Guilin[1] is a world-famous scenic city and one of China's first historical and cultural cities, and enjoys the reputation of "Guilin's landscape is the best in the world". It is the permanent venue for the UNWTO/APTA International Forum on Tourism Trends and Prospects. "The World Women's Nine-Ball Championship, the most beautiful tournament in the world, was held in Guilin in 2014. China's first national tourism comprehensive reform pilot zone built on a city-by-city basis. And the construction of Guilin International Tourism Resort was upgraded to a national strategy in 2012.
Guilin is located in northeastern Guangxi, and is the political, economic, cultural, scientific and technological center of northeastern Guangxi. After the completion of the "two railways", and Changsha, Nanning, Guiyang, Guangzhou, etc. 3 hours from the economic circle, will become a connection between Hunan, Guilin, Guizhou, Guangdong 4 provinces and regions, and even the southwest, south-central, south China's transportation hub.
Guilin is connected to Hunan and Guizhou in the north, Liuzhou City in the west and south, and Hezhou City in the east, the location is very favorable. Guilin is a hilly area, a typical "karst" karst landscape, the limestone throughout the city by hundreds of millions of years of weathering and erosion, forming a thousand peaks around the city, a water hugging the city, the unique landscape of holes and rocks. Guilin City is a subtropical climate, mild climate, abundant rainfall, the average annual rainfall of 1900 millimeters, the annual frost-free period of about 300 days, the average annual sunshine of more than 1,550 hours, the average temperature of 19 ° C, winter without severe cold, summer without heat. [2]
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Name in Chinese
Guilin City
Name in foreign languages
Guilin, Гуйлинь, ? , ,
Alias
Fengshui Treasure Land
Administrative category
Prefecture-level city
Area
South China
Subordinate area
6 districts, 9 counties, 2 autonomous counties
Government seat
No. 69, Xichengzhong Road, Linggui District
Telephone Area Code
0773
Postal Code
541000
Geographic Location
Northeastern Guangxi
Country
27,800 square kilometers
Population
5,021,000 (2012)
Configuration
Speaking Language
Southwestern Official Language - Guilin and Liu Piece Guilin Dialect
Climatic Conditions
Subtropical Monsoon Climate
Famous Scenic Spots
Li River in Guilin, Guilin Duxiu Peak, Guilin Elephant Trunk Hill
Airports
Li River International Airport of Guilin
Training Stations
Guilin Station, Guilin North Station, Guilin West Station, Wutong Station
License plate code
Guizhou C
GDP
165.790 billion yuan (2013)
Reputation
Scenic beauty
City flower
Guizhou flower
Famous educational institutions
Guangxi Normal University Electronic University Guilin Polytechnic
Administrative Code
450300
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1Establishment History
2Administrative Districts
3Geography
LocationTerrainClimateSoil4Resources
Mineral ResourcesWater ResourcesFloral and Animal Resources5Population
Guangxi Normal University p>5Population
6Society
Cultural Affairs Healthcare Sports Environment7City Construction
Overview Pillar Industries Agriculture Industry Construction Commerce8Education
Science and Technology Schools9Transportation
Highway Railway Aviation Water Transportation Post and Telecommunications10Culture
Culture Card Cultural Heritage11Tourism
Time Famous Scenic Spots Tourism Industry High Speed Railway in Guilin Catering Folk Customs Guilin Characteristics Celebrity Reviews12Politics
13Historical Events
14City Honors
Domestic Honors International Honors15Famous People
1Establishment History Edit
Qin Shi Huang set up the three counties of Guilin, Xiang, and Nanhai in 214 BC, which is the "Guilin " name's earliest origin. [3] About 10,000 years ago, according to the relics found in the Baoguiyan and Caipiyan caves in the city, the Caipiyan people had already entered the stage of matrilineal clan society. During the Xia, Shang, and Zhou Dynasties, the area was inhabited by the Baiyue people.
Qin Shi Huang (214 years ago) set up three counties, Guilin, Xiangxian and Nanhai, which is the earliest origin of the name "Guilin", but
Guilin Elephant Trunk Hill
The county seat was not in today's Guilin city. At that time, the county seat of Guilin was located in Busan, southwest of today's Guiping City. In the sixth year of the Yuan Ding reign of the Han Dynasty (111 B.C., or the fourth year of the Yuan Ding reign, 113 B.C.), Shian County was established here, which was subordinate to Zuoling County of Jing Prefecture.
