Laocheng Town, Wucheng County, Shandong Province

Old town

It has a total population of 6361 square kilometers and is located at the junction of two towns in Shandong Province. It is a transportation hub connecting Wucheng, Xiajin, Qinghe and Gucheng, a millennium old town with a long history and culture, and an important trade and circulation town. It was once the seat of Wucheng county Party committee and county government. Under the correct leadership of the town Party committee and government, the town was awarded "national advanced unit of mass sports"; it was awarded "provincial civilized town" by Shandong provincial Party committee and provincial government; it was awarded "advanced grassroots unit of safe construction" by Shandong provincial Party committee and provincial government; it was awarded "Provincial Ecological Town" by Shandong provincial Party committee and provincial government; it was awarded "advanced unit of petition work" by Shandong provincial government; it was awarded "advanced unit of rural financial management" by Shandong provincial government Unit: the old town farmers market was rated as the provincial civilized market. He was awarded the "advanced unit of infrastructure construction of grass roots United Front Work" by the United Front Work Department of Shandong provincial Party committee, the advanced unit of village construction in Dezhou City by Dezhou municipal Party committee and municipal government, the advanced unit of safety production in Dezhou City by Dezhou municipal Party committee and municipal government, the advanced unit of small town construction in Dezhou City by Dezhou municipal Party committee and municipal government, and the advanced unit of nationwide entrepreneurship by Dezhou municipal Party committee and municipal government He was awarded the advanced unit of family planning by Dezhou municipal Party committee and government, and the advanced unit of preventing and dealing with cults by Dezhou municipal Party committee. "Ao Rong" brand clothing and "Bei Zhou Chun" Baijiu liquor were awarded the famous trademarks of Shandong province. "Nantun Huabang dance" has been listed in the first batch of intangible a cultural heritage in Shandong Province. In the history of old cities and towns, celebrities such as Wang Dao, the official Minister of the Ming Dynasty, Wang Jinming, the martyr of the 1911 Revolution, and so on have sprung up; in the contemporary era, there are outstanding figures such as Qi Zheng, the Anti Japanese county magistrate, and Qi Feng, the revolutionary martyr.

Brief introduction of villages and towns

The old town of Wucheng county is located in the East Bank of Beijing Hangzhou Grand Canal at the junction of Shandong and Hebei provinces and four counties. It governs 50 administrative villages with a total population of 67000 and a town area of 107 square kilometers. It is a thousand year old town with a long history and culture and an important commercial and circulation town. It was once the seat of Wucheng county Party committee and county government. The town has been awarded "national mass sports advanced unit"; "national key town", "national ecological town", "provincial civilized town"; "provincial safe construction advanced grass-roots unit"; "Provincial Ecological Town"; "provincial petition work advanced township"; "provincial no cult township"; "whole city village construction district advanced unit"; "whole city small town construction advanced unit"; "whole town construction advanced unit" The city is an advanced township where all the people start their own businesses. "The county's small towns to build an advanced township" and other honorary titles. The old town farmers' market was rated as "provincial civilized market". "Ao Rong" brand clothing and "Bei Zhou Chun" Baijiu liquor were awarded the famous trademarks of Shandong province. "Nantun Huabang dance" has been listed in the first batch of intangible cultural heritage in Shandong Province. In the history of the old city, celebrities such as Wang Dao, the official Minister of the Ming Dynasty, Wang Shijia, the official Minister of the Ministry of rites, Wang Jinming, the martyr of the 1911 Revolution, Qi Zheng, the Anti Japanese county magistrate, and Qi Feng, the revolutionary martyr, have sprung up.

The old towns are located at the junction of Shandong and Hebei provinces, with obvious advantages in land, sea and air transportation. Land: the East-West provincial highway 318 passes through the border and leads to Hebei Province through the old city canal bridge; it is 6 kilometers away from the entrance of Wucheng of Deshang expressway; it is 12 kilometers away from the entrance of Xiajin of Qingyin expressway; it is 30 kilometers away from Beijing Fuzhou railway in the East, 40 kilometers away from Beijing Shanghai high speed railway, and 20 kilometers away from Beijing Kowloon Railway in the West; in addition, Dezhou has the largest cotton trading market and customs in the north of the Yellow River, and cotton products are exported for one hour You can get there. Sea route: 250 km from Tianjin port in the north and 180 km from Huanghua port in the north. It is convenient and fast to handle sea transportation procedures. Air transport: 130 kilometers away from Jinan Yaoqiang airport.

Laocheng town is the largest cotton acquisition and processing base in China. It has won the title of national cotton breeding base town and national top 100 cotton production towns. There are 83 cotton processing enterprises in the town, including 34 400 standardized cotton processing plants. The annual purchase and processing capacity of cotton is 300000 tons, accounting for 1 / 5 of the whole province and 1 / 15 of the whole country. The scale of cotton spinning is 400000 spindles. The whole town has realized the upgrading of cotton planting, processing, spinning, weaving, garment making, deep processing of cottonseed and other echelon industries. The annual sales revenue of cotton industry can reach 10 billion yuan, and the profits and taxes can reach 1 billion yuan, which has become an important pillar to support the town economy. Its business scope covers 27 provinces, autonomous regions and cities including Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei, Shandong, Henan and Xinjiang, covering an area of 2500 kilometers, forming a trend of "buying and selling the whole country". Registered with local characteristics of "beizhou flower", "Yangzhuang flower", "Nanyang flower", "Huaxing" yarn, "Star" cloth, "aorong" clothing and other cotton products trademark.

