Renqiu has a long history. According to historical records, in the second year of the Western Han Dynasty (AD 2), Ren Qiu, the commander of the sea patrol, built a city here to prevent Haikou, hence the name Ren Qiu. During the Tianbao period of the Northern Qi Dynasty (550-559 AD), the county was established, and it was abandoned twice from Sui Dynasty to the early Tang Dynasty. In the fifth year of Tang Wude (AD 622), Renqiu County was established for later generations. 1April 30, 945 Renqiu was liberated, 1958 Renqiu, Wen 'an and Dacheng merged, 196 1 year restored the original county system. 1on March 5, 986, the State Council approved the withdrawal of counties and the establishment of cities. At present, the urban area is 40 square kilometers, the urban population is 320,000, and the urbanization rate reaches 5 1.4%, ranking first among all counties and cities in the province.
Renqiu has many historical sites. There are twelve bridges at the junction of Yan and Zhao during the Warring States Period, garrisoned fortresses of famous soldiers in the Northern Song Dynasty, garrisoned sites of famous soldiers in the Western Han Dynasty, places of interest such as Yanzhou, Aling, Wang Qiao and Gogo, musical platforms in the Ming Dynasty, palaces in Kangxi and Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty, and original Yangshao cultural sites and Longshan cultural sites excavated after the reform and opening up.
Renqiu has outstanding people and profound cultural heritage. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Bian Que (Qin Yueren), a physician, Han Ying, a Confucian scholar in the Western Han Dynasty, Zhang Hekun, a general of Cao Wei in the Three Kingdoms Period, an admonisher in the Ming Dynasty, a calligrapher, poet and writer Bian Lianbao in the Qing Dynasty, an athlete in the Republic of China, a revolutionary poet Li Bo and a modern poet Yuan were all Renqiu people. Renqiu is also an old revolutionary base area, where there are witty and flexible anti-Japanese hero Yan Xiufeng (the prototype of Gazi in the movie Private Zhang Ga), the Yanling team that annihilated the Japanese invaders in the reeds, the guerrillas who fought bravely in tunnel warfare, and the heroic elegy of "Three Heroes of the Niu Family". Zhu De, Nie, Yang Chengwu and other revolutionaries of the older generation left footprints here.
Renqiu is rich in natural resources. * * * 62,000 hectares of cultivated land. Mineral resources are mainly oil and natural gas. North China Petroleum Administration Bureau, China Petroleum North China Oilfield Company and China Petroleum North China Petrochemical Company, large national enterprises, are all located in urban areas and are important petrochemical bases in China. 1985 proved oil reserves of 930 million tons, natural gas1600 million cubic meters. Since the development and construction of 1976 oilfield, the daily output of the highest single well has reached 5,400 tons, and the highest annual output has reached 1 7.33 million tons, which has made great contributions to the formation of the fourth growth peak of crude oil production in China and the annual output exceeding1100 million tons. Geothermal is the dominant resource in Renqiu, mainly developing medium and low temperature geothermal, and the outlet temperature is 40℃ and 70℃ respectively.
Renqiu Baiyangdian Scenic Area is famous at home and abroad. Known as the "West Lake in the North" and "Pearl of North China", Baiyangdian Lake is located at the northwest of the urban area 10 km, with a total area of 366.6 square kilometers (the water area under the jurisdiction of Renqiu is 64.8 square kilometers) and a storage capacity of 400 million cubic meters in normal years. It is the largest natural freshwater lake in North China. The lake is rich in aquatic resources, with 3/kloc-0 species of fish, rich in carp, crucian carp, eel, mandarin fish, freshwater shrimp, river crab, frog, snail, water chestnut, cockscomb, lotus root, reed and so on. Thousands of miles of levees by the lake, such as long queues and waves, are beautiful and natural. There is Mianzhou Temple outside the dike, which was once known as "the largest temple in the world" (Ming and Qing Dynasties). Historically, Baiyangdian was famous for its six famous scenic spots: Baiyang jathyapple, Zaolin Wandu, Chang Di Ada, He Shili Xiang, Shuiyue Peach Blossom and Jinsha Sunset. It is a national 5A-level scenic spot integrating sightseeing, folklore, fitness and scientific exploration. In 2005, Renqiu Petroleum National Mine Park successfully passed the examination and approval of the Ministry of Land and Resources. Upon completion, it will become the only popular science museum in the world to show the geological features of buried hills and the process of oil formation and exploitation, making Renqiu's tourist landscape more colorful.
