Yucheng Town, Haiyan County, Jiaxing City, Zhejiang Province

In town

Yucheng Town, Haiyan County, Zhejiang Province, is located in the middle of Haiyan, 8.8km away from the county seat. It is adjacent to Wuyuan town in the East, Tongyuan town in Nantong, Baibu town in the West and Shendang town in the north. There are salt lake highway, yanjiadang, etc. The town governs 8 administrative villages, 235 villager groups and 1 neighborhood committee, with a total area of 42.96 square kilometers. 25300 people (in 2017), and the per capita net income of farmers in 2012 was 19154 yuan, an increase of 11.3% over 2011.

Town profile

In the cities and towns, the geographical position is superior, and the location advantage is obvious. It is 100 km from Shanghai in the north, 80 km from Hangzhou in the south, 100 km from Ningbo in the East and 110 km from Suzhou in the West.

The new Hangzhou Bay Bridge is only 15 km away from Yucheng; it is close to Shanghai Hangzhou Ningbo Expressway and Zhajiasu expressway, passing by provincial highway 01; it is 18 km away from Zhapu Port, a 10000 ton foreign port; it is 80 km away from Hangzhou Airport and 100 km away from Shanghai airport. Water and land transportation is convenient. The 300 ton inland waterway Liupingshen line and the 500 ton jiayuxia line run through the whole territory, connecting Guangzhou, Zhejiang and Shanghai.

Yucheng, known as the hometown of silkworm cocoon and bullfrog, has actively developed characteristic agriculture on the basis of traditional grain, oil, cocoon storage and other four agricultural industries, and has initially formed four bases of special aquaculture (soft shelled turtle), eight character grape, high-quality pear, flowers and seedlings.

Yucheng is located in the middle of the county. It borders Futing Township and Chengxi Township in the East, Tongyuan town in the south, Baibu town and Shiquan town in the west, Shendang town and Qi hometown in the north. The people's Government of the town is located in Chengji town. The salt lake (Haiyan to Huzhou) highway passes through it from east to west, and there are yanjiatang, Lvzhong port and other channels, so the traffic is convenient. Agriculture is dominated by grain, cocoon, livestock and aquatic products, while industry is dominated by textile, clothing, building materials and other industries. Yucheng is building a "blue sky, clear water, green, clean" town. Its unique location and superior geographical location will construct a unique human living environment.

Historical evolution

Yucheng was built during the war between Wu and Yue in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. The king of Wu built the city to defend Yue. It was one of the "eight cities of Wu and Yue" and later abolished. During the period of Long'an (397-401) in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the city was built to prepare for sun en, and it was named Er Cheng. ER was the meaning of "an", and gradually there were shops. In the Tang Dynasty, the land of Er city once belonged to Shuiyun Township, and later entered Kaiji township. In the early years of the Republic of China, it belonged to Ercheng and Tongyuan district. In March 1956, it belonged to Ercheng commune. In 1965, it was changed to Ercheng commune. In October 1983, it was changed to Ercheng commune. In 1994, when it was changed from township to town, it was called "Yucheng commune".

Memorabilia of reform and opening up

In 1987, Mr. and Mrs. Zhang Lisheng tried to breed soft shelled turtle artificially. They became rich through hard work and led the surrounding farmers to breed soft shelled turtle.

In 1988, the town built a water station.

In 1991, the town adult education center was awarded the advanced unit of the national rural education comprehensive reform by the State Education Commission.

In May 1993, Haiyan silk spinning industry Co., Ltd. was put into operation. In 1994, the second and third phases of the project were launched. In 1997, Guantang silk spinning factory was merged. In 1998, Haiyan silk spinning industry Co., Ltd. won the title of national advanced export enterprise.

In August 1994, the town radio station invested 400000 yuan to develop cable TV, and Goucheng village set up a special aquaculture farm, which is a county-level "one excellent two high" agricultural demonstration base.

In December 1995, the preschool education complex building with an investment of 1 million yuan was completed, and classes began in March 1996.

In 1995, zhennongke station popularized high-yield supporting technology and achieved a good harvest of late rice, which won the third prize of the national harvest award of agriculture, animal husbandry and fishery of the Ministry of agriculture.

In July 1998, the ground was broken in the school room in the city.

In 2010, Yucheng town was expanded

Cultural details

Yucheng has a long history. It was built during the Wu Yue war in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty and has a history of more than 2500 years. It has a long history of culture and rich tourism resources. It is surrounded by Qianfo Pavilion, which is known as "the first Pavilion in Zhejiang Province"; Nanbei lake, which is known as "Little West Lake"; Qiyuan, one of the top ten private homes in China. Cultural facilities are improving day by day, and mass culture is rich and colorful. Yucheng town was named "Pearl of East China Sea Culture" by Jiaxing City.

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