of all kinds, including 70 senior engineers, 4 academician consultants employed all the year round, and two academician workstations. The employees of shoe machine industry have accounted for more than 50% of the young and middle-aged population in the town. There are 23 products listed as national new products, national "spark" and "Torch" projects and national innovation fund for small and medium-sized enterprises; 15 provincial and municipal famous brand products and well-known trademarks, 9 provincial high-tech enterprises, 16 provincial "spark" and "Torch" projects; 11 provincial high-tech products; 3 projects listed as major scientific and technological achievements transformation projects and Jiangsu Provincial innovation fund Scientific and technological achievements promotion project plan; 26 enterprises have won provincial spark leading enterprises and provincial science and technology private enterprises; 8 enterprises have passed API standard system demonstration, CE demonstration and 3C demonstration of American Petroleum Institute; 59 enterprises have passed ISO international quality system demonstration; 260 national patents and 158 authorized patents have been applied for. In May 2008, Dagang Town became the vice president unit of China Light Industry Machinery Association, and Hongye Machinery Co., Ltd. became the leading unit of standard formulation of National Standard Committee of composite series machinery. The agreement of "China shoes machinery City" was signed by China Light Industry Machinery Association and Yancheng shoes machinery chamber of Commerce

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