Longyan is located in the western part of Fujian Province, commonly known as western Fujian.
It is located in the border area of Fujian, Guangdong and Gan, bordering Quanzhou and Zhangzhou in the east, Ganzhou City in Jiangxi Province in the west, Meizhou City in Guangdong Province in the south and Sanming City in the north.
Longyan is about 192 kilometers long from east to west and 182 kilometers wide from north to south, with a total area of 19,100 square kilometers, accounting for 15.7% of the province's land area.
The terrain of the city area is tilted from northeast to southwest, showing high in the east and low in the west, with an average altitude of 460 meters, and the mountains and hills account for 94.8% of the city's total area.
Longyan has a subtropical maritime monsoon climate, with an average annual temperature of 18.5℃~20.8℃, an average annual precipitation of 1723mm~2019mm, and an annual sunshine hours of 1442 hours~1693 hours, with a mild climate, a long frost-free period, abundant rainfall, no severe cold in winter, no scorching heat in summer, and evergreen seasons, which makes it suitable for the growth of subtropical crops and forest trees.
Administrative history:
In Longyan City, the jurisdiction of the history of the first establishment of local power is in the Western Jin Dynasty Taikang three years (282 AD) set up Xinluo County (county seat in the territory of today's Changting County), now Longyan City, Longyan City, known as the ancient town of bitter grass for the Xinluo County, under the jurisdiction of the county, has a history of more than 1,700 years.
Tang Kaiyuan twenty-four years (AD 736 years), Xinluo County, located in the town of bitter grass, Tang Tianbao first year (AD 742 years), Xinluo County, renamed Longyan County, the fourth year of the Dali (AD 769 years) set Changting County.
In the fifth year of Song Chunhua (994 AD), Shanghang County and Wuping County were set up.
Liancheng County was established in Shaoxing 3rd year of the Southern Song Dynasty (1133 AD), and renamed Liancheng County in the 6th year of Yuan Zhizheng (1346 AD).
Ming Chenghua seven years (AD 1471) set Zhangping County.
In the 14th year of Ming Dynasty (1478 AD), Yongding County was established.
In September 1981, Longyan County was changed to Longyan City with the approval of the State Council.
In September 1990, Zhangping County was changed to Zhangping City with the approval of the State Council.
In May 1997 approved by the State Council Longyan withdrew from the city, the former Longyan District was reorganized into a prefecture-level city, the former county-level Longyan City was reorganized into Xinluo District.
Longyan City is now under the jurisdiction of Xinluo District, Zhangping City and Changting, Liancheng, Shanghang, Wuping, Yongding five counties, under the 123 townships, 11 street offices.
In 2001, the city's total population was 2.87 million.
City *** is located in Xinluo District, the center of the city's population of 264,000 people, the urban built-up area of 25 square kilometers.
City characteristics:
1, Longyan is being gradually upgraded transportation key.
Longyan City, east of Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Quanzhou, south of Guangdong Meizhou, west of Jiangxi Ganzhou, both the Xiamen Special Economic Zone, the hinterland of the Golden Triangle of southern Fujian open area, but also the frontier in the interior, is the Fujian, Guangdong and Gan provinces of the main traffic and distribution of materials, the coast and the interior of the transition zone and economic corridor.
National Highway 319, 205 through the entire territory of western Fujian, Zhangzhou-Longyan Expressway (Longyan section) has been fully open, Zhang (Ping) Quan (State) Railway and Eagle (Tam) Xiamen (Gate) Railway intersection in Zhangping City.
Fujian out of the province's third railroad, connecting East China and South China's important channel Mei (state) Kan (city) Railway has been put into operation, Liancheng Airport civil aviation has been opened, connected to the Beijing-Kowloon line Ganzhou to Longyan railroad has been opened to traffic and operation.
Longyan's position as an important transportation hub connecting the southeastern coast with the mainland is constantly upgraded, and the location advantage is increasingly prominent.
