Qifang Town, Zaoyang City, Xiangyang City, Hubei Province

Qifang town

Qifang town is located in the northern part of Hubei Province, which belongs to the subtropical monsoon region with four distinct seasons. National Highway 316 runs across the whole territory, 20 kilometers away from Zaoyang City in the East, Xiangyang in the west, only 30 kilometers away from Liuji airport, and less than 20 kilometers away from Juwan exit of Hanshi expressway. It has obvious location advantages and is the economic and cultural center of Northwest Zaoyang. The town covers an area of 302.03 square kilometers (in 2017), with 75 villages (community neighborhood committees), 462 Village (neighborhood) groups, 89296 people (in 2017), and 225000 mu of arable land.

geographical environment

Qifang has superior location and convenient transportation. It is 20 kilometers away from Zaoyang City in the East, 40 kilometers away from Xiangyang City in the west, and only 300 kilometers away from the provincial capital. It is an important satellite town of Xiangyang City, a provincial sub central city. National Highway 316 passes through the area, with the town as the center. Within a radius of 20 km, there are four expressways, Xiangshi, Xiangjing, Xiaoxiang and fanwei. It is only 30 km away from Xiangyang railway station, Liuji airport and Hanjiang golden waterway.

It is rich in resources. There are 185 million tons of bentonite in the territory, which is a super large superficial deposit and easy to exploit. It has 150000 mu of high-quality rice and wheat base, 60000 mu of oil base and 50000 mu of high-quality watermelon base, with an annual output of more than 300000 tons of agricultural and sideline products. It is the main production area of high-quality wheat, rice, watermelon and oil in Zaoyang. Animal production is developing rapidly. In 2010, 160900 pigs, 4200 cattle, 62060 sheep and 1520000 poultry were sold. It is an important production base of livestock and poultry in Xiangyang.

population

89296 (2017).

Regionalization

Qifang town is the hometown of Ma Wu, the 28th General of Emperor Guangwu of Han Dynasty. It has been built for more than 300 years since the early Qing Dynasty. It covers an area of 302.03 square kilometers (in 2017), has jurisdiction over 74 Village (neighborhood) committees, 89296 people (in 2017), and has a cultivated area of 250000 mu.

education

resources

The territory is rich in resources and products. There are more than 180 million tons of bentonite resources in the underground, and a large number of gypsum deposits have been found in the lower layer of the ore body recently. The base is the main production area of rice, cotton and sesame in Zaoyang, with an annual output of more than 150000 tons of watermelon. There are more than 20 varieties in three series of seeded melon, seedless melon and small fruit gift melon, which are exported to 13 provinces and cities and more than 30 regions in China, such as Guangdong, Hebei, Liaoning and Hunan.

Industrial and commercial enterprises started from handicraft workshops in the 1960s, and now they have developed into 2286 private economy households, including 556 industrial enterprises, involving agricultural and sideline products processing, mining, casting, chemical industry, building materials, textile and other fields. In 2005, the town's private economy achieved a turnover of 618 million yuan. It has initially formed four pillar industries: oil distribution, grain processing, catering services and commercial trade. Grain and oil processing and distribution are relatively prosperous. There are 18 grain processing enterprises with a daily output of more than 50 tons, and more than 10 large oil distributors with an annual throughput of more than 1000 tons. They sell 90000 tons of grain and 20000 tons of oil annually. They have become a grain and oil transfer station and distribution center with an area of more than 500 square kilometers, forming a distribution pattern of "buying the whole country, selling the whole country, buying all around and selling all around". Since 20005, there has been a strong momentum in attracting investment, with a total of 25 projects and a capital of 59.1 million yuan. The idle assets of Pangang brick factory, Qifang brick factory, Qifang phosphate fertilizer factory and other units, such as real estate, courtyard and school property, have been revitalized by more than 14 million yuan. From January to April 2007, the company introduced 28.8 million yuan of capital and 11 new projects, including 2 projects with more than 5 million yuan, including Hongwei grease and Junxin spinning, 3 projects with more than 3 million yuan, including Juxin phosphating, Jinxing wheat flour and Zhengda breeding, and 2 projects with more than 2 million yuan, including Tianfu building materials and Luogang foundry.

economic construction

The town has a planned control area of 2 square kilometers, a planned area of 1.5 square kilometers, and a built-up area of 1.5 square kilometers, with a permanent resident population of 20000. It has initially formed five functional divisions of industry, catering, political culture, commerce and education. In 2010, the total industrial and agricultural output value of the town was 2249.16 million yuan, and the per capita net income of farmers was 6998 yuan.

Since the reform and opening up, the pace of market town construction has been accelerated, the infrastructure has been increasingly supporting, more than 5000 meters of roads have been hardened, 90% of the residents have used tap water, the number of program-controlled telephone has been increased from 500 to 1000, and the number of telephone has been successfully increased to 7. The various undertakings of urban construction have changed their scale. The economy of Finance and trade has achieved good results again, and various indicators have been overfulfilled. Great achievements have been made in the construction of spiritual civilization and all social undertakings have been developed in an all-round way. There are three village primary schools, eight joint primary schools, two town primary schools, three junior middle schools, one kindergarten directly under the town and one adult school in the town. The enrollment rate of junior middle school is 98%, and that of school-age children is 100%. The medical and health conditions of urban and rural residents have been further improved, the ability of disease prevention and treatment has been significantly enhanced, and the work of health and epidemic prevention and family planning has been solid and effective. Mass cultural and sports activities have developed vigorously, and remarkable achievements have been made in the construction of socialist democracy, legal system and clean government.

Chinese PinYin : Hu Bei Sheng Xiang Yang Shi Zao Yang Shi Qi Fang Zhen