Guiyu Town, Chaoyang District, Shantou City, Guangdong Province

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Guiyu town is located in the west of Chaoyang District, Shantou City, Guangdong Province. It borders on Gulao town and Tongyu town in the East, Puning City in the west, Jinzao town across xiaobeishan in the north, Lianjiang River in the south, Chendian town and simapu town in Chaonan district. It is located at the junction of Chaoyang, Chaonan and Puning. It is the "west gate" of Chaoyang. The town covers an area of 52.17 square kilometers (2017), including 31500 mu of cultivated land. It administers 8 communities and 19 villages with a total population of 170876 (2017).

Guiyu Town, with 60000 overseas Chinese, is a famous hometown of overseas Chinese and an important industrial town in Chaoyang. It is also a strong cultural town in Shantou City. In recent years, it has been named as one of the top 100 industrial clusters in China and one of the top education towns in Guangdong Province. Guiyu town has developed economy, prosperous commerce, prosperous culture and education since ancient times. Together with Heping Town and Gulao Town, Guiyu town is known as the "troika" of Chaoyang economy.

essential information

Guiyu town is located in the west of Chaoyang District, Shantou City, Guangdong Province. It borders on Gulao town and Tongyu town in the East, Puning City in the west, Jinzao town across xiaobeishan in the north, Lianjiang River in the south, Chendian town and simapu town in Chaonan district. It is located in the junction of Chaoyang, Chaonan and Puning. The geographical coordinates are 116 degrees and 20 minutes east longitude and 23 degrees and 19 minutes north latitude. The town covers an area of 52.17 square kilometers (2017), including 31500 mu of cultivated land. It governs 8 communities and 19 villages with a total population of 170876 (2017).

Historical evolution

Guiyu town is located in the west of Chaoyang, the middle reaches of Lianjiang River, the south foot of xiaobeishan, and Puning County in the West. Ancient Xingren Township, Guishan. The people's Government of the town is located in Huamei community. There is a hill in the town. In ancient times, it was an island, which means "precious island". It is nicknamed Guiyu. The town is named after the island. In the 42nd year of Jiajing reign of Ming Dynasty, the three counties of Yangwu, Jieshui and Huangkeng in Chaoyang and the half capital of Guishan were demolished, and Puning county was newly established.

Tang, song and Yuan Dynasties

Chaoyang County old jurisdiction 4 townships, namely Xinxing, Xingren, fengen, Fenghuan, Tong 14 regiment, Guiyu is Xingren township.

Ming and Qing Dynasties

In 1381, Yang Zhi, the magistrate of Hongwu County in Ming Dynasty, checked taxes and duties and changed the 14 regiments into 16 capitals. At that time, Xinxing Township had jurisdiction over the four capitals of county Kuo, Xiashan, Huanglong and Yangwu; Xingren Township had jurisdiction over the four capitals of Julian, Guishan, jirongshui and Huangkeng; fengen Township had jurisdiction over the four capitals of Zhipu, Zhushan, Zhaoshou and Shapu; Fenghuan Township had jurisdiction over the four capitals of Longjing, Dani, youtou and Huilai. Guiyu belongs to Guishan capital of Xingren township;

Hongwu 27 years (1394) inspection office moved to Guiyu, Guishan

In 1563, when Puning county was newly established, the west of Guiyu bridge belonged to Puning County, and the county government was set up. The east of Guiyu bridge belonged to Chaoyang County;

In 1732, the county had 13 capitals. Guiyu Qiaodong belonged to Guishan capital of Chaoyang County, and Qiaoxi to Guijiang capital of Puning county.

the Republic of China era

In 1921, the capital of Chaoyang County was changed into District, with nine districts. To the east of guiyuqiao is the Sixth District of Chaoyang County, and to the west of guiyuqiao is the seventh district (later the Fourth District) of Puning county.

After the founding of the people's Republic of China

In 1950, the west of Guiyu bridge belonged to Chaoyang County;

In 1952, Chaoyang County was divided into 17 districts, belonging to eight districts;

In 1956, Guiyu Township, Nanyang Township and Shanglian Township were rebuilt;

In 1958, it was merged into Guiyu Township, changed to upstream commune in the same year, and renamed Guiyu commune the next year;

The town was built in 1986. After that, Guiyu was still under the jurisdiction of Chaoyang.

administrative division

There are three approved functional areas in Guiyu town. It has three administrative units, including eight neighborhood committees and 19 village committees, covering an area of 52.17 square kilometers (2017) and 4.79 square kilometers.

Function area

Administrative Region

geographical environment

Guiyu town is close to xiaobeishan in the north and lianjiang in the south. The terrain inclines from northwest to Southeast. It belongs to a small part of hills and most of plains. It belongs to the south subtropical climate zone, with an average annual temperature of 21.4 ℃ and an average annual precipitation of 13864 mm. Guiyu town is located in the middle of a low-lying land, which is a serious waterlogging area, and there is basically no guarantee for agricultural production.

