Taizhou is an ancient historical and cultural city. Taizhou has a history of more than 2,100 years. Anciently known as Haiyang, Hailing, early Han set up the county, the Eastern Jin Dynasty set up counties, the Southern Tang Dynasty built the state, to take the meaning of "national peace", the name of Taizhou from the beginning. Ancient Taizhou and Guangling Yangzhou, Lanling Changzhou, Jinling Nanjing echo, known as "Han and Tang Dynasty ancient county, Huaihai famous area". The history of Taizhou is rich in humanities, and there are many famous sages. The author of "Water Margin", Shi Nai-an, the philosopher Wang Geng, the founder of "Taizhou School", Zheng Banqiao, the representative of "Yangzhou Eight Monsters", Mei Lanfang, the master of Peking Opera, and Ding Wenjiang, the geologist, etc., are all outstanding representatives of Taizhou cultural celebrities in the past generations. Yue Fei, the hero of anti-Jin Dynasty, Fan Zhongyan, the statesman and writer, and Qi Baishi, the master of painting and calligraphy, had been in Taizhou, either in charge of politics or in the profession, leaving a bright page for the history of Taizhou. There are many scenic spots and monuments in Taizhou. There are hundreds of ancient ruins, ancient buildings and ancient stone carvings, of which 134 are listed as provincial and municipal cultural relics under protection. There are five museums in the city, with more than 10,000 pieces of cultural relics, many of which are rare and precious. The Thousand-Year-Old Temple of Light and Filial Piety enjoys great fame in the Buddhist circles at home and abroad, and the humanistic landscapes such as Rishibori Garden, Chongru Ancestral Temple, Yuewang Temple, Anding Academy, Shi Nai-an's Mausoleum, the Former Residence of Zheng Banqiao, and Meilanfang Memorial Museum, etc, are the treasures of Taizhou's history and culture. Taizhou is also an old revolutionary area with glorious tradition. During the Revolutionary Period, Shen Yi, a member of the ****production party, launched the "May 1 Uprising" here; during the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, Chen Yi led his troops to advance into central Jiangsu, three into Taizhou, and the duel of Huangqiao; during the War of Liberation, Su Yu commanded the famous "Seven Battles and Seven Victories" campaign in central Jiangsu here. In April 1949, the Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy was born in Baimaomiao.
Taizhou is a fast-rising city of industry and trade. Since the establishment of the prefecture-level Taizhou City, the city's national economy and social undertakings have made great progress. 2003, the city's GDP of 58 billion yuan, fiscal revenue of 6.63 billion yuan, per capita disposable income of 8,500 yuan, per capita net income of farmers 4,065 yuan, the end of the year the balance of deposits of 60.8 billion yuan. Taizhou is rich in agricultural resources, known as "the land of fish and rice", "the land of ginkgo", "the land of aquatic products" reputation, is an important national commodity grain, high-quality cotton, lean pork, freshwater products Xinghua City is a national important commodity grain, high-quality cotton, lean pork, freshwater products, high-quality ginkgo production base and vegetable production, processing and export base. Xinghua City was recognized by the State Environmental Protection Administration as a national ecological demonstration area, Jiangyan City, Jiangsu Province, recognized as a provincial ecological agriculture pilot counties (cities), Jiangyan City, River Crossing Village by the United Nations Environment Programme was awarded the title of "Global Environment 500". Taizhou industrial economy has a strong foundation. There are more than 34,000 industrial enterprises of various types, of which 1,083 are above the scale, forming the pillar industries of electromechanical, chemical, textile, food, light industry, medicine, building materials and so on. The production scale and market share of nearly 100 products in the city are among the best in the country, among which the production and sales volume of 56 products are among the top three in the country, and 17 products have become "singles champions", and a number of enterprises with sales exceeding 1 billion yuan or profits tax exceeding 100 million yuan have emerged, such as Chunlan Group, Yangtzekiang Pharmaceutical Group, Lingshimitsu Group, Zhongdan Group, Xingda Steel Cord, New Century Shipbuilding and so on. A number of enterprises with sales exceeding one billion yuan or profits and taxes exceeding one hundred million yuan have emerged. Among them, Chunlan (Group) Company is one of the country's largest 50 enterprise groups, Yangtzekiang Pharmaceutical Group, the total size and efficiency indicators since 1996 for seven consecutive years in the province's counterparts topped the list. Taizhou construction industry develops faster, at present has the house construction general contracting special qualification enterprise 2, the first class qualification enterprise 3, the second class qualification enterprise 59, many times to pick the highest prize of national construction engineering quality ----" Luban Prize", in the domestic and international construction market has won the title of "God soldier", "iron army". Taizhou service industry is developing rapidly. The city has 360 markets of all kinds, including 25 markets of more than 100 million yuan, trade and catering and other traditional industries continue to grow, transportation, post and telecommunications, municipal services, high-speed development of basic industries, finance and insurance, information and consulting, community services, real estate and other industries are rapidly emerging.
