Shantang Town, Qingxin District, Qingyuan City, Guangdong Province

Shantang town

Shantang town is located in the south of Qingxin District, 17 kilometers away from the urban area and only 80 kilometers to Guangzhou. It is adjacent to Beijiang in the East and Sanshui District in Foshan in the south. It has unique geographical advantages, with a total area of 86.93 square kilometers (in 2017), more than 43000 mu of arable land, 14 administrative villages and 1 neighborhood committee, 272 villager groups, 13000 households and a total population of 51366 (in 2017). The territory has convenient transportation, water can reach Shaoguan, down to Guangzhou and Hong Kong and Macao, land has x365 line, Qingsi highway runs through the whole territory, village highway has all realized cement hard bottom, sufficient power, convenient communication, perfect infrastructure.

On May 26, 2020, Shantang town was selected into the list of strong agricultural towns in 2020.

General situation

Shantang town is located in the south of Qingxin County, facing Beijiang in the East, across the river from Henghe town and Shijiao town of Qingcheng District, Sanshui District of Foshan City in the south, Sankeng town and Taiping Town in the west, and Taihe Town in the north. The town has 14 village committees, including Huizheng, lowland, Xisha, Jinting, Xiwei, Shengli, Shantang, Tangwan, Ma'an, Songgang, Xinxing, Huagang, Hengping, Gangao, and a neighborhood community neighborhood committee. There are 272 natural villages, with a total population of 51366 (2017), a total area of 86.93 square kilometers (2017), a cultivated area of 46191 mu, a mountain forest area of 13000 mu, and a total aquaculture water surface area It has reached 18700 mu. Shantang town was named "Shantang" in 1668, the seventh year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty. Shantang commune was established in 1959, a town was established in 1986 and transferred to Qingxin District in 1990. Shantang town is located in Qingxi plain in the south of Qingxin District, facing Beijiang in the East, across the river from Qingcheng District of Qingyuan City, Foshan Sanshui overseas Chinese Economic Development Zone in the south, Qingxin hot spring in the west, Qingxin city and Qingyuan City in the northeast. The "Shantang Bacon" produced every winter and the local "Dragon Boat Race" held every year are a major feature of the town. The town is the first provincial education strong town in 16 poverty alleviation and development key areas of Guangdong Province.

geographical position

Shantang town has a superior geographical location and convenient land and water transportation. The waterway is close to the wharf of Qingxin port, the cargo ship can reach Shaoguan and Lechang, and the cargo ship can directly reach Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Macao, and can be navigable throughout the year. The land transportation extends in all directions. Qingsi highway passes through the northern part of the town, connects with Sihui road network of Zhaoqing to the west, connects with national highway 107 to the north, 17 kilometers away from the county seat, 19 kilometers away from the urban area, and reaches Xinji of Guangzhou The site is only 40 km long. Qingsan highway runs through the whole territory and connects with the road network of Sanshui District of Foshan City. It is within the one hour economic circle of Guangfo metropolitan area. All the administrative villages and 97% of the village group roads in the town are hard bottomed, with a total mileage of more than 260 km.

infrastructure

The town is a traditional "land of fish and rice". The inner pit of the largest river flows through the whole area from east to west, mainly for farmland irrigation and drainage and a small amount of shipping. The total length of drainage and irrigation of Jingkou is 75 km. Together with Shantang electric drainage station and maosheling electric drainage station at the junction of Sanshui and Sankeng, it is responsible for irrigation and flood discharge of farmland in the town. The qingxiwei Shantang section of Beijiang Levee is 15 km long and has been reinforced according to the standard of "once in 100 years". The main specialties are Shantang preserved meat, Huangdong chicken cake, Cordyceps chicken, etc., and high-quality aquatic products such as Qingyuan Chicken, Wuzong goose, soft shelled turtle and osmanthus.

Economic situation

Taking accelerating development as the theme, reform and opening up and scientific and technological progress as the driving force, the town firmly established the idea of "development is the absolute principle", gave full play to its resource advantages, vigorously attracted investment and developed the private economy, and achieved remarkable results, promoted and promoted the rapid development of economic and social undertakings. The overall comprehensive strength of the town is increasing day by day, and successively won the provincial Party committee and provincial government awards In 2000, it became one of the top 200 rural economic towns in Guangdong Province.

industrial development

The Party committee and government of the town firmly set up the idea of building the town by industry and strengthening the town by industry, implemented the idea of promoting the economic development of the town by industry, established Shantang Industrial Park, covering an area of more than 3000 mu, and actively carried out investment promotion. Since 2003, 41 projects have been implemented, with a contract value of 2.515 billion yuan. At present, more than 20 enterprises have been put into operation or under construction, and the main enterprise is Kuang Ji environmental protection Exhaust system Co., Ltd., Xinguang metal products Co., Ltd., Hongda Abrasives Co., Ltd., Yongtao washing plant, etc. have initially established industrial bases mainly for auto parts, sports equipment, metal products, hardware electronics, polishing and abrasives, among which polishing and abrasives processing industry is one of the largest polishing and abrasives production bases in China. In order to expand the space for industrial development and speed up the pace of industrial development, it is planned to develop liuliangang, which covers an area of more than 3000 mu, into a high-tech ecological industrial zone.

