Fenghua’s economy and society

During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, capitalism began to sprout, and the number of handicraft workshops such as earth paper, earth silk, leather, blacksmithing, salt-drying, and bamboo carving increased in Fenghua. At the end of Guangxu, private joint steamship companies appeared, using motorized ships to carry passengers, and the number of trade fairs increased to 33. In the early years of the Republic of China, modern industry emerged, and machine operations were adopted for food canning, knitting, etc. "China Industrial Chronicle" records that Fenghua's "vellum paper has been famous for its time" and "bamboo carving is original to Fenghua" and has repeatedly won awards from the Panama Pacific Exposition. Since 1920 (the 9th year of the Republic of China), modern communication facilities such as telegraph and telephone have been put into use. In 1926, the thermal power plant was built to generate electricity. In 1929, the Yin-Fenghuang Highway was completed and opened to traffic. Industrial production developed. By 1936, there were 225 factories and handicraft workshops, with an industrial output value of 13.9 million yuan (constant prices in 1980, the same below). After April 1941 , Fenghua was occupied by the Japanese army for more than four years. Afterwards, civil war broke out again, social unrest, and frequent natural disasters caused a large number of people to leave their hometowns to make a living, and productivity was seriously damaged. By 1949, the number of factories and handicraft workshops was reduced to 70, with an industrial output value of 6.35 million yuan, accounting for only 46‰ of the 1936 total social output value of 44.33 million yuan, national income of 31.48 million yuan, and a total industrial and agricultural output value of 41.57 million yuan.

Since the 1950s, Fenghua has established local state-owned industries, carried out socialist transformation of private industry and handicraft industry, and developed collective industries mainly supporting agriculture. In 1969, the East China power grid provided power and energy conditions improved. The rise of township industry in the 1970s gradually formed an industrial system that focused on clothing, food, and machinery, and also developed in multiple categories such as electricity, building materials, textiles, ceramics, chemicals, printing, and arts and crafts. In the 1980s, the policies of reform, opening up and invigoration were implemented, economic alliances were carried out, advanced technology and equipment were introduced, and the vitality of enterprises was enhanced. In 1990, the number of industrial enterprises increased to 2,522, with an industrial output value of 1,324.36 million yuan (of which township and village industrial output value accounted for 56.5%), accounting for 87.8% of the total industrial and agricultural output value. The variety of products has increased and the quality has improved. From 1980 to 1990, 88 high-quality products won provincial and ministerial awards, and 4 products won international gold medals. The clothing industry has taken advantage of the "red tailors" and expanded its varieties from traditional clothing such as suits and Chinese tunic suits to various fashions made of various materials such as down, fur, silk, leather, etc. In 1990, it produced 29.29 million sets (pieces), which were sold in Shanghai, Big cities such as Beijing and Guangzhou, as well as countries and regions such as the United States, the former Soviet Union, Japan, and Hong Kong, have become one of the 49 key garment production cities in China. The modernization of the canned food industry has improved, and famous brand products have increased. In 1990, the annual output of various types of cans was 14,661 tons, among which the Merlin brand 425g yellow peach cans won gold medals at the Leipzig and Brno International Food Expositions. Tiantan brand premium pearl tea won the gold medal at the Madrid World Quality Food Awards. The machinery industry started from scratch and developed from product processing to machine manufacturing. A number of key production enterprises designated by the ministry and province such as industrial sewing machine factories, mechanical seal factories, and hydraulic parts factories emerged. In 1990, the output value was 298.47 million yuan, accounting for 22.5% of the total industrial output value.

In 2012, Fenghua City achieved a total industrial output value of 48 billion yuan, of which industrial enterprises above designated size achieved a total output value of 34.082 billion yuan. 102 "Type III enterprises" achieved an output value of 7.9 billion yuan. Transformation and upgrading efforts have been intensified. Industrial enterprises above designated size have spent 455 million yuan on scientific and technological activities, an increase of 33.9%, and achieved new product output value of 8.912 billion yuan, an increase of 6%. There are 17 new national high-tech enterprises, 11 engineering technology centers for enterprises at or above the municipal level in Ningbo, and 26 Ningbo science and technology enterprises. The five major characteristic leading industries such as Lingang shipbuilding and pneumatic components achieved an output value of 13.8 billion yuan, and the five strategic emerging industries such as new equipment and new materials achieved an output value of 7.8 billion yuan, an increase of 1.5%. According to research on the cultural relics unearthed from the Mingshanhou site in Nanpu Township, ancestors in the Neolithic Age already used stone adzes, sand-filled pottery tripods, pots and other labor and daily utensils. The people were agriculture-oriented and attached great importance to water conservancy construction. In the Southern Dynasties, Qingjin Pond and Fangsheng Io were built to block water and irrigate the fields. The planting industry developed in the Tang Dynasty. By the Song Dynasty, double-cropping of rice and wheat and double-cropping of rice had been practiced in paddy fields. Tea, bayberry, taro, moss, cockles, etc. were famous in the township. Silk making and brewing wine have become important side businesses for the family. Baoqing's "Si Ming Zhi" records: "Wei Fenghua is top secret and light, like cicada wings, unique and different from other places.

