Changes in Pingliang in recent years.

Pingliang, located at the intersection of Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia provinces, governs Kongtong District and six counties of Jingchuan, Lingtai, Chongxin, Huating, Zhuanglang and Jingning, with a total area of 1. 1.000 square kilometers and a total population of 2,268,300, including Han, Hui and Mongolian. The territory has a unique geographical location, convenient transportation, a long history, splendid culture, good ecology, rich resources, beautiful scenery and simple folk customs, and has diversified, heavy, inclusive and open regional cultural characteristics. National Highway 3 12 runs through the whole territory, Baozhong Railway runs through the north and south, Pingding Expressway and Xichangfeng Expressway are under construction, Tianping Railway and Xiping Railway have started construction, and Tian Ping Expressway and Baoping Expressway will start construction soon. The Taoist culture in Kongtong Mountain, the root-seeking culture of the Queen Mother of the West, the Buddhist culture in Dayun Temple and the medical culture in Huangfu Mi have unique charm. The gold and silver coffins of Buddha bones unearthed in Jingchuan County, bronze wares of Western Zhou Dynasty in Lingtai County, silver zygote of Southern Song Dynasty and other cultural relics are known as "the best in China". It is the largest coal-fired power industry base in Gansu, an important agricultural and forestry product production base, an important animal husbandry base in northwest China, a humanistic eco-tourism base, and one of the best apple growing areas in China. It is the "East Gate" for Gansu to undertake industrial transfer and open development in the central and eastern provinces. Since the reform and opening up, especially since the beginning of the new century, children of all ethnic groups in Pingliang, under the strong leadership of Pingliang Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government, based on the market reality, give full play to their comparative advantages, concentrate on construction, and strive to break through, which has promoted the leap-forward development of the city's economy and society, greatly improved the urban and rural appearance and infrastructure conditions, and significantly improved people's production and living standards. Last year, the city achieved a GDP of 654.38+07 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 654.38+02%. The investment in fixed assets of the whole society was13.05 billion yuan, an increase of 42.1%; Large-caliber fiscal revenue and local fiscal revenue were 20 1 100 million yuan and 824 million yuan respectively, up by 24.6% and18.4%; Fiscal expenditure reached 5.53 billion yuan, an increase of 48%. The per capita net income of farmers is 24 14 yuan, increasing by15.2%; The per capita disposable income of urban residents was 9700 yuan, an increase of 10.4%, and the main economic indicators all reached double-digit growth rates. Cultivate four characteristic industries of coal, animal husbandry, fruits and vegetables and tourism, and create and launch four characteristic economic brands of Pingliang coal, electric power, Pingliang Red Bull, Pingliang Jinguo and Pingliang Tourism. Pingliang Power Plant, Huating Power Plant, Chongxin Power Plant, Coalfield Development, Coal-to-methanol, 750 kV EHV Power Transmission and Transformation and other 10 projects exceeding 654.38+0 billion yuan were successively implemented, and five national top 500 enterprises, including Huaneng, Zhongshui, Xukuang, Conch and Yurun, were successively introduced. Pingliang was successively rated as "Excellent Tourist City in China", "Top Ten Pollution-free Fruit and Vegetable Cities in China", "Best Foreign Investment City in Zheshang" and "Top 200 Charming Cities in China in 2007". Standing at a new historical starting point, Pingliang has entered a period of strategic opportunities with increased opportunities, prominent advantages and enhanced vitality. The whole city will fully implement the spirit of the Seventeenth National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the Third Plenary Session of the Seventeenth Central Committee, take Scientific Outlook on Development as the guide, conscientiously implement the spirit of the Central Economic Work Conference, the Fifth Session of the Eleventh Provincial Party Committee and the provincial economic work conference, adhere to the principle of "focusing on three major goals, building four major bases, and promoting six leaps", and actively seize opportunities and promote harmony as the main line. Strengthen investment, highlight industrial development, strengthen infrastructure construction, focus on improving people's livelihood, and strive to make breakthroughs in six aspects: coal, electricity, coal and chemical industry, major infrastructure