The Eastern Han Dynasty changed the name to Shi'an Houguo (始安侯国). In the Three Kingdoms, it first belonged to Shu and then to Wu. In the first year of Ganlu (265), Shian County was set up, and the county seat was located in present-day Guilin.
In the Southern Dynasty, it was changed to Gui Prefecture. In the Sui and Tang dynasties, it was part of the Gui Prefecture of Lingnan. In the fourth year of the Tang Dynasty (621), Li Jing repaired the city to the south of Duxiu Peak. In the eighth year of Zhenguan (634), it was renamed Lingui County and belonged to Shi'an County of Guizhou. In the third year of Guanghua (900), it belonged to Jingjiang Jiedu.
In the early Tang Dynasty localities were set up as prefectures and counties. The 45 prefectures in Lingnan belonged to 5 prefectures, namely Guangzhou, Guizhou, Rongzhou, Yongzhou, and Annan (also known as the Five Prefectures of Lingnan). 655 onwards, all the 5 prefectures were subordinated to Guangzhou, and the prefects were called the Five Prefectures (Prefects) of Jingliu, who was appointed by the assassin of Guangzhou at the same time. 756 (the 6th year of Suzong's reign of Emperor Zhide), the five prefectures of Jingliu were elevated to be the Lingnan Prefects of the Lingnan Prefectures. 862 (the 3rd year of Yi's reign of Emperor Hamtong), Lingnan Prefectural Road was divided into the East and the West Roads, with the East Road ruling Guangzhou and the West Road ruling Yongzhou. Guangzhou in the east and Yongzhou in the west, which was the beginning of the division of the two provinces into east and west[4].
The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms successively belonged to the Chu and Southern Han Dynasty's Guizhou. In the Song Dynasty, it was formerly part of Gui Zhou of the Western Road of Guangnan, and then part of Jingjiang Prefecture.
The local administrative system of the Song Dynasty was divided into three levels: road, state (prefecture, military) and county. in 997 (the third year of Emperor Taizong Zhidao of the Song Dynasty), the Guangnan Road was divided into the Guangnan East Road and the Guangnan West Road, with the seat of the East Road at Guangzhou and the seat of the West Road at Guizhu[4] .
Yuan belonged to Huguang Province, and later belonged to Jingjiang Road of Guangxi Xingzhongshu Province. In the Ming and Qing dynasties, it belonged to Guilin Province of Guangxi.
In 1911, it was the capital of Guangxi Province; in 1914 (1912), it was renamed Guilin County; in 1940, it was established as Guilin City; from November 1944 to July 1945, it was occupied by the Japanese. After the restoration of the city, it became a city in Guangxi province.
In 1958, the city was renamed Guilin City of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, with the jurisdiction of Guilin City and its suburbs.
On July 1, 1981, and October 8, 1983, Yangshuo and Lingui were transferred to the jurisdiction of Guilin City.
On February 3, 1990, Gongcheng County was abolished, and Gongcheng Yao Autonomous County was set up.
On December 22, 1996, Guilin Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government implemented the zoning adjustment according to the plan approved by the State Council and the Autonomous Region, and changed the name of the suburb to Yanshan District.
On September 8, 1998, with the approval of the State Council, the city of Guilin was merged with the district of Guilin and a new city of Guilin was formed.
