Introduction of Shanwei

Shanwei City is located in the southeast coast of Guangdong Province, east of Jieyang City, west of Huizhou City, north of Heyuan City, south of the South China Sea. It is 132 kilometers away from east to west and 90 kilometers away from north to south, with a total area of 5,271 square kilometers. The total population is 3,153,600 (2005). The residents are mainly Han Chinese. At the first sight of the name "Shanwei", people tend to think that it is geographically separated from Shantou, but in fact it is not. The original name of Shanwei was "Shanmei", because "Shan" means high place on the beach, and the area is famous for its beautiful coastal scenery, so it was named "Shanmei", and "Mei" is the same as "美", which means "beauty" or "good". The name "Shanmei" was derived from its beautiful coastal scenery, and "Mei" and "尾" are homophonic, so Shanmei was later called Shanwei. Shanwei Harbor became a commercial port as early as in the early Song Dynasty, and used to be a place where "oars and oars gathered", and in the 1920s, it was called "Little Hong Kong". Shanwei City, mountains and water, beautiful scenery, nature's ingenious workmanship and the ancestors to create a brilliant civilization, the formation of the "God, sea, sand, stone," colorful, "lake, island, bay, cape," unique, "peaks, springs, rocks, caves," very different, historical and cultural heritage. The tourist resources of Shanwei are characterized by "God, Sea, Sand, Stone", "Lake, Island, Bay, Cape", "Peak, Spring, Rock, Cave", historical monuments and revolutionary relics. Shanwei is one of China's "four major fishing grounds" and one of China's "four major shellfish carving grounds".

The Municipal People's Government is located in the urban area, Zip Code: 516601. Code: 441500. Area Code: 0660. Pinyin: Shanwei.

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Population According to the statistics of the public security department, at the end of 2005, Shanwei had a total household population of 649,600 and a total population of 3,153,600, an increase of 13,600 and 36,900, respectively, over the end of the previous year. Among them, the agricultural population was 1,565,400, an increase of 12,200; the non-agricultural population was 1,588,200, an increase of 24,700. The city's population density is 598 people / k㎡. (Shanwei Bureau of Statistics) Ethnicity The population of Shanwei City belongs to 22 ethnic groups, of which the Han Chinese account for 99.92% of the total population and the other 21 ethnic minorities account for 0.08% of the total population. Among the minorities, those with more than 50 people include the She, Zhuang and Dong, while the rest are very small; among them, the She are localized and live in Hongluo Village, North Village Committee, Goobu Town, Haifeng County, while the rest of the minorities are migrated from inside and outside of the province, with the vast majority of those migrated from outside of the province. Shanwei City, is approved by the State Council in early 1988, the former sea, Lufeng administrative area to establish a prefecture-level city. Jurisdiction of Haifeng, Lufeng, Luhe three counties and the city of urban areas, *** set up three offices, 40 meticulous, 10 townships, 13 agricultural and forestry fields. Total area of 5,271 square kilometers, with a total population of 2.13 million. The city's overseas Chinese living abroad and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan compatriots nearly a million people.

Shanwei has a long history. As far back as 4200 years ago, in the Neolithic Age, the ancestors lived in the coastal area of Hai Feng. In 221 B.C., Hailufeng belonged to Boluo County of Nanhai County. In the sixth year of Xianhe of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (331 AD), SITC County was established, and Lufeng belonged to SITC County of Donghai County. In the ninth year of Yongzheng of Qing Dynasty (1731 AD), Lufeng County was separated from Haifeng County. Since the beginning of Qing Dynasty, Shanwei has opened ports, communicated with overseas countries and gradually prospered, and was once called "Little Hong Kong". Hailufeng is the hometown of Peng Pei. In the 1920s, the peasant movement in Hailufeng led by Peng Pei created the first soviet regime in China.

Shanwei is located on the east coast of Guangdong, between longitude 114 degrees 54 minutes and 116 degrees 13 minutes 24", and latitude 22 degrees 37 minutes 40" and 23 degrees 38 minutes 35". The terrain is high in the north and low in the south, bordering on the South China Sea in the south of Honghai Bay and Jieshi Bay; in the north, it is connected with Heyuan City and Zijin County; in the east, it is neighboring with Shantou City and bordering with Huilai County; in the west, it is leaning on Huizhou City and bordering with Huidong County. Here is a subtropical climate, abundant rainfall, pleasant climate, the average annual temperature of 22.1 degrees. Land and water transportation is convenient, Guangzhou-Shantou Highway crosses the territory, the city is 316.5 kilometers away from Guangzhou, Shantou 207 kilometers, 224 kilometers away from Shenzhen; sea transport is well-connected, fast and easy, Shanwei port is only 81 miles away from Hong Kong, to Guangzhou, Shantou, Xiamen port is also very convenient, and it has become an important link of the economic links between western Guangdong and eastern Guangdong, and between Hong Kong and the mainland.

