Population density: 255 people/km2
Meitan has a long history, according to the Kangxi Meitan County Records: "Ming Wanli 28, broadcasting Ping built the county to Guanwai four cards of the land to set up Meitan County, dividing the city of the city of the Bitter Bamboo Dam," and "the east of the river flows to the county's main vein of Yuping Mountain north, surrounding the county, turn west to south, there is the Meshui Bridge of water flowing upside down and merge, converge in the county. There is a river flow to the county's main vein of the Yuping Mountain north, around the county, turn west to the south, there is the Mae Shuiqiao water upside down flow together, converging into the abyss, curved ring like a eyebrow, so it is called Meitan."
Meitan County is located in the northern part of Guizhou Province, at the southern foot of the Dalou Mountains, on the north bank of the Wu River, southeast of the famous city of Zunyi. It is adjacent to Fenggang County in the east, across the river from Zunyi County in the west, bordering Yuqing and Wunan Counties in the south and Zheng'an and Suiyang in the north.
The county has 9 townships and 6 townships, 18 administrative villages and 15 neighborhood committees, with a total population of 470,000, including 54,000 non-agricultural population, and a total area of 1,864 square kilometers.
The county's territory is long and narrow in the north and south, with a maximum distance of 25.5 kilometers from east to west and 96.5 kilometers from north to south. Topography of the northern and southwestern higher, central, eastern and southern border lower. The highest point in the north of the Xiehe Township to take bamboo shoots Kan, 1556 meters above sea level. The lowest point is Yanjiangdu in Shilian Township in the south, with an elevation of 460.8 meters, and the average elevation of the whole county is 972.7 meters. Meitan has four distinct seasons, abundant rainfall, mild climate, subtropical humid monsoon climate, annual frost-free period of 284 days, the average temperature of 15 ℃, the average annual rainfall of 1141.3 millimeters. Meitan is a national ecological demonstration county, with a forest coverage of 44.68%.
Night view of the old town of Meitan
City bus
① Road (Zheda Plaza - county government)
Zheda Plaza - West Street -Xinxing Vegetable Market - Three Elementary Schools Intersection - Bus Station - Police Station - Qiuyu High School - Kiqi High School -Qiuye High School - Qilong New Town - traffic police brigade - the county people's government
② Road (Jiu Du Hotel) --Industrial Park)
Jiu Du Hotel - Seven Stars District - Funeral Home - Bus Company (hospitalization) - the second primary school - the emerging market (Pear Shue Au intersection) - three small intersection - the bus Police Station - Police Station - Qiuye High School - Qilong New Town - Traffic Police Brigade --County People's Government - Ferry - Xieyu Qiaotou - Xieyu Street -Winery - Industrial Park
③ Road (Mae Shui Bridge - Ke Jia Electronics)
Mae Shui Bridge- -CDC - Xinhua Bookstore - Popular Trade City - Qixing Qiaotou - Old Station - Qixing District -The old station - seven stars neighborhood - funeral parlor - Meijiang Middle School - glass factory - sericulture businessmen -Glass Factory - Silkworm Business Bureau - Kejia Electronics (Huilong Village)
④ Road (Zheda Plaza - Wuyuba)
Zheda Plaza - West Street - Xinxing Vegetable Market Gate - Yangliujing Rice Market - Fengyuan District -Mashan intersection -Wuyaba
Route ⑤ (Jiu Du Hotel - Xilaiyan)
Jiu Du Hotel -Lao Gan Bureau -Meishan District
Jiu Du Hotel -Lao Gan Bureau - Mae Jiang Qiaotou - Chaxiang Plaza - Mae Shui Qiao - Xilai'an
Route 5 (Jiu Du Hotel - Xilai'an) -Xilaiyan
Attached to Road ⑤ (Jiu Du Hotel - CDC - Feng Xiang Wan Bridge - Mae Jiang Middle School) --Funeral parlor - Jiu Du Hotel)
Jiu Du Hotel - New Bridge - Seven Star District - Old Station - Glass Factory - Longquan Water Treatment Plant (road) -Longquan water plant (intersection) - Meijiang Middle School - Bilu water plant - Meijiang Town Hall -Duplicate Roasting Factory - Bus Station Exit (Import) - Combined Chinese and Western Hospital - Yijiang Garden - Taping Station - Maple Garden Taping Station - Fengxiangwan Bridge - Tea Research Institute - Mae Shui Qiaotou - CDC Center - Xinhua Newspaper - Xinhua Newspaper - Mae Jiang High School - Bilu Water Factory - Mae Jiang Town Government -CDC - Xinhua Bookstore - Outpatient Clinic - Telecommunication Company - Jiu Du Hotel
Natural Environment
Meitan County is located in the transition zone from the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau to the Hunan hills, with an average elevation of 972.7 meters, the highest peak is located in the north of Xihe Township to take bamboo shoots Kan, elevation of 1,562 meters; the lowest point is located in the south of Shilian Township, Lutang River and the confluence of the Wujiang River, elevation of 461 meters.
