Hetai Town, Gaoyao District, Zhaoqing City, Guangdong Province

Hetai town

Hetai town is located in the northwest of Gaoyao District of Zhaoqing City, adjacent to Lecheng town in the East, Lubu town in the south, Deqing County in the West and Guangning County in the north. It is 57 kilometers away from Zhaoqing railway station and 30 kilometers away from Lubu wharf. The town and village roads extend in all directions with good traffic conditions. With a total area of 148.05 square kilometers, the town governs 19 administrative villages, 2 communities, 140 natural villages and 218 villager groups. The total population of the town is 17582 (2017), and the main surnames are Liang, song, Mai, Chen, Huang, etc.

geographical environment

administrative division

natural resources

Hetai town is rich in natural resources. Forestry resources mainly include wood, pine resin, cinnamon, Morinda officinalis, gypsum, tea, etc. The main mineral resources are gold, kaolin, granite and so on. Hetai gold mine, the largest gold base in Guangdong Province, is located in the town. Kaolin resources are also very rich. It is the largest porcelain clay producing area in western Guangdong Province. Kaolin has high grade and many styles, which is suitable for various kinds of ceramic production. "Kaigeng Festival" on the second day of the second lunar month is a folk festival in Hetai Town, which is listed as the representative list of Zhaoqing municipal intangible cultural heritage. Hetai town's "kaigeng Festival" is one of the typical representatives of Gaoyao's "spring society", which is rated as "the most influential Guangdong county folk cultural festival". Gaoyao's "spring society", including "kaigeng Festival", is rated as provincial intangible cultural heritage and is applying for it National intangible cultural heritage.

Economic situation

overview

In 2013, the local GDP of the town was 620 million yuan, an increase of 8.2% over the previous year; the industrial output value was 343 million yuan, an increase of 8.48%; the investment in social fixed assets was 219 million yuan, an increase of 25.86%; the total retail sales of social consumer goods was 6.72 million yuan; the tax revenue was 50.57 million yuan, including 16.38 million yuan at the same level; a new private enterprise was added, which actually absorbed 35 million yuan of private capital; the per capita net income of farmers was 11477 Yuan, an increase of 15%. In that year, Hetai town was named health town of Guangdong Province by Guangdong Patriotic Health Campaign Committee, livable town of Zhaoqing City by Zhaoqing city livable urban and rural construction joint conference, advanced unit of stability and harmony work by CPC Gaoyao City Committee. in 2013, there was a new private enterprise in Hetai Town, which actually absorbed 35 million yuan of private capital. Introduce the construction of Dajing river embankment leisure corridor and Hetai Yongchang comprehensive fruit farm, focus on the development of sightseeing agriculture, create a good brand of ecological agriculture, and build Hetai into a green home and happy town. The tailing sand treatment project of Jinding gold company produces new material light brick to further improve the production efficiency of the company. Production has Dong Fuxing Morinda cooperative and other planting bases.

primary industry

In 2013, the total agricultural output value of Hetai town was 277 million yuan. The town has 1415 hectares of arable land, about 0.04 hectares per capita. The mountainous area is 10700 hectares, and the freshwater aquaculture area is 34.33 hectares. The grain output is 10005 tons, 243.3 kg per capita. The insured area of early and late rice production is 1439.8 hectares. The forest resources are mainly pine, fir and cinnamon, and the products are wood, pine resin, cinnamon, cinnamon oil, Morinda officinalis, Shigao, tea, etc. Hetai town takes Sanwei vegetable base and luojian lemon base as examples to develop modern high-end agriculture, sightseeing agriculture and tourism ecological industry. At the same time, vigorously promote the development mode of "base + cooperative + brand", establish Dong Fuxing Morinda officinalis planting and technology promotion professional cooperative in Hetai Town, and introduce deep processing development projects suitable for cinnamon, turpentine and other characteristic agricultural products.

the secondary industry

In 2013, the total industrial output value of Hetai town was 344 million yuan, with 16 industrial enterprises, dominated by mining, smelting, shoe industry and building materials. Among them, key industrial enterprises include kaifulin chemical company, Boda new building materials factory, etc. Located in Hetai Town, Jinding gold Co., Ltd. is the largest gold production enterprise in South China and one of the top ten gold sales enterprises in China. Jinding trademark is a well-known trademark in China, with a profit of over 70 million yuan.