Shantou City is surrounded by mountains and the sea, and is rich in resources. Shantou is rich in resources, with the province's famous Polo Base, Red Vertebrate Forest Base, Bamboo Base, Shrimp Base, and Raw Salt Export Base. Fishery and salt resources are inexhaustible. The city's 302-kilometer-long coastline, the distribution of ten 10 fishing port nine bays. Medium and deep sea fishing grounds of 350,000 square kilometers, fish species up to 14 categories of 107 families, 173 species. Shallow sea mudflat area of 180,000 mu, suitable for shrimp, eel, grouper, oyster, red algae, abalone and other marine aquaculture. The total area of salt fields is 175,000 mu, with an annual output of more than 60,000 tons of raw salt, which is the main salt area and the largest raw salt export base in the province. Mineral and hydraulic resources have great potential. There are now 93 minerals with proven mining value, mainly tin ore, sulfurous iron ore, kaolin rare earth, quartz sand, granite, mineral water and so on. The installed capacity of hydropower resources can reach 143,400 watts, with more than 60,000 watts yet to be developed. There are many kinds of animal and plant resources. There are more than 11O families and 4O species of common vegetation, mainly pine, fir and red vertebrae forests. Wild animals include pangolin, white crane, mountain pig and red-footed waterfowl. The tourism resources are quite distinctive and the development prospect is broad.

Shantou City, located near the mountains and the sea, is characterized by beautiful scenery. The most famous scenic area is Xuanwu Mountain in Lufeng County - Guanyinling Seaside Tourism Area, which attracts 500,000 tourists from home and abroad every year with its charm of "God, sea, sand and stone". From the coast of the Xuanwu Mountain, Guanyinling, Guiling Island, the Taoist nunnery, Pinqing Lake, sand tongue stalls, to the hinterland of the Lotus Hill, Junti Pavilion, on the protection of the hot springs, like a pearl, strung together into a magical and magnificent tourism hot line, known as the eastern Guangdong tourism "Gold Coast" is memorable. Here, there are commemorating the anti-Yuan hero Zhang Shijie, Lu Xiufu to protect the Song Shao Di's pending ferry mountain, commemorating the national hero Wen Tianxiang's "square rice Pavilion", commemorating the revolutionary activities of peasant leader Peng Pei red palace, red field, as well as Zhou Enlai, Ye Ting robbing Jieshi Bay site, etc., with its own unique characteristics. At present, the main tourist attractions have built a number of hotels, stores, supporting facilities have begun to take shape, for tourists to eat, live and play, summer vacation, to provide thoughtful service. Shanwei Paris Peninsula Hotel

History

Spring and Autumn belonged to the South Vietnam; Warring States into the Chu called Baiyue, Qin to the beginning of the Han Dynasty, Shanwei all belong to the South China Sea County Boro County area. In the sixth year of Yuan Ding (111 years ago), the Han Dynasty leveled the South Vietnam and set up Haifeng County, which was subordinate to Dongguan County, and its jurisdiction included the whole territory of Shanwei City and parts of Huilai, Puning and Jiexi. Sui emperor Kaihuang eleven years (591 years), Dongguan County and Lianghua County and so on and set up for the Methodist State, SITC County to belong to the Methodist State; Tang Gaozu Wude five years (622 years), the analysis of the SITC and the eastern part of the set of Anlu County, Anlu County, Anlu County, located in the DuanTun (now the Lufeng Duanzhen jurisdiction), jurisdiction of the present day Lufeng City, Luhe County and Huilai, Puning, Jiexi part of the, to the first year of the Tang Taizong Zhenguanyuan (627 years), and abolished the Anlu County and the restoration of the Hai Feng County, is still under the Methodist Prefecture. Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, the state was changed to Zhenzhou, Shanwei with the Zhenzhou. Song Kai Bao four years (971 years) set up Zhen state of Guangnan East Road, Tianxi five years (1021 years), to avoid Prince Zhao Zhen (later that is, Renzong) name taboo, change Zhen state for Huizhou, when the SITC, Boro, Heyuan, the return of the good (today's Huidong) four counties belong to the East Road of Guangnan Huizhou. Hai Feng County jurisdiction Xingxian, Jinxi, Yangan, Shitang, Shi Fan, Jikang, Fangkou, Longxi and other 8 are. In Yuan Dynasty, Shanwei area belongs to Jiangxi Province Guangdong Road Huizhou Road; in Ming Dynasty, it belongs to Huizhou Prefecture of Guangdong Province; in Qing Dynasty, it belongs to Huizhou Prefecture of Guangdong Province; in the ninth year of Yongzheng in Qing Dynasty (1731), the analysis of the eastern part of Haifeng County of the Shifan, Fongkou, Jikang are set up in Lufeng County. County in the East China Sea (now Lufeng East China Sea Town), Hai Feng, Lufeng two counties belong to Huizhou Prefecture. In the early years of the Republic of China, under the Guangdong Province, Chao Zhuan, Republic of China 19 years (1930), under the Guangdong Province, the fourth administrative inspectorate.