1, geological features
Meitan is located in the Sichuan-Guizhou north-south tectonic belt, north-north-east tectonic belt and north-north-east tectonic belt of the convergence zone. The stratigraphic structure of the county spans 5 boundaries and 8 systems, of which the Cambrian system is the most widely distributed, accounting for 52% of the total area of the county, followed by the Ordovician system. The geological faults in the territory are interlaced, the folds are fine and dense, the structure is complicated, and the geomorphology is diversified. According to the stratigraphic lithology classification, karst landforms account for two-thirds. Due to long-term erosion, the county landforms and evolution of deformation for a variety of micro-geomorphic forms, can be described as peaks and valleys intertwined with dams and hills, the natural landscape is unique.
2, hydrology and meteorology
Meijiang River belongs to the Yangtze River Basin Wujiang River system, the main stream of the Wujiang River from west to east across the southern border, the boundary of the river section is 18 kilometers long. Mekong River Xiangjiang River main stream. Mekong River originates in Suiyang County, Suiyang County, Xiaoguan Township goat mouth, from north to south flows through Meitan County, 8 townships, in the new South Township, corner of the mouth of the Xiangjiang River and the west after the confluence of the Xiangjiang River said Xiangjiang River, a total length of 151.7 kilometers, the watershed area involves Zunyi City, the two urban areas and the five counties of Meitan, Zunyi, Suiyang, Tongzi, Fenghang, with a total watershed area of 4,863 square kilometers, the average flow of the years for the 73.3 seconds of cubic meters. Meitan County surface water resources of 942.1 million cubic meters, hydraulic resources can be developed 24,400,000 kilowatts. Meitan County has a humid climate in the mid-subtropical monsoon, with four distinct seasons and a calm climate, with a multi-year average temperature of 14.9 degrees Celsius, and a duration above or equal to the IOF of up to 221 days, with the lowest January at 3.8 degrees Celsius, the hottest July at 25.1 degrees Celsius, an extreme low of -7.8 degrees Celsius, and an extreme high of 37.4 degrees Celsius. The annual frost-free period is 284 days, the annual sunshine hours are 1,163, the sunshine percentage is 26%, and the annual total radiation is 3,488 MJ/m2, which is one of the lowest solar radiation areas in the country. The average precipitation for many years is 1,137 millimeters, and the distribution of precipitation is uneven, accounting for 41.2% in summer and only 6.1% in winter. Natural disasters mainly include drought, flooding and hail.
Agriculture in Meitan
Meitan is a typical inland agricultural county, agriculture is developed, is a prestigious fish and rice township, known as "tobacco county, wine township, tea city, grain silo," known as the abundance of high-quality rice, maize, wheat, Camellia sinensis, tea, tobacco, sericulture, Chinese herbs, etc., has been named by the Central Committee, the State Council and the relevant national ministries and commissions. It has been named by the central government, the State Council and relevant ministries and commissions as "National Experimental Rural Reform Area", "National Commodity Grain Base County", "National Commodity Oil Base County", "National High-Quality Tobacco Base County", "National High-Quality Tobacco Base County" and "National High-Quality Tobacco Base County". National Quality Tobacco Base County", "National Commercial Lean Hog Base County", "National Ecological Agriculture Demonstration County", "National Grain and Oil High-Tech Demonstration County "
The results of the "National Rural Reform Experimental Area" have been written into the documents of the Central and Provincial Party Committees for many times, providing a reliable basis for decision-making of the Central and Provincial Party Committees on rural industrial work.
Meitan is the province's largest tea-producing counties, Southwest Tea City was designated by the Ministry of Agriculture as a designated sales market for tea, "Meijiang Cuizipan", "Zunyi Maofeng" for the province's four major famous tea. Meitan is a high-quality tobacco production base county, its tobacco is the main raw material of Chinese cigarettes. Industry is mainly based on agricultural and sideline products processing industry, and has formed an industrial system mainly based on tobacco re-baking, tea making, grain and oil processing, brewing and building materials processing industry, with 15 enterprises above the scale, and the county's famous and special industrial products mainly include tea, maogong rice, vegetable oil, and Mekong wine. The products such as "Meijiang Cui Pian" and "Maogong Rice" have won the gold medal of national high-quality products.
