Wu Zhen, Tongxiang City, Jiaxing City, Zhejiang Province

Wuzhen

Wuzhen is located in Tongxiang City, Jiaxing City, Zhejiang Province. It is located in the "Golden Triangle" of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, and the hinterland of Hangjiahu Plain. It is 60km away from Hangzhou and Suzhou, and 106KM away from Shanghai. It belongs to Taihu Lake drainage system, with crisscross rivers and Beijing Hangzhou Grand Canal passing by the town. Wuzhen was originally divided into two towns, Wuqing, with Shihe as the boundary. Wuzhen is located in the west of the river, belonging to Wucheng County of Huzhou Prefecture; Qingzhen is located in the east of the river, belonging to Tongxiang County of Jiaxing Prefecture. After liberation, Wuzhen to the west of Shihe was assigned to Tongxiang county.

Wuzhen is one of the first batch of famous historical and cultural towns in China, one of the top ten charming towns in China, one of the most beautiful towns in the country, and one of the national 5A tourist attractions. It is known as "the last water pillow family in China". It has a history of more than 7000 years of civilization and 1300 years of town construction. It is a typical ancient town in the south of the Yangtze River in China, known as "the land of fish and rice, the house of silk". With a history of 6000 years, it is one of the 20 golden week scenic spots and six ancient towns in the south of the Yangtze River. In 1991, it was rated as a famous historical and cultural city in Zhejiang Province; since 2013, it has held Wuzhen Drama Festival; on November 19, 2014, it became the permanent site of the world Internet Conference. On July 29, 2020, it will be included in the list of national health towns (counties) to be reconfirmed in 2019.

In 2017, Wuzhen's GDP reached 6.031 billion yuan, an increase of 12.1% over 2016. From October 20 to 22, 2019, the sixth World Internet congress, jointly organized by the state Internet information office and the people's Government of Zhejiang Province, will be held in Wuzhen, Zhejiang Province.

Historical evolution

Wuzhen has a long history. According to the research of tanjiawan ancient cultural site in the suburb of Wuzhen, about 7000 years ago, the ancestors of Wuzhen had been living in this place. At that time, it belonged to the Majiabang culture of the Neolithic age. in the spring and Autumn period, Wuzhen was the border between Wu and Yue, where the state of Wu stationed troops to guard against the state of Yue. In the Qin Dynasty, Wuzhen belonged to Kuaiji County, with Chexi (today's Shihe) as the boundary, Wudun in the west, Wucheng County in the west, Qingdun in the East, Youquan county and Wuzhen divided and ruled. Later, Wuzhen was under the jurisdiction of Huzhou and Jiaxing in Zhejiang Province, or Suzhou in Jiangsu Province. In Tang Dynasty, Wuzhen was subordinate to Suzhou government. Houliang, belonging to the same, is the land of Wuyue. In the fifth year of Tianfu in the later Jin Dynasty (940), Xiuzhou was established, and Qingdun was subordinate to Xiuzhou in Jiaxing county. In the third year of Song Chunhua (992), Wuzhen belonged to Wucheng and lihuzhou. Ten years (1077), Xi Ning analyzed 5 villages in the west of Jiaxing County, such as Wutong, Yongxin and Qingfeng, and went to Qingde County in Qingfeng Village. In the early years of Yuanfeng, there were records of Wudun town and Qingdun town. Later, they were renamed Wuzhen and Qingdun town as taboos of the shunguang sect. Jiading years, the rise of Jiaxing army, Qingzhen then Chongde Li Jiaxing army. In the second year of Baoqing (1226), Huzhou was changed to Anji and Wuzhen to Wucheng county. In the Song Dynasty, the town set up supervisors to control fire and alcohol taxes, and recruited soldiers to practice martial arts to resist bandits. In 1277, Wuzhen was located in Wucheng County, Huzhou Road, and Qingzhen was located in Chongde County, Jiaxing Road. The town has its capital. Five years (1430), Xuan Ming Xuan analyzed the collection, Qianjin, Bao Ning, Qingfeng, Yongxing and Wutong six villages in Tongxiang County, which belonged to the Qingzhen County, belonging to the Jiaxing Prefecture. This subordination remained unchanged until the Qing Dynasty. In Ming and Qing Dynasties, Zhejiang branch office and Jiangsu Zhejiang branch office were set up in Wuzhen, which was equivalent to the function of government office. In the first year of the Republic of China (1912), the two towns were still divided. In May 1950, Wuzhen and Qingzhen were merged and named Wuzhen, belonging to Tongxiang county and Jiaxing.

administrative division

By 2019, Wuzhen town has 4 communities and 26 administrative villages, and the town government is located at No. 18 Fengxian Road.

geographical environment

Location context

It is located at 120 ° 54'e and 30 ° 64'n. It is located in the north of Tongxiang City, east of Beijing Hangzhou Grand Canal, west of Huzhou City, and north of Wujiang District, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province. The land transportation has county-level highway Yaozhen line running through the town. Through Yaozhen highway, it can connect with provincial highway Yanhu highway, national highway 320, 318 highway, Shanghai Hangzhou Expressway, Shenjiahu Expressway and Zhajiasu expressway. Wuzhen is 13 km away from Tongxiang City, 27 km, 45 km and 60 km away from Jiaxing, Huzhou and Wujiang, respectively. The town area is 71.19 square kilometers, and the urban area is 2.5 square kilometers.