Renqiu's urban infrastructure is relatively perfect. The Beijing-Kowloon Railway runs through the whole territory, with a total length of 35.5 kilometers, passing through 8 towns and 28 villages, and setting up secondary stations in the urban area. Domestic highway mileage 1246 km. Among them, 106 National Highway and Jinbao Highway cross the urban area vertically and horizontally, and the urban area has formed a road pattern with seven vertical and seven horizontal lines. In the north of the city (between Beijing-Kowloon Railway and National Highway 106), there is a provincial-level economic and technological development zone with a total area of 20 square kilometers and complete supporting facilities. Posts and telecommunications are developed. It has an international and domestic program-controlled telephone network with an installed capacity of120,000. At the end of 2006, there were 283,000 fixed-line telephone users in China, including 6,543,800 urban users and 6,543,800 rural users. 292,000 mobile phones; There are 46,000 Internet users. Every hundred households in the city have fixed telephones 106, and every hundred people have 37 mobile phones. The power supply is sufficient. 220kV substation 1 block,1/0 kV station 4, 35kV station 19. In 2006, the city's electricity consumption was nearly 265,438+300 million kWh. There are 30,000 tons of waterworks 1 seat, and more than 30 complete residential quarters such as Garden, Mingzhu New Village and Meiyuan New Village in the urban area. There are 65 ordinary primary schools 165, 66 ordinary middle schools, vocational middle schools 1, special education schools 1, 2 secondary vocational schools and 34 kindergartens in the city. There are 8 theaters, 6 gymnasiums, 2 cultural centers, 1 library and archives; There are 0 radio stations 1 station, 3 TV stations, and 68,000 cable TV users (including North China Oilfield), and the radio and TV coverage rate reaches 100%. There are 62 health care institutions with 2334 beds.
In recent years, Renqiu's economic construction and various social undertakings have made great progress. In 2006, the city's GDP was 36.46 billion yuan, the investment in fixed assets was 5.36 billion yuan, the total fiscal revenue was 3.27 billion yuan, the per capita net income of farmers was 47 19 yuan, and the per capita disposable income of urban residents was11yuan. The agricultural structure is becoming more and more reasonable, and the operating rate of agricultural industrialization reaches 46%, forming four leading industries of "chicken, duck, fish and vegetables", cultivating 60 leading enterprises in industrialization, and 12 agricultural products are rated as national or provincial famous products. Project construction has been further strengthened, with new investment of 1000 million yuan/project 15 1 8 projects with investment of over 100 million yuan 18, which is the year with the largest number of projects and investment scale in recent years. The strength of the private economy has been growing, forming ten leading industries with characteristics, such as petrochemical industry, new building materials, transportation equipment manufacturing, power equipment manufacturing, metal products, rubber and plastic products, electronic communication equipment manufacturing, construction industry, paper printing, products and food processing. The total number of private enterprises is nearly18,000, among which 103 has passed 3C certification and 52 have passed ISO9000 series quality certification. At present, Renqiu has become the largest aluminum profile production and processing base in the north, the largest sprocket production base in China and an important tricycle production and manufacturing base. The tertiary industry has developed rapidly, with 49 large and small markets in the city, and the annual turnover 10 exceeds 100 million yuan; There are 2389 hotels, including 2 four-star hotels, 3-star hotels 1 home and 2 two-star hotels. Commercial wholesale and retail outlets 1.7 million, and more than 2,290 catering outlets; The total retail sales of social consumer goods in the whole year was 5.32 billion yuan; 184 financial and insurance institutions; The balance of deposits of all financial institutions at the end of the year was 654.38+08.6 billion yuan, of which the balance of savings of urban and rural residents was 654.38+03.54 billion yuan, and the balance of loans at the end of the year was 3.46 billion yuan. Renqiu was rated as an advanced city in plain greening, "two basics" education, preschool education, culture, sports, work for the disabled, radio and television, caring for the people and so on. The comprehensive economic strength of Renqiu City has been in the forefront of the "Top Ten" counties and cities in Hebei since the Ninth Five-Year Plan. It entered the top 100 in China for the first time in 2000 and ranked 7 1 in 2006.