Brief introduction of Nanning
development of history
Nanning belonged to Baiyue territory in ancient times. Daxing County was established in the first year of Daxing in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (AD 3 18), and Nanning is now the seat of county administration. Since then, the establishment of Nanning has a history of 1680 years. In the eighth year of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty (A.D. 634), Emperor Taizong named it as Yongzhou, and Nanning was called "Yong" for short. In the first year of Taiding in Yuan Dynasty (A.D. 13 14), the central government named "Nanning" for the sake of peace in southern Xinjiang, hence the name Nanning. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Nanning was identified as the capital of Guangxi Province. 1958 Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region was established, with Nanning as the capital of the autonomous region and the center of politics, economy, transportation, culture, science and technology and information in the region.
Administrative divisions and land area
Nanning has jurisdiction over six urban districts including Xingning, Jiangnan, Qingxiu, Xixiangtang, Yongning and Liangqing, and six counties including Wuming, Hengxian, Binyang, Shanglin, Mashan and Longan. The city has a total area of 22 1 12 square kilometers, an urban area of 6,559 square kilometers and a built-up area of 150 square kilometers.
Population and nationality
The registered population of the city is 6,488,500, of which the urban population is 244. 1 10,000. Nanning is inhabited by Zhuang and Han nationalities, among which the population of Zhuang nationality accounts for about half of the total population of the city. People of all ethnic groups in the city live in harmony, with colorful ethnic customs and a long history of national culture, as well as an open, tolerant and innovative cultural atmosphere. In addition to the traditional festivals such as Spring Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day and Double Ninth Festival, the traditional folk festivals mainly include Spring Festival, Ciba Festival, New Year Taste Festival, Zhongyuan Festival, Cold Clothes Festival and Kitchen King Festival. The folk dances and dramas in Nanning are rich and colorful, including lion dance, spring bull dance, Yong opera, Cantonese opera, Shigong opera and eight-tone performance. The people of Zhuang nationality have created traditional crafts such as embroidery, Zhuang brocade, bamboo weaving, woodwork, pottery making, sculpture, painting, paper cutting, tie-dyeing and batik clothing. These traditional crafts with thousands of years of history are the essence of the unique cultural accumulation of Zhuang nationality and have been passed down to this day.
natural environment
Nanning is located at east longitude 107? 45— 108 ? 5 1? , 22 north latitude? 13—23 ? 32? Between The urban area lives in Nanning Basin, one of the four great basin in Guangxi, with an average elevation of 74-79 meters and the highest point of 496 meters. Nanning is located in the south of the Tropic of Cancer, with subtropical monsoon climate, abundant sunshine, abundant rainfall and mild climate. The average annual temperature is 2 1.7℃, the average annual rainfall is1300mm, and the frost-free period lasts for 345-360 days. There is a saying that "the grass is not withered after winter, but the flowers are still unrestrained after spring".
Location condition
Nanning is adjacent to Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, backed by the southwest and facing Southeast Asia. It is an important hub connecting the southeast coast and the southwest inland, the most convenient hub on the sea passage in the southwest, and the only offshore provincial capital (capital) city in the west. China-ASEAN Expo is held in Nanning every year, making Nanning one of the frontier cities of China's opening to the outside world.
As the center of the three economic circles of South China, Southwest China and Southeast Asia, and the junction of coastal areas and hinterland areas, Nanning has an increasingly perfect three-dimensional transportation network extending in all directions. Expressway goes directly to Guilin, Liuzhou, Beihai and other places; Inland waterways go directly to Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Macao and other places; Civil aviation has opened a number of domestic and foreign routes, reaching major domestic cities, and international flights can directly reach Southeast Asian countries such as Thailand and Vietnam. The railways that pass through Nanning include Xianggui Line, South Defence Line, Nankun Line, Lizhan Line and Liqin Line, and the railway network that runs vertically and horizontally goes directly to major cities in China.
natural resource
Nanning is rich in water resources, mineral resources, agricultural and sideline products, animal and plant resources, Chinese herbal medicine resources and tourism resources. Nanning is located in the non-ferrous metal zone of Lingnan, and 4/kloc-0 species of manganese, zinc, lead, gold, silver, coal, quartz sand, crystal, barite, dolomite and granite have been discovered, accounting for one third of the known minerals in China. Nanning is an important production base of grain and cash crops in Guangxi, which is rich in rice, corn, sugarcane, cassava, peanuts, beans, hemp, tea, flowers, etc., especially more than 40 kinds of subtropical fruits such as bananas, pineapples, mangoes, lychees, almonds and longan, which are fragrant all year round. There are more than 300 kinds of Chinese herbal medicine resources, such as Amomum villosum, Dioscorea opposita, Pinellia ternata, Poria, Flos Lonicerae and Cinnamomum cassia.
