Xiaoshan is located in the southern wing of the Yangtze River Delta, the most economically active region in China, and is the southern gate of Hangzhou, with an area of 1,420 square kilometers and a population of 1,176,600 people. Xiaoshan was founded as a county in 2 AD, abolished the county and established a city in 1988, and became a new administrative district of Hangzhou, the capital city of Zhejiang Province, in 2001. It has Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport, which is ranked as one of the top ten airports in China, and is only 180 kilometers and 150 kilometers away from Shanghai Port and Ningbo Port. There is a dense network of railroads and highways in the city, with a highway density of 140 km/100 km2, which has formed a 40-minute traffic circle in the area and a convenient transportation network with 20-minute access to the highway. At present, the second phase of the airport, Jiangdong Bridge, the river tunnel, the subway is being launched and construction, and realize the "seamless docking" with Hangzhou, and strive to become Hangzhou's "Pudong New Area".
Xiaoshan's economy is strong, culture is prosperous, and society is harmonious. since 2001, the comprehensive strength has been ranked 7th in the national counties (cities and districts) for five consecutive years, and 1st in Zhejiang Province. It has won the titles of "National Star County (City)", "National Top Ten Wealthy Counties (City)", "National Healthy City", "Provincial Civilized City", etc., and is the first batch of well-off counties (cities) in Zhejiang Province.
Xiaoshan, the source of civilization in Zhejiang
Xiaoshan has a long history, and is a place of great talent. The Cross Lake Bridge culture site in the territory has a history of 8,000 years, more than 1,000 years earlier than the Hemudu culture, the history of civilization in Zhejiang is therefore shifted forward by 1,000 years, and Xiaoshan has thus become the birthplace of Zhejiang civilization.
Xianghu Lake, which has a long history, became famous earlier than the West Lake, and is known for its beautiful scenery, along with the water and the mountains, and the river and the lake. Adjacent to the Xianghu Lake, the story of King Goujian, the king of Vietnam, is a household name and has been passed down through the ages. He Zhizhang, a great poet of Tang Dynasty, Ge Yunfei, a national hero, Cai Dongfan, a historical writer, Ren Bonian, a famous painter, and Tang Shouqian, a modern politician, and other historical celebrities of their literary and military strategies have left a glorious chapter for Xiaoshan.
As the birthplace of Zhejiang civilization, Xiaoshan's ancient civilization and modern civilization reflect each other, the strong economy and culture complement each other, and material civilization, political civilization, spiritual civilization and ecological civilization blossom side by side, embarking on the road of sustainable development of production development, affluent life, ecological well-being and civilization development.
Adhering to the historical lineage, Xiaoshan people have formed a unique entrepreneurial culture, which created the "Xiaoshan Spirit" of "running competitively and standing at the head of the tide". From the "spirit of poldering", to the "spirit of 4,000", which is the "spirit of going through thousands of mountains and rivers, enduring thousands of hardships, speaking thousands of words, and thinking of thousands of ways and means", Xiaoshan people have formed a unique entrepreneurial culture, creating the "Xiaoshan spirit", The "four robbing spirit" of "grabbing the first train, grabbing the tide of fish, grabbing the boat against the wind, grabbing into the fast lane", "dare to compare with the strong, dare to fight with the brave, dare to climb to the high, dare to race with the fast", "four dare spirit", "four dares spirit", "four dares spirit", "four dares spirit", "four dares spirit", "four dares spirit", "four dares spirit", "four dares spirit". The spirit of Xiaoshan has different forms of manifestation in different historical periods, but all of them have the essential connotation of "running competitively and standing at the head of the tide". Nowadays, Xiaoshan people enrich and develop the Xiaoshan Spirit with the times, evolving it into a vivid practice of integrating into Hangzhou, constructing new Xiaoshan and leading the new development, and it is becoming a powerful driving force to promote the construction of affluent and harmonious modernized Xiaoshan.
Xiaoshan, the richest economy in Zhejiang
In recent years, the gross domestic product (GDP) of Xiaoshan has been growing at an average annual rate of about 20%. 2005, Xiaoshan realized a GDP of 58.805 billion yuan, up 17.3% year-on-year, with a per capita GDP of more than 6,000 U.S. dollars; and realized a total financial income of 6.428 billion yuan, of which 3.095 billion yuan of local revenue, up 20.1% and 20.2%, respectively. The total financial income of 6.428 billion yuan, of which 3.095 billion yuan of local revenue, respectively, an increase of 20.1% and 20.4%, the main economic and social development indicators are listed first in the province.