After the establishment of the People's Republic of China *** and the State, SITC, Lufeng are under the jurisdiction of the Commissioner's Office of the Guangdong East River; in 1953, changed to belong to the East Administrative Office; in 1957, affiliated to the Commissioner's Office of Huiyang; in December 1958 to Shantou District Commissioner's Office; in September 1983, and belong to the jurisdiction of the Huiyang District Commissioner's Office. in January 1988, approved by the State Council in the original SITC, Lufeng counties. In January 1988, with the approval of the State Council, Shanwei City was set up on the administrative area of the former Haifeng and Lufeng counties, and Shanwei, Hongcao, Mageong, Dongchong, Tianjian, Jiesheng and Zailang towns on the southern coast of Haifeng County were analyzed to establish the urban area of the city; and eight towns in the mountainous area in the northern part of Lufeng County, namely, Hetian, Hekou, Xintian, Lixi, Shuiliao, Shanggui, Nanwan, and Dongkeng were set up to set up Lujia County. 1995, with the approval of the State Council, Lufeng was removed from the county and established as a city (county-level city), which is directly under the jurisdiction of the provincial government, and entrusted to Shanwei Municipal Government. The People's Government of Shanwei City was entrusted with the administration of the city.

At the end of 1992, the city set up out of Tianjian Town, Chalang Town, the new Red Bay Economic Development Pilot Zone. 1995, set up the former Lufeng Overseas Chinese Farms under the jurisdiction of the Overseas Chinese Management District. The above two districts belong to the municipal government sent organizations. (Source)

In 2000, according to the fifth national census data: Shanwei City, the total population of 2453479 people; the city 409677 people, Haifeng County, 649412 people, Luhe County, 229,633 people, Lufeng City, 1164767 people.

In 2001, Shanwei City had 1 city district, 2 counties, and 1 county-level city under its jurisdiction; 6 streets, 47 towns, 2 townships, 118 neighborhood committees, and 758 village committees.

In 2002, Shanwei City had 1 city district, 2 counties and 1 county-level city under its jurisdiction; 6 streets, 47 towns, 2 townships, 133 neighborhood committees and 711 village committees.

In 2005, Shanwei City had 1 city district, 2 counties, and 1 county-level city under its jurisdiction; 10 streets and 42 towns.

[Edit Paragraph]Economic Overview

Today, Shanwei, industry has formed an industrial system with light industry as the mainstay, resource processing industry and modern electronic industry side by side, and a variety of economic components*** with the development of the industrial system. The city's total industrial output value in 1998 than in 1987 increased 14.3 times, an average growth of 28.2%, at present, the city has formed a variety of industries such as electronics, furniture, beverages, clothing, footwear, chemical industry, crafts and other industries as the pillar industries of the industrial system, with an investment of 250 million Hong Kong dollars in a number of major industrial projects, such as the Shun Lee Electronics Industrial City.

Shanwei today, agriculture rely on policy and science and technology, increase capital investment, accelerated the process of agriculturalization, the creation of food, forestry, fruit, vegetables, aquatic products, animal husbandry, vegetables, such as the "top ten" three-high agricultural bases, the new 65 agricultural and sideline product circulation market, further improve the circulation of agricultural products system to promote the transformation of traditional agriculture to modern agriculture in 1998 than in 1987, increased by 183.3 percent in 1998 over 1987, with an average annual growth rate of 9.9 percent. Since 1994, grain production for five consecutive years of bumper harvests, was named the province's advanced unit of grain work. The city's total value of aquatic products in 1998 than in 1987 increased 2.7 times. At present, I camp forestry and paper integration project. The city has developed into the country's largest factory farming abalone base, has the country's largest foreign investment in agriculture ---- Thai business camping forestry paper integration project.

