Matoushan Town, Zixi County, Fuzhou City, Jiangxi Province

Matoushan town

Matoushan Town, subordinate to Zixi County, Fuzhou City, Jiangxi Province, is located in the northeast of Zixi County, bordering Hecheng town in the East, Gaofu town in the South and Lengshui town in Guixi City in the north. Covering an area of 254.8 square kilometers, the town governs 1 community, 13 administrative villages and 101 village groups. In late 2018, the population of Ma Tou Shan town had 11 thousand and 900 registered residence population.

Matoushan town is the birthplace of Zixi bread and Zixi white tea. There are more than 10 kinds of characteristic agricultural products, such as honey, tea, Xiayang tofu, organic rice, small sweet potato and vegetables. By the end of 2018, there were 63 industrial enterprises in Matoushan town and 6 comprehensive stores or supermarkets with a business area of more than 50 square meters.

History of construction

In the early days of the people's Republic of China, the territory was divided into Matoushan Township, Changping Township, Hushi Township and Yongsheng township; in 1958, Matoushan Township, Changping Township, Hushi Township and Yongsheng Township were merged into Matoushan commune and raoqiao commune; in 1984, Matoushan commune and raoqiao commune were changed into Matoushan Township and raoqiao town; in 2001, Matoushan Township and raoqiao town were merged to form Matoushan town.

administrative division

As of June 2020, Matoushan town has one community and 13 administrative villages: raoqiao community, Pengfang village, Yongsheng Village, Yangfang village, Hushi village, Zhashu village, Xiayang village, Baiquan village, Liangjia Village, DouYuan village, Matoushan village, Gangdong village, Shanling village and Changping village. The town people's government is located in Pengfang village.

geographical environment

Location context

Matoushan town is located in the northeast of Zixi County, bordering Hecheng town in the East, Gaofu town in the South and Lengshui town in Guixi City in the north. The maximum distance from east to west is 9.75 km, and the maximum distance from north to south is 18.9 km, with a total area of 254.8 square kilometers.

topographic features

Matoushan town is located in the West foot of Wuyi Mountains, which is a mountainous area with complex terrain. It is generally high in the southeast and low in the northwest. There are four mountains with an altitude of more than 1000 meters in the town.

climate

Matoushan town has a subtropical humid monsoon climate with mild climate, abundant rainfall and four distinct seasons. The annual average temperature is 16.9 ℃, the annual average precipitation is 1929.9 mm, the annual average sunshine is 1595.7 hours, the annual average relative humidity is 83%, the annual average frost free period is 270 days, and the annual average fog day is 88 days.

hydrology

In Matoushan Town, four rivers, Luxi River, Matoushan River, Changping River and Liangjia River, flow into Xinjiang River system, with a total length of 102 kilometers and a drainage area of 213 square kilometers.

natural resources

Matoushan town has 325000 mu of mountain forest, 8200 mu of cultivated land and 113000 mu of Phyllostachys pubescens forest, with a forest coverage rate of 95% and 16 vegetation types. There are 4 species of national first-class protected plants, 16 species of national second-class protected plants and 14 species of provincial key protected plants.

natural disaster

The main natural disasters in Matoushan town are hail, drought and flood, low temperature, frost, lightning and so on.

population

At the end of 2011, the total population of Matoushan town was 12500, including 2500 urban permanent residents and 206 floating population. In the total population, there are 6793 males, accounting for 54%; 5787 females, accounting for 46%; 2787 persons under 14 years old, accounting for 22.16%; 8953 persons between 15 and 64 years old, accounting for 71.17%; 840 persons over 65 years old, accounting for 6.67%. In 2011, the birth rate was 11.75 ‰, the death rate was 5.11 ‰, and the natural growth rate was 6.64 ‰.

At the end of 2017, there were 9187 permanent residents in Matoushan town.

In late 2018, the population of Ma Tou Shan town had 11 thousand and 900 registered residence population.

