Talking about shrinking cities

Recently, the State Council approved Shandong Province and agreed to adjust some administrative divisions of Yantai City.

Penglai City and Changdao County were abolished, and Penglai District of Yantai City was established. The former administrative areas of Penglai City and Changdao County were the administrative areas of Penglai District, and the People's Government of Penglai District was located atNo. Zhonglou East Road 1 in Dengzhou Street (the former residence of Penglai Municipal Government). As the only island county in Shandong, Changdao County was cancelled because Changdao County is a shrinking city.

So what is a shrinking city? ? Shrinking city? It is a new concept put forward in "20 19 Key Tasks of New Urbanization Construction" issued by the National Development and Reform Commission in April 20 19. At that time, the expression of this concept was roughly like this:

Shrinking small and medium-sized cities should slim down and keep fit, change the thinking inertia of incremental planning, strictly control the incremental inventory, and guide the population and public resources to concentrate in urban areas. Really? Shrinking city? To put it simply, it is those cities whose population is decreasing. Long Island County mentioned today is such a shrinking city.

Changdao County, named after a long mountain island in Shandong Province, is the only island county in Shandong Province. It is understood that Changdao County consists of 15 1 islands, including 10 residential islands. The land area of the island is 56.8 square kilometers, and the sea area is 354 1 square kilometers. Changdao County is also the county with the smallest land area in China. Changdao County has long been under the jurisdiction of Penglai, Shandong Province. In the Republic of China 1929, the county-level Long Island Special Zone was established, and then Long Island County was established until it was revoked not long ago this year.

According to statistics, during the period from 20 1 1 to 20 18, there was a large population loss in Changdao County. Only in official data, the population of Long Island County has decreased by 3.6%, but this figure is obviously seriously underestimated. because

Judging from the number of mobile phones and primary school students, the actual population of Changdao County has dropped by at least 30%. And the proportion of middle school students has dropped more seriously. Residents of Changdao County have basically moved to other cities with more opportunities to make a living, such as Yantai or Penglai. For example, Long Island County

Will such a shrinking city be degraded or destroyed? Merge? .

So it's not surprising that Long Island County is now revoked.