Economic trade is expanding. Now with all parts of the country and the world more than thirty countries and regions have economic and trade exchanges. Since the founding of the city, the actual utilization of foreign capital and foreign trade exports increased at an average rate of 32.9% and 34.1% respectively, now has "three to a complement", "three-funded" enterprises 1489, in 1998, foreign trade exports amounted to 380 million U.S. dollars. The urban and rural markets are prosperous and active, since the founding of the city, the city expanded and constructed 124 marketplaces, professional wholesale markets, with a total area of 500,000 square meters. 1998 total retail sales of goods in the city increased 6 times compared with that of 1987. by the end of 1998, the city's per capita net income of peasants and per capita monetary wages of employees were 4.8 times and 4.05 times of that of 1987, and the local financial revenues amounted to 356 million yuan in 1998. 356 million yuan. The balance of urban and rural residents' savings deposits amounted to 5.8 billion yuan. Financial service outlets are spread all over the city and the countryside, and the financial business transactions are convenient and fast.

Infrastructure construction has been perfected. Transportation, energy, municipal construction and other infrastructure, there has been significant development, changing the past, "uneven roads, lights are not clear, the phone does not work, drinking water is not clear," the backwardness of the traffic, a number of new local highways and on the level of the highway, the mileage of 2165 kilometers, the density of 46.1 kilometers/square kilometers, the realization of the townships of 100% and more than 95% of the management of the area through the car; new construction and expansion of two 5,000-ton class highway, the density of 46.1 km / square kilometer. The city has built and expanded two 5,000-ton berths, and the throughput capacity of ports and harbors has been greatly improved. Communication, the city's existing telephone exchanges 320,000, 22 times more than before the establishment of the city, the opening of more than 100,000 cell phones and more than 120,000 wireless paging communication terminals, at the end of 1994, the city has entered the national postal and telecommunications communications advanced top 100 cities.

Energy construction, the new expansion of a number of hydroelectric power and thermal power plants, the city's total installed capacity of 140,000 kilowatts of power generation, the annual power generation amounted to 690 million degrees. The city's daily power supply increased 6.1 times compared to 1987. Municipal construction has developed rapidly, from only three roads over the branch, residential mostly unplanned private construction, to a number of modern high-rise buildings rising, with Shanwei Avenue and other 27 (section) of high-level roads.

Huge changes in urban and rural landscape

Shanwei City has undergone great changes in urban and rural landscape. At the beginning of the city, the urban construction area of only 4 square kilometers, now the urban construction area of 25 square kilometers, 11 years from a coastal border town in the urban area quickly rose to a medium-sized coastal city. A number of modern high-rise buildings in the city and key towns, the city's party and government agencies, enterprises and public institutions have spacious and bright office buildings, townspeople live in a beautiful environment of the living quarters, with full-featured shopping plazas, recreational facilities to match. In the countryside, a large number of elegant and chic small houses are quietly replacing the old dilapidated rural cottages, and the appearance of the village has undergone a sea change.......

Infrastructure development

Shanwei transportation, communications, energy, water supply and municipal infrastructure development is developing rapidly. Especially in the 11 years since the founding of the city, the daily supply capacity of running water in the urban area has increased from 0.6 million tons to 95,000 tons, and the water supply capacity of counties and major towns has been greatly increased; the annual power supply of the city has increased from 150 million kWh in 1988 to 730 million kWh in 1998; the city's existing capacity of program-controlled telephone exchanges is 320,000, with more than 100,000 cellular telephones, and 190,000 wireless paging users, and postal and telegraphic communication has entered the "top 100 cities" of national communication. Post and telecommunications communications into the country's "top 100 cities" ranks; alterations and new local highways, on the level of highway mileage reached 2165.3 kilometers, highway density of 46.1 kilometers / square kilometers, the city to the county, the county to the town, the town to the management of the rate of access to the car up to 100%; built a number of 1,000 - 5,000-ton wharf.

Thriving Industrial Economy

Shanwei City has taken industry as the top priority of economic work and taken a series of measures to support and accelerate the development of industry. After Shanwei was founded, the industrial construction with "three-funded", "three-come-one-compensation" enterprises and township enterprises as breakthroughs was fully launched. From then on, Shanwei's industry has entered a period of high-speed and stable development. At present, a number of industrial projects with modernization level have taken root, blossomed, and borne fruits in Shanwei, forming an industrial system with electronics, home appliances, garments, food, beverages, shoes, chemicals, crafts, etc. In 1998, the city's industrial output value was 10.3 billion yuan, an increase of 16.8 times than that of 1987.