The total resident population of the old towns is 38700, with a resident area of 5 square kilometers. It has jurisdiction over 3 communities, 5 administrative villages and 11 natural villages. The population is dense, the shops are numerous, the trade is prosperous, and the resident is rich. There are three wholesale markets of agricultural products, two shopping malls, more than 20 large supermarkets and hotels in the town. There are 8000 migrant workers working in business.

Historical evolution

In the Western Han Dynasty, dongwucheng county was established, which is located in the south of raoyangdian, Gucheng County, Hebei Province. In 679, the first year of Tiaolu in Tang Dynasty, it was transferred to the west of Yongji canal. During the Song Dynasty, the Grand Canal ended in the West and flooded the county. The county government moved to the east bank, which is now the old town. In 1958, the canal was widened, Xiguan village was moved to the east of Dongguan village, and Chengguan commune was established in the same year. In December, Wucheng county was merged into Xiajin County, and Wucheng county was changed into Wucheng town. After the restoration of Wucheng County in June 1961, the county government was still in the original site. When the commune was adjusted in 1965, Chengguan commune was an old town. In 1973, the Wei canal was widened again, and the county moved more than 20 kilometers to the northeast. After the relocation of the county, the original "Chengguan" commune was renamed Laocheng commune in 1982. In 1984, the commune was changed into a town.

Chengximen in Wucheng County in 1937

Zhuzi, a Tang Dynasty porcelain unearthed from the site of Laocheng Town, Wucheng County

The canal ferry in Wucheng County in 1937

geographical position

It is an important water and land transportation town. The old town was established in 1108 and relocated in 1973. It was the political, economic and cultural center of Wucheng County in 865. Because it is located at the junction of Hebei and Shandong provinces, adjacent to the Wei canal, and the end of Pingyuan Wucheng and Dezhou Wucheng highways, the Weicheng canal Wucheng bridge stands, with a main hole of 50 meters wide. It can cross giant ships in the year of water, with convenient land and water transportation and prosperous commerce. Most of the agricultural and industrial products of the three nearby counties (Gucheng County, Qinghe County, Hebei Province, and Xiajin County, Shandong Province) are distributed here. Every market day, merchants gather, shops row upon row, the transaction is very prosperous, for the county's economic town.

Urban construction

The party committees and governments of old towns closely focus on the work goal of "promoting commerce and trade by urban construction, promoting industry by commerce and trade, enriching people by commerce and trade, and strengthening towns by industry", focus on the construction of small towns, and strive to create a new bright spot of neighboring economy. In 2010, they invested more than 37 million yuan to transform the main urban roads such as the East Ring Road, Wenhua East Road, Wenhua West Road, and Shichang South Road, laying 32000 square meters of tiles and installing them 256 street lamps and more than 10000 meters of sewers have been reconstructed; 9600 level road surface hardening and power grid reconstruction have been completed in the reconstruction project of farmers' market, and 30 new stores have been built. With an investment of more than 20 million yuan, the canal market with a total length of 700 meters and a construction area of 15000 square meters has been developed, and all 184 stores have been put into use. In the north end of the East Ring Road and the south side of the 318 provincial road, a 70 mu canal pearl multi-storey residential community has been planned and constructed. Six buildings and 216 households have been built, all of which have been reserved by urban residents. In the south of the government residence, Xinjie community multi-storey residential area, community service center, cultural and sports activity center and fountain leisure square are planned and constructed. Three multi-storey residential buildings and 108 households have been built. 64 stores along the street have been built. Guanshan Geyue supermarket, with an investment of more than 80 million yuan and an area of 15 mu, will become the largest supermarket in the whole county and even in the whole city. It will drive linbian counties and cities to consume in the town and promote the development of local economy.

In 2011, the total investment is planned to be 32 million yuan, focusing on the construction of "six streets and three districts". Three modern commercial streets have been built. First, the urban section of xiawu road with a total length of 2300 meters and a width of 12 meters has been widened. Second, the section of Government Street with a total length of 2100 meters and a width of 15 meters has been extended eastward to lilao road. Third, the new Zhenxing road with a length of 1900 meters and a width of 15 meters has been built. On both sides of the three newly built roads, two or three storey retail buildings will be built and rebuilt according to the unified standards, and the supporting facilities such as greening, lighting and drainage will be promoted as a whole, so as to initially build a framework for the eastward expansion of the business district. At the same time, build a good market. The original wholesale market of fruits and vegetables will be relocated, and a wholesale market of fruits and vegetables will be built along 318 Road, covering an area of more than 80 mu, integrating the wholesale of fruits and vegetables, parking and catering services.

project construction

In 2010, the town introduced 15 projects with an investment of more than 10 million yuan, including 2 projects with more than 100 million yuan and 6 projects with more than 50 million yuan. Key enterprises in the town include Huaxing Group, Huayi Group, Shandong Paisen Technology Co., Ltd., Aobo environmental protection material technology Co., Ltd., Yinshan Cotton Industry Co., Ltd., Xinghong Cotton Industry Co., Ltd., xinhexiang packaging paper industry Co., Ltd., Aolong Clothing Co., Ltd.

In 2011, the whole town innovated the investment promotion mode, established five professional investment promotion groups, took professional investment promotion as a breakthrough, aimed at key industries, and continuously improved the timeliness of investment promotion. We have planned a number of major projects in papermaking, auto parts, new energy, machinery, environmental protection materials, cotton industry and other projects, introduced 16 projects, and invested 5

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