Yunfu, known as the "hometown of stones", is located in the central and western parts of Guangdong Province, south of the middle reaches of Xijiang River. Zhaoqing City and Jiangmen City in the east, Yangjiang City and Maoming City in the south, Wuzhou City in Guangxi in the west, Xijiang River in the north, and Fengkai County and Deqing County in Zhaoqing City across the river. It has a subtropical monsoon climate, with an annual average temperature of 2 1.5 degrees Celsius, an annual average precipitation of1670.5mm, and an annual average sunshine hours of 1.4 1.8 hours. This is a famous historical, cultural and tourist city.
The city has a total area of 7,779 square kilometers and a total population of 2.62 million, including more than 800,000 non-agricultural population, 6.5438+0.8 million agricultural population and 6.5438+0.3 million social labor force. Administer Yuncheng District, Xinxing County, Yun 'an County and Yun 'an County, and manage luoding city. In recent years, the growth rate of major economic indicators has been at the forefront of the province.
The glorious history has created the rich and splendid cultural heritage of Yunfu. The south exit of Yunan County is the intersection of Nanjiang and Xijiang, and it is an important docking channel of the ancient Silk Road. Luoding Tang Dynasty "Longdong Dojo Inscription" cliff stone carving, known as "the first Tang sculpture in Lingnan".
The beauty of the region gave birth to handsome men and talented women in Yunfu in previous dynasties. Huineng, the sixth ancestor of Zen Buddhism, Deng Fa, a famous leader of the workers' movement, and Cai Tingkai, a patriotic anti-Japanese star, were all born here.
Yunfu city is rich in mineral resources and has a wide variety. At present, 52 kinds of minerals have been discovered, which are called "sulfur capital" and "stone capital". Yunfu pyrite reserves and products rank first in the world. Yunnan's ilmenite production ranks first in the province, and sillimanite reserves rank second in the country. Granite, marble, limestone, timely and kaolin have large reserves and good quality, which occupy an important position in the whole province and even the whole country. Yunfu is also an important agricultural and forestry producing area in western Guangdong, rich in rice, wood, rosin, cinnamon, cinnamon oil, fruit, cassava, bamboo shoots, southern medicine, three birds and so on.
Numerous scenic spots and historical sites have formed Yunfu's unique tourism resources. The emerging Guo 'en Temple has a history of more than 1,300 years. "One hundred cities are unparalleled in smoke and water, and six generations are full of wind." This is the place where Huineng, the sixth ancestor of Zen Buddhism, was founded and died. It is one of the famous Buddhist ancestral temples in Yunfu. Above the temple gate, there is a plaque inscribed by Wu Zetian, "Guo En Dian". The sound of wooden fish and the curl of cigarettes in the temple; Outside the temple, there is a thousand-year-old pear fragrance, a hundred miles of misty rain and a green cage. Longshan hot spring is there in early spring. They bathed her in the pure flower pond, warming and smoothing her creamy crystal skin. This is a unique sulfur and hydrogen mineral spring in the province, with clear water and suitable temperature, which has magical medical and health care functions. The scenic spot of Panlong Cave in Yuncheng has beautiful scenery, and the gem flowers in the cave are crystal white as jade, which is a must for China. Guangyi House in Liantan, Yunnan Province retains the typical architectural style of Lingnan ancient dwellings, which can be described as antique. The "Dragon Tour" consisting of Longshan Hot Spring, Longshan Guoen Temple, Panlong Cave, Panlong Tianhu, Longwan Tianhe Waterfall and Longdongyan is becoming a tourist hotline, receiving more than 2 million tourists every year.