Marine Economy in the ascendant

Shanwei City is located in the east coast of Guangdong Province, with vast waters and rich aquatic resources. Inland rivers and streams, ponds and reservoirs are dense, all kinds of natural waters cover an area of 13,900 hectares, of which 1.3 million hectares are available for freshwater aquaculture. There are Jieshi, the Red Sea two bays, the coastline is 302 kilometers long, the size of 92 islands, island shoreline length of 45 kilometers, an area of 2.92 square kilometers, the continental shelf within the sea area of 2.39 square kilometers, is the main operating site of the sea fishing boats. 10 meters deep isobath within the shallow sea, mudflat 69,600 hectares, of which can be used for sea water aquaculture area of 33,000 hectares, which has been exploited for the current 21,100 hectares have been utilized. There are 20 major marine economic fish species. Marine fishery is one of the major advantageous industries in Shanwei's economic development. The city has 10 ports, among which Shanwei and Jizi ports are national foreign trade ports and national level fishing ports, and Jieshi and Magong ports are national level 2 fishing ports. Shanwei City, the rapid development of marine and freshwater aquaculture, the development level has been greatly improved, aquaculture base, large-scale, intensive production has taken shape, the rapid development of economic entities, the scope of business continues to expand, the formation of 20 seawater aquaculture bases and 18 freshwater aquaculture bases, the base area of 23,000 hectares.

The rapid development of the sea fishing industry, the annual average investment in the renewal and reconstruction of fishing boats and other projects of nearly 100 million yuan, the fishing boat power, tonnage increased year by year, fishing technology continues to improve, fishing capacity continues to improve.

In addition, the fishing port logistics support continue to improve, fishing port function further improved, for the development of fishery production to provide a strong protection; comprehensive management of the sea has made a major breakthrough, and gradually embarked on the legal track.

Fruitful Agricultural Economy

Shanwei City, before the 1980s, was predominantly agricultural, but the level of agricultural productivity was low. It is only after the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Party that agriculture has been developed in a sustained, stable and coordinated manner. Especially since 1988, Shanwei City has accelerated the industrialization and modernization of agriculture in accordance with the goal of "increasing agricultural production, increasing farmers' income, and developing the rural economy" and the theme of developing "high-quality, high-yield, and high-efficiency" agriculture, and has built a base of high-quality rice, high-quality tea, high-quality fruits, "two kinds of fish" (snappers and abalone), poultry and livestock, and vegetables that are intensively and on a large scale, and has formed a base of agricultural, industrial, and trade products, and has established a base of agricultural, industrial, and commercial products. The company's product base has formed a pattern of integration of agriculture, industry and trade, production, supply and marketing, and has worked out the business form of "company+base+farmer". 1998 gross agricultural output value was 183.3% higher than that of 1987, with an average annual growth rate of 9.9%.

Rapid Development of Foreign Economy

Since Shanwei was founded, the municipal party committee and the municipal government have tightly focused on the foreign economic development strategy of "great opening up for great development, great development for great development", implemented "letting investment, preferential investment, business investment, and service investment", and gave full play to their advantages, seized the opportunities to expand opening up, and made remarkable achievements. Signed the agreement on the use of foreign capital 2164, the actual utilization of foreign capital of 550 million U.S. dollars, is the city before the establishment of the total number of years 22 times; foreign. Accumulated exports of foreign trade value of 1.4 billion U.S. dollars, is the city before the establishment of the total number of years and 18 times; the city approved the establishment of "three-funded", "three to a complementary" enterprises 1490, 38 foreign trade enterprises; consolidate the development of more than 130 export production bases; use of foreign investment in the industry has been expanded by the processing industry to the "three high" agriculture, high-tech industries and tertiary industries. At the same time, the foreign trade export market from Hong Kong and Macao to the world's five continents more than 30 countries and regions.

Through the development of foreign trade, the city has strengthened its communication and cooperation with the outside world, improved Shanwei's reputation, and promoted the development of all the city's undertakings.

Individual Economy Booming

Since the reform and opening up, Shanwei's individual private economy has been developing rapidly. Especially after the founding of the city in 1988, the municipal party committee and the municipal government have attached great importance to the development of the individual private economy, made relevant decisions on accelerating the development of the individual private economy, and strengthened the organization, guidance and support. Governments at all levels and relevant departments have continued to optimize the policy environment, relax restrictions, and provide high-quality services in terms of publicizing the office system, simplifying registration procedures, and optimizing the business environment, which has greatly facilitated the rapid development of the city's individual private economy. At present, the individual private economy in Shanwei City occupies a pivotal position in the national economy, and has become an important force in the development of Shanwei City's national economy and a new economic growth point.

