Bell tower district belongs to Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province, because of the history of the territory of the ancient bell tower and named, is located in the western part of Changzhou City, east and southeast of the Tianning District connected to the west and southwest of the Wujin District connected to the north and the new North District border. It is the seat of Changzhou's political, economic, cultural, financial and trade center.
With a total area of 133 square kilometers and a resident population of 620,000, Bell Tower District has a town of Zou District, a provincial-level Zhonglou Economic Development Zone, and seven street offices, including Beigang, Xinzha, Wuxing, Yonghong, Xilin, Nandajie, and Hehuachi, as well as 58 administrative villages and 49 community neighborhood committees.
In October 2018, Zhonglou District was selected as one of the 2018 Top 100 National Science and Technology Innovation Districts and Top 100 National Green Development Districts.
Basic introduction Chinese name ：Zhonglou District Foreign name ：ZhongLou Qu Administrative district Category ：Municipal districts Affiliated area ：Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province, East China, South Jiangsu Region Subordinated area ：7 streets *** Residence ：No.88 Xingang Road, Changzhou City Telephone area ：0519 Postal code ：213000 Geographic location ：West of Changzhou city center Area ：72.2 square kilometers Population ：617,000 (resident population in 2016) Dialect ：Wu-Taihu-BiLing小片-Changzhou Climate ：Subtropical monsoon Climate Famous Scenic Spots ：NanDaJie Commercial Pedestrian Street, the Ancient Canal, Wuxing Park, Qingfeng Park Airport ：Changzhou Airport Train Station ：Changzhou Station, Changzhou North Station, QiShuYan Station License Plate Code ：SuD Administrative Code ：320404 History,Administrative Division. Geography,Location,Topography,Climate,Population,Economy,Overview,Primary Industry,Secondary Industry,Tertiary Industry,Transportation,Society,Culture,Education,Healthcare,Social Security,Urban Construction,Ecology,Tourism,Specialties,Honors,History Bell Tower District got its name from the Bell Tower which was constructed in the Southern Tang Dynasty. In the 2nd year of the Republic of China (1913), Changzhou and 16 districts for the east, south, west, north and central 5 districts, now Zhonglou District belongs to the west district, including Xizhi, Xicang, Dawainan, Cheng I, Cheng II, Xirui, Beizhi, North half of the 8 compartments. Bell Tower District In the 18th year of the Republic of China (1929), the abolition of the Square compartment, the implementation of the township system. According to the Republic of 19 (1930) published "Wujin County, the first district of the district office work report" recorded: "the old nineteen are a map of the new township name of the South Run Township, the old one are a map of the new township name of the township of Taiping Town". In addition, there are 7 townships including Wolong Township, Guanghua Township, Guangfu Township, Puji Township and Sanbao Township. Republic of China in 36 years (1947) 7 townships and 2 large townships, namely Jingchuan Township (Guanghua Township, South Run Township, Guangfu Township) and Yongfeng Township (Taiping Township, Wolong Township, Puji Township, Sanbao Township). On April 23, 1949, when Changzhou was liberated, the township system was retained, and in August, when the townships were abolished, Jingchuan and Yongfeng townships were abolished, and the "Changzhou Third District Office" was set up. In 1950, the abolition of the third district office. 1952, the establishment of the West District People ***, jurisdiction: East for the table field, gray lane, south to the new river beach, west from the West Circle Gate, Sanbao Street, the north adjacent to the Hongqiao. Ancient Canal Scenery in September 1955, the North District was abolished, before and after the Bay, Lotus Pond, North Street, County Lane, the House of the North, County Street Road South into the jurisdiction of the West District. in November, the West District was renamed Zhonglou District. In March 1956, the establishment of Zhonglou District was withdrawn.In July, East Hengjie, West Hengjie South and Hualong Lane's Road West and Xiaohe Road West were assigned to the jurisdiction of North Street.In September 1957, Zhonglou District was restored. In April 2015, Zou District Town of the former Wujin District was transferred to the jurisdiction of Zhonglou District of Changzhou City. Administrative divisions As of the end of 2018, Zhonglou District has jurisdiction over 1 Zou District Town, 1 provincial-level Zhonglou Economic Development Zone, and 7 street offices, including Beigang, Xinzha, Wuxing, Yonghong, Xilin, Nandajie, and Hehuachi, with 58 administrative villages and 49 community neighborhood committees. Geography Geographic location Bell Tower District is located in the western part of Changzhou City, connected with Tianning District in the east and southeast, Wujin District in the west and southwest, and bordering Xinbei District in the north. Longitude 119°08′~120°12′ East, Latitude 31°09′~32°04′ North. Zhongguo District Topography Zhongguo District geomorphology type is high sandy plains, hills and flat dikes at the same time. The terrain in the area is slightly higher. Climate Zhongguo District belongs to the north subtropical monsoon humid climate zone. The climate is mild and humid, with an average annual temperature of 15.4℃; abundant rainfall, with an average annual precipitation