Get to know Liaoyang

Liaoyang is a municipality under the jurisdiction of Liaoning Province and is located in the center of the urban agglomeration in central Liaoning Province. It borders Shenyang to the north, Anshan to the south, Benxi to the east, and Liaozhong to the west. The Changchun-Dalian Railway and the Shenyang-Dalian Expressway run through the entire territory, the Liaoxi Railway crosses the eastern mountainous area, connects to the seaport cities of Dalian and Yingkou in the south, and connects to Taoxian Airport, the largest airport in Northeast China, in the north. Land and water transportation is very convenient.

Liaoyang is surrounded by the Qianshan Mountains in the east and verdant mountains in the east, and the Liaohe Plain in the west with fertile land. There are many rivers in the two major river systems of Taizi River and Hun River. In ancient times, boats were beneficial, but now it is a land of plenty. There are rich underground mineral deposits and many other important resources. The climate belongs to the north temperate zone, with distinct seasons and abundant rainfall, which is suitable for crop growth. Today, it governs Liaoyang County and manages Dengta City; it has five districts: Baita, Wensheng, Taizihe, Hongwei, and Gongchangling. The municipal government is located in Baita District, with an area of ??4,731 square kilometers and a population of 1.821 million.

In the 40 years from October 1948, when Liaoyang was finally liberated, to 1988, the Liaoyang area experienced the most profound social changes in Chinese history. Under the leadership of the Communist Party of China and the People's Government, the broad masses of the people carried out socialist revolution and socialist construction, worked hard, overcame difficulties and twists and turns, and achieved great achievements.

The 40-year experience of the Liaodi region is closely connected with the history of the Republic of China and can be roughly divided into four stages.

From 1949 to 1956, the Liaoyang local organizations and the people's government of the Communist Party of China led the people to complete democratic reforms and socialist transformation of ownership of the means of production in the entire region, realizing the transition from new democracy to socialism transformation.

From 1956 to 1966, the Liaoyang area was in a period of comprehensive socialist construction and experienced a tortuous development process. The First Congress of the Communist Party of China in Liaoyang held in May 1956 proposed "mobilizing the entire party to strive to complete the first five-year plan ahead of schedule and welcome the convening of the Eighth National Congress of the Party." Since then, socialist construction in Liaoyang has made significant progress. In terms of agriculture: a large number of paddy fields have been developed, rice production has increased significantly, vegetable planting area has expanded, output has increased sharply, and agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, and sideline fisheries have developed in an all-round way. In 1959, there were 74 social enterprises in the city, and their output value accounted for 12.7% of the total agricultural output value. Promote and improve a number of agricultural machinery and tools in rural areas, establish an agricultural technology promotion network, and promote some new agricultural technologies. In terms of industry: Open some new factories and build new industrial sectors in metallurgy and electronics. Various industrial and mining enterprises have generally improved their technical equipment and raised their technical level; there have also been new developments in transportation, infrastructure, commerce and other aspects. After the development and adjustment of cultural, educational, scientific and technological undertakings, their appearance has changed.

From 1966 to 1976, the Liaoyang area was in the midst of the nationwide "Cultural Revolution".

From 1976 to 1988, after exposing and criticizing the crimes of Jiang Qing’s counter-revolutionary clique, especially after the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in February 1978, systematic efforts were made to correct the chaos and re-establish the Party’s The ideological and political line has put the socialist construction in Liaoyang on the road of smooth development.

Development History

In the 40 years from the final liberation of Liaoyang in October 1948 to 1988, the Liaoyang area has experienced the most profound social changes in Chinese history. Under the leadership of the Communist Party of China and the People's Government, the broad masses of the people carried out socialist revolution and socialist construction, worked hard, overcame difficulties and twists and turns, and achieved great achievements.

The 40-year experience of the Liaodi region is closely connected with the history of the Republic of China and can be roughly divided into four stages.

From 1949 to 1956, the Liaoyang local organizations and the people's government of the Communist Party of China led the people to complete democratic reforms and socialist transformation of ownership of the means of production in the entire region, realizing the transition from new democracy to socialism transformation.