The individual private enterprises in Shanwei City have gradually expanded from the initial commercial and beverage services, handicrafts, and resource-based processing industries to the fields of deep processing, machinery manufacturing, transportation, construction, real estate, and "three high" agriculture, and have also extended to the fields of science and technology, culture, education, health, sports, advertisement, and information, etc., and have expanded their scale in the competition. The scale is expanding. By the end of 1998, the city had 30,500 individual business households with registered capital of 364 million yuan, and 1,580 private enterprises with registered capital of 1.006 billion yuan, of which there were 211 private enterprises with registered capital of more than 0.00 million yuan, and the number of people employed by the city's private enterprises in 1998 was 202,000 people, and the annual GDP of the city's private economy amounted to 4.985 billion yuan, which accounted for 2.4% of the city's GDP. 4.985 billion yuan, accounting for 42.21% of the city's GDP, paying taxes accounted for 26.1% of the total tax revenue, the total economy has become an important part of the national economy of Shanwei City, and has played an important role in the economic construction.

Shanwei City, a number of individual private households based on the sea, mountainous resources to do business, especially the development of the "two fish" farming this characteristic economy, the city *** more than 10 years after the founding of the city invested 450 million yuan, the development of abalone aquaculture water body of 17,000 m3, invested 430 million yuan of capital for snapping turtle farming, farming area of 293.3 hectares. 293.3 hectares. In the "two fish" production more than 80% of the individual, private components. There are also seafood processing, mountain farming and other individual private enterprises, the production capacity and benefits are very considerable, such as the current use of seaweed industry limited company, its equipment production capacity of up to 100 million yuan, is the same industry in the country the most beautiful. Ltd., the first phase of investment of 20 million yuan, can build more than 500t fishing boats, become the largest indeed private machinery manufacturing enterprises in Shanwei City.

Many individual private enterprises are increasingly focusing on relying on scientific and technological progress on the level of efficiency, and gradually by the resource rough processing to technology-based, export-oriented transformation, to the province outsiders, foreign markets. There is a considerable part of the individual private enterprises by increasing capital investment, and actively introduce advanced equipment, the use of advanced technology, so that the product reaches the domestic and international level. Such as Lufeng Koshi seafood frozen factory was just a rough seafood processing workshop. In recent years, enterprises to increase investment, the introduction of the United States, Japan, advanced equipment, the use of "high-pressure, vacuum, fast, sterilization" and other advanced technology, the hiring of experts as a consultant, so that product quality to meet international standards, the products are exported to foreign markets, the past five years, the average annual output value of 100 million yuan or more, and pay taxes of nearly 5 million yuan a year, the average annual foreign exchange earnings of 12.57 million U.S. dollars. Annual average foreign exchange earnings of 12.57 million U.S. dollars. Tongsheng Shoes Factory's sneakers were designated as the 24th Olympic Games, Chinese athletes special shoes, big brother suit was designated as the 26th Olympic Games, the Chinese press corps "the only designated dress". Huadi Mountain Mineral Water became the only designated mineral water drink for the First World Women's Soccer Tournament, and the nickel alloy glass boat produced by Shanwei Luyang Industrial Co., Ltd. was awarded the technical certification of the International Sailing Federation (ISAF)'s International OP Class Sailboat. According to a survey in 1996, the scientific and technological personnel of individual private enterprises in Shanwei City accounted for 24.7% of their employees, and the contribution of science and technology to industrial growth reached 41.2%. 6 of the city's individual private enterprises have been recognized as scientific and technological enterprises by the science and technology department in the city as of January 1998.

The development of Shanwei's individual private economy has broadened the financial income for the state and localities. 1998, the city's individual private enterprises paid 89,768,000 yuan of taxes to the state, accounting for 26.1% of the city's total tax revenue, of which there are more than 10 households paying more than 1,000,000 yuan of taxes annually. The majority of individual private owners get rich without forgetting the country and the people, and enthusiastically support social welfare. According to incomplete statistics, from 1988-1998, Shanwei City, individual private enterprises to donate tens of millions of yuan of public welfare undertakings, to provide employment for the community 67,300 individual jobs, of which 1996-1998 three years for the community to provide more than 10,000 jobs laid-off workers, thus greatly reducing the social employment pressure, for the cause of Shanwei, more than 10 households pay more than 1 million yuan of tax each year. This has greatly reduced the pressure of social employment and made positive contributions to the development of various undertakings in Shanwei. Shanwei Globe Building