of 1071.5mm; sufficient sunshine, with an average annual sunshine time of 2047.5 hours; a long frost-free period, with an average annual period of 227.6 days; and the dominant wind direction is east-southeast all the year round, with four distinct seasons in spring, summer, autumn and winter. Population At the end of 2011, Zhonglou District had a total household population of 353,700 and a resident population of 512,700. There were 2,748 babies born in the year, with a birth rate of 7.77 per thousand; there were 2002 deaths, with a mortality rate of 5.66 per thousand; and the natural population growth rate was 2.11 per thousand. The birth rate of Zhonglou District is 99.2%, the quality service rate is 95%, the pre-pregnancy and peri-pregnancy health care rate is 93%, and the public satisfaction rate is 98%. The management and service rate of floating population was 90%, and the information accuracy rate was 98%. Economy Overview In 2011, the gross domestic product (GDP) of Zhonglou District exceeded the 30 billion yuan mark for the first time, reaching 32.651 billion yuan, a year-on-year growth of 16.5% at current prices, an increase of 0.3 percentage points over the previous year. With an area of one-sixtieth of Changzhou, the city has created nearly one-tenth of the economic output, with an average degree of intensification of 452 million yuan/square kilometer. The added value of the secondary industry amounted to 15.994 billion yuan, up 15.2% year-on-year; the added value of the tertiary industry amounted to 16.642 billion yuan, up 17.8% year-on-year. Primary Industry In 2011, there were 20 agricultural enterprises in Zhonglou District, among which there was 1 provincial agricultural leading enterprise, 2 municipal ones and 8 district ones, and 7 agricultural enterprises received financial support funds of 3.05 million RMB from the province and the city, which was the most in the past years. "Yudie brand" dried radish production technology is included in the intangible cultural heritage list of Jiangsu Province, "Kang Wang" sesame sugar production technology was Changzhou City intangible cultural heritage list. Secondary Industry In 2011, Zhonglou District completed the total industrial output value of 78.911 billion yuan, up 17.5% year-on-year; realized industrial sales revenue of 79.055 billion yuan, up 17.8% year-on-year; realized industrial profit tax of 6.222 billion yuan, up 22.2% year-on-year. Among them, large-scale industries completed output value of 69.256 billion yuan, up 21.6%; realized sales revenue of 69.436 billion yuan, up 21.5%; realized profits and taxes of 5.576 billion yuan, up 25.0%. The output value of large-scale industries accounted for 87.8% of the total. Tertiary Industry In 2011, the commercial turnover of Zhonglou District exceeded RMB 100 billion, reaching RMB 101.258 billion, with a year-on-year growth of 24.1%; the total retail sales of consumer goods amounted to RMB 17.703 billion, with a year-on-year growth of 17.1%, and the total amount continued to be the third in the city. There are 54 enterprises with sales exceeding 100 million yuan and 24 enterprises with retail sales exceeding 100 million yuan, a net increase of 5 enterprises compared with the previous year. The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, Shanghai-Nanjing Expressway, National Highway 312, and Xinchang Railway pass through the city and its territory respectively. 4D civil aviation airport is only ten minutes' drive away, and dozens of air routes lead directly to major cities in China. Bell Tower District Social and cultural undertakings In 2011, Zhonglou District successfully held the "Fifth Zhonglou Arts Festival" and the first "Green Maple Cultural Festival". Carry out the "civilization around, happy community line" - Zhonglou District people's cultural excellence program tour, in the seven streets of Zhonglou District to carry out 21 variety performances, people's talent show and theatrical performances. Throughout the year, 36 "Happy Square" weekly performances, 7 calligraphy and painting exhibitions, and 2 joint exhibitions were held. Education In 2011, Zhonglou District Finance arranged nearly 20 million yuan for kindergarten construction and renovation and equipment purchase and renewal, formulated and introduced the "three-year action plan for pre-school education". The first in the city to set up a kindergarten per pupil public funds. Zhonglou District now has one early childhood education base, eight guidance stations and 12 guidance points, with more than 150 classes held throughout the year, more than 1,800 families participating in early childhood education experience classes, and hundreds of families trying out the functional venues of early childhood education guidance centers. It created and published 50 Examples of Family Parenting Games to guide parents in scientific parenting and put the concept of civilianized early education into practice. Healthcare In 2011, Zhonglou District issued the Implementing Opinions on Establishing a Sound Compensation Mechanism for Primary Healthcare Organizations in Zhonglou District (for Trial Implementation). Comprehensive implementation of the basic drug system, all community health service organizations in Zhonglou District all implement the 1000 kinds of basic drugs and 75 kinds of small medicine box medicine specification drug catalog zero price difference sales. Basic public **** health service programs increased from 22 items in nine categories to 41 items in ten categories. New