The city has established a developed transportation network and advanced communication system. There are two customs offices in Yunfu and Luoding, so it is very convenient to handle the import and export of goods. Urban water supply and power supply are sufficient, financial institutions are complete, and service networks are spread all over urban and rural areas. In terms of power supply, at present, the installed capacity of power generation in the city is 5 1 0.2 million kilowatts, and 220 kV substations10, 810 kV substations and 2 35 kV substations have been built, thus completing the transformation project of urban and rural power grids and realizing the same price of urban and rural power grids in the city. In terms of post and telecommunications, the city has now formed a domestic and international long-distance transmission network mainly based on optical cables and digital microwaves, and telecommunications transmission has basically realized exchange program control and transmission digitalization. All program-controlled telephones in the city have been opened, with the total number of telephone users reaching 263,000, and the penetration rate of main lines reaching 0.52 per 100 people/kloc-0 line. The telephone penetration rate reached 2.56 lines per hundred people/kloc-0, and the local telephone penetration rate reached 32.27 lines per hundred people. In terms of transportation, Sanmao Railway and National Highway 324 run through the whole territory, and Zhentongcun highways crisscross, with primary and secondary cement roads as the main ones. Yunfu section of Guangwu Expressway was completed and opened to traffic at the end of 2004. Yunfu Port, the second largest inland port in Guangdong Province, has an annual import and export cargo throughput of over 365,438+10,000 tons. In terms of water supply facilities, Yunfu City has a daily water supply capacity of 410.4 million cubic meters, a water supply pipeline length of 748 kilometers, an annual total water supply of 5610.9 million cubic meters, a domestic water consumption of 34.77 million cubic meters and a water permeability of10.000%.
At present, Yunfu City has formed six industrial bases: First, the chemical production base, with an annual output of 4 million tons of sulfur ore, 290,000 tons of sulfuric acid, 40,000 tons of rosin and 50,000 tons of chemical fertilizer, has become an important chemical production base in Guangdong Province; Second, the stone building materials base has formed more than 23 categories 13 series 1000 varieties for processing, developing and producing marble, granite, recycled stone decorative boards, stone furniture and stone handicrafts. It is the largest stone product distribution center in South China, and was awarded as "China Stone Base Center" and "China Stone Circulation Demonstration Base" in 2003. Yunfu is also the largest cement producer in Guangdong, with an annual output of 3.8 million tons of cement. At present, there are still more than 6.5438 million tons of cement production lines under construction. Third, the production base of stainless steel products. Xinxing County is an important production and export base of stainless steel kitchenware products in China. The output of stainless steel tableware ranks second in the country and the sales volume ranks first in the country. Xinxing newspaper enjoys a good reputation in Europe and America; The fourth is the garment processing and export base. Luoding Textile Industrial City covers an area of 1.500 mu, with 20 existing enterprises and nearly 10,000 employees. The swimsuits produced by Huatianlong Clothing Co., Ltd. occupy a large share in the American market; Fifth, the electromechanical production base. Yunan County is the largest battery producing county in China, producing all kinds of brand-name batteries and all kinds of wires and cables.
In recent years, Yunfu Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government has put forward the development idea of "connecting the east with the west, expanding the advantages outward, competing in a wrong position and making overall plans", implemented the strategic measure of "taking the economic extension development road of the Pearl River Delta", actively undertaken the industrial transfer of the Pearl River Delta, introduced the encouragement measures to speed up the development of private economy, and established industrial parks such as Revitalizing Industrial Park, Yunan Industrial Development Zone, luoding city Textile Industrial City and Emerging Guo Liang Industrial City, which have successfully created unique economic development in mountainous areas.
Adhering to the coordinated development of economy, society, man and nature is the strategic policy determined by the municipal party Committee and the municipal government. In recent years, municipal infrastructure and environmental protection and ecological construction have been greatly strengthened. The dilapidated street landscape is brand-new, the area of grassland and green trees is expanding year by year, and artistic sculptures with different styles enhance the taste of the city. Yunfu has also taken the lead in establishing more than 100 eco-civilized villages in the whole province, where people and animals are separated, clean sewage is diverted, and garbage is concentrated and harmless. Looking at urban and rural areas, "there are mountains in the city, water in the mountains, green trees and flowers, and mountains and rivers set each other off". Yunfu has added beautiful colors to the land of South Guangdong.