Yuanquan Town, Guazhou County, Jiuquan City, Gansu Province

Yuanquan town

Yuanquan town is located in the middle of Guazhou County, Jiuquan City, Gansu Province. It is the seat of Guazhou county government and the political, economic and cultural center of the whole county. The town has a total population of 34007 people (2017), with jurisdiction over four community neighborhood committees, one management committee, one sub district office and two suburban agricultural and forestry branches. There are 123 party and government organs, schools, enterprises and institutions in the urban area, cotton company, grain and oil company and Suoyang beverage company in the industry, Guazhou market in the main market, and 538 individual business outlets in the street. In the fifth year of Yongzheng reign of Qing Dynasty, the West town of Jian'an was built in Dawan (the old city). In the second year of the Republic of China (1913 AD), the town of Yuanquan was established. In 1955, the town of Yuanquan was established.

Historical evolution

Yuanquan town is located in the middle of Anxi County. It is connected with Huancheng in the East, West and North, Guazhou in the southwest and Nancha in the south. Yuanquan, which means deep water quantan, is the name of Yuanquan County in Qing Dynasty. The name of Yuanquan began in the sixth year of Yuanding in the Han Dynasty. At that time, there were three counties in Anxi: Ming'an, Yuanquan and Guangzhi. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Yuanquan was changed to PINQUAN. Yuanquan county was changed into Liangxing County in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. From then on to the Qing Dynasty, wuyuanquan was built. In the 25th year of Qianlong reign of Qing Dynasty, liugouwei and anxiwei were cut off and Yuanquan county was set up. Yuanquan town was established in the Republic of China. Yuanquan town was established in 1955, Wuai people's commune was formed with Huancheng, Nancha, Guazhou and Xihu in 1958, Yuanquan people's commune was established in 1962, Yuanquan town was restored in 1964, Yonghong town was renamed in 1966, and its original name was restored in 1971. The town is the seat of Anxi county government, there is no administrative village.

Geography and climate

Yuanquan town has a flat terrain, which belongs to Shule River Valley and Gobi plain. It faces Shigong mountain in the south, with a straight distance of 12 km, and shibandun mountain (belonging to Mazong mountain) in the north, 42 km, forming a narrow zone from east to west. The altitude is 1177.8 meters. The climate is dry with less rain and more wind, less overcast and more sunny. The annual average rainfall is 46 mm, the average temperature is 90 ℃, reaching 42.80 ℃, and the extreme temperature is 29.30 ℃. The annual average gale weather is 81 days, and the dust storm is 261 days. "One wind a year, blowing from spring to winter", is a veritable wind reservoir in the world. The town has a long sunshine time, big temperature difference between day and night, four distinct seasons, the urban stratum is mostly gravel, and the suburban surface soil layer is deep and uneven, so it is suitable for cultivation. The underground water level is 5-8 meters from the surface of the earth. It is a Gobi oasis in Northwest China.

geographical environment

Yuanquan Town, named after Yuanquan County in the Western Han Dynasty, is still in use today. The geographical coordinates are 95046 / E and 40032 / n. It is located in the west end of Hexi corridor. It is 117 km away from Dunhuang in the west, 154 km away from Yumen town in the East, 80 km away from Shibao city in the South and 70 km away from Liuyuan town in the north. Shule River ancient road flows westward from 3 km north of the town, and national highway 312 passes through the North Bridge (Guazhou New Area) in the east-west direction. National Highway 313 passes through the town center in the north-south direction.

The old city was built in the first year of Yongzheng reign in Qing Dynasty. It occupied the transportation hub of Xinjiang in the west, inland in the East, Qinghai Tibet in the south, and Inner Mongolia in the north. In 1970, the old city was moved 1.2 km south due to the rising groundwater level and serious humidity, and began to build a new city.

By 2004, the town's financial revenue was 1.71 million yuan, and the per capita income of urban residents was 6882 yuan. The supporting rate of residents' housing accounted for 66.3%, the rate of cable TV households accounted for 97%, the rate of telephone households accounted for 71% (including mobile phones), and the rate of central heating households accounted for 65%. The enrollment rate of children over four years old is 95%, and that of school-age children is 100%.

Yuanquan town is the seat of the county government and the political, economic and cultural center of the whole county. From the establishment of Yuanquan town in 1913 to the establishment of Yuanquan district office after liberation in 1949, through the long-term hard struggle of the people of the whole town, especially since the relocation of the new town in 1970, the town construction has developed rapidly, the urban economy has grown rapidly, the society is peaceful, the politics is stable, the market is prosperous and the life of the residents is prosperous The town is a new town in Hexi Corridor with many buildings, spacious streets, trees, bright lights, clean and tidy, and people living and working in peace and contentment.

Urban development

The new town covers an area of 4.383925 square kilometers, which is basically square. It has formed a new pattern of "one road, two roads" and "seven streets, Seven Lanes". The main streets are 12m-24m wide, all paved with asphalt pavement, and the sidewalks are 3m or 5m wide, paved with square colored cement bricks. The greening area is 460000m2, and the greening coverage rate is 13.6%.