the service sector; the tertiary industry

Hetai town is located at the junction of Gaoyao, Guangning and Deqing, and the polder period is on March, June and September. There are more than 500 commercial outlets, and the total retail sales of social consumer goods is 6.72 million yuan. The market covers an area of 4600 square meters, with a turnover of 30.6 million yuan. Its business types include daily necessities, clothing, shoes and hats, Cereals, Oils and foodstuffs, agricultural and sideline products, local specialties, fruits and vegetables, meat, "three birds", etc. There are gold panning scenic spots and ancient villages in Longcheng, and the traditional festival custom is "Ploughing Festival" on the second day of February. in 2013, the financial and tax revenue of Hetai town maintained a steady growth, with kaolin, gold mining, Fuqiang shoes and other enterprises paying taxes. The annual tax assessment was 50.57 million yuan, and 16.38 million yuan at the same level.

social undertakings

infrastructure

In 2013, Hetai town promoted rural low-income development project, rural safe drinking water project, xiaopitou construction, forest right reform, new rural endowment insurance, etc. During the activity of "handling affairs for the people and asking for public opinions", the construction of 8.2km rural roads in 13 villages including luojian, Hehai, hebianlang and Luoshan was completed, including paving 0.9km rural roads in Muyan village. The flood control embankment road repair of Duobao village committee, the lighting basketball court construction of Silian Longdong natural village and the Datang foundation construction of Duquan East, etc. Ten farmland capital construction projects including Duquan yunzhaikou irrigation canal were included in the high standard farmland construction projects of the Municipal Bureau of water affairs and the Bureau of land and resources in 2013. The town has more than 2180 fixed telephone, 1023 broadband users, and 1.68 million yuan of Telecom Revenue. The daily water supply capacity of the waterworks is 1500 tons, and the length of the pipe network is about 13000 meters. There are 19 public transport vehicles, 104 daily bus trips and an average of 600 passengers per day. The total length of cement road in the town is 180 km. The electricity consumption of the whole town is 24 million kwh.

education

In 2013, Hetai town actively implemented the strategy of "revitalizing the town through science and education", comprehensively improved the school running conditions of primary and secondary schools, and promoted quality education. The town has invested more than 36 million yuan in "creating a strong city". The layout of primary and secondary schools has been adjusted to "one middle school, two complete primary schools, six attached teaching sites, one kindergarten and one adult culture and technology school". There are 1222 junior middle school students, 1478 primary school students, 96 middle school staff and 122 primary school staff. There are 3 multimedia classrooms, 4 computer classrooms, 35 electronic whiteboard classrooms, 10 physical and chemical laboratories, and 2 primary school science laboratories in primary and secondary schools in the town. There are 208 computers for students and 106 computers for teachers. All computer rooms, multimedia teaching platforms, and teachers' office computers in all schools have broadband Internet access.

Culture and sports

In 2013, Hetai town integrated the cultural facilities resources of towns and villages, innovated the working mechanism of cultural propaganda, deeply explored the cultural connotations such as gold and kaigeng Festival, created cultural boutiques with local characteristics, actively explored the process of urbanization, accelerated the protection of excellent historical and cultural elements in rural areas, and created a good social environment for rural social and cultural restoration and industrial sustainable development. "Kaigeng Festival" on the second day of the second lunar month is an important local festival. It is "Gaoyao kaigeng Festival" in nianhetai town. It has been rated as the most influential County folk culture in Guangdong Province by China county economic newspaper and Guangdong Province County Economic Research and Development Promotion Association. In 2013, eight teams of Duquan village committee and Yuwei village of Sanwei village committee won the "Ecological Civilization Construction Award" of Gaoyao City, with a total of 55 ecological civilization villages in the town. Duquan community has been rated as the demonstration point village of Zhaoqing's rural social construction project of "carrying forward the village history and culture, remolding the spiritual home".

History and culture

In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, on the second day of the second lunar month after the Spring Festival, the villagers in Hetai area held a blessing ceremony called "tiaoheliu" in order to pray for good weather and good harvest. After the founding of the people's Republic of China, the blessing ceremony was renamed "kaigeng Festival", adding lion dance martial arts performance, art performance, basketball match, etc. Hetai "Ploughing Festival" has a history of more than 600 years. Tens of thousands of local people and tourists from other places held entertainment activities such as shooting, martial arts, lion dance, dragon dance, basketball and folk art in the villages of the town. In various traditional forms, they enjoyed spring ploughing and celebrated the new year, praying for good weather, peace and good luck in the new year. It is understood that Gaoyao Hetai "Ploughing Festival" has been officially listed as the first batch of intangible cultural heritage by Zhaoqing City and Gaoyao City, and is applying for provincial and national intangible cultural heritage.

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