On January 18, 2013, Lingui County was abolished and Lingui District of Guilin City was established. [5-6]
2 Administrative divisions Edit
Guilin City is a world-famous scenic tour city and a famous Chinese historical and cultural city, and is the political, economic, cultural, scientific and technological center of the northeastern region of Guangxi
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Heart. Guilin City is now under the jurisdiction of six municipal districts, nine counties, two autonomous counties, the public commonly known as "five urban areas, eleven counties", namely, Xiufeng, Dancai, Qixing (Hi-tech), Xiangshan, Yanshan, Linggui District, and Lingchuan, Xing'an, Quanzhou, Guanyang, Resources, Yongfu, Yangshuo, Lipu, Pingle County, and the Longsheng Autonomous County and Gongcheng Yao Autonomous County. There are 165 township-level administrative districts. The municipal people's government is located in Lingui District. since 1995, Resource County has been an autonomous treatment county. [5]
Guilin city center
Main urban area
Xiangshan District
Xiufeng District
Qixing District
Diecai District
Linggui New District
Suburban areas
Other townships and villages outside of the former Lingui County, as well as the Yanshan District
Municipal districts: Xiufeng District, Dieshi District, Xiangshan District Qixing District, Yanshan District, Lingui District
Counties: Yangshuo County, Lingchuan County, Quanzhou County, Xing'an County, Yongfu County, Guanyang County, Resources County, Pingle County, Lipu County
Autonomous Counties: Longsheng Autonomous County, Gongcheng Yao Autonomous County
District Code
Name of the district
Area
(km2)
Government Location
All other townships outside of the former Lingui County, as well as the former Linggui District
Municipal District p>Government Location
Zip Code
450300
Guilin City
27809
Linggui District
541000
450302
Xiufeng District
54
Lijun Street
541000
450303
Yucai District
52
Beimen Street
541000
450304
Xiangshan District
88
Nanmen Street
541000
450305
Qixing District
83
Lidong Street
541000
450311
Yanshan District
288
Yanshan Street
541000
450312
Linggui District<
2202
Lingui Town
541199
450321
Yangshuo County
1428
Yangshuo Town
541900
450323
Lingchuan County
2287
Lingchuan Township
541200
450324
Quanzhou County
4021
Quanzhou Township
541500
450325
Xingan County
2344
Xingan Township
541300
450326
Yongfu County
2806
Yongfu Township
541800
450327
Guangyang County
1837
Guangyang Township
541600
450328
Longsheng Autonomous County
2538
Longsheng Township
541700
450329
Resource County
1954
Resource Township
541400
450330
Pingle County
1919
Pingle Township
542400
450331
Lipu County
1759
Lipu Township
546600
450332
Gongcheng Yao Autonomous County
Gongcheng Township
542500
3 Geography Edit
Location
Guilin is located in the southwestern part of the Nanling Mountain System, the northeastern part of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, and the southern end of the Xiang-Gui Corridor. It is adjacent to Hunan Province in the northeast. The Xiang-Gui Railway and the Li River run through it, and the Guiguang High-Speed Railway, which is under construction, crosses the whole territory, and three national highways, namely, 321, 322 and 323, pass through it. It is 109°36′ to 111°29′ east longitude and 24°15′ to 26°23′ north latitude, with an average elevation of 150 meters. It is bordered by Hunan Province in the north and northeast, Liuzhou City and Laibin City in the west and southwest, and Wuzhou City and Hezhou City in the south and southeast. [7]
Topography
Guilin is located in the southwestern part of the Nanling Mountain System, and is characterized by medium- and low-mountainous terrain, with karstic mountains, hills, and tablelands. Guilin is a typical karst terrain, high on both sides and low in the center, in a karst (karst) basin extending from northwest to southeast. [5]
Climate
Located at a low latitude, Guilin has a central subtropical monsoon climate. It has a mild climate, abundant rainfall, a long frost-free period, plenty of light, abundant heat, long summers and short winters, four distinct seasons and basically the same season of rain and heat, so the climatic conditions are very favorable. The average annual temperature is 19.3°C. July is the hottest month, with an average monthly temperature of 28°C, and January is the coldest month, with an average monthly temperature of 7.9°C. The average annual frost-free period is 309 days. The average annual frost-free period is 309 days, and the average annual rainfall is 1949.5 millimeters. The average evaporation is 1490～1905 millimeters. The average annual relative humidity is 73～79%. The wind direction throughout the year is mainly northerly, with an average wind speed of 2.2 to 2.7 meters per second. The average annual sunshine hours is 1670 hours. The average air pressure is 994.9 hPa. [8]
Soil
