Quwo has outstanding advantages in location, geography, climate and resources. From the Yellow Emperor to the Yaoshun period, it has always been a place suitable for agriculture, forest and living. No matter in the farming era, feudal society or even capitalist period, it is famous for its wealth. There are mountains, waters and plains here, and the natural environment with pleasant scenery has also become a prerequisite for the capital of Jin State more than 2,800 years ago. During the reign of several generations of Duke Hou of Jin, such as Emperor Wu of Jin and Jin Wengong, there was a scene of "the state of Jin belongs to Moqiang". At that time, there were a considerable scale of handicrafts such as smelting, casting, textile printing and dyeing, tanning, pottery making, etc., and there was a situation of "golden jade and its car were defeated" in business. During the Qin, Han, Sui, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, the development of handicrafts and commerce reached its peak, showing a prosperous scene of "enriching the people in the north". The development of tobacco industry, in particular, once dominated Shanxi and even northern China for hundreds of years. During the Wanli period of Ming Dynasty, Zhang Shiying introduced tobacco seeds and cultivation techniques from Fujian. After gradual planting and promotion, the county's tobacco planting area reached a maximum of 6.5438+0.7 million mu, accounting for about 27% of the cultivated land at that time, with an annual output of more than 7,000 tons of tobacco. Dry tobacco came into being. At the peak, there were more than 100 tobacco workshops with an annual output of more than 5,000 tons of cut tobacco. Its quality is well-known at home and abroad in Sanjin. Exported to Mongolia, Russia and other countries and regions. One industry prospers the country and all industries flourish. In the mid-Qing Dynasty, merchants gathered in the county, with many shops and nearly a thousand businessmen, among which bank numbers and money houses all rose and fell with the drought.

In the past century, due to the oppression of imperialism, feudalism and bureaucratic capitalism, Quwo's economy was on the verge of collapse on the eve of liberation.

"Castle Peak cannot be covered, after all, it flows eastward". After the birth of New China, under the leadership of China, Quwo's economic development entered a period of comprehensive revitalization, especially the great achievements made in the past 40 years of reform and opening up, far exceeding the historical process of thousands of years.

Especially since the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan", in accordance with the deployment requirements of provinces and cities, Quwo County has closely focused on the implementation of the three strategies of "strong industrial county, beautiful urban construction county and strong cultural county" and the construction of "the province's 10 million tons of steel base, the province's largest facility vegetable base and the national bronze inscription".

R&D base ",vigorously promote the" 55101"project (that is, build five industrial parks, pay close attention to five agricultural projects, implement ten series of urban construction projects, create fine tourist routes, and promote a number of livelihood projects), and the county's economy and society have maintained a good momentum of healthy and rapid development. In recent years, in the annual comprehensive assessment of Linfen City, Quwo County has been ranked as an excellent county and city for three consecutive years: 20 12, 20 13 and 20 14. In 20 12 and 20 13 years, it was rated as "advanced county in county economic development" by the provincial party committee and government. In terms of urban and rural construction, in accordance with the development concept of building a "big county", more than 30 projects in 10 series, including infrastructure, public welfare services and commercial housing, with a total area of 3.6 square kilometers, have been vigorously promoted in Dongcheng New District. At present, the new district has formed a framework of two vertical and two horizontal roads, and all public service facilities such as Jinyuan, Jindun Cultural Center, Shopping Plaza, County People's Hospital, Xinlechang Middle School, New Vocational Middle School, and Xinxianzhi Kindergarten have been put into use, and projects such as residential quarters for 10,000 people and star-rated hotels are being stepped up.

20 15 according to the general idea of "one city, three districts, one body and two wings", while stepping up the construction of Dongcheng New District and the transformation of the central city, the overall planning for the construction of Xicheng New District has also been fully rolled out. By the end of the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan", the size of the county has expanded to 12.2 square kilometers, and the permanent population has reached 65,438+10,000; In rural construction, taking the opportunity of building beautiful and livable villages as an opportunity, the "five districts and one center" construction projects such as Qucun Kujin Characteristic Scenic Area, Xihai Village Jinguo Folk Area, Xinghai Ecological Recreation Area, Agricultural Cultural Experience Area, Trade Snacks Area, Modern Agricultural Sightseeing Area and Tourist Reception Center were planned and implemented with high standards. After the project is completed, it will become a model and model for the construction of beautiful and livable rural areas in Linfen City and even Shanxi Province. In the development of social undertakings, closely following the education, health, culture, social security and other issues that the broad masses are concerned about, high-standard construction has been completed, such as Xinlechang Middle School, New Vocational Middle School, New County Kindergarten, New Special Education Center, Youth Activity Center, safety renovation of primary and secondary school buildings, reconstruction and expansion of village-level kindergartens, and relocation of Quwo No.2 Middle School, which has greatly improved the education and teaching environment in the county. Open recruitment 129 college graduates enrich the ranks of primary and secondary school teachers, and the county's education teachers have been significantly enhanced. The number of people with more than two college entrance examinations exceeded 1,000, an increase of 12.2% compared with the end of the 11th Five-Year Plan. Implementation of county people's hospital and county hospital of traditional Chinese medicine outpatient building, inpatient building and other related facilities, as well as rural secondary hospitals, health centers and other projects. Among them, the county people's hospital was identified as one of the 500 county-level hospitals supported by the state, and the county Chinese medicine hospital was rated as a "second-class first-class" hospital and an advanced county-level Chinese medicine hospital. Quwo County has stepped into the ranks of advanced counties in traditional Chinese medicine, becoming one of the counties and cities in Shanxi Province 1 1, and the only one in Linfen City. The comprehensive reform of county-level public hospitals has been comprehensively promoted, and the three-level medical service system in counties and villages has been gradually improved. More than 90% patients in the county have not left the county seat, and the environment and conditions for people to seek medical treatment have been further improved; We will fully implement the construction project of three-level public cultural service facilities in counties and villages, promote the reform of cultural institutions, and the development of cultural undertakings in the county will reach a new level. The county cultural center was rated as a national second-class library by the Ministry of Culture twice in a row, and the county library was rated as a national county-level first-class library four times in a row. The township comprehensive cultural station was fully built, the village-level cultural activity room and farmer's bookstore were fully covered, and the county-level rural three-level public cultural service network was fully formed. The renovation of dilapidated houses in rural areas and the construction of affordable housing in cities, which are related to the housing security of people in difficulty, have been steadily promoted year by year. The county has started to build 2,772 sets of affordable housing, and completed the renovation of 2,200 dilapidated houses in rural areas, greatly improving the living conditions of poor people in urban and rural areas. Social security work, such as endowment insurance, medical insurance, and urban and rural subsistence allowances, is running healthily, with the scope constantly expanding and the standards constantly improving. The "five full coverage" and "five practical things" newly promulgated by the provincial party Committee and the provincial government were successfully completed; The 100 km circular road renovation project in counties and townships was implemented, which completely solved the problem of "no roads in counties and townships". We will build antique landmark buildings and ecological landscapes at the county and city exits with high standards, and build 15-star public toilets at the main streets and crowded places in the county. A number of antique steel bus stations have been built to a high standard, which greatly enhanced the image and taste of the city. Complete the construction of domestic waste harmless landfill, and realize the full coverage of the county through the overall transformation of cable digital TV. The county enjoys political stability, social harmony and people live and work in peace and contentment.