2. Longyan is a famous old revolutionary area in China.
As early as 1926, party organizations were established in western Fujian, and in 1929, the Red Army entered Fujian three times to create revolutionary bases, and western Fujian became an important part of the Central Soviet Area.
***, Zhou Enlai, Zhu De, Chen Yi and other proletarian revolutionaries of the old generation have led the revolutionary movement in western Fujian.
In December 1929, *** hosted the famous Gutian Conference in Gutian, Shanghang.
During the Second Domestic Revolutionary War, until the liberation of the mainland, the red regime in western Fujian and the achievements of the land revolution have been preserved, known as "the red flag will not fall for 20 years".
The people of western Fujian made great sacrifices and significant contributions to the establishment of new China during the long revolutionary struggle.
There are 23,700 registered revolutionary martyrs in the city, and 68 people were awarded the rank of Major General or above in 1955, among which there are Liu Yalou and Yang Chengwu as generals.
After liberation, those who have served as leaders of the Party and the country include Deng Zicui, Zhang Dingcheng, Chen Pixian, Yang Chengwu and so on.
3. Longyan is a golden treasure rich in resources.
There are many varieties of mineral resources and large reserves.
Metallic minerals are iron, manganese, copper, lead, zinc, rare earth, molybdenum, tungsten, gold and other 28 kinds.
Non-metallic minerals are coal, limestone, marble, kaolin, bentonite and more than 30 kinds.
The city has proven reserves of 26 kinds of minerals, according to expert estimates, of which 17 kinds of major mineral deposits raw ore value of more than 75 billion yuan.
There are 11 kinds of proven reserves accounted for the province's first.
Among them, 540 million tons of iron ore reserves, accounting for 80% of the province; kaolin reserves of more than 72.39 million tons of raw ore, accounting for 44% of the province; 660 million tons of coal reserves, accounting for 49% of the province; Zijinshan Copper is the country's second-largest copper mine found in recent years.
Hydraulic resources are rich, the theoretical reserves of hydraulic energy 2.08 million kilowatts, can be developed 1.408 million kilowatts.
The national key project, Cotton Beach Hydropower Station with an installed capacity of 600,000 kilowatts has been connected to the grid.
The forest coverage rate is 78.6%, with a forest volume of 7023 cubic meters and 240 million mosaic bamboo, making it one of the three largest forest areas in Fujian Province.
The richness of material resources, Yongding baking tobacco has the reputation of "South Lake Ruigao", is the representative of the national clear aroma type of baking tobacco, "Changting Hetian Chicken" is one of the country's three famous chickens.
The local specialties represented by the "eight dried Minxi" are famous both at home and abroad.
4. Longyan is a rising tourist destination.
The "Red Journey" represented by the "Old Site of Gutian Conference" and the "Hakka Journey" represented by Yongding Tulou are rich in unique tourism resources; the national A-level nature reserve Meihuashan, which has a total area of about 1,000 square kilometers, is the most popular tourist destination in the world. Meihuashan, a national nature reserve with a circumference of 1,600 square kilometers, with well-preserved primitive vegetation, inhabited by South China tigers and other rare animals, preserving a number of rare species of plants, is the ideal place for a "green journey" back to nature; the Danxia landform of the national scenic area of Liancheng Guanzhi Mountain, a set of majestic, beautiful, deep as one, the lakes and mountains, and the color of the mountains. The formation of 300 million years ago in the Xinluo Longkong Cave, the scenery is strange, known as "East China's first hole"; water area of 65 square kilometers of the Dragon Lake water scenery is being developed.
5, Longyan is known at home and abroad as the ancestral home of the Hakka and the famous overseas Chinese.
Fujian is the main Hakka ancestral land and one of the settlement, the city's seven counties (cities, districts) in five counties of the residents of the Hakka people.
The Hakka culture, architecture, folklore and customs in western Fujian are profound, colorful and unique.
