Gaotang County is located in northwestern Shandong Province, with jurisdiction over 1 provincial economic development zone, 9 towns, 3 streets, 621 administrative villages, 24 urban communities, 500,000 people, 960 square kilometers. In recent years, under the strong leadership of the higher party committees and governments, we continue to explore and innovate, and work hard, adhere to scientific development, the county presents a healthy economic development, political stability and unity, social harmony and stability, people live and work in peace and happiness. It is now the hometown of Chinese calligraphy and painting art, national civilized county, national garden county, national advanced county in comprehensive management of social security, national advanced county in scientific and technological progress, national advanced county in ruling the county according to law, national pilot county in social management innovation, hometown of Chinese flat precision machinery, hometown of China's construction machinery manufacturing, and China's first county of koi carp.In 2015, the county achieved a gross domestic product of 36.88 billion yuan, a year-on-year growth of 8.7%; fixed asset investment above the scale of 25.93 billion yuan, an increase of 15.3%; public **** budget revenue of 1.38 billion yuan, an increase of 13.5%; total retail sales of consumer goods of 9.62 billion yuan, an increase of 9.9%; financial institutions with a deposit balance of 18.18 billion yuan and a loan balance of 17.81 billion yuan, an increase of 12.6% and 4.8% respectively; Urban residents per capita disposable income of 21,436 yuan, farmers per capita net income of 10,693 yuan, an increase of 8.3%, 8.7%; 10,000 yuan of GDP energy consumption fell by 6.14%.
Gaotang has a long history, humanities. Gao Tang has a documented history of more than 2800 years, the Spring and Autumn for the Qiyi, Western Han Dynasty in the early years of the county, Song, Yuan, Ming, Qing set up the state, the Republic of China back to the county so far, the record "mulberry and silkworm for the wealth of the famous county in Shandong," "goods to the cotton A in the Qilu", known as the " Golden Gao Tang" of the "Golden Gao Tang", the "Golden Gao Tang". It is known as "Golden Gaotang". The East Han Lu phase B Ying, the Three Kingdoms Wei phase Hua Xin, the Tang Dynasty famous philosopher, musician Lu Cai, the Yuan Dynasty, the left minister Wang Maode, the Qing Dynasty, the Governor of the three provinces Zhu Changzuo are famous in history. Gaotang rich cultural heritage has cultivated a number of calligraphy and painting masters, master of Chinese painting Li Kuchan, landscape painting master Sun Dashi, landscape painter Xie Jiadao, famous writer, military painter Han Jingting, scholars and painters Li Yan, etc. are outstanding representatives of contemporary culture and art in Gaotang, the existing more than 60 members of provincial-level or above Art Association, Calligraphy Association, as well as a large number of painting and calligraphy enthusiasts, forming a "everyone loves to splash ink, household Xi Danqing". Households practice painting and calligraphy" of a strong atmosphere. Gaotang is the first batch of Chinese painting and calligraphy art hometown named by the Ministry of Culture, from 2006 onwards, held ten consecutive sessions of Chinese painting and calligraphy art exposition, and was named by the Ministry of Culture, the Taiwan Affairs Office of the Taiwan Straits as a base for cross-strait cultural exchanges. The existing Xingguo Temple Pagoda of the Tang Dynasty in Liangcun Township has been identified as a national key cultural relics protection unit, the local opera "Four Strings", Gaotang Drop Dance and Gaotang Silk Tune have been included in the provincial intangible cultural heritage, and the town of Liusi has been named the township of Chinese couplet culture.
Gaotang superior location, convenient transportation. Gaotang is located in the transition from the eastern coast to the central and western regions, the important hinterland of the developed economic belt through the coastal provinces, residing in Jinan, Liaocheng, Dezhou, three major cities constitute the "Golden Triangle" center, is "a region and a circle and a belt" that is, the Central Plains Economic Zone, the economic circle, the Jinan urban agglomeration, the economic uplift of the west of Luzhou It is the center of the "Golden Triangle" composed of the three major cities of Dezhou, and the "One Area and One Circle", i.e. the Central Plains Economic Zone, Jinan City Cluster Economic Circle, and West Shandong Province Economic Rise Belt. There is a railroad (Handan-Jinan Railway), two high-speed (Qingyin Expressway, Gaoxing Expressway), two national highways (105, 308), two provincial highways (316, 322), 40 kilometers to the east of the highway, high-speed railroads, and 30 kilometers to the west of the Dejiang Expressway, Beijing-Kowloon Railway.