Xiaoshan has a superior investment environment, has been rated for two consecutive years by the Taiwan Electrical and Electronic Industries Association as "highly recommended investment cities (urban areas)" No. 1, becoming the first choice for Taiwanese businessmen to invest in mainland China. The good investment environment has attracted more than 1,000 foreign investors from more than 40 countries and regions, including famous multinational corporations such as GE of the U.S.A., Yamaha of Japan and Ericsson of Sweden, etc. In 2005, the region's contracted utilized foreign capital of 585 million U.S. dollars, the actual utilization of foreign capital of 318 million U.S. dollars, and the value of imports and exports reached 5.1 billion U.S. dollars.
Industry is the main engine of Xiaoshan's vigorous economic development. The development of textile industry is unstoppable, with China's textile production base reputation; down enterprises in the world's annual output of raw wool accounted for 2/3 of the same industry, the world's down capital of the name; machinery industry on behalf of the enterprise Wanxiang Group, its automobile spare parts to become a U.S. GM, Ford's specialties; chemical industry leader Transfar Group, the momentum of development is rapid, and the world's top 500 enterprises in Japan, a powerful combination of flower king; hold China's reputation as the hometown of steel structure, and the world's top 500 companies. The reputation of the hometown of steel structure, Xiaoshan people built China's first steel structure building Wuhan Securities Building ...... industrial industrial upgrading rapid progress, technological transformation to enhance the traditional industries, enhance the core competitiveness of enterprises, the region has 14 Chinese famous brand, in the National Bureau of Statistics released for the first time in 2005, the competitiveness of the top 500 enterprise groups Xiaoshan has 12 groups on the list.
The private economy of Xiaoshan has flourished, with 27 enterprises entering the top 500 private enterprises in China. The rapid development of urban agriculture has led to the formation of five leading industries, namely, flowers, animal husbandry, aquaculture, vegetables, tea and fruits, and enjoys the reputation of "the hometown of flowers and trees in China". The tertiary industry is developing rapidly, the annual market turnover reached 30.14 billion yuan, Business City, New Century Market Park, China Textile Purchasing Expo City, Steel Logistics Center and other four 10 billion yuan market is progressing well. Block economy continues to grow, the region's 22 towns are all listed in the national top 1,000 towns, of which 5 towns into the ranks of the country's top 100 towns.
Currently, Xiaoshan is making every effort to build five new industrial bases of automotive electronics, CNC equipment, information software, biotechnology, precision molds, and vigorously develop new industries. State-level Xiaoshan Economic and Technological Development Zone and two provincial-level development zones, Jiangdong and Linjiang, have become the main base for building advanced manufacturing industry in Zhejiang. The Qianjiang Century City, with a planned area of 22.74 square kilometers, will strive to become Hangzhou's CBD in the south of the Yangtze River.
Thanks to the rapid development of the economy, the people's living standards continue to improve, and the per capita net income of the rural residents and the per capita disposable income of the urban residents amounted to RMB 9,498 yuan and RMB 18,884 yuan respectively, an increase of 10.1% and 13.2% respectively. The region's 1.17 million people **** 550,000 people into the social pension insurance "safety net", enterprise workers' pension insurance, industrial injury insurance, unemployment insurance and maternity insurance has realized the basic full coverage of the province and even the country's leading annual fund-raising of more than 50 million yuan for the region's 70 years of age and above, rural elderly people were issued with a 70 yuan / month? 6?1 people's living allowance, urban registered unemployment rate of 3.21%. The participation rate of new rural cooperative medical care reached 96.84%, basically universalized 15 years of education, and strive to achieve urban and rural integration and coordinated development.