[edit]Geography and Climate

Shanwei is located on the southeastern coast of Guangdong Province, between latitudes 20.27-23.28 degrees north and longitudes 114.54-116.13 degrees east. It is bordered by Jieyang City and Huilai County in the east, Huizhou City and Huidong County in the west, Heyuan City and Zijin County in the north, and the South China Sea and Hong Kong in the south. Land boundary 90km at the widest point in the north and south, 132km at the widest point in the east and west, with a total area of 5,271km2, (excluding the Dongsha Islands 1.8km2) accounting for 2.93% of the province's total area. The mainland coastline is 302km long, accounting for 9% of the province's coastline; there are 93 islands, 10 ports and 3 sea lakes in the sea under the jurisdiction. Shanwei coastal 200m isobath belongs to the city's jurisdiction of the marine land area of 23,800 square kilometers, accounting for 14% of the province's marine land.

Shanwei geomorphological region for the Chinese land platform multi-rotation mountainous areas, geological tectonic movements and magmatic activities are frequent. The Jurassic Yanshan orogenic movement basically laid down the outline of modern landforms in the region. The most recent in the history of the earth is the "Himalayan movement", which made the Shanwei area manifested as the uplift of fractures and the collapse of flat*** places, resulting in the erosion and exploitation and accumulation of erosion, rising in the north and falling in the south. Subsequent neotectonic movements continue to elevate, so that the granite gradually exposed the surface, forming a vast granite mountains, hills and terraces.

The earliest geological age of Shanwei is the Upper Triassic, followed by the Jurassic Quaternary. The rocks are mainly composed of granite, sand shale and alluvial gravel of the Fourth Series. Through the action of nature and human activities, it constitutes a complex soil type. Soil types include: rice soil, southern mountain meadow soil, yellow soil, red soil, red soil, vegetable garden soil, tidal sandy soil, coastal salty marshy soil, coastal sandy soil, stony soil and so on more than 10 kinds of soil categories, more than 40 genera of soil, more than 70 kinds of soil.

As a result of successive crustal movement folds, fractures and volcanic uplift of the impact, resulting in a mountainous, hilly, terrace, plains and both the complex topography and geomorphology. The whole region is located in the southern foothills of the Lotus Mountain, its mountain range trend for the northeast to the southwest tilt. The Lianhua Mountain Range runs from Tonggu Ling on the border of Fujian and Guangdong southeastward through Shanwei and across Huiyang to the sea near Hong Kong. The terrain is high hills and mountains in the north, with overlapping mountains and 23 high mountains over 1,000 meters, the highest peak being Mount Lotus, with an elevation of 1,337.3m, located in the northwest of Haifeng County; the central part of the city is mostly hilly and terraced; and the southern part of the coastal area is mostly terraced and plains. The proportion of mountainous and hilly areas in the city's territory in, accounting for about 43.7% of the total area.

The main rivers in Shanwei are the Luhe, Huangjiang River, Wukan River and Chishi River, with a total length of 252 kilometers and a watershed area of 3,613.7 square kilometers, accounting for 69.2% of the city's total area. The river flow in Shanwei is large, the flood season is long, the average runoff depth is about 1495 mm, and the average annual water production of the city reaches 7.8 billion cubic meters. Shanwei is located south of the Tropic of Cancer and belongs to the southern subtropical monsoon climate zone, with obvious oceanic nature. The average annual precipitation is 2000 millimeters. The average annual temperature is 21.8 degrees. The climate is mild, with rain and heat at the same time, no severe cold in winter and no heat in summer, providing suitable growing conditions for many kinds of plants and animals.

Language and culture

In addition to Luhe, the general Hailufeng Fuluo language (also known as Hailufeng language), belongs to the Min dialect Minnan subdialect. Among them, Haifeng and urban accent is basically the same, but there are differences with Lufeng accent. Hakka is spoken in most areas of Luhe and some areas outside of Luhe, and belongs to the Xinhui sub-dialect of the Hakka dialect Cantonese-Taiwanese. Due to Shanwei's proximity to the Pearl River Delta and to Hong Kong, as well as the influence of Hong Kong TV programs and population movement within the province, most local residents, especially the younger generation, have the ability to communicate in Cantonese. Cultural aspects of both Hong Kong and Macao metropolitan cultural influence and maintain the traditional customs of the sea and land abundance.