From 1956 to 1966, the Liaoyang area was in a period of comprehensive socialist construction and experienced a tortuous development process. The First Congress of the Communist Party of China in Liaoyang held in May 1956 proposed "mobilizing the entire party to strive to complete the first five-year plan ahead of schedule and welcome the convening of the Eighth National Congress of the Party."

Since then, socialist construction in Liaoyang has made significant progress. In terms of agriculture: a large number of paddy fields have been developed, rice production has increased significantly, vegetable planting area has expanded, output has increased sharply, and agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, and sideline fisheries have developed in an all-round way. In 1959, there were 74 social enterprises in the city, and their output value accounted for 12.7% of the total agricultural output value. Promote and improve a number of agricultural machinery and tools in rural areas, establish an agricultural technology extension network, and promote some new agricultural technologies. In terms of industry: Open some new factories and build new industrial sectors in metallurgy and electronics. Various industrial and mining enterprises have generally improved their technical equipment and raised their technical level; there have also been new developments in transportation, infrastructure, commerce and other aspects. After the development and adjustment of cultural, educational, scientific and technological undertakings, their appearance has changed.

From 1966 to 1976, the Liaoyang area was in the midst of the nationwide "Cultural Revolution".

From 1976 to 1988, after exposing and criticizing the crimes of Jiang Qing’s counter-revolutionary clique, especially after the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in February 1978, systematic efforts were made to correct the chaos and re-establish the Party’s The ideological and political line has put the socialist construction in Liaoyang on the road of smooth development.

Construction Achievements

Under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, the people of Liaoyang have achieved glorious achievements in the socialist revolution and socialist construction.

After years of construction, four major bases have been formed in the city's rural areas: First, a commercial grain production base with rice as the main body. Liaoyang and Dengtaeng counties are listed as national and provincial commercial grain production bases. The second is a fruit commodity production base with hawthorn as the main body. Fruit tree production is vigorously developed in the eastern mountainous areas. In 1988, the total area of ??orchards reached 131,000 acres. There were 8.658 million fruit trees, and the fruit output reached 9,071 tons. The third is a commercial fish production base, using pits and ponds to soak in swamps to develop freshwater fish farming. In 1988, the freshwater fish farming area reached 38,000 acres. The output reaches 8800 tons. Liaoyang and Dengtaeng counties are listed as provincial and national key development bases for freshwater fish farming. The fourth is a commercial vegetable production base based on fresh vegetables from the courtyard greenhouse. In 1988, the city's vegetable planting area reached 25.57/mu, and the output reached 434,000 tons. Fresh vegetables can be supplied to the market all year round. In addition, forestry, sericulture, animal husbandry and other aspects have also developed rapidly. Liaoyang County is listed as the national lean commercial pig production base.

Liaoyang's industry has formed an industrial system with petrochemical fiber as the main body, including machinery, electronics, metallurgy, textiles, light industry, building materials, energy and other categories. In 1949, there were only 12 national industrial enterprises in the city, with an original value of fixed assets of 500 million yuan and 7,105 formal employees. The total industrial output value that year was 17.03 million yuan, with only a dozen main products. After 40 years of development, by 1988 the city's total number of industrial enterprises reached 8,914, including 1,060 industrial enterprises at or above the township level, and the total number of employees in national and collective enterprises reached 210,000. In 1988, the city's total industrial output value reached 4.885 billion yuan (current price), 269 times that of 1949 (calculated at comparable prices). There are more than 300 product varieties, more than 200 times that in 1949. The petrochemical industry's crude oil processing capacity, ethylene production, plastic resin and its polymers, chemical fiber monomers and ferroalloy production all occupy a certain position in the same industry in the province and even the country. Some products have developed new fields in Liaoyang industry and created new levels, such as the electronics industry, hydropower and thermal power generation, etc. The gold industry has also shifted from private sporadic mining to industrial production. In 1988, the city's independent accounting industrial enterprises generated 540 million yuan in profits for the country and paid 350 million yuan in taxes.

