Is there a saying about the disintegration of Qidong County in Hengyang, Hunan Province?

I heard about the merger a long time ago, but I don't believe it. Recently, a piece of news was published on the website of Hunan Provincial People's Government and Hunan Daily, only to know that it was true. The original text is as follows: from "city governing county" to "province governing county", it means that cities and counties have greater autonomy at the same level and county level. Since there are 122 counties and cities in Hunan, how to implement the policy of directly governing counties? 165438+1October 17 in the morning, at the seminar on developing county economy in Hunan province, the provincial and county-level economic research association released the 2009 research report "Suggestions on the reform of the county system directly under the jurisdiction of Hunan Province", aiming at the reality of our province and providing reference for government departments.

[Background] "Small horse-drawn cart" is difficult to bring a county to a city.

The administrative relationship between provinces, cities and counties has changed from the current three-tier system of "province-city-county" to the two-tier system of "province-city-county", and the county management has changed from the current model of "province governing city-city leading county" to "province governing county", including personnel, finance, administration and other aspects.

"One of the main reasons for the weak vitality of the county economy in our province is that there are too many administrative levels and too few management rights." As the main member of the research group, Professor Yi, director of the Economics Department of the Party School of the Provincial Party Committee, bluntly said that there are too many administrative levels under the system of "city governing county", which leads to low management efficiency and the phenomenon of "city sticking to county". In addition, a large part of prefecture-level cities have limited economic strength, and the urban-rural pattern of "small horse-drawn carts" makes it difficult for cities to take counties.

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The research group put forward: "We can choose counties with strong economic strength and their own pillar industries and characteristic industries to carry out the pilot reform of directly governing counties."

Yi said that to implement the policy of directly governing counties, it is necessary to appropriately streamline the number of counties and cities, merge small counties, and set up a number of large counties directly governing counties. The standard of a large county should be reached: the population is more than 65.438+0 million, the land area is 0.5-65.438+0 million square kilometers, the GDP is about 65.438+0 billion, and the fiscal revenue is about 65.438+0 billion yuan.

For the selection of the first batch of pilot counties, the research group suggested that it can be based on three principles: (1) agricultural counties; Resource, population and finance counties; County-level cities cultivated as sub-regional centers in the future. Considering comprehensively, there are Shimen City (including Shimen and Linli), Lijin City (including Lixian and Tianjin), Yuanjiang City (including Yuanjiang and Hanshou), Nanhua City (including Huarong, Nanxian and Datong Lake District), Xiangmiqu City (including Xiangyin, Miluo and Quyuan District), Ningxiang County, Liuyang City and Quyuan District.

First of all, pilot reforms were carried out in 20 counties.

[Core] From direct financial management to direct administrative management

Yi believes that the core of directly governing counties is not only greater economic autonomy at the county level, but that the flattening of the financial system will gradually lead to the flattening of the administrative system.

In the research report, the research group also suggested that central and provincial vertical management units such as taxation, land, finance, industry and commerce should also consider delegating power to counties, for example, giving county-level financial departments greater authority in terms of credit scale and approval quota; Necessary adjustments will be made to the income of vertical industries such as telecommunications, electric power, tobacco and salt industry, and the remaining funds will be used to subsidize county-level finance.

Policy background

More than half of the provinces in China are experimenting with the reform of directly governing counties.

In 2009, the No.1 Document of the Central Committee clearly pointed out that it is necessary to promote the financial system reform of counties directly under the jurisdiction of the province and steadily push forward the pilot reform of strengthening counties by expanding power. On July 9th this year, the Ministry of Finance issued "Opinions on Promoting the Financial Reform of Counties Directly Administered by the Province", which clearly put forward the implementation goal of implementing the financial reform of counties directly administered by the province in most parts of the country before the end of 20 12.

Up to now, there are 18 provinces in China, and 8 18 counties in Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Chongqing and other places are implementing the reform of directly administering counties by finance, accounting for about 2/3 of the provinces and cities in China.

Yesterday, at the on-the-spot seminar on developing county economy in Hunan Province held in Miluo City, Yueyang City, the research result of Hunan County Economy Research Association "Suggestions on System Reform of Directly Administered Counties in Hunan Province" (hereinafter referred to as "Suggestions") was released. Luo, deputy director of the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Congress and former deputy director of the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Congress attended the meeting.