Located in the southwestern part of the Nanling Mountain System, Guilin belongs to the red loam soil belt, which is dominated by red loam. The pH is 4.5 to 6.5. According to its parent material of soil formation, it can be divided into 5 soil classes, 14 subclasses, 36 soil genera and 89 varieties, such as red loam, limestone soil, purple soil, impact soil and rice soil. The river alluvial parent material sandy loam and rice soil, with deep soil layers and good tillability, is a high production area for rice and vegetables. Medium-colored lime soil and black lime soil, suitable for dryland crops and forestry production. [9]
4Resource Status Edit
Mineral Resources
Guilin is rich in mineral resources, and the main types of minerals are hematite, pyrite, limonite, lead, zinc, tin, tungsten, aluminum, niobium, tantalum, manganese, talc, barite, fluorite, granite, limestone, marble, and so on more than 40 kinds of minerals, of which more than 30 kinds of proven to have a certain amount of reserves, and is located at the national top of 36 kinds of minerals in Guangxi Among 36 kinds of minerals, Guilin accounts for 17 kinds, of which marble, granite, limestone, talc are widely distributed, with large reserves, excellent quality, easy to mine, and broad prospects. [9]
Water Resources
Guilin's territory is densely populated with rivers, including the Li River, the Xiang River, the Luoqing River, the Xun River and the Zijiang River, and 65 tributaries with rainfall catchment areas of more than 100 square kilometers; Guilin's multi-year average total water volume is 40.381 billion cubic meters, and the rivers have a large drop, which makes them rich in water resources. The theoretical reserves of hydraulic energy is about 2.7 million kilowatts, and the developable amount is 1.07 million kilowatts, with great potential for development, and a number of hydroelectric power stations such as Quanzhou Tianhu Hydropower Station, which is the first ultra-thousand-meter high-head power station in Asia, have been built. [9]
Fauna and Flora
Animal Resources: Guilin has a large number of animal species, with 1,593 species belonging to 60 orders and 295 families. There are more than 400 species of terrestrial vertebrates, including clouded leopards, yellow-bellied horned wizards, pangolin beetles and civets, etc. There are 144 species of aquatic organisms, including precious baby fish and eels.
Plant resources: Guilin has more than 1,000 kinds of higher plants, including valuable species such as silver fir and ginkgo; the natural vegetation is dominated by pony-tailed pines, and the urban area is dominated by osmanthus trees, which is the city flower of Guilin. Forestry mainly produces cedar and moso bamboo, Guilin City has a forest area of 1,215,600 hectares, with a forest savings of 37,744,200 cubic meters, which can provide more than 400,000 cubic meters of timber and more than 16 million moso bamboo every year. [9]
5Population edit
Guilin has a total population of 4.74 million. It has a total area of 27,800 square kilometers, of which 2,785 square kilometers are in the city district, with a population of 1.4 million people in the city district. Guilin has more than a dozen ethnic minorities, including Zhuang, Yao, Hui, and Miao, with a population of 734,700 ethnic minorities. [5]
Population data for Guilin districts (counties)
Name of district
Resident population (November 2010)
Household population
(end of 2010)
Specialization
(%)
Population density per km2
Population density
Total
Guilin City
4747963
100
170.73
5189562
Xiufeng District
156504
3.30
2898.22
109558
Yucai District
170628
3.59
3281.31
138569
Xiangshan District
275284
5.80
3128.23
234509
Seventh Star District
297029
6.26
3578.66
197595
Yanshan District
76,193
1.60
264.56
76,996
Yangshuo County
272,222,323
5.73
190.63
314745
Linggui District
443994
9.35
201.63
489420
Lingchuan County
350832
7.39<
153.40
377027
Quanzhou County
633174
13.34
157.47
817664
Xing'an County
329507
6.94
140.57
379458
Yongfu County
233504
4.92
83.22
283902
Guangyang County
233598
4.92
127.16
< p>291095Longsheng Autonomous County
154889
3.26
61.03
176864
Resource County
146824
3.09
75.14
173004
Pingle County
370455
7.80
193.05
445865
Lipu County
352472
7.42
200.38
384816
Gongcheng Yao Autonomous County
250853
5.28
116.73
298475
6Social Editorial
Cultural Program
In 2011, there were 15 performing arts groups, 10 cultural centers, 119 cultural stations, and 13 public **** libraries. City library collection information has been online into the information superhighway. Radio airwave coverage of 95%, TV coverage of 20%. [10]
Medical and health care
In 2011, there were 849 medical and health institutions of various types, with 12,200 beds and 12,830,000 health technicians. There are 16 health epidemic prevention and control institutions with 619 health technicians. There are a number of advanced equipments such as whole-body CT and ultrasonic instrument. [10]
Sports
