Huashi Town, Jiangyin City, Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province

Warsaw town

Huashi Town, formerly known as Huashu and Huashi, belongs to Jiangyin City, Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province. It is located in the east of Jiangyin City, with a total area of 74.64 square kilometers. It is one of the birthplaces of township industry in southern Jiangsu. In 2017, there were 158132 permanent residents in Huashi town. By 2019, Huashi town has jurisdiction over 2 communities and 27 administrative villages.

Huashi town has 5000 years of textual research history. It has been a famous town in the south of the Yangtze River since ancient times, and has the reputation of "little Huashu competing with Suzhou". In 2016, the Gross Regional Product of Huashi town was 28 billion yuan, an increase of 11.3% over the previous year, the industrial and commercial invoice sales exceeded 100 billion yuan, the public budget revenue was 1.219 billion yuan, an increase of 30.8% over the previous year, and the investment in fixed assets of the whole society was 4.9 billion yuan.

In October 2018, Huashi town was selected into the list of "top 100 towns with comprehensive strength in China in 2018". In 2019, Huashi town was reexamined as a national health county (township).

Historical evolution

In September 1950, Huashu town was established.

In September 1957, Huashu township was established.

In September 1958, Huashu township was changed into Huashu commune, and Huashu town was under its jurisdiction.

In September 1961, Huashu town was changed into a branch of Huashu commune.

In January 1962, Huashu town and Zhili county were reestablished.

In October 1965, the town and society were renamed "Huashi".

In September 1975, Warsaw town was removed and returned to Warsaw commune.

In March 1984, Huashi commune was transformed into Huashi township.

In December 1985, Huashi township was renamed Huashi town.

In June 2001, Huashi town was merged with Luqiao Town, still known as Huashi town.

administrative division

As of 2019, Huashi town has jurisdiction over 2 communities and 27 administrative villages: Huashi community, Luqiao community, Huaxi new village, Huaxi 1 village, Huaxi 2 village, Huaxi 3 village, Huaxi 4 village, Huaxi 5 village, Huaxi 6 Village, Huaxi 7 village, Huaxi 8 village, Huaxi 9 Village, Huaxi 10 village, Huaxi 11 village, Huaxi 12 village, Huaxi 13 village, Huashi village, Xiangyang Village, Lunan village Luqiao village, Luxin village, Hongmiao village, Lufeng village, Qinfeng village, Huazhong village, Huayi village, Longhe village, Shuxin village and Longsha village.

geographical environment

Huashi town is located in the east of Jiangyin City, in the center of Chengdong District, with a total area of 74.56 square kilometers.

population

In 2017, there were 158132 permanent residents in Huashi town.

Economics

overview

In 2016, the Gross Regional Product of Huashi town was 28 billion yuan, an increase of 11.3% over the previous year, the industrial and commercial invoice sales exceeded 100 billion yuan, the public budget revenue was 1.219 billion yuan, an increase of 30.8% over the previous year, and the investment in fixed assets of the whole society was 4.9 billion yuan.

the service sector; the tertiary industry

In 2016, the service industry of huashizhen achieved a sales revenue of 18 billion yuan and an added value of 8.2 billion yuan, accounting for 32% of GDP.

social undertakings

Science and technology

As of 2016, Huashi town has more than 1000 industrial enterprises, 3 listed enterprises, 8 listed backup enterprises, 58 provincial high-tech and private technology enterprises, and 53 provincial high-tech products.

In 2016, 22 large and medium-sized enterprises in Huashi town completed the construction of R & D institutions, and the coverage rate of R & D institutions of Industrial Enterprises above Designated Size reached 70%.

Cultural undertakings

In 2016, Huashi town carried out the activities of "happiness into thousands of families, cultural joy trip", sending 5 plays, 312 films and 7000 books; successfully held a series of cultural and sports activities of "five watching, five exhibitions and five competitions" to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the people's Republic of China; declared and approved 12 intangible cultural heritage projects above Jiangyin city level, and folk dance "fishing basket and shrimp drum" was selected as the second batch of provincial intangible cultural heritage.

Transportation

Huashi town has provincial trunk roads such as Jiangsu Yanjiang Expressway (s38), Chengyang highway and Furong Avenue, which are within 2 hours' drive from Shanghai and Nanjing metropolitan areas.

History and culture

Huashi town has been a famous town in Jiangnan since ancient times, which was called flower market in ancient times. It has gradually evolved into Huashi and Huashu. It is said that it was the place where King Wu Fucha planted flowers. It is also said that it got its name because of its abundant cotton production. It has a profound historical and cultural heritage.

Famous people

Lu Wengui, a medical scientist in Yuan Dynasty, is a master of medicine. He is respected as the originator of Jiangyin traditional Chinese medicine and has written twenty volumes of Qiang Dong Lei draft.

Cheng dan'an (1899-1957), formerly known as Qitong and Qiuwu, is an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and a native of Jiangyin, Jiangsu Province.

Wu xinmou (1910-1989), a mathematician and one of the main founders of the research on partial differential equations in China, established the Research Office of differential equations in the Institute of mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and participated in the compilation of the first textbook on partial differential equations in China.

famous scenery

Huaxi Village

Huaxi Village, subordinate to Huashi Town, Jiangyin City, Jiangsu Province, has won the honorary titles of "national civilized village", "national cultural model village demonstration site", "national advanced unit of Ideological and political work of township enterprises", "national advanced enterprise of township enterprises", etc., and is known as "the first village in the world".

Honorary title

In October 2018, Huashi town was selected into the list of "top 100 towns with comprehensive strength in China in 2018". In May 2019, Huashi town was reexamined and confirmed as a national health county (township); in December of the same year, Huashi town was selected into the list of "2016-2018 civilized Township in Jiangsu Province".

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