Qilitang Township, Dingyuan County, Chuzhou City, Anhui Province

Qilitang Township

Qilitang Township, Dingyuan County, Anhui Province, is located in the west of Dingyuan County, bordering Changfeng County on the outside, Luqiao Town, Yongkang Town, Zhuwan Town, Wuxu town and machanghu farm on the inside, Peihe River on the south, Luohe River on the north, expressway on the East and s311 highway on the West. It is 9km away from yonghuai highway in the north, 18km away from shuijiahu Lake in the west, and about an hour's drive away from Hefei city and Bengbu City.

geographical position

Qilitang was formed by merging the former Qilitang Township and Sunji township at the end of 2001. After the adjustment of administrative divisions, the township has a total of 8 administrative villages, 198 villager groups, 29376 permanent residents (in 2017), and the contracted cultivated land area is 55000 mu.

Historical evolution

Qilitang has a long history. According to legend, the name of Qilitang originates from Yitang, which is just 7 li away from the shore, so it is called "Qilitang". The famous stone age houjiazhai cultural site is located in the north of Yuanzhuang formation in sijialiucun, Qilitang. It was discovered in the spring of 1978. It covers an area of more than 30000 square meters and has a cultural layer thickness of 2.5 meters. It is divided into four layers. At the top of the site are several pit tombs of the Western Han Dynasty and brick chamber tombs of the Eastern Han Dynasty. According to the research and identification, this site is about 7000 years ago, which is a cultural relic of the early Neolithic age found in the province. It fully shows that Dingyuan has been inhabited by human beings since ancient times, and it is also a tribal settlement of higher cultural level, which can be described as "outstanding people". The excavation of the site has added a cultural point of ancient human beings to the land of Jianghuai, filling the gap between caoqiaowan in Sixian county and Yinshan in Chaoxian county. Sanjiadu has a history of 1000 years. There are many ancient sites of Tang Dynasty, and the most valuable "laogudui" remains to be excavated.

Related introduction

Qilitang township has a north subtropical climate, with hilly and plain terrain, abundant rainfall and rich resources. There are 11 small reservoirs in the township, including Luohe, Peihe, Sunji and Qilitang, with a water storage area of 13200 mu. It belongs to Luqiao irrigation area, rich in rice, wheat, soybean, Yumi and sesame. Qilitang is also rich in aquatic products. It is rich in fish, shrimp, mussels and crabs. It tastes delicious and is a place for fishing lovers. There are 2 junior middle schools, 16 primary schools, 2 kindergartens and 1 health center in Qilitang township. Financial institutions include one credit union, two grain stations, three information enterprises including Telecom and mobile, more than 4000 program-controlled telephone direct dialing at home and abroad, two satellite TV receiving stations, and cable TV transmission network all over Qilitang and Sunji towns.

economic development

Qilitang township was listed as one of the eight provincial poverty alleviation townships in 2002 due to its weak agricultural production foundation, lagging behind economic development and low production and living standards of the masses. In recent years, based on the actual situation of the whole Township, the township party committee and government have vigorously promoted infrastructure construction and comprehensively strengthened the construction of rural roads, water conservancy, power grid and market towns. In particular, water conservancy construction has been among the best in the county and even the whole city for three consecutive years. In order to make the regional economy develop by leaps and bounds. Since 2006, the township party committee and government have abandoned the idea of attracting investment by borrowing nests to attract Phoenix, and made full use of the superior environment, high-quality resources and generous policies of the township to formulate the working mechanism of attracting investment by building nests to attract Phoenix. We will intensify the construction of market towns, replace more than 50 mu of land, open up new streets, and build a broader development platform for Qilitang's business transactions. Focus on attracting investment, take Qilitang and Sunji trade zones as economic growth highlights, comprehensively improve the three major industries of breeding, forestry and labor export, further develop aquaculture base centered on Qilitang and Sunji reservoirs, high-quality meat and poultry greenhouse breeding base in Qilitang and sijialiu villages, and 30000 Mu high-quality rice cultivation base in Sunji, Daqin, Qianhuang and Hanwei Base: 3000 mu strawberry and watermelon economic crop base in Caoan and Renxiang. Comprehensively promote the rapid development of the township economy. at present, more than 30 million yuan of foreign investment has been introduced, five projects are under construction, and Yusheng leather shoes factory has an agreed investment of 30 million yuan. At present, some funds have been put in place and the preliminary land acquisition agreement has been completed. The annual investment promotion work is expected to exceed the target task of 40 million yuan.

Infrastructure construction

Before the founding of the people's Republic of China, Qilitang Township had poor water conservancy conditions and was often affected by drought. After the founding of the people's Republic of China, six large dams, such as Qilitang, daxintang and fantanghu, have been renovated. All farmland can be irrigated and basically free from drought.
There are highways connecting Dingyuan Luqiao highway. Passenger shuttle bus to and from Dingyuan, Luqiao.
In 1990, there were 236 township enterprises, of which 8 were run by the township government, and the key enterprises were rotary kiln factories and flour mills. The total output value of the enterprise is 8.89 million yuan, and the total industrial output value is 5.43 million yuan, including 3.83 million yuan for rural office and 890000 yuan for profits and taxes. The fixed assets of rural enterprises are 750000 yuan.
The township has a cultural station, a radio station and a film team. There is one junior high school with 17 staff and 435 students. There are 9 primary schools with 53 teachers and 1672 students. The enrollment rate of children is 96%. There are 3659 square meters of brick and tile school buildings in primary and secondary schools. One township health center, 17 medical staff, one two-story medical complex building and 20 bungalows.

Tourism situation

There are Neolithic cultural sites in Yuanzhuang. The provincial machanghu farm is in its territory.

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