Overview of Dongshi Town

Dongshi Town, Zhijiang City, Hubei Province is an ancient civilized town with a history of 1,700 years. It was named Dongtanchao in 220 AD. During the Three Kingdoms period, Wei Yan, the general of Shu, was stationed there

This place was changed to Dongtankou, which was the hometown of Dong He, the general of the Shu Han Dynasty. Later, due to the gathering of merchants, half of them were in the city, so it evolved into Dong City. Dongshi Town is located 3 kilometers west of Zhijiang City, with superior location and convenient transportation. The total population of the town at the end of the year was 53,741, including 16,003 urban residents and 37,738 rural residents, accounting for 29.7% and 70.3% of the total population respectively. There were 26,521 males and 27,220 females, accounting for 49.3% and 50.7% of the total population respectively. The number of births throughout the year was 398, with a birth rate of 7.20‰, the number of deaths was 396, the death rate was 7.16‰, and the natural population growth rate was 0.04‰. It covers an area of ??145.4 square kilometers and has a cultivated land area of ??67,000 acres. It governs Dongshi, Yaojiagang, Hongzhi, Fuxing, Pinghu, Caodian, Jinlong, Taizhou, Shiping, Huangjin, Xinzhouchang, Wuling, Caotai, Shuanghu, Peisheng, Guihua, Shimaidian, and Shigang There are 24 administrative villages and 2 community committees in Qiao, Shibaoshan, Majiachong, Liangmeiyang, Gaoshigang, Ganlin Temple, Sunzigou, Yaojiagang and Zhouhu. Dongshi Town is an industrial town with a long history. It has a good historical foundation and conditions. From the Qing Dynasty to the 29th year of the Republic of China, there were more than 8,000 residents and more than 300 shops of various types. It was an important port and commercial port connecting eastern Sichuan and western Hubei with the Jianghan Plain. During the autumn harvest season, thousands of mules and horses came to market every day, and hundreds of Ships loading and unloading goods show the prosperity of the market. In June 1940, Japanese planes invaded and bombed the city, and Dong City fell into depression and neglect. So far, all 43 town-owned state-owned and collective enterprises in the town have been privatized, and the restructuring of industrial enterprises has reached 100%. A total of 110.83 million yuan of debts have been disposed of, 9.85 million yuan of assets have been sold, 3,586 employees have been resettled, and 3,586 employees of state-owned collective enterprises have been dismissed. There are 1,322 employees, 6.54 million yuan in employee resettlement fees, and more than 1 million yuan in social labor insurance premiums have been paid. System innovation and mechanism innovation have been achieved, and Dongshi's industry is full of vitality and flourishing. In 2004, 43 enterprises in the town had an additional sales revenue of 258 million yuan after completing privatization restructuring, and could increase profits and taxes by 12.8 million yuan.

The investment promotion has achieved brilliant results. From 2000 to 2004, 18 projects were introduced, including Lao Shide, Tianren Chemical Fiber, Chutian Plastic City, Henghui Color Printing, Guanghong Amino Acid, and Dingli Potato Industry, with a total foreign investment of 102 million yuan and domestic capital utilization of 141.7 million yuan. , respectively 5 times and 6 times the total investment in the town before 2000. Dongshi Town has introduced 4 new projects, with investment contract capital of 176.12 million yuan, and has started 4 projects with actual utilized funds of 93.9 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 57%, ranking among the top towns in Zhijiang City.

The corporate structure adjustment has distinctive features. Relying on Sanning Co., Ltd., a chemical enterprise group was formed, headed by Yuangang Company, Guanghong Amino Acid, and Fucheng Chemical, and 8 other companies including Lao Shide Company, Tianren Chemical Fiber, Tiansheng Weaving Factory, Lantian Textile Factory, and Yunhua Company Textile enterprise group; 10 paper-making enterprise groups including Henghui Color Printing, Liangcheng Paper, Aowei Paper, Shuangying Paper, Shunda Paper, Pinghu Paper; with Yao Su as the backbone, more than 30 plastic factories and plastic recycling and processing Plastic enterprise group; Dingli Potato Industry, Zhengfa Feed, Jinming Oil Manufacturing, Pinghu Breeding, Hongti Technology, Fenggao Juice and other food processing enterprise groups; Yaogang Brick and Tile Factory, Caotai Brick and Tile Factory, Dongshi Steel Rolling Factory, Yao The building materials system of 30 companies including Hong Kong Rolling Steel Mill and Liming Building Materials. Six pillar industries have gradually formed, including chemical industry, building materials, textiles, papermaking, plastics, and food processing. In 2004, the town's six pillar industries achieved a total output value of 642.4 million yuan, accounting for 61.3% of the town's total industrial output value, and provided employment for 7,431 rural laborers.

The prosperity of industry will make Dongshi prosperous, and the strong industry will make the people prosperous. Dongshi Town vigorously promotes the process of new industrialization, achieving a new level of industrial development every year, driving fiscal revenue to a new leap every year, and the people Life changes every year, and comprehensive economic strength takes a big step forward. In 2004, the town's total industrial and agricultural output value reached 2.38 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 14.6%.

Among them: the total industrial output value was 1.21 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 14.62%; the industrial foreign trade export volume reached 5.16 million yuan, a year-on-year increase of 37.2%; the town's electricity consumption was 3.8 million kilowatt-hours, and industrial electricity consumption alone reached 3.48 million kilowatt-hours, accounting for The proportion of total consumption reached 90.1%, an increase of 10 percentage points from 2003; the industrial and commercial tax revenue was 6.945 million yuan, accounting for 64% of the fiscal revenue; at the end of the year, the number of employees in the enterprise reached 13,419, an increase of more than 4,000 people, and the per capita annual salary The income reaches more than 6,000 yuan.

Dongshi will be better tomorrow. Dongshi Town is planning to build an industrial economic park covering an area of ??1,000 acres in the west section of Yingbin Avenue, building a platform for attracting investment, building a nest to attract phoenixes, and striving to introduce and cultivate them within 3-5 years. There are 3 enterprises with an output value of more than 100 million yuan, 5 enterprises with an output value of more than 50 million yuan, and 10 enterprises with an output value of more than 10 million yuan, including 2 enterprises with a tax revenue of more than 5 million yuan, and 5 enterprises with a tax revenue of more than 1 million yuan, making Dong City a A veritable industrial town that has revived the glory of a thousand-year-old town.