The "Proposal" holds that to implement the reform of directly governing counties, it is necessary to give priority, center and consistency to expanding power and strengthening counties. At present, the strength and vitality of county economy in Hunan Province are not strong, mainly because there are too many administrative levels, too few management authority, weak finance, low rural consumption level, similar industries and lack of division of labor and cooperation. The development of counties and cities is very uneven, with tens of billions of yuan in counties and cities with high GDP, at least tens of millions of yuan; There are only tens of millions of counties and cities with a total fiscal revenue of more than 4 billion, and the gap is still widening. Expanding the power of strong counties mainly includes direct reporting right, direct management right of financial audit, partial management right of taxation, direct reporting right of projects, direct approval right of land use, direct certification right of qualifications, partial price management right and direct monitoring and release right of statistical data. By expanding the power to strengthen the county, counties and cities establish a county-level economic management system and mechanism with equal rights and responsibilities, and promote the continuous improvement of county-level economic strength and vitality.

The "Proposal" emphasizes that to expand the power to strengthen counties and implement the reform of directly governing counties, we must take into account the interests of prefecture-level central cities and ensure that the functions of central cities will not be weakened or changed. When reforming the system of city governing county, it is advisable to adopt supporting reforms such as "changing suburban counties into districts", continue to give play to the advantages of industrial agglomeration and smooth traffic in central cities, better play the role of growth poles, and reserve and expand the development space of prefecture-level cities to the maximum extent. The reform of the system of directly governing counties means that the administrative relationship among provinces, cities and counties has changed from the current three-level system of "province-city-county" to the second-level system of "province-city-county", and the management of counties has changed from the current model of "province governing cities-cities leading counties" to the model of "province governing counties", including personnel, finance and administrative management. At the on-the-spot seminar on the development of county economy in Hunan Province held yesterday, relevant experts made a detailed interpretation of the "Reform Plan of County System Directly Administered by Hunan Province".

There are conditions to improve the endogenous development ability of most counties and cities in the province.

Gu Jianjia, president of the provincial and county economic research association, believes that Hunan Province has the conditions to implement the direct management of counties. He said that the conditions for governing a county directly can be summarized in two aspects. One is the hardware conditions, including information technology such as network and communication and convenient transportation, so that the communication between the county and the province can be direct, without the need for an intermediate conduction layer; The other is the software condition, which mainly includes the macro-control ability of provincial finance, the self-development ability of county economy, and the corresponding adjustment and reform of county and city administrative divisions.

He said that the market economy has changed the allocation of resources from government-led to market-led, and a large number of microeconomic management functions of the government have turned to macro-control, which has fundamentally reduced the workload of governments at all levels and made it possible to administer counties directly by the province. With the popularization of telephone and television, especially the application and perfection of modern technical means such as computer and remote communication, the process of transmitting information between governments is obviously shortened, and the timeliness and accuracy of information are greatly enhanced. With the improvement of infrastructure such as railways, expressways, national highways and provincial highways and the development of modern means of transportation, the spatial distance between provinces and counties is getting shorter and shorter. Moreover, the characteristic and diversified development characteristics of county economy are becoming more and more obvious, which makes the endogenous development ability of counties and cities in most areas of our province improve rapidly, and their functions in social management and public services are also constantly strengthened, and they initially have the ability to connect with the reform of provincial management system.

Gradually carry out pilot projects in counties with strong economic strength.

Chen Youming, deputy secretary-general of the Provincial and County Economic Research Association, believes that the county system reform in Hunan Province should follow five principles, namely, the principle of optimizing functions and improving efficiency, the principle of combining streamlining institutions with reasonable resettlement, the principle of coordinated development between urban and rural areas, counties and cities, the principle of classified guidance and adapting to local conditions, and the principle of gradual and steady reform.

He suggested that the reform of the county system should be gradual. First of all, select counties with strong economic strength and their own pillar industries and characteristic industries to pilot first. The province will directly manage the finances of the pilot counties, and at the same time consider directly managing some major cadres. Let prefecture-level cities appropriately delegate economic management power to counties to prepare for the independent development and growth of county economy. Secondly, on the basis of promoting the pilot, sum up the experience and lessons to realize the division of prefecture-level cities and counties. Increase the city's urban construction, infrastructure construction, public services and other functions, and reduce or even cancel some functions originally added for the management of the county. Reasonably expand the functions of counties in strengthening rural construction, rural public services and social security. At this stage, the prototype of the system of directly governing counties was initially established. Finally, on the basis of the initial establishment of the system of directly governing counties, on the one hand, in-depth theoretical research is carried out to provide theoretical support for directly governing counties. On the other hand, in the actual operation process, we should constantly run in, straighten out various relations, truly realize the division between urban and rural areas, give full play to the advantages of the management system, and achieve the expected purpose of reform.