China's famous historical and cultural city of Tingzhou, known as the "capital of the Hakka", Tingjiang River is known as the "mother river of the Hakka"; the representative of the traditional Hakka dwellings Yongding Tulou, with its unique architectural style and art, known as the "world's architectural history of the Tulou", "the world's architectural history of the Hakka". The representative of traditional Hakka dwellings, Yongding Tulou, with its unique architectural style and art, is known as the "wonder of the world's architectural history"; Shanghang Nimtian Li Clan Ancestral Hall, which was built in 16th year of Daoguang in Qing Dynasty, is known as the "home base of Southeast Asia's Li Clansmen".
The city's overseas Chinese and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan more than 300,000 people, many of whom are in Southeast Asia, politics, business celebrities and industrialists.
In November 2000, the 16th World Hakka Congress was held in our city, and more than 3,500 representatives of Hakka from all over the world gathered in Longyan.
National economic and social development:
In 2002, the city's gross domestic product (GDP) amounted to 25.786 billion yuan, an increase of 9.5%, 0.5 percentage points higher than the planned target.
Among them, the primary industry grew by 4.3%, 0.2 percentage points lower than the planned target; the secondary industry grew by 12.6%, 2.6 percentage points higher than the planned target; the tertiary industry grew by 9.6%, 0.9 percentage points lower than the planned target.
The GDP growth rate was 2.4 percentage points higher than the previous year, and the fixed asset investment reversed the continuous decline.
The economic operation in 2002 was mainly characterized by the following:
The rural economic operation was relatively stable, and the structural adjustment of agriculture was steadily promoted.
The total output value of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery in the city amounted to 9.37 billion yuan, an increase of 4.9%.
Grain crops decreased, and cash crops and other crops developed faster.
Agricultural industrialization process accelerated, animal husbandry and aquaculture industry development momentum.
Industrial production rebounded rapidly, and efficiency improved significantly.
The annual industrial output value of above-scale 13.96 billion yuan, an increase of 15.9%, the city's above-scale industrial economic efficiency index of 177.6%, 37.6 percentage points higher than the previous year; product sales revenue growth of 23.8%; total profit and tax growth of 20.6%, of which the total profit increased by 46.2%.
Fixed asset investment climbed strongly.
The social investment in fixed assets completed 5.95 billion yuan, an increase of 9.5%, 2.5 percentage points higher than the planned target.
Among them, the completion of 2.65 billion yuan of capital investment, an increase of 16.1%; 1.36 billion yuan of investment in technological innovation, an increase of 3.8%; real estate development investment to complete 630 million yuan, an increase of 17.3%; other investment completed 1.31 billion yuan, the same as the previous year.
Consumer market stabilized and tend to live, urban and rural residents income growth.
The total retail sales of consumer goods for the year amounted to 6.45 billion yuan, an increase of 10.6%, 0.6 percentage points higher than the planned target.
The total level of consumer prices fell by 0.1%.
Automobile consumption tends to thrive, communications, tourism, education and other services consumption continues to maintain a faster growth momentum.
The per capita disposable income of urban residents in the city was 8,543 yuan, an increase of 9.5%.
The city's farmers per capita net income of 3206 yuan, an increase of 4.2%.
Fiscal revenue continued to grow, financial operation is stable.
The city's total fiscal revenue of 3.79 billion yuan, an increase of 11.3%, of which 1.34 billion yuan of local revenue, an increase of 15%, respectively, exceeding the budget by 2.1 and 9 percentage points.
At the end of the year, the city's financial institutions RMB 12.74 billion yuan loan balance, an increase of 9.9%; RMB 17.78 billion yuan deposit balance, an increase of 16.8%.
The city's financial institutions have a balance of 12.74 billion yuan in loans, an increase of 9.9%.
The actual utilization of foreign capital for the year 30.39 million U.S. dollars, an increase of 35%, less than the planned target of 9.61 million U.S. dollars.