Tourist attractions
Nanning is a tourist destination and distribution center in Guangxi, connecting Guilin, a country with the best landscape in the north, and Yintan, a national tourist resort in the south. There are scenic spots such as Qingxiu Mountain, Liangfengjiang National Forest Park, Phoenix Lake, Yangmei Ancient Town, Shimen Forest Park, People's Park and Nanhu Park in the urban area. The scenic spots in suburban counties include Yiling Rock, Daming Mountain Nature Reserve, Kowloon Waterfall Forest Park, Jinlun Cave, Dalong Lake, Sanli Yangdu Scenic Area, Longhu Mountain Nature Reserve, Kunlun Pass and the remains of the old anti-Japanese battlefield. Nanning's tourism highlights the characteristics of "green city beauty, strong rural feelings and southern style", and has opened up classic tourist routes such as "green city style tour, Bagui style tour, Sino-Vietnamese transnational tour and southern border tour".
Local special diet
Nanning is a collection of cuisines and snacks from many regions at home and abroad. Nanning is the main exhibition place of Guangxi cuisine. As a cuisine with strong local characteristics in Guangxi, Guangxi cuisine, like Cantonese cuisine, is the representative of Lingnan food culture, which pays attention to freshness, lightness, tenderness, freshness, smoothness and nutrition science, and is full of seasonal changes. Various flavor snacks represented by powdered food and glutinous rice food are even more delicious. The rare, exotic and refined diet, combined with deep ethnic customs, has become a school of Guangxi, which makes tourists feast and open their eyes. Representative diets with local characteristics include eight-treasure rice, porridge, sour food, snail, hydrangea powder, roll powder, dried fishing powder, Laoyou powder, Laoyou noodles, lemon duck and so on.
city construction
In 200 1 year, Nanning put forward the goal of urban construction management "136", that is, "small changes in one year, changes in three years and big changes in six years". Now, the transportation network of "five horizontals, three verticals and four rings", the increasingly perfect service facilities and the beautiful and comfortable living environment have been basically built. Nanning is one of the first five cities to win the highest award for urban construction in China, namely, the China Habitat Environment Award. At the same time, Nanning has also won the titles of National Garden City, Excellent Tourist City in China, National Sanitary City for Urban Hygiene Inspection and Appraisal, National Excellent City for Comprehensive Improvement of Urban Environment, and National Advanced City for Creating Civilized Cities.
Development Zone and New District Construction
The development zones in Nanning are the national Nanning High-tech Industrial Development Zone, the national Nanning Economic and Technological Development Zone, the autonomous region-level nanning overseas chinese investment zone and the autonomous region-level Nanning Liujing Industrial Zone, which are important windows for Nanning's opening to the outside world and new economic growth points.
Nanning High-tech Industrial Development Zone 1992 was established with the approval of the State Council, located in the northwest of the city, with a planned area of 18 square kilometers. It has the city-level economic management authority and a series of socialized service organizations to provide "one-stop" services for enterprises entering the zone.
Nanning Economic and Technological Development Zone was founded in 1992, exercising the municipal management authority. It is located in the south of the city, with superior location conditions and convenient transportation. The planned area is 1 10 square kilometers, and the developed land has been "five connections and one leveling".
Nanning overseas chinese investment zone (China-ASEAN Economic Park) is located in the northern suburb, and expressway is more than 40 kilometers away from the city center, with an area of 179 square kilometers. It makes full use of the advantages of land, culture and location, and introduces Singaporean Industrial Park and Indonesian Industrial Park, which will become a new carrier of economic and trade cooperation between China and ASEAN.
Nanning Liujing Industrial Zone is located in the east of Nanning, and expressway is more than 60 kilometers away from the city center. Guihai and Nanguang two railways, namely expressway, Xianggui and Liqin, and Yongjiang golden waterway meet here, which has a unique geographical advantage.
In order to enhance the city's comprehensive competitiveness, give full play to its functions and promote its development, in recent years, Nanning has introduced the new concept of international urban planning in line with the idea of rational utilization of urban space and further widening the urban framework, and accelerated the development of Xiangsihu New District, Fengling Sub-district and Nanhu Sub-district with the focus on functional and pivotal infrastructure construction.
