Mindong Township, Qianwei County, Leshan City, Sichuan Province

Mindong Township

Mindong Township, belonging to Qianwei County, Leshan City, Sichuan Province, is located in the northwest of Qianwei County, 11.79 kilometers away from the county. It borders Jinsu Town, Wutongqiao District in the northwest, Xiadu and Wuyu township (now Wuyu town) in the southeast. In 2017, it covers an area of 25.95 square kilometers and has a permanent population of 8221.

In 2015, Mindong Township governs 56 villager groups in 6 villages including Ping'an, Jinji, Dawan, Shazui, Hulu, Qifeng, and 4 resident groups in 1 community of Guanyin temple.

In December 2019, Sichuan Provincial People's government decided to abolish Mindong Township and put the former administrative region of Mindong Township under the jurisdiction of Wuyu town.

Historical evolution

Mindong township has always been under the jurisdiction of Qianwei county. Guanyin temple is the residence of township government. It was built in 1552, the 31st year of Jiajing period of Ming Dynasty, and got its name because of Guanyin temple.

In 1936, it was named Ping'an township.

In January 1956, Mindong Township and Ping'an Township merged into Ping'an township.

In October 1958, it was incorporated into Shixi people's commune.

In August 1959, jianmindong commune was separated.

In 1984, it was changed to Mindong township.

In December 2019, Sichuan Provincial People's government decided to abolish Mindong Township and put the former administrative region of Mindong Township under the jurisdiction of Wuyu town.

administrative division

In 2015, Mindong Township governs 56 villager groups in 6 villages including Ping'an, Jinji, Dawan, Shazui, Hulu, Qifeng, and 4 resident groups in 1 community of Guanyin temple. Township People's Government in Guanyin temple.

geographical environment

Location context

Mindong township is located in the northwest of Qianwei County, 11.79 kilometers away from the county. It borders on JinSu town of Wutongqiao District in the northwest and Xiadu and Wuyu township (now Wuyu town) in the southeast. In 2017, it covers an area of 25.95 square kilometers.

topographic features

Mindong township is a shallow hilly area with an altitude of 329-522 meters and fertile land.

natural resources

In 2015, the total cultivated land area of Mindong township was 4500 mu, including 3600 mu of farmland. 3700 mu of farmland was converted to forest.

hydrology

The Minjiang River passes through Mindong township for 7 km. Xi River is mainly Shima River, and its tributaries include Longdong River and Lijiagou river. There are Majiapo reservoir and heihuyan reservoir, with water storage capacity of 5 million cubic meters. More than 60% of the farmland in the township can be irrigated by gravity. In July 1982, Majiapo reservoir's first and second power stations were built, with an annual power generation of 1.2 million kwh. In May 1999, the third stage power station (located at the entrance of Shima River to Minjiang River) was built, with an annual power generation of 1.2 million kwh.

population

In 2015, the total population of Mindong township was 3908 households and 9964 people. Among them, there are 1516 non-agricultural population and 4627 real labor force.

In 2017, there were 8221 permanent residents in Mindong township.

Economics

In 2015, the total output value of Mindong township was 196 million yuan, the total income of rural economy was 120 million yuan, and the per capita net income of farmers was 11400 yuan.

In 2015, the planting area of crops in Mindong township was 15400 mu, economic crops 2360 mu, and food crops 8562 mu, with a total output of 4077 tons. Tea planting 12000 mu, jasmine planting 2800 mu, a new tea processing plant. 9450 mu of forest and bamboo were managed and protected, 3700 mu of farmland was converted to forest, and 120 mu of industrial raw material forest was constructed. There are 5 moderate scale farmers, with 16900 live pigs and 310000 small poultry. Characteristic fruit loquat 900 mu, shed orange 500 mu, plum 500 mu, grape 1000 mu.

In 2015, there were 6 enterprises in Mindong township (including 3 building materials factories, 1 coal mine, 1 Hydropower Station and 1 steel plant), with 1352 employees and an annual output value of 46 million yuan.

In 2015, rural tourism was developed in Mindong Township, and there are 8 farmhouses now. There are more than 2500 migrant workers throughout the year, and the labor income is 30 million yuan.

In 2017, there were 26 enterprises in mindongxiang with 1399 employees, including 11 industrial enterprises and 2 large-scale enterprises.

social undertakings

infrastructure

In 2015, 56 groups of roads in 6 villages of Mindong Township were fully opened, with 84.8 kilometers of cement roads, which were open to traffic in sunny and rainy days. A new industrial road of 15 km, 80 mu of paddy fields and 50 reservoirs will be built. Mobile, Unicom, telecom and other networks cover the whole Township, basically realizing the household telephone. The popularization rate of tap water in community and surrounding villages was 100%. There are financial institutions such as the associated press. Set up a special sanitation cleaning agency, equipped with 8 cleaners, built a waste transfer station, and realized the non landing management of waste. The investment is 36 million yuan to build a new residence of "safe and blessed land" with the style of Western Sichuan folk houses.

Cultural undertakings

In 2015, more than 1000 square meters of cultural venues and libraries were built in Mindong Township, and a new outdoor fitness field was built.

education

In 2015, there was a junior middle school in Mindong Township, with 20 teachers and 131 students. There is one primary school with 26 staff and 272 students.

medical and health work

In 2015, there was a township health center in Mindong Township, with 7 medical staff and 10 beds. There were 6 village clinics and 12 medical staff.

traffic

It's 15 minutes' drive from the location of Mindong township government to the intersection of Leyi expressway. 213 national highway and Leyi Expressway cross the whole territory, with urban and rural buses leading to the county, which is very convenient for people to go out.

History and culture

There are five Shanzhai sites in Mindong Township, which were built in the ninth year of Jiaqing in Qing Dynasty. The Shanzhai is built on a tabletop mountain area, starting from Liziya in the north, at the junction of JinSu town in WUTONGQIAO district and Qifeng mountain in the south, adjacent to the township government. It is 5000 meters long from north to South and 2000 meters wide from east to west. It's surrounded by cliffs. The highest altitude is 528m, and the relative height difference with Minjiang River is 200m. Although the altitude of the whole platform is not very high, because of its steep surroundings and abrupt rise, it also appears that the mountain is towering and the pass is precipitous. Five ancient villages, Tiancheng village, Shuangshan village, guitou village, Longtou village and Ma'ershan village, are distributed in zigzag shape over a distance of 5000 meters. After more than 130 years of wind and rain, the ancient style of Shanzhai still exists.

Honorary title

Mindong township has been rated as "Provincial Ecological township", "provincial beautiful environment township" and "municipal safe township".

Chinese PinYin : Si Chuan Sheng Le Shan Shi Jian Wei Xian Min Dong Xiang