hydrology

Rivers in the territory belong to the Taihu canal system in the Yangtze River Basin. It belongs to the typical Jiangnan Water Network Plain.

climate

Wuzhen is located in the southeast coast, a typical subtropical monsoon climate. It is warm and humid, with abundant rain and sufficient sunshine. The annual average sunshine is 1842.3 hours. It is characterized by long spring and short autumn, cold winter and hot summer, warm spring and cool autumn, and four distinct seasons. The summer is 64 days, and the autumn is 90 days. The annual average temperature is 16.1 ℃. January is the coldest with a monthly average temperature of 3.6 ℃; July is the hottest with a monthly average temperature of 28.1 ℃; the annual average precipitation is 1233.9mm. There are three obvious precipitation periods in the whole year, namely April to may (spring rain), June to July (plum rain), August to September (autumn rain), and snow in winter.

natural resources

land resource

The soil in Wuzhen is river, sea and lake sediments. The soil belongs to paddy soil and fluvo aquic soil. The soil is fertile and suitable for planting rice and economic crops.

plant resources

There are 485 species of plant resources in Wuzhen, including 12 species of algae, 10 species of bryophytes, 8 species of pteridophytes, 20 species of gymnosperms and 458 species of angiosperms.

Animal resources

There are many kinds of animal resources in Wuzhen. There are 451 species of main animal resources, including 218 vertebrates, 192 arthropods, 32 molluscs and 9 other animals.

Regional population

By the end of 2017, the total number of households in Wuzhen was 23916, and the total registered residence population was 87 thousand, of which 19305 were rural households and 75 thousand and 800 were rural population. There are 103800 permanent residents and 32500 registered new residents. The birth rate was 10.59 ‰, an increase of 11.6% over the previous year; the death rate was 7.87 ‰, an increase of 8.7% over the previous year; and the natural growth rate was 2.72 ‰.

Regional economy

overview

In 2017, Wuzhen's GDP reached 6.031 billion yuan, an increase of 12.1% over the previous year. Among them, the added value of the primary industry was 294 million yuan, down 0.9% over the previous year; the added value of the secondary industry was 2.957 billion yuan, up 7.2% over the previous year, of which the industrial added value was 2.274 billion yuan, up 5.6% over the previous year; the added value of the tertiary industry was 2.779 billion yuan, up 19.9% over the previous year. The proportion of three industrial structure is 4.8:49.1:46.1. According to registered residence population, the per capita GDP of the whole town reached 69284 yuan, an increase of 18.9% over the previous year. in 2017, the total revenue of Wuzhen was 1.021 billion yuan, an increase of 27.3% over the previous year. Among them, the fiscal disposable income was 1.491 billion yuan, an increase of 245.9% over the previous year. By the end of 2017, the deposit balance of major banks was 6.229 billion yuan, an increase of 6.2% over the beginning of the year, and the loan balance was 6.120 billion yuan, an increase of 49.8% over the beginning of the year. in 2017, the per capita disposable income of urban residents in Wuzhen was 52056 yuan, an increase of 8.4% over the previous year. The per capita disposable income of rural residents was 31984 yuan, an increase of 8.0% over the previous year. The per capita income of farmers in the town was 30430 yuan, a year-on-year increase of 10.91%.

primary industry

In 2017, the total agricultural output value of Wuzhen reached 473 million yuan, an increase of 13.0% over the previous year. Among them, the output value of agriculture was 293 million yuan, an increase of 26.3% over the previous year; the output value of forestry was 02.4 million yuan, a decrease of 47.8%; the output value of animal husbandry was 109 million yuan, a decrease of 18.0%; the output value of fishery was 20 million yuan, an increase of 12.7%; the output value of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery service industry was 49 million yuan, an increase of 54.7% over the previous year. There are 6 leading agricultural enterprises in the town, of which sanzhenzhai Food Co., Ltd. is a national leading agricultural enterprise, with a sales revenue of 525 million yuan, an increase of 30.8% over the previous year. There are 4 demonstration farmers' professional cooperatives in Tongxiang City, with 375 members. There are 9 newly registered family farms, with a total of 48; there is 1 new demonstration family farm in Jiaxing City and 1 new demonstration family farm in Tongxiang City. in 2017, Wuzhen built a new late rice high-yield demonstration square of 1000 mu, 2 high-yield demonstration square of 100 mu, 1 new variety demonstration square, and implemented 6 late rice experiments. The high standard basic farmland construction project with a total investment of 19.095 million yuan was completed to promote income by improving the quality of cultivated land. A total of 46 million yuan has been invested in agricultural power, water conservancy and other infrastructure. Five flood control pumping stations, seven sluices and a canal system of 28 kilometers have been built. The total power of agricultural machinery is 41606 kW (including 18362 kW for diesel engines, 2989 kW for gasoline engines and 20255 kW for electric motors), a decrease of 9.4% over the previous year.

the secondary industry

In 2017, Wuzhen achieved a total industrial output value of 14.510 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.5%, including 8.067 billion yuan of Industrial Enterprises above Designated Size, a year-on-year increase of 12.7%. The added value of Industrial Enterprises above Designated Size reached 1.826 billion yuan, an increase of 9.3% over the same period last year; the added value rate was

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