Xuhe Town, Dongtai City, Yancheng City, Jiangsu Province

Xuhe town

Xuhe Town, located in the southeast of Dongtai City, Jiangsu Province, is a famous town of acrobatics, adjacent to Sancang, Xinjie, Tangyang, nanshenzao and other towns, with a total area of 106.91 square kilometers (2017), governing 20 villages and national entrepreneurship Park. The provincial highway 226 and Xu'an highway are divided into north-south and east-west directions, passing through the whole territory in a "t" shape. They are one of the earliest towns open to the outside world in Jiangsu Province. There are more than 10 million caged poultry in the town, 30000 broilers and more than 200 tons of fresh eggs on the market every day, which is known as "the first town of eggs in Jiangsu". Centering on the goal of "leaping development, enriching the people and strengthening the town", we have vigorously cultivated the home textile embroidery industry and developed computer embroidery. The number of computer embroidery machines, the main production equipment of the industry, has soared to 600, and has been awarded the title of "Jiangsu home textile embroidery town" by Jiangsu Province.

In July 2020, the National Patriotic Health Association decided to name Xuhe town as a national health Township in the period of 2017-2019.

General situation

According to legend, during the reign of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty, a rich family of Xu family came to the site of the territory to dry salt, set up a salt farm, and presided over the excavation of a Salt River, so it was named "Xujiahe". Since then, salt merchants, kitchen people and indigenous people have gathered along the banks of the Xujiahe River to live, survive and thrive. After gradually forming markets, small streets and market towns, it was named "Xuhe" because of "Xujiahe", which is still in use today. Xuhe town is an old revolutionary base along the coast of Dongtai. In those years, Chen (Yi) and su (Yu) troops fought here in bloody battles, and their parents and villagers enthusiastically joined in front of the army, and their blood spilled all over this hot land. Sikang village, the former site of the United middle school in the four Anti Japanese divisions of the Soviet Union and China, stands a monument to the 16 martyrs who died in the village during the "World War II", which shows the glorious history of the old area to the people. Today, with the reform and opening up, Xu he is full of youth, and 50000 people have drawn a beautiful picture with modern flavor with sweat and wisdom. the spring breeze of reform and opening up has aroused the greater enthusiasm of the people of Xuhe to develop the market economy, and private enterprises have sprung up. look at the land of Xuhe, a brand new beautiful scenery, full of vitality everywhere. The new generation in the hot land of the old area is facing the dawn of the new century, following the footprints of the revolutionary pioneers of the old generation, and creating a brand-new cause of modernization, urbanization and industrialization.

Historical evolution

During the war of liberation, it used to be called "Xudun township". After the founding of the people's Republic of China, the place name "Xuhe" was used most of the time. In 1948, Dongtai City was divided into counties, and Dongtai City was established. It has jurisdiction over Dongtai, Jingong, Qiping and Xixi. At the same time, Dongtai county was established, the county government was stationed in Sancang Town, and Xuhe was a township under the jurisdiction of Dongtai county. In 1949, Dongtai City and Dongtai County merged into Dongtai County, and the county government moved to Dongtai town. In December 1950, the administrative department of Northern Jiangsu approved the division of Dongtai City and county, establishing Dongtai City and Dongtai county. Dongtai county government settled in Sancang, and Xuhe township was under the jurisdiction of Dongtai county. In 1953, Southern Jiangsu, Northern Jiangsu and Nanjing were merged into Jiangsu Province. Dongtai county is under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu Province. In 1954, the provincial government abolished Dongtai City, and Dongtai City and Dongtai county were merged into Dongtai county. The county government moved to Dongtai town, and Xuhe township was under the jurisdiction of Dongtai county. In September 1958, the higher authorities abolished the organizational system of Xuhe Township and Gaoyuan Township and merged to establish Xuhe township. On April 1, 1959, Xuhe township was rebuilt into Xuhe people's commune, which has 28 brigades under its jurisdiction. On July 14, 1983, in accordance with the instructions of the higher authorities, Xuhe people's commune was changed to Xuhe Township, with 32 administrative villages under its jurisdiction. In August 1988, Xuhe removed the township to build a town, and implemented the village system under the jurisdiction of the town. Xuhe town is located in the southeast of the city, 45 kilometers away from Dongtai City. It covers an area of 106 square kilometers and has a population of 53000. The Yellow River Highway and Fuxu highway cross the border. Fangtang River and Sancang river flow through the town. It has 32 village committees including Xuhe, Dongjin, Xunan, Xujia, Xule, Xuetao, sanzong, Silian, Yangdong, Wanzao, sicang, Yanghe, Lianfu, Luhe, gaodun, dongtuan, hudun, Jiefang, Yunji, hezao, Xicao, DINGHE, Yanhe, Yuanguan, gaoxue, Minli, yaoyu, Yuandong, Banyu, Sanju, Dongsheng, Guanyang, and 2 neighborhood committees including Zhenbei and Xinnan. Agriculture is dominated by planting and breeding. Town Village run enterprises have building materials, machinery, chemical plants.