Gaotang has a beautiful environment and scenery. In recent years, in accordance with the development of China's calligraphy and painting art city positioning, adhere to the "cultural development of the county" strategy, highlighting the "green, blue water, calligraphy and painting" features, and constantly enhance the soft power. Now it has a number of distinctive landmarks such as Dacheng Hall of Wenchang Palace, Chai Fu Garden, Li Kuchan Art Museum, Sun Dashi Art Museum, Li Qimao Art Museum, a street of calligraphy and painting, Dajue Temple, Longqi Mountain, etc. It also has facilities such as Jincheng Plaza, Culture Plaza, Memorial Plaza, People's Plaza, Sports Center, Culture and Art Center, and Shuanghaihu Calligraphy and Painting Theme Park, etc., which provide a place of national fitness, recreation, and entertainment for the general public. The city planning area now covers an area of 17,000 square meters. At present, the city planning area has reached 173 square kilometers, and the built-up area has reached 32 square kilometers, of which the water area of Yuqiu Lake, Shuanghai Lake and Nanwang Lake has reached 3.8 square kilometers, and the area of Quanlin Artificial Wetland is 1.2 square kilometers, and the urban area's greening coverage rate has reached 40%. Qingping Town was awarded the title of National Ecological Town, National Key Town, China's most beautiful town; National AAA-level tourist scenic area Qingping Forest Park was listed as a national ecological park creation unit, fish lake scenic area, Shuanghai Lake Scenic Area, Quanjiuyuan Tourist Resort was named as a national AAA-level tourist scenic area, the formation of a "water and green blend, painting and calligraphy, the city lake color! The unique landscape of "water and green, painting and calligraphy, city and lake color", and the brand of "the hometown of bitter Zen, painting and calligraphy Gautang, the strait love affair".
Gaotang developed industry, industrial agglomeration. In recent years, Gaotang County adhere to the "industrial county" strategy, cultivated the world's top 500 machinery manufacturing enterprises, national mega-enterprises, the country's largest small electric vehicle production base - Shi Feng Group, the national paper industry top ten enterprises, the national environmental protection printing Quanlin Group, the first batch of national agricultural industrialization leading enterprises - Lanshan Group, Liaocheng City, the first overseas listed enterprise - Fenmei Company and so on. A number of advantageous enterprises. The number of automobile and equipment manufacturing, paper and paper products, textile and garment, cotton processing, flat precision machinery, plate processing and other eight characteristic industrial clusters reached 742, forming a development pattern of large enterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises. 2015, the county's industrial enterprises above designated size reached 453, realizing the main business income of 174.33 billion yuan, profits and taxes of 15.296 billion yuan, profit of 10.75 billion yuan, an increase of 9.5%, 4.1% and 1.3% respectively. At present, 2 enterprises are listed overseas, and 11 enterprises are listed on the New Third Board, Qilu Equity Exchange and Shanghai Stock Exchange.
Gaotang is politically stable and socially harmonious. In recent years, Gaotang County continue to improve the implementation of the "1 + 6" mass help, "three linkage three enhancement" and many other contact service to the masses of the work mechanism, built up an all-round, three-dimensional service network for the people, and strive to learn to have education, medical care, old age, living Have a home on the efforts of the people's livelihood cause of the expenditure reached more than 70% of the total financial expenditure, greatly enhancing the happiness index of the masses, for five consecutive years to obtain the city's scientific development of the mass satisfaction assessment of the city's eight counties and municipalities in the first place; solidly promote the construction of public security prevention and control system, and properly dispose of various types of social contradictions for 16 consecutive years has been awarded "the province's advanced county of the work of the letter and visit "
The city's first in the survey of public safety and satisfaction for many years.
Sweat cast yesterday's splendor, wisdom to write today's chapter. Under the guidance of the Chinese dream, the county party committee, the county government is leading 500,000 hard-working and simple Gaotang people, actively adapting to the new normal of economic development, seize the opportunity, pioneering and innovative, in order to build a rich, strong, beautiful and harmonious new Gaotang, and strive to be the front-runner of the pioneer area of scientific development and work hard!
January 2021, Shandong Province, agriculture and rural areas identified Gaotang County for the 2020 Shandong Province, "two full and two high" agricultural mechanization demonstration counties (cities and districts).
In June 2020, Gaotang County was included in the second batch of revolutionary cultural relics protection and utilization of piece of the county list (Hebei, Luyu and Henan area).
Ranking of Economic Strength of 136 Counties and Municipalities in Shandong Province in 2021
In November 2019, the Ministry of Water Resources announced the list of the second batch of counties (districts) that have reached the standard of water-saving social construction, and Gaotang County was on the list.
In January 2019, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development recognized Gaotang County as the third batch of demonstration counties (cities and districts) in the country to take the lead in basically realizing the mechanization of the whole process of major crop production.
In December 2017, Gaotang County was listed on the list of 2017 China's most promising model counties with special features and charms for investment potential.
In February 2017, Gaotang County was listed on the 2016 National Basic Balanced Counties (Municipalities and Districts) for Compulsory Education Development.
In January 2016, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development named Gaotang County as the 2015 National Garden County.
In January 2009, Gaotang County was on the list of the second national civilized villages and towns.
In 2005, Gaotang County was ranked 91st among the top 100 counties of cotton production in 2005.
In 2004, Gaotang County was ranked 80th among the top 100 counties of cotton production in 2004.