Taizhou is a civilized city with comprehensive development of social undertakings. Taizhou has been known as the "hometown of education" reputation, the city has all kinds of schools 1134, of which more than 20 national and provincial key high schools, colleges and universities 5. Jiangsu College of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, Taizhou Institute of Vocational Technology, Taizhou Normal Higher and Specialized School, Southern Polytechnic Institute of Science and Technology of Taizhou, Southern Normal University Taizhou College and Taizhou Radio and Television University continue to grow. Scientific and technological achievements. Taizhou has been listed as the pilot city of national technological innovation. By the end of 2003, the city has all kinds of scientific and technological talent more than 200,000 people, founded above the municipal level factory-run scientific research and development institutions 105, of which 9 post-doctoral workstations; provincial-level high-tech enterprises 118, high-tech products 448, the creation of state-level high-tech enterprises 19. Culture, health, sports undertakings have made great strides. Built 3 provincial cultural advanced city, 4 provincial health care advanced city and 3 family planning advanced city, a family planning model city. The city **** all kinds of health institutions 280, 16,800 hospital beds, health professionals 15,700 people. City People's Hospital, City Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine among the ranks of the three hospitals. Since the founding of the city, the city's athletes to participate in competitions at the provincial level and above have won a total of 85 gold medals, 66 silver medals, 65 bronze medals. Rapid development of social security. Retirees and the unemployed insurance payments on time, in full, socialized distribution, urban and rural minimum living security system is fully established, medical insurance coverage continues to expand, social disaster relief, relief, mutual aid, welfare and other social security undertakings continue to develop.
Taizhou is a riverside city with an accelerated pace of development and opening up. As of September 2004, there have been more than 40 countries and regions to invest in Taizhou businessmen, a total of more than 1,700 three-funded enterprises, the actual utilization of foreign capital totaled 1.56 billion U.S. dollars. World famous multinational corporations such as Japan Mitsui, Yamaha, Kubota, South Korea LG, Switzerland Weidmann, the United States GMT, the Netherlands Akzo, etc. have settled in Taizhou. Import and export trade is growing strongly. The city has 256 enterprises authorized to import and export, and the export market has developed to 137 countries and regions. Foreign economic cooperation further expanded. The city's labor export throughout Asia, Africa, Europe, the United States and other 34 countries and regions, has with the United States Newport News, Australia, Latrobe City, South Korea, Yinsung County, Finland, Kotka City, and other 4 cities to conclude a friendship city. Taizhou territory of the Yangtze River coastline of nearly 100 kilometers, of which -10 meters above the more stable deep-water coastline of 60 kilometers, is becoming an important plate along the open development of the river. At present, along the river development master plan has been prepared. Yangwan Conch Cement, Lingguang heavy-duty asphalt - fuel oil and other key industrial projects have been settled along the river, high-grade highway along the river, Taizhou power plant and other key infrastructure projects are progressing well, Sinopec (Taizhou) Development Park, China Fine Chemical (Taixing) Park, Jiangyin Development Zone, Jingjiang Park and other key parks are gaining momentum.
Taizhou is a beautiful city with excellent investment environment. Taizhou convenient land and water transportation, location advantage is obvious. Suzhong into the river to the sea of the five important shipping lanes in this intersection, is the coastal and Yangtze River "T" type industrial zone combined. To a national class of open ports ---- Taizhou Port as the main inland port group is taking shape, 5 berths above 10,000 tons, Taizhou Port container terminal annual throughput capacity of 100,000 tons of TEUs. Taizhou river diversion, drainage, navigation and other functions in one, known as "China's Rhine River". The Jiangyin Bridge makes the Yangtze River moat into a smooth road, which is a fast channel between Taizhou and Shanghai and South Jiangsu Province. 328 National Highway, Ningtong Expressway, Guangjing Expressway, Ningjing Salt Expressway, Beijing-Shanghai Expressway, Xinchang (Xinyi - Changxing) Railway, Ningqi (Nanjing - Qidong) Railway are located in the center of Taizhou, which is the largest city in China. -Qidong) Railway crisscrossing the territory of Taizhou. The city of Taizhou is changing day by day. Ancient Taizhou city and the water is closely linked, inside and outside of the city water network is dense, street and canal, forming a long axis to the north and south of the rice river, the two city pools for its wings, the outer city river and the city of the Yudai River intertwined around the city, water around the city, the city embraces the water, street and river in parallel, the water city of one of the city pattern, because of its resemblance to a phoenix, Taizhou has a phoenix city of the alias. Taizhou social life environment is excellent. The people are simple, hard-working, kind and law-abiding. In recent years, the mass spiritual civilization activities flourished, Taizhou City was named civilized city in Jiangsu Province. Integrity Taizhou solid progress, enterprise integrity platform is being established. Safe Taizhou construction activities in-depth, social security remains stable, Jingjiang City, Gaogang District was named the provincial safe city. Taizhou government services at all levels are fast and efficient. Since the establishment of the prefecture-level Taizhou City, with its efficient operation mechanism, authoritative control mechanism, strict supervision mechanism gradually formed by the management to service-oriented transformation of the government's work mode. Taizhou took the lead in the province's implementation of the administrative approval system reform, reducing 426 administrative approval matters, the formation of the city administrative service center, 19 departments built "people's service hall", 39 departments and units to the community to optimize the public commitment to service. Open and enlightened policy environment, high-quality and efficient service environment, strict and standardized legal environment, healthy and civilized humanistic environment, so that foreign investors feel at home.