AIDS, syphilis, hepatitis B mother-to-child transmission of major public **** health service programs. Social Security In 2011, Zhonglou District successfully organized four large-scale activities of "Charity Square". By carrying out municipal charity activities to help orphans, the poor, the disabled and students, 796 people were rescued and 2.54 million yuan of charitable aid was distributed. The District Charity Supermarket issued 420,000 yuan of relief items and love cards, and provided assistance to 2,153 people. Actively carry out charitable "one-day donation" activities. The district has done a good job in the Spring Festival period in providing condolences and assistance to the people in difficulty, issued one-time assistance of 2.4831 million yuan to the urban low-income people, issued assistance of 2.32 million yuan to 2,900 households in difficulty on the edge of low-income insurance, and issued Spring Festival subsidies of 0.66 million yuan to 33 five-guarantee dependents. Urban Construction In 2011, Zhonglou District completed the demolition and relocation of 1.02 million square meters for the whole year. Completed the planning of resettlement housing construction of 1 million square meters. Started construction of Pinggang Xingyuan, Lushu Xinyuan, Dongdai District and other resettlement communities, covering an area of about 200,000 square meters. Bell Tower District 2011, Zhonglou District invested more than 1.4 million yuan to carry out the creation of remediation work, the transformation of six public toilets, replacement of rainwater and sewage manhole covers 35, replacement of 106 garbage cans, renewal of the park turf ground cover plants of about 15,000 square meters, replanting more than 80 street trees. Completion of road repair 3490 square meters, road plate 3280 square meters, dredging pipeline 1730 meters, completed 3514 natural villages family tap water one meter transformation, new green space 40.34 hectares. Ecological environment In 2011, Zhonglou District eliminated 7 units (sets) of backward production capacity of Changchai Group, closed down 3 chemical enterprises, completed 7 units of mandatory cleaner production audits and 1 unit of voluntary cleaner production audits, and Dongfeng Agricultural Machinery Co. completed the circular economy pilot. Annual realization of chemical oxygen demand, ammonia nitrogen, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides total reduction reached 69.08 tons, 4.86 tons, 21.02 tons, 152.4 tons, a better completion of the annual emission reduction targets. Tourism Jingchuan Park Jingchuan Park is located in the southern suburbs of Changzhou Yonghong Township, Chenduqiao left Taojia Village, for the Ming Dynasty literati, anti-Japanese hero Tang Jingchuan juvenile reading place, is the second largest comprehensive park in Changzhou City. bell tower district to commemorate the sage, the Ming dynasty literati, anti-war hero Tang Jingchuan Mr. In March 2004, the city *** investment of 110 million yuan, the park to implement the open expansion and renovation, open project in October 2005 completed. In addition to Mr. Jingchuan reading place and the Tang Ancestral Temple Ancient Architectural Complex and other cultural protection units closed management, the rest of the free open. Qingfeng Park Qingfeng Park - is a collection of "ecology, science, vitality" three major themes in one of the city's forest parks, Qingfeng Park was officially completed and opened on May 17, 2008, is the city's current Qingfeng Park was officially opened on May 17, 2008, and is the largest free open park in the city, with a total area of 45 hectares, and is the city's first forest park, a base for plant science education and outdoor activities for young people. Bell Tower District Qu Qiubai Memorial Hall The Qu Qiubai Memorial Hall is divided into two parts. The first part is the Qu Qiubai Memorial Hall, which is a national outstanding social education base; the second part is the former residence of Qu Qiubai, which is listed as a national key cultural relics protection unit. Specialties Changzhou comb Changzhou comb began in the Jin Dynasty (265-420 AD), so far has a history of more than 1,600 years, used to be the imperial treasures of the Palace, so there is a "Palace comb and grate" reputation, is a traditional handicrafts, but also for the "Yanling specialties. It is a traditional handicraft and a "Yanling specialty". Proverb: "Yangzhou rouge Suzhou flowers, Changzhou comb first". Bell Tower District Messy Needle Embroidery Messy Needle Embroidery "Messy Needle Embroidery" is a combination of painting and embroidery, its distinctive feature is to get rid of a strand of embroidery, "closely connected to its needles, rows of threads," the traditional method of operation, the "needle, rows of threads," and the "needle, rows of threads," the traditional method of operation. Its distinctive feature is that it gets rid of the traditional operation method of "closely connecting its needles and lining up its threads" of one strand of embroidery, and instead, it does not stick to the dogma, allowing the author to freely express his thoughts and feelings, thus, the messy needle embroidery has its intricate process requirements and becomes an extremely precious work of art. Honors On December 14, 2017, Zhonglou District was awarded the 2017 Top 100 Industrial Counties and Districts. In October 2018, it was selected as one of the 2018 Top 100 National Science and Technology Innovation Districts and Top 100 National Green Development Districts.