Foreign trade exports of 50.32 million U.S. dollars, an increase of 11.5%, to complete the annual plan.
The implementation of project-driven strategy to achieve new breakthroughs.
The whole society has formed a "grasp the project is to grasp the development, seize the project to seize the development" of the *** knowledge, the city *** developed a "three hundred" project plan.
In 2002, the city's key construction projects 41, completed investment of 2.43 billion yuan, accounting for 88% of the annual investment plan.
Zhanglong high-speed (Longyan section), Longyan Green Source Artificial Board Factory MDF production line, the provincial grain reserve, Longyan Tobacco Factory off-site expansion, Makeng Iron Ore a phase of the development of lean swine industrialization project, Longyan Railway West Terminal and a number of key projects have been completed and put into production; Ganlong Railway (Fujian section), Liancheng (Guanzhi Mountain) Airport Expansion Project, Longjing Environmental Protection Co. Ltd. environmental protection equipment production base, Chaoda Group Liancheng agricultural production base, Zijinshan gold mine solid waste comprehensive remediation project, Longyan Library and other projects on schedule to complete the investment plan; Longyan Avenue Phase II, suitable for a number of infrastructure projects through the Yongding Fushihi to the Sanshuling Highway, Yong (An) Zhang (Ping) Highway and other infrastructure projects to enter into the scale of the construction; Longyan Kengkou Thermal Power Plant, Longyan Changting Expressway, Bisha Reservoir power station, Zijinshan copper mine, Jiujiang River North Creek (Longyan), Longyi Longyan Railway (Fujian section), and a number of key projects have been completed. The major projects such as Jiujiang River North Stream (Longyan section) Flood Control Phase I Project, Yongfu Stream Watershed Stage Development Phase I Project (Nanpanshi Power Station), Wuping Jiewen Reservoir and other major projects have made breakthrough progress in advancing the work, and entered the stage of preparation for the commencement of the construction phase; the Longxia Railway, the second source of water for Longyan City, the Longhu Lake Tourism Development, and other major projects, the pre-projects have been progressing smoothly.
The construction of these major projects and the advancement of preliminary work has greatly enhanced the city's development momentum.
In addition, the overall progress of the national debt program is good.
The city with the provincial *** signed the responsibility of the state bond project 76 in construction, with a total investment of 1.64 billion yuan, of which 388 million yuan of state bond investment.
By the end of 2002, 66 projects have been completed or basically completed, the project completion rate of 92%, ranking third in the province.
The construction of national bond projects to enhance investment in fixed assets, promote the development of social undertakings, pulling the city's economic growth has played an important role.
All social programs have made new progress.
The development of education accelerated in 2002, the arrangement of 46 primary and secondary schools in the reconstruction of dilapidated buildings of the state bond project has been completed, Longyan College construction project, primary and secondary school layout adjustment, junior high and high school class expansion and other work is progressing smoothly; scientific and technological system reforms to further deepen the environment for technological innovation continues to improve; family planning for 13 consecutive years to complete the provincial control targets, the population growth to maintain a stable low fertility The reform of medical and health care system is gradually deepening, and the competitive situation in the medical service market is initially formed; the informatization of the national economy and society is steadily advancing, and the "Digital Fujian - Western Fujian Project" is being implemented smoothly; it has gained the qualification of hosting the Thirteenth Provincial Games in 2006; the culture, publication, broadcasting and television are becoming more prosperous, and a number of key projects of the social undertakings are being implemented smoothly, and the effectiveness of spiritual civilization is also being improved. Key projects have been successfully implemented, and the effectiveness of spiritual civilization is obvious.
Economic operation and social development still have some outstanding problems.
Mainly: productive investment is small, the total economic growth is not large; industrialization and urbanization level is not high, the regional economic development is not balanced; agricultural efficiency is relatively slow, the difficulty of farmers to increase their incomes; the employment situation is more serious; local ecological and environmental problems are still prominent.