Pingtan Town is located in the west of Tongliang County, Chongqing, which is 18 kilometers away from the county seat, more than 11 kilometers away from the famous world cultural heritage-Dazu Baoding in the north and bordering Tongnan County in the south. It is the second largest town in Tongliang County and the economic and cultural center in the west of the county.
Pingtan Town has jurisdiction over 34 administrative villages and 1 neighborhood committees, with an area of 91 square kilometers, 57,111 mu of cultivated land and a population of 51,111.
Pingtan Town is an important agricultural town with high quality and high efficiency in Tongliang County. Pingtan rice is exported to southwest provinces, and 72-1 Jincheng won the gold medal in the Food Expo of the Ministry of Agriculture. The crucian carp in Pingtan is big and tender, so it deserves to be known as the "land of plenty". In recent years, according to the development model of "company+base+farmers", we have done a good job in agricultural three industry. First, take Longzhang Paper and other companies as the leader, and actively promote the integration project of forestry, pulp and paper. Second, with Tongliang Yinong Poultry Industry Development Co., Ltd. as the leader, a demonstration base of improved fish and duck model will be built. The third is to build a vegetable base of 11,111 mu with Longhuan Company as the leader. Longhuan Company cooperated with our town to establish "Longhuan ten thousand mu pollution-free vegetable base". The base is planned to be completed in five years: in 2116, the core demonstration area of 1111 mu greenhouse will be completed, and the greenhouse investment will be provided by the company with a loan of 9 million yuan, which will eventually reach 11111 mu. The operation mode of the base is enterprise (market)+large planter. At present, the project has completed the planning of the 1111-mu core demonstration area and the introduction of owners. Five investment owners and five government officials from Zhejiang and Rongchang who have experience in production and operation have signed land lease contracts with cooperatives (farmers), and all of them have paid the farmers' land lease fees in 2116. At present, the greenhouse has been basically built and is in the seedling stage. In addition, Linlin Zanthoxylum bungeanum Company, Lvguoshu Company and Zhongcai Logistics Company promote the agricultural development of our town.
Pingtan industry has begun to take shape. According to the general requirements of promoting new industrialization, an "industrial economic belt" will be gradually formed. There are 6 industrial enterprises in the belt, and the advantages of belt agglomeration are taking shape. Two major industries, "shoemaking and food processing led by Dengfeng", are taking shape. This year, Wang Yongxin, a newly introduced Chongqing owner, invested more than 2 million yuan to set up livestock and poultry meat processing plants and wild boar farms in Zhala Village and Hongtai Village respectively, and 51 breeding pigs have been introduced. Build a "big" base. Focus on cultivating vegetable processing plants of Longhuan Group, support poultry processing plants of Yinong Company, Jiafeng rice processing plants and a number of leading enterprises in agricultural and sideline products processing, such as integrating the existing candy processing industry in packaging Pingtan, take the road of listing high-quality packaging, brand Pingtan and build agricultural and sideline products processing bases. In 2115, the fiscal revenue in the town budget was 4.27 million yuan, 1.111% of the annual plan was completed, and the tax (excluding agricultural tax) was 1.214 million yuan; The industrial added value was 47 million yuan, accounting for 1.31% of the annual plan; The investment in fixed assets was 214.6 million yuan, accounting for 1.58% of the annual plan; The actual use of funds outside the county is 126.5 million yuan, accounting for 1.42% of the annual plan; The added value of agriculture was 116.32 million yuan, accounting for 119% of the annual plan. The planned fertility rate reached 96.13%, and 4,511 people were insured by the new rural cooperative medical system, with a total of 32,611 people insured, and the medical insurance coverage rate reached 71%.
Pingtan culture is unique. In recent years, the cultural, educational and health undertakings in Pingtan Town have developed rapidly and achieved fruitful results. At present, there is a comprehensive building of cultural center with an area of 1111 square meters; Sports facilities such as gateball, basketball, badminton, table tennis table and parallel bars have been built, and various types of cultural and sports equipment have reached 381 sets, with a total value of more than 51,111 yuan; Cultural management has been consolidated and developed, and seven projects such as tea garden, video, electronic amusement and catering have been launched, with an annual net income of more than 21 thousand yuan; Eight relatively stable literary and art backbone teams often carry out activities, and the organized dragon dance programs such as Kuang Jilong, Stelless Dragon, Roller Skating Dragon and Pole-carrying Dragon have won many awards in cities and counties, basically building a development pattern with sound network, reasonable layout, rich levels, popular activities and certain characteristic culture. It has successively won the honors of "advanced town for hundreds of millions of farmers' fitness activities" and "advanced town for culture" and "characteristic town for culture" in the county, and the cultural and sports service center has been named as "civilized unit" and "health unit" by the county in 2116. Media such as the Ministry of Culture, CCTV's "Oriental Time and Space", "Focus Interview" and Chongqing TV Station have successively publicized and reported the achievements of cultural work in Pingtan. Skating dragon, shoulder pole dragon and lotus dragon have won numerous awards in county-level cultural performances. Nearly a thousand plaques in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, which are now hidden in Pingtan People's Warehouse, can be called the first plaque gallery in China.
The education in Pingtan has achieved remarkable results. There are currently 1 junior high schools, 3 town-level primary schools, 41 junior high schools and 118 primary schools in the town, with 2,363 middle school students, 4,418 primary school students and 289 teaching and administrative staff. All primary and secondary schools in the town have adhered to the policy of "two basics" and "popularization", and in recent years, they have focused on promoting quality education.
The health service in Pingtan has advanced. The Pingtan Central Health Center has been built into a national first-class hospital, covering an area of 9,212 square meters, with 5,357 square meters of medical premises and 51 beds. It has fixed assets of 4.29 million yuan and strong technical force. Now there are 67 employees, and professional and technical personnel account for 93% of the total number of employees. There are clinical departments such as emergency department, internal medicine department, pediatrics department, orthopedics department, general surgery department, obstetrics and gynecology department, integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine department, stomatology department, physiotherapy room, etc., which can timely and accurately diagnose and treat common diseases, frequently-occurring diseases and timely rescue and transfer critically ill patients. The medical equipment is fully functional, and there are 45 varieties and 138 pieces of basic equipment that can meet the needs of the wounded and sick. The hospital also contacted the blood bank in the county center to carry out blood transfusion and component blood transfusion business. The ward is equipped with air conditioning and color TV, and the environment is clean and hygienic, making it a good place for patients' health care, rehabilitation and treatment.
Pingtan Town has perfect infrastructure, convenient transportation and developed communication network. A cement road with a distance of 17 kilometers goes directly to the county seat. Every village has realized telephone village, cable TV in every village, and roads in social clubs. 81% of farmers have built buildings. Combined with the ongoing pilot construction of new socialist countryside, the people of the town are marching towards a more affluent and well-off society in the new century.