economic construction

In order to accumulate capital, prosper the town and enrich the people, Xuhe town takes the development of diversified economy as the basic strategy, focuses on the traditional backbone projects, vigorously attacks the special breeding projects, quickly embarks on the three-dimensional breeding projects, adheres to the principle of paying equal attention to social and ecological benefits, implements 10 preferential policies and measures from land, capital, tax and other aspects, trains every household to become rich, and selects "top ten" every year to form the group There are typical and distinctive villages, which are connected by households and villages, forming a huge momentum. In 1996, the value of forestry, animal husbandry and by-products of fishery won the first place in the whole province. With the rapid development of diversified economy, thousands of households have become rich, one side of the economy has prospered, and the living standard of farmers has improved significantly. A large number of individual and private enterprises, mainly engaged in embroidery, feed production, life-saving equipment, transportation and marketing, and Kang incubation, emerged at the historic moment, driving nearly half of the farmers in the town to open up a new way to get rich. The private economy has become half of the town's economy, forming six major industries with light industry and textile, machinery, building materials, feed and arts and crafts as the main body. There are 248 private enterprises in the town with more than 8650 employees. It has won the annual award of Dongtai City for developing individual and private economy. the town has over 10 million caged poultry throughout the year, 30000 broilers and more than 200 tons of fresh eggs on the market every day, so it is known as "the first town of eggs in Jiangsu". Centering on the goal of "leaping development, enriching the people and strengthening the town", we have vigorously cultivated the home textile embroidery industry and developed computer embroidery. The number of computer embroidery machines, the main production equipment of the industry, has soared to 600, and has been awarded the title of "Jiangsu home textile embroidery town" by Jiangsu Province.

Infrastructure

100000 mu of cultivated land has been built into farmland with stable and high yield. With the development of three-dimensional planting pattern and special crops, this land has become a "cornucopia" of Dongtai City. Half of the farmers in the town live in villas, showing a modern rural gratifying scene. Program controlled telephone and cable TV have entered thousands of households, and the construction of Xuhe into a "telephone town" and "cable TV town" has been included in the gift project to welcome the new century. The construction of market towns is booming, with dozens of office buildings in villas, farmers' streets, commercial and residential buildings, cultural and educational centers and administrative service centers, making the "well" shaped town streets luxurious and colorful. The hard road with a total length of 100 kilometers makes it a reality that every village has access to roads and cars.

Cultural construction

The achievements of nine-year compulsory education have been consolidated, the construction of high standard town primary and secondary schools has been basically completed, the enrollment rate and graduation rate of primary schools are 100%, and the annual consolidation rate of junior middle schools is 99.69%. Preschool education and adult education are developing healthily. Mass cultural and sports activities are very active.

List of villages

Villages in Xuhe Town:

Industrial status

the industry of Xuhe town mainly involves embroidery, food, machinery, textile, chemical industry, craft silk blanket, etc. it has regional economic characteristics, and the computer embroidery industry has formed a cluster advantage. Xuhe town has 88 computerized embroidery enterprises with 500 computerized embroidery machines, of which 220 were added in 2004, 15 times more than in early 2001. At present, there are more than 100 enterprises related to embroidery industry in Xuhe Town, including Dongtai Yinhe Embroidery Co., Ltd. and Jiangsu jinfenghuang Embroidery Co., Ltd., one fifth of the farmers are related to the computer embroidery industry, and more than 1000 embroidery workers and 6000 "hot stamping women" are engaged in embroidery production and subsequent processing. 88 computer embroidery enterprises account for 59% of Yancheng City and 73% of Dongtai City respectively. 70% of the computer embroidery products in Northern Jiangsu come from Xuhe. The scale and status of the computer embroidery production base have been clearly established and become the "hometown of embroidery" with certain influence in the whole province. In 2004, the total industrial output value of embroidery related enterprises was more than 600 million yuan, 50% higher than that in 2003 and nearly ten times higher than that in 2001. The development speed of industrial cluster scale is accelerating. In 2004, there were 106 home textile and embroidery enterprises in Xuhe Town, accounting for 71% of the industry in Xuhe town. The output value was 485 million yuan, accounting for 74.2% of the industry in Xuhe town. The sales revenue was 460 million yuan, accounting for 75.1% of the industry in Xuhe town. The profit was 12.26 million yuan, accounting for 77.7% of the industry in Xuhe town.

Xu He acrobatics

Xuhe acrobatics in Dongtai City is a wonderful folk culture. It is a traditional acrobatic art spread in Xuhe town of Dongtai City. It has a history of more than 120 years. Xuhe acrobatics is the intangible cultural heritage list project of Dongtai City, and is a unique cultural treasure of Dongtai area.

social undertakings

Ding Junjun, a blind and disabled youth in Yunji village, won two gold medals in the 100 meter and 400 meter track and Field Championships for the blind in the world, winning honor for his motherland and glory for his hometown. 228 poverty-stricken families and 32 poverty-stricken students received timely and effective assistance. In the whole year, more than 2 million yuan of highway construction funds were raised, with a total investment of more than 5 million yuan, initially realizing the goal of "connecting every village". The number of fixed telephone, mobile telephone and broadband users in Xuhe town reached 11000, 7000 and 140 respectively, ranking first in all towns in the city. In 2005, Xuhe town was honored as "advanced unit of central village construction" and "advanced unit of talent work" by Dongtai municipal Party committee and government, and was awarded "financial contribution award", "national entrepreneurship", "development of modern agriculture" and "development of service industry" by the municipal government

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