construction, modern agricultural development, urban planning and construction management, expanding tourism, and improving people's livelihood, so as to maintain steady and rapid economic development and social harmony and stability. Tourism industry-building a humanistic eco-tourism base in the west ▲ Pingliang has a long history, rich humanities and profound tourism culture, and is an important town at the eastern end of the northern line of the ancient Silk Road. There are 465 ancient cultural sites in Qijia and Yangshao periods, 64 key cultural relics protection units at or above the provincial level, and more than 30,000 cultural relics in the collection. The Buddhist cultural relics unearthed in Jingchuan County, the bronze wares of the Western Zhou Dynasty in Lingtai County, and the silver zygote of the currency of the Southern Song Dynasty are known as "the most cultural relics in China". There are more than 100 tourist attractions in the city, and there are 2 national scenic spots 12. Kongtong Mountain, the most famous Taoist mountain in the world, is the first batch of 5A-level tourist attractions, national key scenic spots and national geological parks in China. It has been rated as "Top Ten Scenic Spots Most Satisfied by Customers in China", "50 Most Worthy Places for Foreigners to Visit in China" and one of the first batch of 30 "China Tourism Culture Demonstration Bases" in China. Wang Mu Palace is the first queen mother's palace in the world, the birthplace of the western queen mother culture and a national key folk cultural scenic spot. Ji Cheng Cultural City, Jingning, the first human city in Kaiyuan, is magnificent, simple and elegant; Jieshipu Red Army Long March Memorial Hall is listed as an important attraction of the national "Red Tourism" boutique route. Gulingtai is the first platform for offering sacrifices to gods in China, which contains the mysterious charm of Western Zhou culture. Huating Lotus Terrace is the first altar dedicated to heaven by Qin Shihuang, and it is known as "the artificially built Longmen Grottoes are natural lotus terraces". Zhuanglang County, the first national terrace demonstration county, has become a unique ecological landscape on the Loess Plateau. The 4A-level scenic spots in Chongxin County, such as Longquan Temple, Millennium Bodhi Tree and "Ancient Huaiwang", have their own unique scenery and are fascinating. The forest canyons such as Kongtong 100,000 Gully and Jingning Ren Xian Gorge are steep and deep, and beautiful. Jingchuan Hot Spring, Zhuanglang Tianchi Chaonaqiu, Longshang Quanming Guanzhu Spring and other water landscapes are unique. After more than 20 years of continuous development, a national garden city, a sanitary city, a famous cultural city, a national ecological demonstration zone and a scenic spot have been established successively, and the basic conditions for tourism have been greatly improved. There are 0/8 star-rated hotels and 0/5 travel agencies in the city. It has established a regional alliance of tourism economy with the surrounding cities of 14, and * * * has built five boutique routes: Silk Road Heritage Tour, Root-seeking Hajj Tour, Red Education Tour, Leisure Holiday Tour and Northwest Customs Tour, which has become a key tourism area in Gansu and an important node for the coordinated development of tourism in three provinces (regions) of Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia. Hundreds of tourist commodities in five categories have been developed, and the restored "China Paper-woven Painting" has been loved by tourists at home and abroad. Pingliang is a rich and beautiful place with preferential tourism development policies, which is a hot spot for your investment and entrepreneurship. In the development of tourism, all tourist attractions in the city are given preferential treatment all the year round, foreign travel agencies are given incentives to travel to Pingping, and tourism investment projects are given comprehensive preferential treatment in land development and tax collection. Warmly welcome domestic and foreign merchants and all walks of life to come for sightseeing, development and construction, and create a better future! Coal-electricity industry-building the largest energy coal chemical base in Gansu Pingliang belongs to the thickest coal seam in Ordos coal-accumulating basin and is a key city for comprehensive energy utilization in Ordos basin. Huating Coalfield in this city is the largest coalfield in Gansu, and it is also one of the national 13 large coal bases, with proven reserves of 3.575 billion tons, accounting for 54% of the province's proven reserves. It is not only high-quality thermal coal, but also the best gasified coal in China at present. There are 8 coal production enterprises above designated size1pair and 3 mines1pair in the city, with an annual designed production capacity