After 40 years of development, Liaoyang’s business has gradually formed a unified socialist market. Since the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Liaoyang Commerce has relaxed its commodity purchase and sales price policies, reformed its commodity circulation system, and expanded its corporate autonomy. While giving full play to the role of the main channel of state-owned commerce, vigorously develop urban and rural market trade, develop collective and individual commerce, the market is prosperous, and both purchasing and selling are prosperous.

Liaoyang’s urban and rural construction is changing with each passing day. Before liberation, the ancient city of Liaoyang experienced natural disasters and military disasters and was devastated. Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, after 40 years of construction, the city's appearance has undergone tremendous changes.

The urban built-up area has grown from 9.6 square kilometers in the early days of liberation to 65.7 square kilometers, and the urban population has increased from 72,900 in the early days of liberation to 609,900.

The post and telecommunications industry developed rapidly. In 1949, the Liaoyang postal route was only 250 kilometers long, mainly relying on handcarts, horse-drawn carriages, bicycles and walking classes for delivery. There are only two telegraph circuits, and the telephone equipment only has one hundred-gate magnet switch used as a local telephone and long-distance station. After 40 years of construction, its appearance has greatly changed. In 1988, there were 53 post offices in the city and 915 rural news stations. The total length of postal routes reached 915 kilometers; the number of telegraph lines developed to 12. Postal and telecommunications equipment were updated. Automated telephones are available in the city and two counties. Telegraphs and long-distance calls reached all parts of the world. International telecommunications can reach all countries and regions in the world except South Africa and Cambodia.

After 1979, township construction has achieved new development, and the number of townships has increased from 2 in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China to 15.

Environmental protection work is taken seriously. After the first national environmental protection conference in 1973, environmental protection work in Liaoyang was carried out in a planned and step-by-step manner. The serious pollution problems of "three wastes" in a number of old enterprises such as Qingyang Chemical Plant, Gongchangling Mineral Processing Plant, Xiaotun Cement Plant, and Binhe Chemical Plant have been controlled. Other serious pollution problems such as smoke, groundwater, underground water and urban noise have all been improved. Due to the adoption of various protective measures, the city's environmental pollution has been controlled.

Over the past 40 years, Liaoyang has made great achievements in education, science and technology, health, sports, culture and art and other undertakings. By 1988. In terms of basic education, the city has 4 colleges and universities, 8 secondary vocational schools, 107 general middle schools, and 716 primary schools. In terms of vocational education, there are 20 agricultural and vocational middle schools; in terms of adult education, there are 9 higher education institutions such as Radio and Television University and Vocational Amateur University, 6 staff technical secondary schools and radio and television technical secondary schools, and 93 adult secondary schools; in special In terms of education, there is one school for the deaf and mute; in terms of ethnic education, there is one Korean middle school and 6 primary schools.

40 years. The living standards of Liaoyang people continue to improve. During the first five-year plan, the unemployment problem was relatively well solved in cities, farmers in rural areas embarked on the road of mutual assistance and cooperation, and the lives of the vast majority of workers and peasants were guaranteed. After the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, people's lives have improved rapidly. By 1988, the average annual salary of all unit workers reached 1,852 yuan. An increase of 1.7 times compared with 1978. Rural per capita net income increased 3.62 times compared with 1978.

The clothing, food, housing and transportation of the urban and rural people. , there have been significant improvements in all aspects of use. In 1988, urban residents consumed 138 kilograms of grain per capita, of which fine grains accounted for more than 90%. Per capita consumption of major non-staple foods has increased significantly. After the household responsibility system was implemented in rural areas, farmers began to own their own productive fixed assets. According to a 1986 sample survey, every 100 rural residents owned productive fixed assets of 84,000 yuan. Among the total annual expenditures of farmers, living expenses accounted for 62.6%. In 1988, the city's urban and rural residents' savings reached 931 million yuan, 22 times that of 1978.

People enjoy extensive labor insurance and social welfare, and the actual labor insurance expenses paid by all enterprises and institutions are increasing year by year. Employees of collectively owned units also enjoy roughly the same welfare benefits. There are different forms of social welfare in rural areas.