Regionalization adjustment can set up several counties directly under the jurisdiction of the province.

Dr. Lai Yahong, Deputy Secretary-General of the Provincial and County Economic Research Association, believes that the current administrative divisions must be adjusted first in order to implement the province-administered counties. The current administrative divisions in Hunan are mainly the rigid constraints of administrative divisions on economic development; The role of county-level cities has not been fully exerted; The lack of sub-regional central cities has left many development loopholes. In the process of promoting the reform of the system of directly governing counties, we should consider expanding the hinterland of cities and reducing the number of counties through the adjustment of administrative divisions. After the province governs the county, it is necessary to set up a number of large counties directly under the province. The minimum standard for a big county should be: population over 65.438+00,000, land area of 50-65.438+00,000 square kilometers, GDP of about 65.438+00 billion yuan, and fiscal revenue of about 65.438+00 billion yuan.

The county economic management system has gone through three stages.

Zhang Youliang, secretary-general and professor of the Provincial and County Economic Research Association, said that China's county economic management system has generally experienced three stages of development. In the first stage, before the reform and opening up, the administrative management system of "provincial-regional administrative offices-counties (including county-level cities)" was implemented, but this system had limited influence on the county economy. The second stage is 1982 after the reform and opening up. The CPC Central Committee and the State Council issued a document, proposing to actively try out the merger of cities and counties, gradually implement the system of "city governing counties", expand and develop small and medium-sized cities in the region, and break the administrative barriers between cities and counties. The third stage is around the new century, because the disadvantages of the system of "city governing counties" gradually appear, some areas gradually promote the pilot project of directly governing counties.

The province governing the county includes direct financial management and direct administrative management.

Yi, a professor at the Party School of the Provincial Party Committee, said that there are two different types or stages of province governing counties. First, the provincial finance directly governs the county, that is, in the preparation of financial budget, the province directly formulates the county budget, and in the division of income, the province directly divides the county. At the same time, the province has also delegated economic rights such as transfer payment, special fund subsidy, fund dispatching and debt management to counties, which can be said to be the primary stage of the province governing counties. Second, the county is directly under the jurisdiction of the province, that is, the city and county are at the same level. Not only in the financial system, but also in the power of personnel, examination and approval, economic and social management, the province directly deals with the county, which is the real province governing the county.

After the reform of the system of directly governing counties, the administrative divisions of existing prefecture-level cities should be adjusted accordingly. The general principle of adjustment is to leave enough space for the future development of prefecture-level cities and give play to their driving and radiating role as regional core growth poles. Changsha Evening News: Liu Jun Zheng Yingping

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1, qi zhou: Today, anguo city, Hebei Province, was divided into Dingzhou and qi zhou at the end of the Tang Dynasty, ruling Wuji, and moved to Puyin in the Song Dynasty. 19 13 was renamed Qixian county in February and Anguo county in June 2004. Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, its medicinal materials market has gradually expanded by relying on the sacrificial activities of merchants from all over the country to Wang Yao Temple Fair, becoming a medicinal materials distribution center in the north and even the whole country, and is known as the "medicine capital". Qiyang has never been called "qi zhou" in history. As an ancient administrative division, now all the place names with "Zhou" originated from ancient times, so it is impossible to call Qiyang and Qidong "qi zhou" after the merger.

2. Population GDP of Qiyang and Qidong: Qiyang has a population of 654.38+0.02 million and an area of 2,565.438+0.9 square kilometers. In 2008, the GDP was 65.438+0.01billion yuan, and the fiscal revenue was 350 million yuan. Qidong, with a population of 960,000, covers an area of 187 1 square kilometer. In recent years, GDP and fiscal revenue have been higher than that of Qiyang, but the gap has gradually narrowed. In 2007, Qiyang surpassed Qidong, and the two counties are now neck and neck. Qiyang+Qidong has a population of 65.438+0.98 million, an area of about 4,400 square kilometers, a GDP of about 20 billion yuan and a fiscal revenue of nearly 65.438+0 billion yuan.