1. Regional orientation

Gaochun County is located in the southwest border of Jiangsu Province, at 31°13′-31°26′ north latitude and 118°41′-119°12′ east longitude. It borders Liyang and Lishui cities and counties in the northeast and Dangtu, Xuancheng and Langxi cities and counties in Anhui Province in the southwest, with a total area of ??802 square kilometers. It currently governs 8 towns, 1 provincial economic development zone, 134 administrative villages, and 17 community committees. The total population is 425,000.

2. Topography

Gaochun County is long from east to west, narrow from north to south, and the terrain is high in the east and low in the west. The eastern part is the junction of the remaining mountains of Maoshan and Tianmu Mountains, with undulating hills and crisscrossing valleys. The ground elevation is between 15 and 35 meters above sea level. It is a low hilly and sloping plain with an area of ??446.5 square kilometers, accounting for 55.69% of the total area of ??the county; the west is Shuiyangjiang, at the confluence of the Qingyijiang River basin, has open waters, crisscrossing rivers, and fertile fields. The ground elevation is between 5.5 and 7.5 meters above sea level. It is a lake basin plain with an area of ??355.3 square kilometers, accounting for 44.31% of the total county area. Gaochun has Gucheng Lake in the south, Shijiu Lake in the north, and Shuiyang River in the west. The county has 246 square kilometers of water surface, accounting for 30.7% of the total county area.

3. Climate and soil

Gaochun County belongs to the northern subtropical to mid-subtropical monsoon transition climate zone, with a mild climate and four distinct seasons. The annual average temperature is 16.4°C and the average annual precipitation is 1194.5 mm. The annual sunshine number is 2128.1 hours, and there is sufficient light and heat energy for crop growth. The county's soil is divided into 7 soil categories, 12 subcategories, 18 soil genera, and 44 soil species. The low hilly land is dominated by Lower Sichuan loess parent material. The main types include yellow-brown soil, yellow-red soil and purple soil. The soil in the polder area is the Cenozoic sediment parent material. The main soils include gray sand soil, mud bone soil and green soil. The county's total cultivated land is 567,000 acres, including 452,100 acres of paddy fields and 114,900 acres of dry land.

4. Social and economic overview

Gaochun County has a long history, splendid culture, beautiful mountains and rivers, beautiful environment, fertile land and rich products. It is known as the "Holy Land in the South of the Yangtze River" and "The Land of Fish and Rice" reputation. Among the Yangtze River Delta Economic Development Zone, Gaochun's environment is its greatest advantage, and Gaochun's ecology is its most resounding brand. In the past 30 years of reform and opening up, Gaochun's economy has caught up with the latecomers, accelerated its development, continuously enhanced its comprehensive strength, and become increasingly well-known at home and abroad. In 2009, the county achieved a regional GDP of 19.943 billion yuan, an increase of 18.6% over the previous year; fiscal revenue of 1.65 billion yuan, an increase of 13.2%; the whole society's fixed asset investment was 14.3 billion yuan, an increase of 32.4%; the total retail sales of consumer goods was 6.911 billion yuan, an increase of 19.5%; the per capita disposable income of urban residents was 23,000 yuan, and the per capita net income of farmers was 9,881 yuan, an increase of 15% and 10.9% respectively; the energy consumption of the regional GDP per 10,000 yuan decreased by 5%, showing a healthy and good development trend . Gaochun has been rated as "National Advanced Plains Greening County" and "Jiangsu Province Ecological Agriculture County". In 2002, it was the first to be awarded the "National Ecological Demonstration Zone" in Nanjing City. In 2005, it was included in the first batch of pilot counties to create a national ecological county by Jiangsu Province. In 2006, it was rated as a "National Sanitary County". In 2008, it was included in the Jiangsu Province It is a comprehensively well-off county and was awarded the title of "National Garden County" in 2009. At the same time, relying on ecological resources to develop characteristic industries, it has won many honors such as "China's No. 1 Private Shipbuilding County" and "National Edible Fungi Standardized Production Demonstration County". In 2011, it was named "National Ecological County" by the Ministry of Environmental Protection.

Gaochun mainly has a good ecological environment and is a very suitable city for human settlement. In terms of industrial and economic development, it is definitely incomparable with Suzhou, Wuxi and Changzhou. However, in 2011, it was ranked among the "Top 100 Counties in the Country", but it has more ecological components. , if the evaluation is based on actual economics, it may not be among the top 100! In terms of consumption level, I personally think it is a bit high.