It has jurisdiction over four community neighborhood committees, one management committee, one sub district office and two suburban agricultural and forestry branches. There are 123 party and government organs, schools, enterprises and institutions in the urban area, cotton company, grain and oil company and Suoyang beverage company in the industry, Guazhou market in the main market, and 538 individual business outlets in the street.

social undertakings

Family planning work

Through various activities, Yuanquan Xianfu street community has made more residents receive good education, promoted the development and improvement of the work of the family planning association, purified the ideological and cultural position, enhanced the members' sense of obligation and responsibility, and laid a solid foundation for establishing the service purpose, popularizing scientific knowledge, and doing a good job of the association. The first is to strengthen the organization construction of Community Association and improve the quality of its members. In order to promote the work of Community Association and do a good job in organization construction, the community focuses on the two markets where migrant workers gather, absorbs them into the association team, joins the family planning association members' home, and organizes them to study the association constitution, population and family planning law, regulations on the management of family planning technical services, and Gansu population and family planning Family planning association study activities are regularly carried out every month. Second, strengthen the publicity work of Family Planning Association and carry out various educational activities. The community often carries out publicity and education activities, using various publicity tools such as wall charts, blackboard newspapers, billboards and other forms to carry out various activities that members like, vigorously carrying out the new trend of marriage and childbirth into thousands of families, advocating eugenics and eugenics, giving birth to boys and girls as well as reproductive health care, contraceptive knowledge and other publicity activities.

education

There are two six-year primary schools in Yuanquan town. Yuanquan primary school was founded in 1905, with 1342 students, 26 teaching classes and 54 teaching staff. The total building area of the school is 2205.5 square meters. However, due to its long history and long-term disrepair, the school has 672 square meters (12 classrooms) which were identified as grade D dangerous buildings by experts in 2001 and ordered to stop using Demolition and reconstruction. In the face of this situation, the town government will rebuild the original Yuanquan town primary school, named Yuanquan town "love primary school". "Love primary school" is built in the east of Yuanquan Town Primary School Park. The campus covers an area of 23000 square meters, and the project covers an area of 2200 square meters.

Double support work

In order to enhance the enthusiasm of both the army and the people, both the army and the people have organically integrated the military civilian joint construction activities with the economic construction and the spiritual civilization construction. Yuanquan town of Anxi County has vigorously carried out the military civilian joint construction of civilized cities, civilized units, civilized industries and other activities with rich connotations, so as to develop the double support construction activities from mutual help and study in political thought to mutual support in reform and construction. On August 1, 2006, cadres from fulixiang community, Yuanquan Town, Anxi county organized more than 60 party members, some residents and students from the community to the military camp of the county armed police squadron, and on behalf of the community, delivered 100 pairs of insoles made by the community residents to the soldiers. The community residents also visited the army barracks and had a literary and artistic party with the armed police soldiers.

cultural life

On October 1, 2008, in order to celebrate the 59th birthday of the motherland, various community committees in Yuanquan town held various national day entertainment activities. People who are usually active in the community and self entertainment classes, art lovers and fans vie to show their skills and become the protagonists on the stage. They sang or danced, played or played, and expressed their love for their motherland, hometown and community. Through the development of these interesting and wonderful community cultural activities, the festival life of the masses in the community has been greatly enriched, and the emotional exchange among the masses in the community has also been enhanced.

Development status

Yuanquan town is connected with Xihu Township in the East, West and North, Guazhou Township in the southwest and Nancha town in the south. It is 4.6 km long from east to west and 1.7 km wide from north to south, with a total area of 8 square kilometers. At present, it has jurisdiction over five communities, namely Xianfu street, post and Telecommunications lane, welfare lane, Guazhou lane and Beidaqiao lane, with a total of 57 resident groups. The town Party committee has 4 general Party branches, 30 party branches and 604 party members. There are 166 administrative enterprises and institutions, 4 garrison units, 80 special industries and 2287 individual commercial stores.

Under the correct leadership of the county Party committee and the county government, the Party committee and the government of Yuanquan town adhere to the guidance of the scientific outlook on development, firmly grasp the overall situation of reform, development and stability, closely focus on the center of economic construction, and make every effort to build a livable Yuanquan town with the working idea of "focusing on projects, focusing on environmental sanitation, focusing on people's livelihood in harmony, focusing on comprehensive management in stability, focusing on civilization and ensuring party construction" "Harmony spring, happiness spring, civilization spring" has formed an industrial system dominated by agricultural products processing, wind power industry and wind power equipment manufacturing. There are cotton, cottonseed refined oil, cottonseed protein, cotton yarn, beef and mutton processing, as well as lead smelting, sulfuric acid, wind power generation, fan tower processing, etc. At the end of 2011, there were 33 Industrial Enterprises above Designated Size in the township area, with 2770 employees. The total industrial output value reached 3.9 billion yuan, an increase of 6.29% over the previous year, and the industrial added value reached 1.183 billion yuan, an increase over the previous year

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