1. In the area where my country implements the Western Development Strategy, there is a fertile soil for affection, the selenium capital of the world - Enshi. Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture is the only ethnic minority autonomous prefecture in Hubei Province and the only region in Hubei Province that enjoys the country's western development policy. The whole prefecture governs 8 counties and cities: Enshi City, Lichuan City, Badong County, Jianshi County, Xuanen County, Xianfeng County, Hefeng County and Laifeng County, with an area of ??24,000 square kilometers and a population of 3.8 million, mainly Tujia and Miao. The minority population accounts for 52.6%.
2. Enshi Prefecture is located on the bank of the Yangtze River, in the hinterland of the Three Gorges, bordering Chongqing City to the west, Hunan Province to the south, and Yichang City, Hubei Province to the northeast. It has been a political, economic, and strategic center in central and western my country since ancient times. A bridgehead for cultural exchanges. The Yangtze River waterway and the east-west National Highway 318 in the territory are the lifelines running through the central and western parts of my country. The north-south National Highway 209 is one of the important passages connecting the north and south of my country. Enshi is located in the Three Gorges reservoir area of ??the Yangtze River and is the source of the Qingjiang River that is undergoing cascade development. It is an important ecological barrier in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. Due to its important location, it was the seat of the Kuomintang provincial government during the Anti-Japanese War.
3. Poets of the Tang Dynasty once described the beautiful scenery of Qingjiang River in Enshi with the poem "There are endless green mountains and endless green water." Enshi Prefecture is a transitional area between the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau and the low mountains and hills in the east. It has a well-developed microclimate, with no severe cold in winter, no scorching heat in summer, rain and heat at the same time, and abundant precipitation. The unique geographical and climatic environment has created biological diversity. The current forest coverage rate in the whole state has reached 62%, and it is known as the "Western Hubei Forest Sea", "Chinese Medicine Library", "Natural Botanical Garden" and "Tobacco Kingdom". The local products produced in Enshi Prefecture, such as "Maoba Raw Lacquer", "Golden Tung Oil", "Lichuan Chicken Feet Coptis", "Se-enriched Tea", "Enshi Bandang", etc. are famous at home and abroad. They were once included in the "National Team". He has made great contributions to promoting international exchanges and cooperation and supporting national construction.
4. Enshi Prefecture is located in the middle of the world-famous Shenlongjia primeval forest - the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River - and the golden tourist belt of Zhangjiajie National Forest Park. Within the territory, there are Three Gorges scenery, Shenlong River rafting, Qingjiang beach and Pingba camp leisure Tourism and other high-quality products make tourists linger and forget to leave.
5. Enshi is also extremely rich in mineral resources. There are 60 kinds of proven minerals in the state, accounting for 40 and 55 of the national and provincial minerals respectively. Among them, 16 kinds of minerals have D-level or above reserves, especially selenium, iron, coal, stone coal, natural gas, phosphorus, iron sulfur Minerals such as ore and refractory clay rank first in the province. The geographical combination of mineral resources is good, and there are coal or hydropower resources near the mining areas, creating convenient conditions for the development and utilization of mineral resources.
6. After the Third Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, especially since the country launched poverty alleviation and increased ethnic support policies, Enshi Prefecture’s economic and social undertakings have developed rapidly. In 2000, the state's GDP reached 6.975 billion yuan (constant price), with an average annual growth rate of 11.7 during the "Ninth Five-Year Plan" period. Fiscal revenue reached 1.06 billion yuan, doubling during the "Ninth Five-Year Plan" period. The investment in fixed assets during the "Ninth Five-Year Plan" was 10.9 billion yuan, equivalent to 1.42 times the total investment from the founding of the People's Republic of China to the end of the "Eighth Five-Year Plan". In 2000, the per capita net income of farmers across the state reached 1,520 yuan. After years of hard work, social undertakings such as education, science and technology, health, sports, radio and television in Enshi Prefecture have flourished.
7. Enshi Prefecture is a region that integrates "old, young, border, mountainous, poor, and bankrupt" and has received special attention from the party and the country. In order to promote the development of Enshi Prefecture, in the Eighth Seventh Poverty Alleviation Campaign, all eight counties and cities in the prefecture were designated as nationally designated poverty-stricken counties. Especially after the establishment of the autonomous prefecture in 1983, the party and the country's ethnic support policies helped the young autonomous prefecture gradually escape poverty and thrive. By 2000, a total of 1.24 million poor people had been reduced, the prefecture had basically solved the problem of food and clothing, and the national economy and social undertakings had entered a stage of sound development.
8. The state implements the Western Development Strategy and includes Enshi Prefecture as a region enjoying the Western Development Policy, which has brought unprecedented opportunities to the development of Enshi Prefecture. Over the past year, relevant national and provincial departments have increased guidance and support, and a number of western development projects have been implemented one after another, injecting new vitality into Enshi's economic and social undertakings.
9. In 2004, under the leadership of the state committee and the state government, people of all ethnic groups in the state continued to build on the past and worked together to promote the "one principal and three modernization" process. Conscientiously implement the important thought of "Three Represents" and the spirit of the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the Third Plenary Session of the 16th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, focus on the overall goal of building a moderately prosperous society in an all-round way, adhere to the "one focus and three modernizations", grasp the "four key points", and promote "Two innovations", improve the security system, promote the overall requirements of all-round progress, vigorously implement the strategy of establishing a characteristic state, rejuvenating the state through science and education, strengthening the state through industry, and opening up the state, concentrate on construction, pursue development wholeheartedly, strengthen measures, and pay close attention to implementation , overcome the SARS epidemic and severe natural disasters, and fully achieved the expected goals of national economic and social development. The state's GDP was 14.084 billion yuan, an increase of 7% over the previous year based on comparable prices. The increase was the highest since 2001 and 2 percentage points higher than the average forecast.
