Taizhou is an ancient historical and cultural city. Taizhou has a history of 2 100 years. It was called Haiyang and Hailing in ancient times, and the county was established in the early Han Dynasty, the county was established in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and the country was founded in the Southern Tang Dynasty, which means "peaceful country and people's security", and the name of Taizhou began. Ancient Taizhou echoes with Guangling Yangzhou, Lanling Changzhou and Jinling Nanjing, and is known as "the ancient county of Han and Tang Dynasties and the famous area of Huaihai". Taizhou is rich in history and humanities, and celebrities come forth in large numbers. Shi Naian, the author of Water Margin, Wang Gen, the founder and philosopher of Taizhou School, Zheng Banqiao, the representative of Yangzhou Eight Eccentrics, Mei Lanfang, a Peking Opera master, and Ding Wenjiang, a geologist, are all outstanding representatives of Taizhou cultural celebrities in past dynasties. Yue Fei, an anti-gold hero, Fan Zhongyan, a politician and writer, and Qi Baishi, a master of calligraphy and painting, all worked in Taizhou, leaving a colorful page for Taizhou history. There are many places of interest in Taizhou. There are hundreds of ancient sites, ancient buildings and ancient stone carvings, of which 134 is listed as a provincial and municipal cultural relic protection. There are five museums in this city, which collect more than 10 thousand cultural relics, many of which are rare treasures. Guangxiaolv Temple, a thousand-year-old temple, enjoys a high reputation in the Buddhist circles at home and abroad. Rishe Garden, Chongru Ancestral Hall, Wang Yue Temple, Anding Academy, Shi Naian Cemetery, Zheng Banqiao's former residence, Mei Lanfang Memorial Hall and other cultural landscapes are all treasures of Taizhou's history and culture. Taizhou is also an old revolutionary base area with a glorious tradition. During the Great Revolution, Shen Yi, a native of party member, launched the May 1 Uprising here. During the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period, Chen Yi led his troops into the Soviet Union, three into Taizhou, and fought a decisive battle against Huangqiao; During the War of Liberation, Su Yu commanded the famous "Seven Wars and Seven Wins" campaign of the Soviet Union here. 1949 In April, the PLA Navy was born in Baima Temple.
Taizhou is a rapidly rising emerging industrial and trade city. Taizhou, a prefecture-level city, has made great progress in national economy and social undertakings since its establishment. In 2003, the city achieved a GDP of 58 billion yuan, fiscal revenue of 6.63 billion yuan, per capita disposable income of urban residents of 8,500 yuan, per capita net income of farmers of 4,065 yuan, and the balance of various deposits at the end of the year was 60.8 billion yuan. Taizhou is rich in agricultural resources, known as "land of plenty", "land of ginkgo biloba" and "land of aquatic products". It is an important national commodity grain production base, a production, processing and export base for high-quality cotton, lean pigs, fresh water products, high-quality ginkgo and vegetables. Xinghua city was recognized as a national ecological demonstration zone by the State Environmental Protection Bureau, Jiangyan was recognized as a provincial ecological agriculture pilot county (city) by Jiangsu Province, and Jiangyan heheng village was awarded the title of "Top 500 Global Environment" by the United Nations Environment Programme. Taizhou has a solid industrial economic foundation. There are more than 34,000 industrial enterprises, including 1083 enterprises above designated size, forming a pillar industry with electromechanical, chemical, textile, food, light industry, medicine and building materials as the main body. The production scale and market share of nearly 100 products in the city rank among the best in China, among which 56 products rank among the top three in China, and 17 products become "individual champions", and a number of breakthrough sales enterprises such as Chunlan Group, Yang Zijiang Pharmaceutical Group, Lingguang Group, Zhong Dan Group, Daxing Steel Cord and New Century Shipbuilding have emerged. Among them, Chunlan (Group) Co., Ltd. is one of the top 50 enterprise groups in China, and Yang Zijiang Pharmaceutical Group ranks first among its peers in the province for seven consecutive years since 1996. Taizhou's construction industry has developed rapidly. At present, there are 2 enterprises with special qualifications for general contracting of housing construction, 3 enterprises with first-class qualifications and 59 enterprises with second-class qualifications, and they have won the Luban Award, the highest quality award for construction projects in China, and won the titles of "Magic Soldier" and "Iron Army" in the domestic and foreign construction markets. Taizhou's service industry has developed rapidly. There are 360 various markets in the city, including 25 markets with over 100 million yuan. Traditional industries such as commerce and catering continued to grow, basic industries such as transportation, post and telecommunications and municipal services developed rapidly, and industries such as finance and insurance, information consultation, community service and real estate rose rapidly.