agricultural development

Through vigorously promoting the strategic adjustment of agricultural structure, increasing investment and improving agricultural infrastructure, Shantang town has built three brands of high-quality aquatic products, high-quality grain and high-quality poultry breeding. With an aquaculture area of 12000 mu, the town is the largest freshwater aquaculture base in Qingxin county. The agricultural economy has initially formed a breeding structure with high-quality aquatic products as the leader and high-quality rice and three birds and livestock as the supplement. The people's living standard has been continuously improved, and the rural per capita income in 2005 was 4026 yuan. on May 26, 2020, Shantang town was selected into the list of strong agricultural towns in 2020.

social undertakings

The town attaches great importance to the comprehensive and balanced development of various social undertakings, invested more than 20 million yuan to optimize and integrate education resources, actively created grade schools, and took the lead in realizing the city's strong education town in the whole district; increased the transformation of Weizhen, planned two new development zones, expanded the area of Weizhen, improved the renovation of street lamps, planned to build a New Jiangwan Park, and improved the town's taste and quality In 2004 and 2005, Shantang police station was awarded the title of first-class grass-roots police station by the Ministry of public security respectively; the cultural festival sports activities are colorful, and the annual large-scale dragon boat race, basketball match and chess match are a major event of the people's cultural and recreational life With simple style, the construction of a new socialist countryside has been steadily promoted, and it has become a common practice to respect the old and love the young. The town nursing home has been rated as a provincial model nursing home; medical and health care institutions are all over the town, and primary health care has been rated as a standard unit by the city.

Characteristic industry

Shantang Industrial Park is located in the area under the jurisdiction of the low-lying village committee next to Qingsi highway, only 8 km away from the urban area, with convenient transportation and complete facilities. The planned area is 3000 mu, and 1400 mu of industrial land has been implemented. the freshwater aquaculture area in the town is 12000 mu, and the high-quality aquatic products such as Osmanthus fragrans and soft shelled turtle are cultivated all year round. Among them, the breeding area of high-quality Osmanthus fragrans is 8200 mu, with an annual yield of 1500 catties per mu. Shantang town in Qingxin district is the main grain producing area in Qingyuan City, and has been known as "Qingyuan granary" since history. The whole town has more than 45000 mu of flat and fertile farmland, including 38000 mu of high-quality rice planting area and 76000 mu of multiple cropping area. The annual output of high-quality rice is more than 30000 tons, of which more than 20000 tons are available for export. The main varieties are: Ivory soft sticky, Qi Li Si Miao, Qi Si sticky, Yin sticky, LV Huang sticky, Feng AI sticky, etc. As one of the abrasive materials, cloth roller is the pillar product of Shantang town. Shantang town is the originator of cloth roller processing industry. As early as in the early stage of reform and opening up, Shantang people had advanced consciousness, aimed at the market, seized the opportunity and started cloth roller processing industry. Because Shantang is adjacent to the Pearl River Delta, cloth roller products are widely used, and they are the materials needed by many industries in modern economy. The cloth roller processing industry in Shantang has gradually developed from a family workshop to a modern enterprise. And set up "Shantang abrasives (cloth roller) Industry Chamber of Commerce" to direct the processing and production, so that the cloth roller processing industry in Shantang town grows year by year.

scenic spot

There are Zhengjiang tower, Xisha heaven and earth, maliandong, Shengli sugongzhou and huangniuhu tourist resort. Among them, Zhengjiang tower is a key cultural relic protection unit in the district. It is located on the Bank of Beijiang River in Zhengjiang village of Huizheng village committee. It was built in the 17th year of Guangxu reign of Qing Dynasty. The tower is 35.1 meters high and is a nine story eight sided pavilion type, covering an area of 59 square meters.

Shantang town has a simple folk custom

They are mainly Cantonese. Shantang town is the hometown of dragon boat and basketball. Dragon Boat Sport has a deep mass foundation. Every year before and after the Duanwu Festival, the town and village hold the "three person swallow tail dragon boat" competition respectively. In particular, the dragon boat race held by the town attracts dozens of dragon boats from the town, Qingxin and Qingcheng to participate in the race every year, attracting tens of thousands of people from surrounding towns to gather on the banks of the Beijiang River. In addition, cultural and recreational activities such as Helou song, lion dance and basketball also have a deep mass foundation.

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