10. According to the outline of Enshi Prefecture's "Tenth Five-Year Plan" and after investigation and research, 40 major projects have been identified as landmark projects for the development of the western region in 5 to 10 years.
----Transportation channel project. The Yi-Wanzhou railway and expressway have broken ground to solve the bottleneck problem of the east-west corridor.
----Power development project. It will take about 10 years to increase the installed power capacity of Enshi Prefecture to more than 3 million kilowatts.
----"Western Hubei Forest Sea" protection and construction project. We will restoratively protect and build the "Western Hubei Forest Sea" and build Enshi into an ecological environment demonstration state in the Three Gorges Reservoir area.
----Selenium-rich specialty product construction project. Relying on the superior conditions of our state's ecological environment, selenium resources, and traditional local products, we will develop selenium-rich specialty products.
----Poverty Alleviation and Development Project. In conjunction with the national support and poverty alleviation campaign, we will focus on poverty alleviation through education and improving basic living conditions in poverty-stricken areas, so as to lay a solid foundation for stably solving the problem of food and clothing and gradually realizing a moderately prosperous society.
----Ecological tourism and national culture construction project. We will give full play to the location advantages and ecological environment advantages of the Three Gorges Reservoir area and build a "green ecological state and ethnic customs park" to add glory to the red base area.
The beautiful and magical Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture┈┈
11. It is a revolutionary red land. Dong Biwu, He Long, Zhou Yiqun, Guan Xiangying, Chen Liansheng, Xiao Ke, Liao Hansheng and other older generation proletarian revolutionaries opened up this fertile red soil. During the Second Civil Revolutionary War, Enshi was an important part of the revolutionary base area in western Hunan and Hubei. The Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army led by Marshal He Long carried out armed struggle here for 8 years, and fought for the liberation of the Chinese People's Republic of China. 12,000 people of all ethnic groups sacrificed their lives for the country, staining the river with blood. During the Anti-Japanese War, Enshi became the temporary capital of Hubei Province and the rear area of ??the Anti-Japanese War. The famous writer Ma Shitu wrote the long masterpiece "Qingjiang Zhuangge" against the background of the revolution.
12. This is a land rich in culture. Enshi Prefecture is the birthplace of Ba culture. Bachu culture and Bayu culture blend here. It is the cradle of Tujia and Miao culture, and has accumulated colorful national culture. The hand-waving dance, bell dance, and rolling dragon dance in succession on the mountains, and there is a sea of ??folk songs, love songs, and Salha songs. Ruchao is also the hometown of "Dragon Boat Tune", one of the 25 famous folk songs in the world. It is known as the "Hometown of Song and Dance" and has created the rich and profound essence of Enshi Prefecture's culture.
This is a paradise for tourism and leisure. It is located in a humid subtropical monsoon mountainous climate, with four distinct seasons, blue sky and beautiful rivers, making it a "natural oxygen bar"; eight hundred miles of clear rivers, vast mountains and valleys, clear water, evergreen mountains, strange peaks and rocks, and flying streams and caves. Waterfalls, beautiful forests and famous plants are everywhere, forming a beautiful, majestic, strange, green and dangerous tourist destination.
Touring "China's No. 1 Rafting - Qingjiang Beach Rafting" is a ballet on the water, surfing the valley with the waves, no danger at all, spectacular, it is the most magnificent game and conquest of nature; exploring the "World's Super Class Cave" - ---Tenglong Cave "Watch the Crouching Dragon Swallowing the River, Enjoy the Blessed Land of the Cave and Heaven; View the "No. 1 Stone Forest in Jingchu - Suobuya Stone Forest", surrounded by green screens, beautiful peaks, various postures, and various styles, it is breathtaking; look up and marvel at it; "The No. 1 fir tree in the world—Mudao Metasequoia" is like a sea of ??mulberry fields, ancient nature, all things have passed away, and only one thing remains, which can be called the miracle of life; with "The No. 1 Tujia Village—Yumuzhai", Historical composition, nostalgia for the past, Tujia civilization is fully displayed; climbing to "the first Tusi city - Enshi Tusi City" collects the classics of Tujia architecture and the essence of national culture, and is to listen to the dialogue between the prosperous age and history; go to "Daughter" "Meeting", dancing "Waving Dance", drinking "Four Courses of Tea", composing "Tujia Love Songs", and wandering in the magical and magnificent Enshi Customs Garden and the magnificent feelings of Zhangjiajie and the New Three Gorges.
13. This is a hot land that is being developed. It has exerted great potential in the development of the western region. After joining the WTO, the country has increased investment in ethnic minority areas. Four major opportunities for a new round of poverty alleviation and development have also favored Enshi Prefecture, thus entering a once-in-a-lifetime period of strategic opportunities to accelerate development. In the next 5 to 10 years, the country will invest more than 50 billion yuan in capital, and it will become one of the most concentrated investment areas in southwestern Hubei and even the Wuling Mountains, becoming an important economic growth point in southwestern Hubei. The dreams of railways, highways, hydropower development and green industries that the Tujia and Miao people have longed for for generations have become a reality.
14. Under the leadership of the Enshi Prefecture Party Committee and the state government, 3.8 million Tujia Miao children have worked hard, worked hard, kept pace with the times, and carefully built a "Green Enshi Prefecture, Tujia Miao Style Garden".
15. Lifting off the mysterious veil of Enshi Prefecture and showing it to the world with its stunning beauty, the youngest autonomous prefecture in the Republic of China welcomes open development with an open mind and welcomes guests from all over the world. Gathering in Enshi, thousands of merchants come to Enshi to create great achievements!
16. Enshi Prefecture has infinite charm and is a bright pearl in the forest of ethnic groups.