Taizhou is a civilized city with all-round development of social undertakings. Taizhou is known as the "hometown of education". There are 1 134 schools in the city, including more than 20 national and provincial key high schools and 5 colleges and universities. Jiangsu College of Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine, Taizhou Vocational and Technical College, Taizhou Teachers College, Taizhou Institute of Science and Technology of South University of Technology, Taizhou College of South Normal University and Taizhou Radio and TV University have continued to grow and develop. Great achievements have been made in science and technology. Taizhou is listed as a national pilot city for scientific and technological innovation. By the end of 2003, there were more than 200,000 scientific and technological talents in the city, and there were 105 research and development institutions above the municipal level, including 9 postdoctoral workstations. There are 65,438 provincial high-tech enterprises +0 18, 448 high-tech products and 9 national high-tech enterprises 19. Great progress has been made in culture, health and sports. We will build 3 provinces and cities with advanced culture, 4 provinces and cities with advanced medical and health care, 3 cities with advanced family planning and 1 family planning model city. There are 280 health institutions in the city, with 6,543,800 hospital beds and 6,543,800 health technicians. Municipal People's Hospital and Municipal Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine rank among tertiary hospitals. Since the founding of the city, athletes in the city have won 85 gold medals, 66 silver medals and 65 bronze medals in competitions above the provincial level. Social security has developed rapidly. The insurance benefits for retirees and unemployed people are paid in a timely, full and socialized manner, the urban and rural minimum living security system is fully established, the coverage of medical insurance is constantly expanding, and social security undertakings such as social disaster relief, relief, mutual assistance and welfare continue to develop.
Taizhou is a riverside city with an accelerated pace of development and opening up. As of September 2004, merchants from more than 40 countries and regions have come to Taizhou to invest and start businesses, and more than 65,438 foreign-funded enterprises have been established, with the actual utilization of foreign capital of US$ 6,543.8 billion. Mitsui & Co., Yamaha, Kubota, LG, Weidemann, GMT, Aksu and other world-renowned multinational companies have settled in Taizhou. Import and export trade grew strongly. There are 256 self-operated import and export authorized enterprises in the city, and the export market has developed to 137 countries and regions. Foreign economic cooperation has been further expanded. The city's labor export covers 34 countries and regions including Asia, Africa, Europe and the United States, and has successively established sister city relations with four cities including newport news, latrobe, Yin Cheng County and kotka, Finland. The coastline of Taizhou Yangtze River is nearly 100 kilometers, including 60 kilometers of relatively stable deep-water coastline above-10 meter, which is becoming an important plate for open development along the Yangtze River. At present, the overall planning of development along the Yangtze River has been completed. Key industrial projects such as Yangwan Conch and Lingguang Heavy Traffic Asphalt Fuel Oil have settled along the Yangtze River, and key infrastructure projects such as high-grade highways along the Yangtze River and Taizhou Power Plant are progressing smoothly. Key parks such as Sinopec (Taizhou) Development Park, China Fine Chemical (Taixing) Park and Jiangyin Development Zone Jingjiang Park have developed well.
Taizhou is a beautiful city with excellent investment environment. Taizhou has convenient land and water transportation and obvious location advantages. Five important waterways going out to sea in central Jiangsu meet here, which is the intersection of the coastal and Yangtze River "T" industrial belt. A number of inland river ports, mainly Taizhou Port, a national first-class open port, have begun to take shape, with five berths above 10,000 tons, and the container terminal of Taizhou Port has an annual handling capacity of 65,438+10,000 tons of TEUs. The water diversion of Taizhou River integrates the functions of diversion, drainage and navigation, and is known as "Rhine River in China". Jiangyin Bridge turns the Yangtze River natural moat into a thoroughfare, which is a fast passage between Taizhou, Shanghai and southern Jiangsu. National Highway 328, Tong Ning Expressway, Jingguang Expressway, Ningjingyan Expressway, Beijing-Shanghai Expressway, Xinchang (Xinyi-Changxing) Railway and Ningqi (Nanjing-Qidong) Railway crisscross. Taizhou is changing with each passing day. The ancient Taizhou city is closely connected with water, with dense water networks inside and outside the city and dependent streets and canals, forming an urban pattern with Daohe as the north-south long axis, the two cities as the two wings, the outer city river criss-crossing with the jade belt river in the city, the water around the city, the city holding water, the streets and rivers parallel, and the water city integrated. Taizhou is also called Phoenix because of its shape like a phoenix. Taizhou has a good social living environment. Simple folk customs, hardworking and kind, law-abiding. In recent years, mass activities to create spiritual civilization have flourished, and Taizhou has been rated as a civilized city in Jiangsu Province. Integrity Taizhou has been solidly promoted, and the corporate integrity platform is being established. The construction of safe Taizhou has been carried out in depth and the social order has remained stable. Jingjiang City and gaogang district City were rated as provincial safe cities. Governments at all levels in Taizhou provide fast and efficient services. Since the establishment of Taizhou, a prefecture-level city, with its efficient operation mechanism, authoritative regulation mechanism and strict supervision mechanism, it has gradually formed a government work model that has changed from management to service. Taizhou took the lead in carrying out the reform of administrative examination and approval system in the province, streamlining 426 administrative examination and approval items, setting up a municipal administrative service center, setting up a "convenience service hall" for 19 departments, and publicly promising to optimize services for 39 departments and units. Open and enlightened policy environment, high-quality and efficient service environment, strict and standardized legal environment and healthy and civilized humanistic environment make foreign investors feel at home.