Guang Ningxian was founded in the thirty-eighth year of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty (1559), more than 440 years ago. "Guangning" means "extensive peace". 1952 In May, Guangning and Sihui merged into Guangsi County; 65438+July 0954; 1958 10, and the two counties merged into Guangsi County; 196 1 April, which has been under the jurisdiction of Zhaoqing (administrative region) since the founding of the county. Guangning is located in the northwest of central Guangdong, the middle reaches of Suijiang River, a tributary of Beijiang River. It is a mountainous county, an old revolutionary base area. It is also a famous "hometown of bamboo", "hometown of martial arts" and an advanced county of national culture. The county governs 17 towns and 185 village (neighborhood) committees with a total population of 540,000 and an area of 2,459 square kilometers. Nan Jiezhen, where the county government is located, is the political, economic and cultural center of the county. Guangning is a key forest area and the first batch of forestry ecological counties in Guangdong Province, with dense forests and rich forestry resources. It mainly produces bamboo, pine, fir and miscellaneous wood. The forest coverage rate is 78.3%, the standing stock is 6 10.2 million cubic meters, and the annual output of commercial timber is 654,388+0.8 million cubic meters. Guangning is also a national bamboo forest park, with a bamboo forest area of 6.5438+0.08 million mu and more than 90 species of bamboo, belonging to 6.5438+0.4 genera, with an annual output of 300,000 tons. It is the central producing area of bamboo in China and the second largest bamboo township in China. Large-scale enterprises using bamboo and wood resources to introduce and produce pulp and paper in this county include Guangdong Ding Feng Paper Co., Ltd., Guangdong Jiangnan Paper Co., Ltd. and Guangning Xinxing Paper Co., Ltd., among which Ding Feng Company is the largest foreign-funded enterprise in this county, with a tax revenue of more than 38 million yuan in 2004. Quang Ninh has abundant rainfall, with annual rainfall of 1703 mm, numerous streams and abundant hydraulic resources. The county's hydraulic reserves are 26 1 1 10,000 kilowatts, of which the exploitable capacity is145,800 kilowatts, 82 1 10,000 kilowatts have been developed, and 37 small hydropower stations have been built, with an annual power generation capacity of 250 million kwh and a power generation income of 70 million yuan. Small hydropower has become one of the pillar industries in Guangning. At present, there are more than 60,000 kilowatts of hydropower resources that can be developed, mainly distributed in Shui Gu and Suijiang. There are 0/2 power stations under construction, with a total installed capacity of 48,700 kilowatts and a total investment of 480 million yuan. The larger power stations are Chunshui, Dongxiang and Niuqi stations in Suijiang cascade and Wenshui and Shanglin power stations in Gushuihe cascade. There are Mengkeng, Guxinghe and Luchiping ancient cascade hydropower stations under design and preliminary work. After the completion of these power stations, the county's installed hydropower capacity will reach 65.438+0.4 million kilowatts, the annual power generation will be 450 million kWh, and the electricity fee income will be about 65.438+0.5 billion yuan. Guangning has many kinds of mineral resources and large reserves, rich in kaolin, granite, turquoise, talc, tantalum and niobium, etc. Among them, the broad sapphire produced in the southwest of Guangning is one of the five best products in China, which is crystal clear and colorful. The jade craft developed by wide green jade is exquisitely carved and has high artistic value. The products are exported to Japan, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. Guangning is rich in tourism resources, most of which belong to subtropical climate, with mild climate, beautiful mountains and rivers and beautiful scenery. Known as the "back garden" of the Pearl River Delta, it is a good place for eco-tourism. Bamboo Sea Grand View Scenic Area is the only scenic spot in Guangdong with the theme of bamboo ecology and bamboo culture. It is a scenic spot integrating sightseeing, leisure and vacation, with clear water, blue sky and green sand and bamboo. Last year, it received 460,000 tourists, and the comprehensive tourism income was 60 million yuan. Guangdong Bamboo Expo Park, the largest bamboo Expo Park in Lingnan, which integrates bamboo culture museum, forest of steles calligraphy and bamboo architecture, has laid the foundation stone. And initially completed the tourism development plan with "one lake and three mountains" (Huashan Reservoir, Shilichang Lake, Suijiang River, Shui Gu, Shimashan Mountain, Luoke Mountain and Susan Mountain) as the main content, and planned the industrial papermaking trip. Wanzhu Park in Guqin Gang, the county seat, has unique gardens, pavilions, towering forest of steles and dancing bamboo, which integrates calligraphy art with natural beauty. Guangning is an old revolutionary base area with unique red tourism resources. It has a number of revolutionary cultural relics protection units, such as the former residence of Zhou Qijian, the leader of Guangdong peasant movement (provincial key cultural relics protection unit), the former residence of Peng Pai, the former site of Guangning Farmers Association, and the former site of China People's Liberation Army's Guangdong-Guangxi-Hunan Border Region Column Command. Since the launch of the "Red Tour" on the eve of July 1st last year, the "Red Tour" scenic spot has received more than1.20,000 person-times. Guangning has convenient transportation and communication. Provincial Highway 4 (Hui) Lian (Shan) Line and Jiang (Tun) Lu (Bu) Line run through the territory, making Guangning a transportation hub facing the Pearl River Delta and communicating with the southwest. It is only117km from Guangzhou and 95km from Zhaoqing. The highway from county to town is a secondary cement highway, and the highway connecting towns and administrative villages can be hardened during the year. Guanghe Expressway, which was opened to traffic in 2007, runs through Guangning, and it takes only 1.5 hours to get to Guangning from the hinterland of the Pearl River Delta. Communication realizes digital relay optical fiber transmission, program-controlled telephones can be dialed directly at home and abroad, and mobile phone signals cover the whole county, realizing telephone service in every village and PHS service in every town, and the broadband network extends to all towns and villages. In recent years, Guang Ningxian's economy has