"Wars broke out repeatedly in the late Song Dynasty, and northern residents entered the country in large numbers. From the Yuan Dynasty to the Yuan Dynasty, the total population reached 263,000, an increase of 14.8 times compared with the Tianxi period of the Song Dynasty. The cultural integration of the Central Plains promoted economic development, and dredging rivers, dredging lakes, and building canals in the plain areas led to great prosperity. Water conservancy; embankments and ponds were built along the coast to keep out the tide; in the mountainous and hilly areas, "people were mainly engaged in reclamation. Where there was arable land on the top of the mountains and rivers, they had to dig up rocks and cut the soil without doing any work." By the Yuan and Chu years, the cultivated land increased. to 459,000 acres.

In 1949, the total grain output was 71,700 tons, and the total agricultural production value was 35.22 million yuan, accounting for 84.7% of the total industrial and agricultural output value. In the early 1950s, land reform was carried out, announcing the end of feudal land ownership. Since then, rural production relations have been adjusted on a large scale, farmland water conservancy has been constructed, and advanced production technologies have been promoted, laying the foundation for the comprehensive development of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, sideline production, and fishery. Since 1979, the rural economic system has been reformed and the household contract responsibility system has been implemented. The industrial structure was adjusted, grain production was stabilized, traditional specialties were restored and improved, and production bases for yellow peach, tea, moso bamboo, taro, white goose, and shrimp were established. Agricultural production entered a new period of development. Agricultural production conditions improved. In 1990, Shantang was established. There are 2,585 reservoirs, including 15 reservoirs with a water storage capacity of more than 1 million cubic meters. The Tingxia Reservoir has a water storage capacity of 153 million cubic meters. It is one of the provincial key water conservancy projects with a total water storage capacity of more than 200 million cubic meters and an effective irrigation area of ??30. The total agricultural machinery power is 150,000 kilowatts. The agricultural output value is 184.5 million yuan, 5.2 times that of 1949. The total grain output is 192,000 tons, ranking first among the peach counties (cities) in China with 3,018 tons. , is one of the 100 tea-producing base counties (cities) in China. Its main forest products are fir, pine and bamboo, with a forest coverage rate of 46.3, a timber storage capacity of 960,000 cubic meters, and a moso bamboo storage capacity of 30 million plants. It is the provincial moso bamboo production base county. (City), among which 189,700 pigs are raised and 19,200 tons of aquatic products are produced.

In 2012, Fenghua achieved a total output value of 4.49 billion yuan in agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery, an increase of 4.49 billion yuan. 5.8. The standardized construction of 14,000 acres of grain production functional areas was fully completed, with a grain sowing area of ??181,000 acres and an output of 72,200 tons. The top ten leading agricultural products achieved an output value of 4.17 billion yuan, an increase of 1.05%, and 66 leading agricultural enterprises achieved an output value of 3.92 billion yuan. During the Republic of China, many new cultural landscapes were added. In the 1980s, Fenghua developed natural and cultural landscapes, and the large artificial lake under the pavilion was completed. The number of Chinese and foreign tourists increased year by year. In 1990, it received 840,000 visitors. There were 2,537 compatriots from Taiwan, 673 compatriots from Hong Kong and Macao and overseas Chinese, and 579 foreign guests.

In 2012, the added value of the service industry was 11.774 billion yuan, an increase of 7.6%, and 11.9043 million tourists from home and abroad were received throughout the year. The number of tourists increased by 10.4, of which overnight tourists accounted for 18.1, and the comprehensive tourism revenue was 7.484 billion yuan, an increase of 15.2.