Soft investment environment
1Since the State Council approved Nanning to implement the coastal open city policy in June, 1992, Nanning has continuously improved its investment environment, set up an administrative examination and approval hall, and provided convenient and quick examination and approval channels. Foreign investors investing in enterprises in Nanning can enjoy preferential policies in ethnic minority areas, border areas, coastal open cities and western regions and preferential policies in various development zones in Nanning. The enterprise income tax is15%. Newly-established enterprises enjoy "five exemptions and three reductions", that is, income tax is completely exempted for the first five years and halved for the next three years. At present, foreign businessmen from more than 30 countries and regions, including the United States, Germany, Thailand, Hongkong and Taiwan Province, have invested in Nanning.
Festival activities
Since 2004, China-ASEAN Expo has been held in Nanning every autumn. The Expo is hosted by the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China and the Ministry of Commerce (Trade) of ASEAN countries, and undertaken by the People's Government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The Expo integrates goods trade, service trade, investment negotiation, high-level forum and cultural exchange, aiming at strengthening the good-neighborly friendship and economic and trade ties between China and ASEAN, cooperating with the establishment of the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area and showing the achievements of the free trade area. The first Expo in 2004 was a complete success. At the same time, Nanning International Folk Song Art Festival, Nanning International School Supplies Fair, Nanning International Education Exhibition and Guangxi Investment and Trade Fair are held in Nanning every autumn.
Economic and social development in 2004
-Economic development reached a new high.
The regional GDP was 58.886 billion yuan, an increase of 13.2%, which was the fastest and best year in recent 10 years. Among them, the primary industry10275 million yuan, an increase of 5.9%. The secondary industry18.497 billion yuan, an increase of18.2%; Among them, industry12.58 billion yuan, an increase of 16.6%. The tertiary industry was 301.1400 million yuan, with an increase of 13. 1%. The proportion of tertiary industry is17.45: 31.41:51.14. Fiscal revenue was 7.463 billion yuan, an increase of 22.23%. The investment in fixed assets of the whole society was 26.076 billion yuan, an increase of 36.99%. The total retail sales of social consumer goods was 239.4 1 100 million yuan, an increase of 15. 12%. Actual utilization of foreign capital 1 100 million USD. Foreign trade exports totaled 525 million US dollars, up by 2.57%. The per capita disposable income of urban residents was 8060 yuan, an increase of 9. 1%.
-Industry continued to accelerate development.
The industry has achieved a good development situation of high speed and good benefits that has not been seen for many years. The total output value of industrial enterprises above designated size was 26.365 billion yuan, an increase of 24.55%. Industry boosted the city's economic growth by about 3.54 percentage points. Industrial economic benefits have been greatly improved, and the profits of industries above designated size have reached12.1300 million yuan, an increase of 73. 1%.
-New achievements have been made in the industrialized operation of agriculture.
Agriculture presents a good situation of accelerated growth and structural optimization. New progress has been made in the adjustment of agricultural structure, and the proportion of grain to cash crops has reached1:1.07; The development momentum of aquaculture is good, with the output of meat, milk and aquatic products increasing by 7.26%, 4 1. 19% and 6.77% respectively. Milk production ranks first in the region. New achievements have been made in agricultural industrialization, and the industrial chains of agricultural products such as grain and oil, cassava starch, tilapia and dairy industry have taken shape.
-The consumer market is active.
The growth rate of total retail sales of social consumer goods reached a new high since the Ninth Five-Year Plan. Real estate sales continue to be hot, and consumption hotspots such as automobiles and communications continue. The total tourism revenue was 7.307 billion yuan, up by 17.5%. New service industries such as tourism, exhibition and information have developed rapidly. The first Expo attracted 0.8 million exhibitors and buyers from home and abroad, and received 350,000 visitors from home and abroad, with a total transaction volume of/kloc-0.33 billion US dollars.
-remarkable results have been achieved in attracting investment
Domestic and foreign-funded contracts introduced 25.608 billion yuan, up 1.0 1 times; The actually paid-in funds were12.254 billion yuan, an increase of 1.05 times. There are 72 contracted projects in the first Expo, including 47 contracted projects, with a total investment of15.763 billion yuan. The contracted amount reached a new high in previous investment and trade fairs, ranking first in the region. Actively participate in and promote regional cooperation in the Pan-Pearl River Delta, achieve a historic breakthrough in cooperation with Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, and successfully sign cooperation agreements for Guangdong Industrial Park, Guangdong Commercial Street, Hong Kong Street and Macau Street. Actively promote cooperation with ASEAN, and make substantial progress in the development and construction of China-ASEAN Economic Park.
-Work on employment and social security was further strengthened, and people's living standards continued to improve.