made great progress, forming pillar industries such as pulp and paper, bamboo and wood processing, ink, medicine, clothing, building materials, water and electricity. Especially the paper industry and bamboo industry have obvious advantages. There are 16 papermaking enterprises above designated size in the county, with an annual output value of110.2 billion yuan and profits and taxes exceeding 100 million yuan. There are more than 300 bamboo enterprises with more than 500 varieties, with an annual output value of 600 million yuan, initially forming two characteristic economic industrial clusters of paper industry and bamboo industry, and the industrial economy has become the main economy of Guangning. The rapid development of resource-based industries has effectively promoted the development of agriculture and rural economy in the county. The characteristic agricultural economies such as Shatangju, fast-growing and high-yield forest, bamboo, tea bamboo, asparagus, bamboo garden chicken, bamboo shoots and cassava have flourished, and demonstration bases such as Tsinghua Farm, Li Defeng Farm and Shen Sui Company have been cultivated, and farmers' income has increased year after year. After entering the new century, the annual economic growth rate of Guangning has remained above 7%. In recent years, Guang Ningxian seized the opportunity, seized the opportunity, took advantage of the situation, carried forward the spirit of "tenacity, pragmatism and innovation" of Guangning people, further accelerated the development of county economy, promoted the leap-forward development of economy and society, made clear the positioning, strategy, ideas and objectives of county economic development, implemented measures, pushed Guangning economy into a benign and rapid development track, and strived to build a civilized, rule of law, rich people, dynamic, harmonious and healthy Guangning. In the orientation of county economic development, it is proposed to build a resource-based and ecological mountain industrial county; In the development strategy of county economy, it is proposed to rely on investment in the near future, investment in the medium term and education for a long time, so as to make it a "troika" of county economy, making simultaneous efforts and advancing in the same direction; On the idea of county economy development, it is proposed to take industrialization as the leading factor, the construction of county towns and central towns as the carrier, the comprehensive rural reform as the basis, the construction of parks as the breakthrough, and the development of private economy as the main measure to develop and strengthen county economy. In terms of county economic development measures, it is proposed to make the paper and bamboo industries bigger and stronger, speed up the construction of paper-making private science and technology parks, environmental protection ecological industrial parks and bamboo corridors, and promote comprehensive, coordinated and sustainable economic and social development. In 2004, the county's GDP reached 3.994 billion yuan, an increase of 13.5% over the previous year. The total industrial output value was 4.795 billion yuan, an increase of 25.3%; The total agricultural output value was 888 million yuan, an increase of 7.7%; The fiscal revenue at the corresponding level was138.7 million yuan, an increase of 21.1%; The total export value was US$ 20.6 million, up by 51%; The actual utilization of foreign capital was $25.05 million, an increase of 51.8%; The total retail sales of social consumer goods was 2.24 billion yuan, up by14.8%; The investment in fixed assets of the whole society was 649 million yuan, an increase of 20.4%; The per capita net income of farmers was 4 170 yuan, an increase of 4%. National tax revenue113.7 million yuan, up by 37.7%, and local tax revenue was 64.3 million yuan, up by 28.5%. The coordinated development of various social undertakings, earnestly strengthen education and scientific and technological work, vigorously create an atmosphere of respecting teachers and attaching importance to teaching, pay close attention to the quality of education, and make new breakthroughs in college entrance examination results. A total of 1 1.35 million yuan was raised in the "One Million Teaching Fund" campaign. Accelerate the pace of school layout adjustment, and accelerate the construction of Guang Ningxian No.1 Primary School East Campus and Guangning Middle School. Declare provincial science and technology projects 1 1, and 8 municipal science and technology projects. New progress was made in family planning. Implement the rural family planning reward system. The planned fertility rate is 9 1.2%, the birth rate is 1 1.7‰, and the natural population growth rate is 5.73‰. Do a good job in disease control and health supervision system construction, improve the county and township medical treatment system, and strengthen the transformation of weak hospitals. The coverage rate of the new rural cooperative medical system reached 38%. The process of building a "famous cultural county" has been accelerated. Solidly carry out activities such as square culture, culture and sports going to the countryside. Invest160,000 yuan to upgrade the TV network, and all towns and villages in the county and 1 15 village (neighborhood) committees will realize optical fiber networking transmission. The nationwide fitness campaign was widely carried out, and Tang Sheng and Zecun lion dance teams achieved good results in domestic and international competitions. Fully implement the policy of special care and resettlement. The minimum living security system for urban and rural residents has been continuously improved, and the work of "double support" has achieved new results, and it has once again been rated as a "double support" model county by the provincial government. Actively do a good job in poverty alleviation, and the County Red Cross Society won the title of national advanced unit. All departments earnestly performed their duties and actively carried out their work, making new contributions to Guang Ningxian's economic construction and social development. Under the new situation, new tasks and new challenges, Guang Ningxian will take Theory of Three Represents and Scientific Outlook on Development as the guidance, strive to be the vanguard of mountain development as the new impetus, seize the opportunity, strengthen confidence, forge ahead with more high morale and more pragmatic style, strive for innovation, and strive to achieve the goal of "three multiplication" and build a civilized legal system, prosperity, vitality, harmony, well-being and peaceful mountain area!