Meitan Industry
Meitan industry is in the process of continuous development, the main industries are energy, brewing, tobacco re-roasting, tea processing, vegetable oil, flour, feed, sugar, printing, agricultural machinery, fertilizers, chemical industry, cement, brick making, aluminum alloy products, bamboo weaving, rattan weaving, furniture, leather, silk weaving, sewing, building repairs and so on. It has initially formed an industrial system focusing on tobacco re-baking, brewing and processing, construction and building materials, machinery and chemical industry, and energy and transportation. Meitan traffic in all directions, infrastructure continues to improve, National Highway 326, Provincial Highway 204 intersection, the county across the county, the county and township roads crisscrossing the county, has formed a mutually interlinked highway transportation network. The rapid development of telecommunications, telephone into the homes of ordinary people, program-controlled telephone, mobile network telephone opened, can be directly dialed at home and abroad. Some enterprises have begun to use the Internet, and are developing towards the popularization of units and individual users.
Meitan Economy
In 2004, the county's financial revenue was 110.46 million yuan. There were 5,759 commercial enterprises in the county, and the total retail sales of consumer goods in 2004 amounted to 502.14 million yuan. The financial operation was stable, with two increases in deposits and loans. The balance of deposits at the end of 2004 was 1173.85 million yuan, and the balance of loans was 652.64 million yuan.
Meitan investment environment is good. Under the guidance of the Party and the country's policy of enriching the people, Meitan's industrial and agricultural development is fast, the urban and rural economy is prosperous, the people's life is improved, and the county's economy continues to grow, until 1998, the county's GDP reached 1.32 billion (at current prices), ranking 19th among the 87 counties and municipalities in the province, and per capita GDP of 2,950 yuan, ranking 12th in the province.
Social undertakings
The county's 15 townships open closed-circuit television, 8 townships to realize the network with the county, the family TV penetration rate of 91.5%, in the county built a distance education C-level station, 15 township receiving station, 5 village-level receiving station, 25 broadcasting points. There are 17 cultural institutions of various types, 23 public **** bookstores, with a collection of 112,000 books. There are 212 primary and secondary schools, with 86,301 students, and nine-year compulsory education has been popularized in 1997, with 99.9% of school-age children enrolled in school, and 97.2% of teachers' standard education rate. The county has all kinds of professional and technical personnel 5214, including 989 senior titles, the provincial tea science and technology research institute in Meitan. There is a gymnasium and a swimming pool, and the number of people in the county who have reached the national exercise standard is 64,200, which has been honored as the "National Sports Advanced County". There are 21 health institutions of various types, 618 medical beds, 665 health technicians.
The county has carried out property, personal, agricultural insurance, underwriting amount of more than 24 million yuan, participating in social pension insurance 4,122 people, insured amount of more than 7 million yuan, there are 9 homes for the elderly, community property management service center 2, all kinds of preferential treatment of 25,600 people.
Tourism resources
Meitan beautiful scenery, pleasant climate, 100 miles of Meijiang River Gallery beautiful scenery, 10,000 acres of tea sea ripples, the north side of the water magical simplicity, Meijiang Lake beautiful and moving, Meijiang Gorge majestic and precipitous, Meitan old and new eight scenic beauty, Chaoyang Ancient Cave, the ancient cave of Qingxu, 10,000 birds return to their nests, the cold pool reflecting the moon, the virtual pavilion of the twilight smoke, the water source hole, the Jinqiao Sung Tomb, the Meijiang Bridge, the Zhejiang University Westward Expansion Exhibition Hall, Catholic Church of the Red Army slogans, West Forest Park, etc. is a good place to travel and sightseeing in summer, Meijiang is a famous provincial scenic spot. Meitan Nuo culture, tea culture has a long history, cartoons and other modern art flourished, the Red Army Long March, General Luo Binghui led the Red Nine Legion was stationed in Meitan, thirty years the national government set up a central tea farm in Meitan, Tea Research Institute, during the war, the Red Army Long March, Zhejiang University relocated to the west of Meitan, the famous scientists Zhukuozhang, Su Bucing, Wang Gam-chang, etc. seven years in the school in Meitan, spreading the modern civilization.
