Guquan Town, Xuanzhou District, Xuancheng City, Anhui Province

Guquan town

Guquan town is located at the junction of Wuhu, an industrial city, and Xuancheng economic and Technological Development Zone, an emerging city, in the northwest of Xuanzhou District. With fertile land and rich resources, Anhui Jiangxi railway, Wuhang Hangzhou Expressway and Wutun Expressway pass through the territory, and convenient transportation, it is an ideal area for the development and construction of small towns. Jingting mountain, which is known as the poetic mountain in the south of the Yangtze River, and Jiulian Mountain, which is more than 20 li away, encircle it from east to west, forming a large loess hill, only 8 km away from Xuancheng City and bordering Wuhu.

In 2017, the administrative area was 8545 hectares, with 23873 permanent residents.

History and culture

Guquan town is named for its famous Gugu spring. The spring water comes from a natural well, which is located in the south of Wutun road at the east foot of Dushan mountain. In a strange stone convex concave between, I do not know from what year to form a Wang Xiaotan, its Wai Zhang Yu, deep can see the bottom. This pool is full of water all the year round. It has been dry for a long time. The water quality is pure, mellow and delicious. The villagers around like to drink it for generations. In the 14th year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty, the county annals recorded that "the spring is inexhaustible in winter and summer, and can irrigate more than 300 mu of farmland.". In the early 1980s, the ancient spring water with beautiful legend attracted large state enterprises to settle down. The beer brewed by Guquan water soon became famous both inside and outside the province, and the "Guquan" which used to hide in the mountain stream also became famous in the north and south of the country. At the end of 1970s, a number of Neolithic cultural relics were unearthed in Shao village, Guquan Town, which were listed as Neolithic sites by archaeologists. Four or five thousand years ago, there were ancestors here.

Evolution of organizational system

Guquan town was originally Tuanshan township. According to historical records, the Ming Dynasty was the township capital system. In Xianfeng Period of Qing Dynasty, Li was changed to Tuan, and there were Tuanshan, xunfan, Taohua and other tuans. In the early years of the Republic of China, Tuanshan government office was set up in abandoned villages. In the 28th year of the Republic of China, it was called Tuanshan township. At the beginning of liberation, Xuanzhou was divided into seven districts. Tuanshan belonged to the Fourth District of Hanting. In 1952, it was the eighth District, with jurisdiction over 10 townships including Jingting, Changqiao and Sanyuan. Qianyou township was established in 1956, and Tuanshan senior agricultural cooperative was established in 1957. Hongzhuan people's commune was established in 1958 and renamed Tuanshan people's commune in the same year. In 1961, the large commune was changed into a small commune. In 1966, Tu village and Tuanshan were added. In 1969, the district was withdrawn and the society was merged. In 1982, it was changed into a township. In March 1989, Tuanshan Township established Guquan town in Taohong, Taohuayuan, Daishan, xunfan, Jiulian and shaocun. In March 1992, Tuanshan Township and Guquan town were merged to form new Guquan town.

Economics

primary industry

Guquan town is rich in products, rich in rice, wheat, rape, early pear, tobacco, Chinese herbal medicine, livestock and poultry. With the transformation from traditional agriculture to modern agriculture, Guquan has initially formed four leading industries: early maturing pear, tobacco, traditional Chinese medicine and pig raising. The scale of early maturing pear base has developed from 2100 mu in 1999 to 11000 mu, becoming the largest early maturing pear base in southern Anhui and even in the whole province. The yield has increased from less than 1500 kg / mu to 2500 kg / mu, which is named "the hometown of early maturing pear" by the municipal government. In 2008, the yield of early maturing pear in the whole town was about 3.8 million kg. about 50000 pigs are sold in the town every year. There are 78 large-scale pig farmers in total, including 4 large-scale pig farmers with more than 1000 pigs per year. We registered and established qiangyuanliang breeding pig professional cooperative, and took the road of company management. Has become the city's largest pig breeding township. Guquan is a hilly area with a vast area of slope and dry land. Due to convenient transportation and superior location, about 20 households settle down every year, which has become the most dynamic and potential area in Xuanzhou District.

the secondary industry

The tobacco planting area of the town is about 5500 mu, and the annual tax is more than 1.3 million yuan. It has become one of the main tobacco planting towns in Xuanzhou District. The annual planting area of traditional Chinese medicine materials is about 10000 mu, giving birth to Xuancheng Baicao plant industry and Trade Co., Ltd., which integrates fine processing and sales of traditional Chinese medicine. Its marketing network covers more than 20 countries in Asia, Europe and the United States.

development history

In 2008, the town's investment in social fixed assets was 150 million yuan; investment attraction was 140 million yuan, and 230% of the annual tasks assigned by the district Party committee and the district government were completed. The per capita net income of farmers reached 5800 yuan, an increase of 18% over the previous year. The work of the whole town is in the forefront of the whole district. Economic construction, investment, water conservancy construction, comprehensive management, population and family planning and many other work has been in the forefront of Xuanzhou District. In 2007, Xuancheng was awarded the title of "five good" township party committee model by the CPC Xuancheng Municipal Committee, and xunzhu village general Party branch was awarded the title of "five good" village Party organization model in Anhui Province.

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