Yu Jia Ao Xiang, Ningxiang City, Changsha City, Hunan Province

Yujiaao Township

Yujiaao Township belongs to Ningxiang City, Changsha City, Hunan Province. The local people call it "Aoli", "Yujia" or "Yushi". Because of its long history of planting gardenia, it is also known as "Zhizhen" and "Zhizi town". The township is located in the north central part of Ningxiang City, connecting with meikuanba town and Dachengqiao town in the East, shuangfupu town and Hengshi town in the south, and Taojiang County in Yiyang County in the West. It is 65 km away from Changsha City and 33 km away from Ningxiang city. It is linked with Yuelu mountain scenic spot, Huitang Hot Spring, Changsha Fangte and tanhe ancient city. It belongs to Changsha one hour and Ningxiang half hour tourism economic circle. Yujiaao Township now has 8 administrative villages, 275 villager groups with a total population of 42000, including 1582 party members. With a total area of 96.85 square kilometers and gardenia planting area of more than 8000 mu (2020), the township is a traditional industrial and agricultural economic township.

Regional overview

Division evolution

Before 1995, yujiaao Township had 18 villages, including Lishan, Baiyu, Jinming, Qianming, Heming, Peiji, Yujia, Lianqun, Datang, Dongren, Ziquan, Jiulong, Renwu, Nantang, Yongquan, Lufeng, Taipingshan and huxitang, with 541 villager groups; in 1995, the former yujiaao Township and the former yongquanshan Township were merged into yujiaao township; in April 2016, Sanmin Village and Yushan village were merged into yujiaao township Gaotian village; in April 2016, Jiulong village and Renquan village were merged into Quanlong village; in December 2017, Ningxiang County was "removed from the county to build a city", and the Party committee and government of yujiaao Township were renamed "yujiaao Township Committee of Ningxiang city of CPC" and "yujiaao Township People's Government of Ningxiang city"; yujiaao Township now governs eight administrative villages, namely yujiaao village, Gaotian village, Nanling village, Quanlong village, Shenwu village and Yongyong village Quanshan village, Taipingshan village and huxitang village.

Geographical context

It is located at 112 ° 14 ′ 23 ″ - 112 ° 22 ′ 43 ″ E and 28 ° 9 ′ 25 ″ - 28 ° 17 ′ 14 ″ n. It is located in the north central part of Ningxiang City, adjacent to Taojiang County of Yiyang City in the north, and adjacent to Hengshi Town, shuangfupu Town, Dachengqiao town and meimeiba town of Ningxiang city. It is 65km away from Changsha City, 33km away from Ningxiang City, and adjacent to S209 provincial road. Meishuang Road runs through the whole Township, and the main township roads are y645, y646, etc.

Climate and environment

The overall terrain of yujiaao township is high in the West and low in the East, which is a typical hilly landform. There are many peaks in the territory, especially Jiulong peak. Jiulong peak is located in Quanlong village, yujiaao township. It reaches pengtouling in the East, tiechong in Hengshi town in the west, yutie highway in the South and xiashankou reservoir in the north. It is the ninth peak among the 72 peaks in Nanyue. The soil in the rural area is granite red soil, Quaternary Red Soil and slate shale red soil, which is acidic, deep and high in organic matter. yujiaao township is a continental monsoon humid climate zone with the transition from the middle subtropical zone to the north subtropical zone. The annual sunshine hours are 1723.5 hours and the annual total radiation is 117.44 kcal / m2. The annual average temperature is 16.8 ℃, the active accumulated temperature of ≥ 10 ℃ is 5300.3 ℃, the active accumulated temperature of ≥ 20 ℃ is 3457.8 ℃, the annual frost free period can reach 274 days, and the annual average precipitation is 1433.5mm. The territory is rich in water resources, with many tributaries running through it. Yujiaao's unique geographical climate provides excellent growth conditions for Gardenia jasminoides Ellis in Ningxiang. The content of Geniposide is as high as 5.2%, far higher than the national standard of 1.8%. In addition to its high medicinal value, Gardenia jasminoides Ellis is also a popular local traditional food, which is a local characteristic food agricultural product. On December 8, 2020, yujiaao township "Ningxiang Gardenia" successfully passed the national geographical indication agricultural products defense in the Ministry of agriculture and rural areas. In the same month, gardenia was rated as Ningxiang city flower.

mineral resources

The main mineral resources are coal, limestone and magnesium. Before 2016, yaozishan coal mine, yongquanshan coal mine, Hongye coal mine, xiushanlun coal mine, Taiping Coal Mine, etc. in Taipingshan village; yongquanshan limestone mine, Sanmincun gaolunpo limestone mine, hongjufu limestone mine, etc. were all withdrawn from non coal mine renovation. In early 2018, after rectification and acceptance, hongjufu limestone mine changed its name to Xiangning mining and was put into operation again.

Financial information

In 2018, the rural GDP was 2.25 billion yuan, the investment in fixed assets was 1.109 billion yuan, the output value of scale industry was 380 million yuan, the total retail sales of social consumer goods was 398 million yuan, the tax revenue was 26.68 million yuan, 33.4% of the target tasks assigned by supermarkets.

industrial structure

In recent years, yujiaao Township Party committee and government closely follow the decision-making and deployment of the higher authorities, adhere to the general tone of seeking progress while maintaining stability, adhere to a blueprint to the end, focus on oil tea and tobacco, take Gardenia industry as the main industry, take "dry" as the first word and "fine" as the key word, and have won the first class township of Ningxiang performance appraisal for five consecutive years, and have won the provincial model Party organization and Changsha "ten" awards Fast Township, five-star township of Changsha City, civilized unit of Changsha City, advanced grass-roots party organization of Ningxiang city and other provinces and cities have won many awards.