Guilin has a high level of sports. Skills, gymnastics, weightlifting, diving and other programs, over the years for the country and autonomous regions to send 600 outstanding athletes, including Wang Weijian, Yan Weixia, Mo Huilan, Li Ting and other world-famous athletes. 1994 by the autonomous region was named Gymnastics City. Guilin has more than 1,000 sports venues and more than 10 amateur gymnasiums, which are capable of holding a variety of international and domestic competitions. In various sports competitions, Guilin athletes have won 5 world championships, 54 international (Asian) championships and 168 national championships. [11]
Environment
The quality of the urban environment has been ranked first for five consecutive years among 46 key cities in the country in a comprehensive assessment.In 2011, Guilin's forest coverage rate was 69.05%, and the ambient air quality in the urban area met or exceeded the national secondary standard, making it the inland city with the best air quality in the country. The rate of good air quality, the rate of drinking water source water quality compliance, and the rate of water quality compliance in urban waters functional areas have always remained 100%, the rate of harmless garbage treatment has also remained 100% in recent years, and the rate of sewage treatment is ranked among the top in the country. Guilin is ranked 15th in China's city quality of life list, and sixth in the list of China's top ten happiest cities. [9]
After large-scale renovation, Guilin's urban infrastructure is improving. There are five large and medium-sized water plants with an annual water supply of 90.38 million square meters of tap water. By the end of 2003, Guilin City had 4 sewage treatment plants with an annual sewage treatment capacity of 65.15 million tons. The urban green coverage rate of Guilin has reached 41.68%, and the green area of parks per capita has reached 11.44 square meters. The whole city has shown the world a unique style of "city in the landscape, landscape in the city, and city and landscape blending".
7 City Construction Editor
Beginning in 2004, the municipal government to improve urban infrastructure and public **** facilities, greening, beautification of the urban environment extends the tentacles to the small streets and alleys and communities. It has completed the renovation of 165 small streets and alleys, and in 2005 alone, the total length of the renovated roads was about 30 kilometers, with an area of about 450,000 square meters. [5]
The main features of Guilin's urban construction are "showing the mountains, connecting rivers and lakes, opening up walls and scenery, and increasing greenery and reducing dust". The "two rivers and four lakes" project, connecting the Li River, the Peach Blossom River, communicating with Rong Lake, Fir Lake, Gui Lake, Mulong Lake constitutes a water system around the city, diverting water into the lake, constructing eighteen famous bridges, reproducing the landscape of "thousands of peaks around the wild, a water embracing the city flow," and making the dream of a downtown tour on the water a reality. The dream of downtown tour on water became a reality. Guilin city basically completed the main and secondary roads renovation and fa?ade "wearing a hat" project, the establishment of a more advanced street light control network and night lighting system.
Guilin City, the length of the city levee reached 42.2 kilometers, after the successive construction of the Yushan drainage pumping station, Grate Garden drainage pumping station and other four pumping stations and a number of flood gates, are designed according to the flood control standard of one in 20 years, for the solution to the Guilin city of the flood within the external floods, to resist the "beast of the flood" invasion, to protect the lives of the masses of the safety of property tree up a road solid shield. Three reservoirs are planned to be built in the upper reaches of the Li River, raising Guilin's flood control to the standard of one in a hundred years.
Overview
Preliminary accounting, regional GDP of 165.790 billion yuan, an increase of 11%; organization of fiscal revenue of 18.037 billion yuan, an increase of 10.3%; investment in fixed assets of society as a whole of 139.032 billion yuan, an increase of 25.4%; the value-added of industry above the scale of 60.199 billion yuan, an increase of 18.8%; retail sales of consumer goods totaled 60.403 billion yuan, an increase of 12.6%; urban residents per capita disposable income of 24,552 yuan, farmers per capita net income of 8,361 yuan, an increase of 10.1%, 14.1%; consumer prices rose by 2.5%.
In 2012, the annual organization of financial income of 16.356 billion yuan, an increase of 15.2% over the previous year. Among them, the local public **** budget revenue of 10.601 billion yuan, an increase of 31.3%; on the central revenue of 4.272 billion yuan, down 6.8%. In the organization of fiscal revenue, tax revenue 11.688 billion yuan, an increase of 2.6%. Public **** budget expenditure of 26.135 billion yuan, an increase of 11.8%. [12]
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