New achievements have been made in employment and social security by developing public welfare posts and strengthening the training of unemployed people. 53,700 new jobs were created, and laid-off and unemployed people were reemployed 1.59 million. The registered urban unemployment rate is 3.8%. The social assistance system has been continuously improved. The income of urban and rural residents continued to increase. The per capita disposable income of urban residents was 8060 yuan, an increase of 9.1%; The per capita net income of farmers was 2466 yuan, an increase of 10.53%.
-Overall progress in social undertakings.
* * * Organize the implementation of 328 science and technology projects; The construction of science and technology service system was further improved. Integrating high-quality education resources and building education brands, high-quality high school resources have accounted for 36% of high school education resources. The pace of education infrastructure construction has been accelerated. We will further improve the infrastructure construction in rural compulsory education, increase investment in education infrastructure in counties, and complete a number of renovation projects for dilapidated houses in rural primary and secondary schools, boarding schools and "two basics". The infrastructure construction of city and county centers for disease control, infectious disease areas, township hospitals and key medical units has been accelerated, and the city's health infrastructure has been greatly improved. The brand of folk song art festival has been further promoted and the cultural industry has continued to develop. National fitness outlets have been further popularized.
Main work in 2005
In accordance with the general idea of "being a good host, serving the Expo, promoting the great opening-up and building a big Nanning", we will carry out in-depth the projects of "stabilizing the city through agriculture", "strengthening the city through industry", "building a beautiful city through urban construction" and "building a prosperous city through commerce and trade", fully promote the process of industrialization, urbanization, informationization and agricultural industrialization, strive to achieve comprehensive, coordinated and sustainable economic and social development, and strive to build a harmonious Nanning.
-Insist on using Scientific Outlook on Development to guide the overall economic and social development and make every effort to accelerate the pace of development.
First, focusing on cultivating pillar industries, we will implement the "Ten Billion Investment Project to Strengthen the City by Industry" and strive to build a regional advanced manufacturing base. Further cultivate and expand pillar industries such as aluminum processing, biology and pharmacy, electronic information, food and cigarettes. Continue to implement "closed management and open operation" in the development zone to make it bigger and stronger. Focus on the construction of two major industrial projects, power plant and aluminum processing, and the transformation and relocation of heavily polluting enterprises in the downtown area. Support counties to run a number of industrial concentration areas and develop characteristic industries. Accelerate the development of technology-based, service-oriented and employment-oriented urban industries with Nanning characteristics, and make them become new industrial growth points.
Second, with the goal of optimizing the development environment, we will fully implement the "10 billion investment project for urban construction in the United States" and continuously improve the level of urbanization. Take urban construction as the most dynamic economic growth point and the key point to optimize the development environment, and unswervingly promote the "136" goal of urban construction management. Adhere to the urban development idea of "taking the Yongjiang River as the axis, improving the expansion to the west, determined to move eastward, and expanding to the north and south wings", further expand the urban framework and improve the urban functions.
Third, with the goal of building a regional modern service center, we will fully implement the "Ten Billion Investment Project for Living the City through Commerce" and accelerate the development of modern service industry. The goal is to build a regional modern service center for South China, Southwest China and ASEAN countries. Vigorously develop modern logistics, financial securities, exhibition economy, e-commerce and other producer services that support economic and efficient operation, and develop intermediary services such as information consultation, legal services and scientific and technological services, as well as industries with great demand potential such as tourism, culture and sports. Optimize the industrial layout of service industry, rationally plan business outlets, and form a new business center.
Fourth, take the "three major battles" of rural infrastructure construction as the breakthrough point, carry out the "agricultural stabilization project" in depth, promote agricultural industrialization, and ensure farmers' income increase. Adhere to the idea of industrialization and urbanization to plan the problem of "countryside, agriculture and farmers" and coordinate the coordinated development of urban and rural areas. Accelerate the construction of a number of rural transportation, water conservancy and ecological civilization village projects. Stabilize grain planting area and promote grain production. Vigorously adjust and optimize the agricultural structure, and concentrate on supporting high-quality grain, sucrose, cassava, fruits and vegetables, flowers, animal husbandry, aquatic products and other characteristic and advantageous agricultural products. Actively support and cultivate leading enterprises and promote agricultural industrialization.