Xiaoshan, Zhejiang leisure resort
In April this year, the first World Leisure Expo opened in Xiaoshan, Xiaoshan became the focus of world attention. "A lake (Xianghu Lake) and three gardens (Hangzhou Leisure Expo Park, Hangzhou Century Style Park, Oriental Culture Park)", as the main venue of the six-month Leisure Expo, has become a new business card of leisure tourism in Xiaoshan. Xianghu Lake with a long history has left many beautiful legends, and the beautiful "Eight Scenes of Xianghu Lake" make people forget to come back. "A lake and three gardens" since the opening of the park, **** reception of domestic and foreign tourists 4,445,300 people, realizing operating income of 709 million yuan. Driven by this, from January to August this year, the region realized 5.366 billion yuan of tourism revenue, an increase of 276.5%; total retail sales of consumer goods 9.747 billion yuan, an increase of 21.4%, Xiaoshan's economy has been gradually transformed from the industrial "one branch of the show" to the secondary and tertiary industries, "dual-wheel drive". Xiaoshan's economy has gradually transformed from industrial "one-horse" to secondary and tertiary industries' "double-wheel drive". This year, Xiaoshan has also been named "Top Ten Tourism and Leisure Cities in Zhejiang Province" and "Top Ten Tourism and Leisure Cities in East China".
"August 18 tide, spectacular world no", Xiaoshan is the preferred place to watch the tide of the Qianjiang River, since ancient times for the world's wonders, known as the world's first tide. For thousands of years, the Qianjiang River tide to swallow clouds and roll the moon's majestic posture and the charm of the mountains and rivers, so that the Chinese and foreign tourists breathtaking, but also created the Xiaoshan open atmosphere of the mind and temperament. 8-10 October, Xiaoshan successfully held the 2006 China International (Xiaoshan) Qianjiang River Tide Festival and the fourth China Umbrella Festival.
"Leisure, make our life better!" The rise of the leisure boom is the objective requirements of Xiaoshan's economic development, but also a true reflection of the Xiaoshan people's affluent and better life. Xiaoshan per capita GDP has exceeded 6,000 U.S. dollars, the people's spiritual and cultural consumption has begun to upgrade, culture and entertainment, tourism and leisure in the ascendant. Investment of tens of billions of yuan, with tourism ten four-star hotels and ten leisure and entertainment attractions construction focusing on tourism "double ten" project construction is in full swing. Hangzhou Eco-park, mountain people, Yunshi Resort, the provincial agricultural high-tech demonstration park, Zhejiang Flower and Wood City, a number of natural ecological tourism areas gradually emerged. Star-level hotels and guest houses are lined up, with a number of four-star or above foreign hotels, Zhejiang's tallest building Kaiyuan Mingdu Hotel stands proudly in the center of the city. The annual China International (Xiaoshan) Qianjiang River Tide Festival and Xiaoshan Dujia Plum Festival are in full swing, attracting a large number of domestic and foreign tourists. A number of cultural and sports facilities with first-class equipment are spread all over the city and the countryside. Buildings become taller, roads become wider, streetscape becomes beautiful, the old have to rely on, the quality of the residents is improving, Xiaoshan to the world to show the leisure of the city think.
At present, Xiaoshan is in an important development period to promote economic, urban and social strategic transformation and upgrading, Xiaoshan will adhere to the pioneering development, scientific development, innovative development, integrated development, harmonious development, vigorously implement the strategy of integrating into the Great Hangzhou, the strategy of industrial leapfrogging, the strategy of urban and rural areas in a comprehensive manner, the strategy of constructing a large culture, the strategy of environmental upgrading, and be brave enough to strive to live in the tight, fast in the good, stable and progressive, and to be first in the strong, to integrate into the great Hangzhou, and to be first in the strong.
To integrate into Hangzhou, build a new Xiaoshan, lead the new development, constantly consolidate and strengthen the position of Hangzhou as the leading goose, Zhejiang as the pacesetter, and China as the forerunner, and endeavor to build a rich and harmonious new Xiaoshan.
Honor Xiaoshan
National Top Ten Wealthy Counties (Municipalities)
National Star Counties (Municipalities)
China's Textile Production Base
Hometown of Flowers and Trees in China
China's Down Capital
China's Lace Capital
China's Steel Structure Industrial Base
China's Automobile Parts Production National Healthy City
The First Batch of Well-off Counties (Cities) in Zhejiang Province
The First Batch of Civilized Urban Areas in Zhejiang Province (Provided by the Organizing Committee of the 2006 National Forum on the Development of Strong Towns)
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