Local specialties
High-quality rice industry is the traditional advantage of Meitan industry, from the early 1990s, the Maogong Rice Company introduced equipment to process high-grade rice, due to the market at that time high-grade packaged rice is not much, the competition is not fierce, the establishment of the base to choose the varieties of the right way, market sales had been optimistic all the way. However, the good times do not last long, with foreign high-quality rice into the domestic market and triggered a domestic high-quality rice war, the development of the Maogong rice industry is also facing serious challenges. 2003, the county party committee, the county government attaches great importance to industrial restructuring, in order to speed up the pace of structural adjustment, the "Maogong rice" industry development on an important agenda, drawing on experience Lessons learned on the basis of scientific and technological personnel to devote themselves to the development of Maogong rice services, the implementation of Maogong rice that year, high-quality rice demonstration base of 0.6 million acres, through the cooperation of scientific and technological personnel and enterprises, scientific and technological research into practice, 98% of the base area to obtain a bumper yield.
October 2003, Maogong rice company production and processing of high-quality rice into the Huai'an, 30 afternoon, Meitan Maogong rice in China (Huai'an) National High-quality Rice Expo Fair won the "China's top ten gold medals," the first place, in November, in Guiyang held a press conference. Since then, Meitan industrial restructuring appeared a bright spot. Maogong rice industry has become one of the county's three leading industries.
In 2004, Meitan County Committee, the county government made a decision on further accelerating the development of animal husbandry, tea, Maogong rice industry, the completion of Maogong rice quality rice base 7, an area of 100,000 acres (25,000 acres of Yongxing, Fuxing 15,000 acres, Meijiang 15,000 acres, Huangjiaba 25,000 acres, Xinglong 15,000 acres, 0.5 million acres of Tiancheng, 0.5 million acres of Yuquan), of which the demonstration base There are 3 demonstration bases with an area of 30,000 mu (15,000 mu in Yongxing, 0.5 million mu in Meijiang, and 10,000 mu in Huangjiaba), 1 core demonstration base with an area of 3,000 mu (Yongxing), and 60,000 tons of high-quality rice production. Ltd. was named Meitan County, Guizhou Province, Meitan County, agricultural industrialization of county-level leading enterprises and Zunyi City, agricultural industrialization of market leading enterprises. 2004 November Maogong rice and then won the Jiangsu Huai'an third high-quality rice exposition of the Gold Medal first prize, pearl nutritional rice won the Gold Medal.
In 2005, the people's government of Meitan County made on the development of high-quality rice industry in 2005, the target task for the implementation of high-quality rice base of 100,000 acres (core base of 20,000 acres), of which the top fragrance, 433 # and other varieties of high-quality rice Gold Medal area of 10,000 acres, the two excellent 363 #, T excellent 300 #, quasi Ⅱ excellent 527 #, Jin You 117 # and other varieties of 10,000 acres. At present, 100,000 mu of high-quality rice focusing on the implementation of Yongxing, Meijiang, Huangjiaba, Xinglong, Tiancheng, Fuxing, copying music, Yuquan, the core demonstration base is implemented in Yongxing, Fuxing, Xinglong, Meijiang, Huangjiaba and Fenggang, an area of 8300 acres (5000 acres of the top fragrant, 433 # 600 acres, 363 # 2700 acres).
Administrative divisions
Meitan County jurisdiction over nine towns, six townships.
Towns: Meijiang Township, Yongxing Township, Fuxing Township, Mashan Township, Yuquan Township, Huangjiaba Township, Gaotai Township, Maoping Township, Xinglong Township
Townships: Xihe Township, Washima Township, Xinnan Township, Shilian Township, Copyleaf Township, Tiancheng Township
February, 2021, 2020, the National Village Cleaning Action Advanced Counties List was released, Meitan County was listed.
In January 2021, the Central Civilization Office determined the list of nominated cities for the 2021-2023 creation cycle of national civilized cities, and Meitan County was on the list.
In December 2020, Meitan County was on the 64th place of the 2020 list of China's top 100 model counties and cities for urban innovation.
In November 2020, Meitan County was ranked No. 1 on the 2020 list of China's top 100 counties in the tea industry.
July 2020, the National Patriotic Health Campaign Committee re-recognized Meitan County as a national health township (county town) in 2020.
In March 2019, Meitan County was included in the list of counties in the first batch of revolutionary cultural relics protection and utilization area (Xiang-E-Chuan-Qian area).
In January 2019, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development recognized Meitan 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 November 2018, the first batch of national innovative counties (cities) construction list was announced, and Meitan County was shortlisted
In February 2018, Meitan County was on the list of 2017 National Basic Balanced Counties (Cities and Districts) for Compulsory Education Development.
In December 2016, the Office of the National Tourism Administration identified Meitan County as the third batch of national tourism standardization demonstration units.
In September 2016, the Ministry of Environmental Protection awarded Meitan County the title of "National Ecological City, County and District".