Gardenia industry

According to Ningxiang County annals, as early as the Tongzhi period of the Qing Dynasty, the Gardenia jasminoides Ellis planted in Ningxiang was famous for its large size, high yield and great medicinal value. In the 1950s and 1960s, Ningxiang was once known as the "hometown of gardenias" by the Ministry of Commerce of the people's Republic of China. Later, it became popular in the field of medicinal materials. Pharmacists from all over the country queued up to buy in Ningxiang, and even had to supply according to the planned quota with tickets. In the 1980s, Ningxiang Gardenia jasminoides Ellis was also listed as a landmark drug in the national pharmacopoeia. The hardworking and simple Ningxiang people have long praised Gardenia jasminoides Ellis as "golden fruit" and regarded it as a woody plant for enjoying flowers and fragrance, medicine and food, and health preservation. From May to June every year, Ningxiang people, especially yujiaao and other townspeople, are keen to use their flowers as food. The food tastes tender and fragrant. They dye zongzi and rice tofu with high-quality natural yellow edible dye. After drying their fruits, they are used to soak in water, which has the functions of clearing heat and detoxification, purging fire and removing trouble. Yujiaao township has a long history of Gardenia planting. Since yujiaao Township traced back to Ningxiang Gardenia culture and started the work of building a small town of gardenia, the whole township has focused on the strategic goal of "expanding Gardenia industry and building a small town of Gardenia". On the basis of the original scale of Gardenia industry, 1 million new Gardenia seedlings have been planted by mobilizing the masses to plant in "three sides and two places" At present, the planting area of Gardenia in the township is more than 8000 mu, forming a good pattern that every village has a base, there are demonstrations everywhere, and every household has the fragrance of flowers. At present, the two leading enterprises in Changsha City, Tenghui and Xuda, are the production representatives, and Changsha Gardenia Agriculture Co., Ltd. is the sales leader. They have gradually transformed into a one-stop process of processing, production and sales. Gardenia industry has become the most promising agricultural industry with industrial characteristics in the whole township. There is a poem praising "jade petal heavy platform" The snow is sealed and the green peaks are surrounded. Gardenia country said romantic, dancing fragrance Ying sleeve. Thousands of Mu and thousands of mountains cover the three sides and two places. Gold, white jade, five clouds, a large amount of wonderful show in the world. " In the next stage, yujiaao township will actively promote the construction of standardized Gardenia base and the related work of attracting investment, accelerate the close integration of production chain and processing chain, build yujiaao into a demonstrator of cultivating new agricultural cooperatives, a demonstrator of promoting rural land reform, and a pacesetter of industrial revitalization, and build a Gardenia industry characteristic town with "provincial famous and national famous".

Carbon rod industry

Changning carbon products Co., Ltd. of Ningxiang City, Hunan Province is the representative enterprise of carbon rod industry in the rural area. It is mainly engaged in carbon products, battery carbon rods, graphite powder, isostatic pressing graphite and new carbon materials. It is a member of China electric carbon Association and China Electrical Engineering Association. It is a joint-stock private enterprise. It was founded in 1987 and is located in Huxi village, yujiaao Township, Ningxiang City, covering a total area of more than 200 mu. The company has more than 700 employees, more than 80 million fixed assets, annual production of carbon rods up to 20000 tons. In 2008, 18000 tons of carbon rods were produced and sold, accounting for more than 40% of the domestic market sales. It is the largest carbon rod manufacturer in China. In response to the national policy of eliminating backward production capacity, shutting down enterprises with backward production capacity, and actively promoting the transformation and upgrading of industrial industry, Changning carbon has improved production capacity, expanded its brand, and seized the market through technological transformation and innovation. Its production scale ranks first in Asia and second in the world, achieving an average annual tax revenue of more than 13 million yuan, ranking among the top 20 tax paying enterprises in Ningxiang city.

Camellia oleifera Industry

The large-scale cultivation of Camellia oleifera in yujiaao Township began in the 1960s. Up to now, more than 30000 mu of Camellia oleifera have been planted in the township, mainly distributed in Shenwu, Nanling, yongquanshan, huxitang and other villages. The annual output value of Camellia oleifera industry is 200 million yuan. By 2020, the high-yield area of Camellia oleifera trees has reached more than 15000 mu, and there are more than 10 large-scale Camellia oleifera cooperatives (large Camellia oleifera growers) in the rural area, including Xiangyun, wusen, Qingxin, Ruihong, etc., among which Qingxin Camellia oleifera cooperative has been rated as Hunan Camellia oleifera Cultivation Professional cooperative and Changsha Camellia oleifera growth and high-yield demonstration base. The registered trademark brands of Camellia oleifera are: Ruihong, Banshang Qingxiang and Shenwu mountain.

Tobacco industry

Since 2001, tobacco planting in yujiaao township has become a pillar industry for increasing farmers' income. During the peak period of 2008, 38000 loads of tobacco were delivered and sold, and the planting area gradually decreased due to the adjustment of control scale. In 2017, about 7786 mu of tobacco was planted in the township (ranking the top three in Ningxiang city), and 16840 loads of tobacco were delivered and sold, increasing farmers' income by more than 25 million yuan

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