Before the founding of the people's Republic of China, due to the local geographical advantages, Guiyu excavated a well-developed waterway channel and became one of the waterway hubs in Chaoshan area, which is also the origin of the name "Guiyu".

river system

Guiyu water was formerly known as Guijiang river. It originates from shezai mausoleum, Nanjing, Puning City, xiaobeishan. From west to East, it reaches the east side of Longmen Village and turns south to the vicinity of jinghuamei community, Chaoyang District. Another tributary of the confluence area is xieyaoshui (it originates from the south slope of dajianshan mountain, flows through Fushan and shanlipuzhou in the southeast, and reaches junliao in the southwest through Nanyang). It reaches Yujiao of Guiyu island and leaves Lianjiang River in the south. The flow is 17.4 km and the drainage area is 45.0 km2. It is one of the main tributaries of Lianjiang River in Chaoyang.

water conservancy facilities

Xieyao reservoir was built in November 1953 and completed in four months. It is located in Nanyang Township, Guiyu Town, with a rainwater collecting area of 7.9 square kilometers, a maximum dam height of 23.7 meters and a total storage capacity of 6.58 million cubic meters.

The first phase of Guiyu town sewage treatment plant was completed and put into operation in 2014. The total area of the proposed land is 44.625 mu, and the total construction scale is 30000 tons per day. The construction scale of the first phase is 15000 tons per day, and the service radius is about 4.2km.

Guiyu circular economy industrial park industrial sewage treatment plant was built in 2012, located in the southeast area of the dismantling Center of the park, with a planned area of 30 mu and a planned treatment capacity of 6000 tons / day.

Strategic position

Guiyu was the capital of Guishan in ancient times, adjacent to Puning county and the west gate of Chaoyang County. Since ancient times, it has been a place with prosperous waterway transportation. In ancient times, it was the first county site of Puning county. In the Republic of China, Chen Boyu and Chen Jianfu successively founded lianjiang fireboat company (operating 4 cargo ships sailing from Chaoyang to Shantou) and Chaoshan electric boat company (sailing in Shantou, Jieyang, Chaoyang and Datong) Up to the 1960s, Guiyu was still a transit place for goods transportation in Nanjing and Hongyang. Professor Kai Fu, a special researcher of Chaoshan historical and cultural research center, once said that Guiyu is the second only to Miancheng in terms of cultural heritage and geographical location in Chaoyang, and will play an important role in the process of urbanization in the future. From this we can see the strategic importance of Guiyu. After the founding of the people's Republic of China, Guiyu was assigned to Chaoyang District, and its strategic position was still important. Later, Chaoyang City was withdrawn and Chaoyang District and Chaonan district were set up. Guiyu town was assigned to Chaoyang District, and its strategic position was significantly enlarged. On one hand, it was adjacent to Chaonan District, and on the other hand, it was connected with Puning City, which was an important border town of Shantou City.

Population data

Guiyu town has a population of about 170876 (in 2017), all of whom are Han nationality, and about 80000 people are engaged in business and work in various parts of the country.

surname

The total number of surnames in Guiyu town is between 17 and 20, of which Chen and Guo are the two surnames with a population of more than 30000. Guiyu is the town with the largest and most concentrated population of Chen and Guo in Chaoyang District. With a population of more than 15000, there are Peng and Ma surnames.

hometown of overseas Chinese

Guiyu is a famous hometown of overseas Chinese. There are 60000 overseas Chinese and compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan living in Guiyu, covering more than 30 countries and regions in the world. (among them, there are about 20000 overseas Chinese and compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan living in Huamei community, accounting for 30% of the total). Since the time when hongtouchuan sailed across the sea in the distant past, the love of overseas Chinese for their hometown has been passed down from generation to generation, which not only provides precious material support for the construction and development of their hometown, but also paves a rainbow bridge for Guiyu to understand and go to the world Outstanding overseas Chinese leaders such as Chen Yaoqu, Chen xingqin, Guo Yunshan and Fei Ma have emerged. There are a large number of business tycoons, political figures, celebrities and scholars. They not only contribute to the prosperity of the places where they live, but also have a long history of patriotism and love for their hometown.

distribution

Economic situation

primary industry

The level of agricultural production has been continuously improved. The South and North flood control and drainage projects of Guiyu have been completed successively. The drainage benefits of the south station and the north station are expected to be brought into full play before the flood season in 2002. With an investment of more than 3 million yuan, the dike of lianjiangbei port has been strengthened, and 7 km of "three side light" drainage and irrigation channels have been built. Great efforts should be made to build five production bases of high-yield rice, fresh water farming, vegetable planting, high-quality fruit planting and three bird breeding, so as to further adjust the agricultural industrial structure. Combined with the comprehensive improvement of the environment, township enterprises should take the road of sustainable development.

Due to the rapid economic development and the increase of family income in Guiyu, most of the people in Guiyu have given up farming since the 1990s, and a very small number of people are engaged in agriculture. However, the farmland has not been abandoned, and most of them are contracted by farmers.

As of 2015, Guiyu has 24000 mu of arable land, 2139 farmers, about 33700 mu of early and late rice planting area, 39500 mu of grain planting area, 15800 tons of grain output, and 2.83 million yuan of grain subsidy. The basic farmland restoration demonstration project has been completed, and the high standard farmland construction project has been started. At present, the agricultural and sideline industries in Guiyu have reached a considerable scale. According to statistics, there are 360000 "three birds" in the town, 196 tons of fruits, 1.6 tons of vegetables, 170 tons of aquatic products, 7800 pigs and 24 cattle.

the secondary industry

Guiyu town is mainly engaged in old hardware and electrical appliances and plastics. Due to its rich profits, the scale of the whole industry has gradually expanded. Guiyu merchants spread all over the southeast coastal cities, and gradually expanded their business areas to the north of Guangdong Province. Foreign e-waste began to enter Guiyu on a large scale mainly through Shenzhen, Guangzhou and Nanhai transfer points.

The development of traditional industry of collecting old and recycling waste

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