Economics

overview

In 2008, the finance and taxation of Matoushan town reached 7.562 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 189.9%, and the per capita net income of farmers reached 4500 yuan, an increase of 12%.

At the end of 2017, there were 107 enterprises and 1105 employees in Matoushan town.

Agriculture

In 2011, Matoushan town produced 5473 tons of grain, including 4589 tons of rice, 4682 pigs and 4200 poultry.

Industry

At the end of 2017, there were 19 industrial enterprises in Matoushan Town, including 1 industrial enterprise above designated size.

By the end of 2018, there were 63 industrial enterprises in Matoushan Town, including one above scale industrial enterprise.

Commerce and trade

At the end of 2011, there were 75 commercial outlets and 237 employees in Matoushan town. In 2011, the total sales of social commodities in Matoushan town reached 32.4 million yuan, an increase of 4% over 2010; the transaction volume of urban and rural fair trade reached 22.05 million yuan, an increase of 5% over 2010.

By the end of 2018, there were 6 comprehensive stores or supermarkets with a business area of more than 50 square meters in Matoushan town.

social undertakings

education

At the end of 2011, there was one kindergarten with 40 children and 3 full-time teachers in Matoushan town; there were 12 primary schools with 2329 students and 103 full-time teachers, and the enrollment rate of primary school-age children was 100%; there was one junior middle school with 210 students and 42 full-time teachers; the enrollment rate of junior middle school-age population was 100%, the enrollment rate of primary school to primary school was 100%, and the coverage rate of nine-year compulsory education was 98%.

science and technology

At the end of 2011, there were 260 scientific and technological talents, including 140 professional and technical talents, 25 management talents, 15 skilled talents and 80 rural practical talents.

medical and health work

At the end of 2011, there were 14 medical and health institutions in Matoushan Town, including 1 town health center, 13 village clinics, 35 beds, 30 professional health personnel, including 20 licensed doctors.

In 2011, the incidence rate of notifiable infectious diseases in Ma Tou Shan town was 116/10 million, the rural safe drinking water rate was 80%, the rural toilet rate was 90%, the new rural cooperative medical service was 9874, the participation rate was 98%, the maternal mortality rate was 1/10 million, the mortality rate of children under 5 years old, infant mortality rate and neonatal mortality rate were 0.2, 0.6, 0.35 0.35 respectively.

social security

In 2011, there were 28 urban minimum living security households with 50 people in Matoushan town; 40 people received medical assistance; 50 people participated in cooperative medical care funded by civil affairs departments; 228 rural minimum living security households with 388 people; 20 people received state pension and subsidy; 1 nursing home with 19 adopted rural five guarantees; 9739 people participated in the new rural endowment insurance with 96.6% participation rate %。

Urban construction

At the end of 2017, the built-up area of Matoushan town reached 2462 hectares.

Post and telecommunication

At the end of 2011, there was a post office in Matoushan Town, with a one-way delivery route of 55 kilometers, and the rural postal rate was 100%. Throughout the year, 206 newspapers and 96 periodicals were subscribed, and the business income was 71000 yuan.

At the end of 2011, there was one telecommunication service network in Matoushan town; there were 4500 mobile phone users, with a mobile phone penetration rate of 89.5%; there were 140 broadband access users, 16 more than in 2010. The annual revenue of telecommunication services was 2.05 million yuan.

Transportation

Yingxia railway and Zigui provincial road cross the border. There are four county and township (town) highways, with a total length of 110 kilometers.

famous scenery

There are natural and cultural landscapes in Matoushan Town, such as Matoushan primeval forest nature reserve, pingdiyuan thousand mu Taxus group, Baizhangji waterfall, 40 km primeval forest crossing area, seven storey tower, Longjing waterfall, etc.

Honorary title

In November 2008, Matoushan town was rated as "top 10 charming towns in Jiangxi".