Ye Tan Town, Dongyuan County, Heyuan City, Guangdong Province

Yetan town

Yetan town originally belongs to nengxi Township, one of LAN, Neng and Kang districts. It is an old revolutionary base during the Anti Japanese War and the war of liberation. It is the former site of Heyuan county Party committee, covering an area of 169.51 square kilometers, including 13000 mu of arable land. It has 13 villagers' committees and 1 residents' committee, with a total population of 23105 (2017), including more than 1000 she people. Yetan town is the hometown of overseas Chinese, with nearly 2000 overseas Chinese and compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.

Historical evolution

It was under the jurisdiction of Huangcun commune in 1958, Yetan commune was set up in 1961, and the town was established in 1986.

geographical position

Located at 115 degrees 10 minutes east longitude and 23 degrees 53 minutes north latitude, it is adjacent to Huangcun town in the East, Kanghe town in the south, Lankou town in the West and Longchuan County in the north. Yetan town is located in the northeast of Dongyuan County, 70 kilometers away from the county seat. Dahuan City Road runs through Yetan, realizing village to village highway, and the traffic is very convenient.

economic development

The comprehensive agricultural development and industrialized operation have developed well. Fengyuan agricultural development company has been established. Lemon base, Camellia oleifera base, Banpu thousand mu Shatian pomelo base and yaozhang thousand mu high-quality tea base have large scale and good benefits. In 2002, the total social output value was 110 million yuan. In 2012, the total industrial output value of the town was 319.8 million yuan, the total agricultural output value was 93.097 million yuan, and the per capita net income of farmers was 6638 yuan.

Resource status

The town has a forest area of 190000 mu, rich in forest resources; nengxi River and Huangcun river run through the town, rich in hydraulic resources, there are still small hydropower resources with small investment and high efficiency, such as bajiaolou and Banpu secondary power station, which need to be developed and utilized; rare earth, talc, tin, uranium, phosphorus, kaolin, iron ore and so on have large reserves and high grade, especially the kaolin resources under development are rich in quality "Yetan Yuzhu" has a long reputation. Heyuan county annals once recorded that "Yetan Yuzhu is famous in four counties". It is traditional processed and sold well in the market. It has one 35000 volt substation, six small hydropower stations with an installed capacity of 3160 kW, and one waterworks with program-controlled telephone, mobile and Unicom communications. The market town covers an area of 120000 square meters, with Hedong and Hexi double-sided streets and new commercial streets.

social development

In recent years, guided by the important thought of "Three Represents", the town has taken development as the theme, poverty alleviation as the overall goal and task, adhered to the implementation of the six strategies of "stabilizing the town by agriculture, enriching the town by enterprises, revitalizing the town by science and technology, expanding the town by streets, governing the town by law and borrowing foreign resources for development", focused on the development of the three leading enterprises of "meat factory, Yuzhu processing and Shatian pomelo", and focused on "water conservancy, porcelain clay and talent" ”Three major resources development; three major infrastructure construction of "transportation, irrigation and water conservancy, small towns". Over the years, the town government has taken the lead in mobilizing the whole town to raise more than 10 million yuan to invest in various infrastructure projects. Nearly 40 kilometers of high-grade cement roads have been laid along the exit road of the town and the main roads of Zhentong village, such as "Jishuang", "Yelian", "Yewen" and "Banpu". The county road Shi (jidawang) Huang (Village) road runs through the whole territory, and the village committees can be opened to traffic, more than 20 kilometers away from Lankou station and Tuocheng station of Guangzhou Meishan railway The town's cultural, educational, health and road undertakings and the construction of spiritual civilization are developing in an all-round way, and the town looks brand new.

Chinese PinYin : Guang Dong Sheng He Yuan Shi Dong Yuan Xian Ye Tan Zhen