of more than 22 million tons; There are 3 power generation companies with a total installed capacity of 6.5438+0.54 million kilowatts. In 2008, the city's raw coal output was 2010.4 million tons, and the power generation was 9.3 billion kwh, accounting for more than half and nearly one-sixth of the province respectively. An industrial-oriented economic structure supported by coal-fired power industry has taken shape. Fruit and Vegetable Industry —— Building a High-quality Fruit Base in China Pingliang is an advantageous apple producing area and the best suitable area in China. The economic forest of fruit trees is 6.5438+0.58 million mu, and 8.527 million mu of high-quality fruits, mainly Fuji, with an annual output of 650,000 tons. Three fruit industry concentrated areas and 654.38+02 dominant fruit industry belts have been formed, and five counties (districts) have been listed as "excellent and special economic forest demonstration counties" by the state. The two counties have been awarded the titles of "hometown of apples in China" and "hometown of red Fuji in China", the first certified trademark and geographical indication production base of apples, green food and green food raw materials in China, and the certification of China Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) demonstration base for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Vegetable planting area is 629,000 mu. There are more than 20 large-scale fruit processing enterprises with a processing capacity of 350,000 tons. "Pingliang Golden Fruit" is exported to more than 20 large and medium-sized cities in China and Southeast Asia, Russia, Hong Kong and Macao. Transportation network-extending in all directions Pingliang City has a total mileage of 9075.3 kilometers and an area density of 82.5 kilometers/100 square kilometers, ranking first in central and eastern China, including 4,278.3 kilometers of highways above grade. National highway 1 national highway 16 1.7km, five provincial highways (436.3km) and rural highway1689km (8477.3km): there are 100 townships with oil access, accounting for 96%, and the mileage and sites of townships with oil access. The city has initially formed a city-wide road network with trunk roads as the skeleton and rural roads as the supplement, which has effectively played a supporting and driving role in urban and rural economic and social development. Around highway construction, Pingliang Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government put forward the idea of building a 3-hour economic circle from Pingliang to Xilanyin and a 2-hour traffic circle in the city, as well as the goal of "connecting oil roads to every village, roads to every village, comprehensive information stations to every county, car service stations to every village and stop signs to every village". This year, Tian Ping and Xiping railways started construction, Pingding Expressway was opened to traffic, and Xichang-Changfeng Expressway has started construction. The transportation network extending in all directions has inserted wings for Pingliang's economic construction. Urban and rural construction-changing with each passing day In 2008, Pingliang City implemented the "Thirty Projects" in the central city, and built key projects such as Nanshan Ecological Park, Jinghe Water Surface and Jinghe Bridge, which accelerated the construction of urban central heating, pipeline gas and sewage pipe network. The construction of "Thirty Projects" has made Pingliang's urban construction change with each passing day, and the level of urbanization has been continuously improved. At present, the total amount of urban garden green space in Pingliang has reached 2303 hectares, and the green coverage rate has reached 27. 17%. The comprehensive functions of county towns have been continuously enhanced, and the radiation of small towns has played an obvious role, and the level of urbanization has increased to 29.8%. Grass and livestock industry-building a green animal husbandry base in Gansu Pingliang is an important animal husbandry base and fur distribution center in northwest China, with an annual feeding capacity of 974,000 beef cattle and a slaughter capacity of 335,000, ranking first in Gansu agricultural area. There are a number of leading processing enterprises, such as Jingxing 654.38+ 10,000 beef cattle finishing plant, Kathy animal husbandry 50,000 slaughter line, People Group Welfare Tannery, Kaifeng canned beef processing plant and Xu Kang beef food production plant, with an annual processing capacity of 6,543.8+100,000 pieces of cowhide and 6,543.8+100,000 tons of grass products. Successfully registered the first certification trademark of live cattle in China-"Pingliang Red Bull". Beef, leather, cooked meat products and bone products are sold in the domestic market, and live cattle and beef are exported to foreign regions.