Drama: Bai Zi Opera, Zheng Zi Opera, Xi Qin Opera;

Folk Culture: Rolling Golden Dragons, Lufeng Shadow Puppet Show;

* 5 items on the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list

Dance and Song: Shanwei Fishing Song, Hai Feng Qilin Dance, Qian Drum Dance, Lufeng Shadow Puppet Show, Hetian Gaojing

* The first batch of provincial intangible cultural heritage is released 9 items in Shanwei are all selected. The first batch of provincial intangible cultural heritage has been released. 9 items of Shanwei have been selected

Material resources

Shantou is rich in aquatic, mineral, hydraulic, animal and plant resources.

Shanwei is rich in aquatic resources with many varieties, and is one of the famous fishing grounds in Guangdong Province. Lobster, cream crab, abalone, squid and other valuable aquatic species are numerous, and the output value of fishery is the highest in the province. The territory has a complete range of fish, shrimp, crab, shellfish and algae, and the fishery production has a history of hundreds of years. There are more than 200 kinds of fish with general fishing value. Mass production of blue gardens cucumber (pond fish), sea catfish (redfish), bamboo fish, catfish, big-eyed snapper (eye chub), big armor cucumber, grouper and so on. Crustaceans include the shrimp Mogi and the shrimp Konoha. Shells include oysters, jade mussels and blue centipedes. Algae include Guangdong purslane, goosefoot tea, and so on.

There are mainly granite stone, quartz glass sand, kaolin, as well as sulfurous iron ore, iron, tungsten, tin, bismuth, copper, aluminum, zinc, silica, crystal stone and so on. Kaolin reserves of 80 million tons, its aluminum oxide content of more than 40% of about 40 million tons or more. High-quality quartz sand resources are more abundant, reserves of more than 20 million tons, silicon content of 98%, have good conditions for development and utilization.

Grain crops are mainly rice, sweet potatoes, wheat, corn, etc.; cash crops are sugar cane, peanuts, soybeans, sesame, lotus root, mushrooms, etc.; fruits are mainly lychee, longan, bananas, citrus, tangerines, etc., 29 families and 42 species. The incense burner tangerine is the excellent disease-free seedling material unique to Shanwei City.

Shipbuilding, light industry and handicrafts are well developed, and fish hooks sell well abroad. Urban areas on three sides of the sea, according to the harbor, sea transportation in all directions, is one of the first batch of open ports. With a unique subtropical seaside scenery, "Guangdong coastal tourism Gold Coast" reputation.

Specialties [Shanwei City] sea fish, sea salt, lobster, crab, abalone, fish hooks [Lufeng City] sea fish [Haifeng County] sea fish, sea salt [Luhe County] persimmon cakes, plums, yellow olive

Food Culture

Land and Sea Land and Feng area of the food habits and the South Fujian is close to the same time and at the same time by the influence of the Guangzhou area, and gradually convergence of the strengths of both, the flavor of its own style. In recent years, it has absorbed the essence of cuisines from all over the world and has gained great fame, becoming a famous cuisine in China and abroad. Chiu Chow focuses on knife work and modeling, and specializes in cooking techniques such as stewing, braising, burning, deep-frying, steaming, stir-frying and soaking. Cooking seafood, soups and beets are the most distinctive features. The flavor is fresh, lush and not greasy. Love with fish sauce, sacha sauce, plum cake sauce, red vinegar and other condiments. Famous flavor dishes are roasted goose, Guoguo Lai, crab balls in clear soup, oil bubble conch ball, crepe sweet meat, Taiji taro puree, etc. ...

Transportation Environment

Transportation is mainly by sea shipping and highway. Shanwei Port is one of the major import and export ports in southeastern Guangdong, with routes to Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Shanghai and other places. Shenzhen-Shantou Expressway and Guangshan Highway (National Highway 324) run through the city. The planned Xiamen-Shenzhen Railway also has a station in Shanwei.

[edit]Administrative divisions

As of December 31, 2005, Shanwei City has 1 municipal district, 2 counties, and 1 county-level city under its jurisdiction; 10 streets and 42 towns.

Shanwei City has an area of 4,838 square kilometers and a population of 3.07 million (2003).

City Area 421 sq km, population 460,000 people. The People's Government of the district is located at Xiangcheng Road.

Lufeng City Area 1681 square kilometers, population 1.57 million. The People's Government of the city is located in Donghai Street.

Hai Feng County Area 1750 square kilometers, population 760,000 people. The county people's government is located in Haicheng Town.

Luhe County Area 986 square kilometers, population 280,000 people. The county people's government is located in Hetian town.

* Here the information of district and geographical names is as of December 2005; the area and population data are based on the "Compendium of Administrative Divisions of the People's Republic of China (2005)", and the population is as of the end of 2003. *

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