Fifth, accelerate the development of various social undertakings. We will further implement the strategy of "rejuvenating the city through science and education", continue to do a good job in the special pilot work of "research on important technical standards", increase the transformation of scientific and technological achievements, and improve the level of regional scientific and technological innovation. Vigorously develop basic education, vocational education, adult education and continuing education, higher education, party school education and other education at all levels, enlarge and strengthen high-quality educational resources, and build Nanning into an ideal place for job hunting and study. Accelerate the establishment and improvement of a scientific and perfect public health system, and improve the medical and health level in urban and rural areas. Deepen the reform of the cultural system, do a good job in grassroots cultural construction, accelerate the development of cultural undertakings and cultural industries, continue to run the Nanning International Folk Song Art Festival and the "Southeast Asia" party, and further enhance the ability of cultural exchanges in Nanning.
-make use of the big platform, implement big investment promotion and promote big opening.
Further expand the popularity, attraction and influence of the Expo and promote closer cooperation between Nanning and ASEAN and even countries around the world. Actively integrate into the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao economic circle and the Pan-Pearl River Delta economic circle, and actively participate in the construction of the Nanning-lang son-Hanoi-Haiphong-Quang Ninh economic corridor and the economic circle around the Beibu Gulf agreed by China and Vietnam. Adhere to the combination of "going out" and "please come in", further innovate investment promotion methods, and improve the effectiveness of investment promotion. Increase policy support to create conditions for enterprises to expand foreign trade exports.
-adhere to the people-oriented principle and strive to build a harmonious Nanning.
Put the promotion of expanding employment and reemployment in a more prominent position in economic and social development. We will implement a proactive employment policy, persist in solving the employment problem through development, and gradually establish an economic structure and growth model conducive to expanding employment. Earnestly implement various preferential policies for employment and re-employment, strengthen government employment guidance and services, do a good job in employment training, and encourage rural surplus labor to achieve employment through various means. Improve the public employment service mechanism and labor market, and vigorously develop community employment and rural employment. We will continue to improve the social security system. Further expand the coverage of basic old-age pension, basic medical care and unemployment insurance. Further improve the minimum living security system for urban residents. We will continue to promote the pilot reform of the new rural cooperative medical system and strengthen the construction of rural "five-guarantee villages".
Thoughts on development in the first two decades of this century
The construction goal in the first two decades of this century is divided into three steps:
The first step is to achieve a GDP of 75.8 billion yuan (at constant prices in 2000, the same below) by 2007, double that in 2000, with a per capita GDP of 1 1400 yuan;
Second, by 20 14, the GDP will be151600 million yuan, quadrupling that of 2000, and the per capita GDP will be 2 1300 yuan, achieving the goal of quadrupling the GDP six years earlier than the national level;
The third step is to achieve a GDP of 276 billion yuan and a per capita GDP of 36,500 yuan by 2020. The built-up area will be expanded to 300 square kilometers and the population will reach 3 million, so as to build a well-off society at a higher level.
Under the above objectives, several strategic ideas are as follows:
-coordinating urban and rural development and building a regional hub. Construct a large Nanning urban system with the central city as the core, the Yongjiang River and the main traffic lines as the main axis, and composed of central cities, sub-central cities, key towns and small towns to promote rural economic and social development, promote urbanization and gradually change the dual economic structure between urban and rural areas.
-Optimize the economic layout and build a large industrial development base. Increase industrial investment and build a modern manufacturing base. Optimize the layout of service industry, and form a new pattern of expansion and export-oriented service industry with urban areas as the center, complete supporting facilities in counties, small towns and rural areas and complete functions.
-Enhance the service function of the city and build a large regional market. Accelerate the construction of a modern market system, form a regional distribution center for logistics, people flow, information flow and capital flow, and enhance the ability of urban agglomeration and radiation.
-Serve the Expo and build a platform for opening to the outside world. Plan to build China-ASEAN Economic Park and International Trade City, and build and improve the exhibition center, middle and high-end hotels and other infrastructure. We will comprehensively expand cooperation with ASEAN countries and even the world, expand two-way investment, develop trade in goods and services, and strengthen economic and technological cooperation and cultural exchanges.
-Building "China Greentown" and creating a sustainable development environment. Develop a green economy, create a green environment, build a green channel, cultivate a green city culture and create a green city civilization, and strive to achieve the goal of "habitat scroll of honour award". According to the goal of "136", we will increase investment in an all-round way, highlight infrastructure, focus on road and bridge construction, promote the development of new areas, speed up the transformation of old cities, improve urban functions, build landmark projects, strengthen urban management, improve environmental quality and develop social undertakings.
-Building an international modern city. Seize the opportunity, focus on the future and build an international modern city. Through the efforts of several generations, Nanning has been built into an open city, a hub city, a city of vitality, a city of charm, a city of peace, a city of harmony and a city of sustainable development.