Bamboo Town is in the northeast of Baiyun District, 26 kilometers from the city center. The terrain is long east-west and narrow north-south. East of the heavy mountains and Zengcheng City as a neighbor, south of Baiyun District, Taihe Town, west of Renhe Town, northwest of the city of Huadu, northeast of the town of Zhonglutan, Nine Buddha border. The northern foot of Mount Haofeng, 534 meters above sea level, is located in the southeast corner of the town. The Liuxi River flows in the west. The town covers an area of 96 square kilometers. There are 22 administrative villages and 1 residential area under the jurisdiction of the town, with 92 natural villages. 1994, the population was 65,744, of which 10,382 were urban residents. The town government is located in the bamboo material Wei.
Economy
The economy of Zhuge area was originally a single agricultural economy. After the reform and opening up, one, two, three industries **** with the development of the economic situation has changed a lot, and jumped to become one of the rich areas of Baiyun District. According to the statistics in 1994, the total social output value of rural areas was 840.68 million yuan (current price), of which 343.84 million yuan in agriculture, 255.72 million yuan in industry and 168.02 million yuan in construction. Per capita income was 6,166 yuan.
The bamboo area is an important rice, peanut, lychee and meat pig producing area in Baiyun District. In recent years, the development of vegetables, fruits, production, the introduction of broiler production technology and facilities. 1994, maintaining arable land of 37,928 acres, of which 9,897 acres of planted vegetables (perennial maintenance number), producing 607,286 tons of fresh vegetables; litchi 6,474 acres, producing 624 tons. Chicken industry development fast, large-scale, a large number of chicken farmers and family chicken farms. 1994 sold "three birds" 14.8 million, accounting for 26% of the amount of Baiyun District. The total output value of animal husbandry (1990 constant price), accounting for 67% of the total output value of agriculture. 1994, the total output value of agriculture was 206.96 million yuan, ranking first among the towns in Baiyun District. Famous agricultural products include Migang lychee, Anpingzhuang peanuts, bamboo horse hooves, Longtang rooibos and sweet potatoes (Yubei "Dabai").
Bamboo area in the late 70's appeared a large-scale sofa manufacturing industry. 80's, bamboo "Canton style sofa" market throughout the country, more than 300 bamboo sofa factories throughout the country. 80's, the sofa market after the slowdown, they switched to the production of mattresses and their components, mattresses and series of products manufacturers up to 417. 417 manufacturers of mattress series products. Become the main body of the town's industry. Even the original industrial enterprises, in 1994, the town has 486 factories, industrial output value of 244.09 million yuan (1990 constant price). Industrial manufacturers are mainly mattress series production plants, such as sofa mattress processing plant, between the flower factory, spring factory, sponge factory, hardware processing plant; and paper mills, rice cooker parts factory, shoe factory, garment factory, dyeing and weaving factory, composite fertilizer factory, embroidery factory, hardware crafts factory; and traditional grain and oil processing plant, agricultural machinery factory, bamboo and wood processing plant. Among them, there are 7 town-run industries with a total output value of 15.46 million yuan. Bamboo material town has become a suburban mattress parts production base.
The township government real estate development company mainly opened up the bamboo material area real estate industry, from 1992 onwards, into the big stage of development. By the end of 1993, built 400 commercial houses. Building area of 407,931 square meters. Has stood up bamboo material new city and bamboo material commercial street two commercial and residential buildings. There are also Yayuan Xincun, Cuizhu Xincun, Jade Xincun, Yinxin Building and Communication Building on both sides of Guangcong Road.
Historically, commercial activities in the Jhuci area were concentrated in a number of polder. The original five polder: bamboo material, Liangtian, Zhonghe, Daji, Chendong, 70s, only one bamboo material polder more prosperous. After the reform and opening up, the commerce of Bamboo material town was revitalized. In the bamboo material road and wide from the road intersection, opened up a large farmers market, wide from the area of vegetables and fruits are there to collect and distribute, purchase and sale of two prosperous.
Before the 70's, bamboo material people go out is very difficult. 1982, farmers began to have trucks, to participate in the operation. 1984, Mi Gang farmer Xiao Haoquan first began to Mi Gang to Guangzhou bus operation. To 1990 statistics, bamboo material area operating a variety of buses have 46, 240 daily frequency, the town highway widening and reconstruction, the traffic situation has improved greatly.
[Culture]
At the end of 1990, Bamboo Town*** had 20 elementary school, 409 elementary school teachers and 9,519 students. The original Panyu five middle school, early in the founding of the country was renamed Bamboo material middle school, later changed to the eightieth middle school in Guangzhou City, there are 69 teaching staff. There are 69 teaching staff and 802 students, and it is a complete middle school. The town government runs 5 middle schools, including Zhuge 1 Middle School, Zhuge 2 Middle School, Zhuge 4 Middle School and Shatian Agricultural and Industrial Company Xinghua Middle School. 6 middle schools have 333 teaching staff and 4,476 students. The enrollment rate of elementary school is 100%, and the enrollment rate of junior high school is 97%. There are 23 kindergarten classes in the town***, with 2,052 children enrolled.
In the early days of the founding of the country, the townships established recreational groups to carry out regular recreational activities. After the establishment of the people's commune, the establishment of bamboo cultural stations, production teams to establish cultural rooms, regularly organize members of the community to learn culture, singing, performance of small programs. At the same time, they organized classes on art, calligraphy, photography and seal carving, and trained a group of backbones of cultural activities. 1978 saw the emergence of the cultural market, music cafes, dance halls, electronic game rooms, billiard rooms, and video screening rooms, and cultural life became increasingly diversified.
In the early years of the founding of the People's Republic of China, individual doctors formed a joint clinic with 6~7 medical personnel. 1958, the establishment of the Commune Health Center, the medical staff from few to many, from 17 people to more than 50 people. 1993 was renamed as the Bamboo People's Hospital, changed from collective to universal ownership, with 108 medical personnel, more than 100 beds, with an X-ray machine, B ultrasound and other advanced medical equipment, convenient for the masses of people to access to medical services. Advanced medical equipment, convenient for the masses to seek medical treatment.
[Historical Events]
In May of 38th year of R.O.C. (1949), C*** Yu Bei Central District Committee organized the Guangzhou Northeast Suburbs People's Guerrilla Army in Yudong and Yubei, and C*** member Chen Xuechu (a native of Liangtian Village) was appointed as the second sub-captain of the guerrilla army.