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Chahua Town, Anhui Province

[Edit this paragraph] 1. Basic Overview Flower Arrangement Town is the east gate of Fuyang, the central city in northwest Anhui, and was once known as a flower in Huaibei. It is 7.5 km away from Fuyang City/KLOC-0 and 250km away from Hefei, and is located on the east side of Beijing-Kowloon Railway Marshalling Station. Chui Fu Railway, Fuliu Expressway under construction and Fubang Highway pass through the territory. The main water systems are: Cihuai New River, Fumeng River, main canal, Suzhou ditch, etc. This road goes through the town. Cihuai New River can be navigable all year round, with convenient land and water transportation. [Edit this paragraph] 2. Historical Evolution Flower Arrangement Town is a civilized ancient town with a long history, formerly known as Lujiapu. There is a beautiful legend about why it was later renamed the Flower Arrangement Temple. According to legend, Liu Xiu, the founder of the Eastern Han Dynasty, was defeated in a battle and chased by the enemy. Tired and thirsty, he asked a girl with flowers by the well for water and asked for refuge. The girl asked Liu Xiu to go into the house and hide. Liu Xiucai escaped the enemy's pursuit. I don't know how this matter was spread by the villagers. Everyone whispered behind the girl's back that she was dating a strange man before she got married, which ruined the atmosphere. Under the feudal ethics at that time, the girl couldn't bear the sarcasm and jumped into the well.

Later, Liu Xiu became emperor. He wanted to thank the girl and sent someone to look for her. His subordinates reported the news that the girl had died. Liu Xiu felt very guilty and ordered to build a temple here. A statue of a village girl in Dai Jinhua was built in the temple, so people renamed it Flower Arrangement Temple. After the town was built, it was called Flower Arrangement Town. [Edit this paragraph] 3. Economic overview The flower arranging market town has changed from a simple commercial consumption market town to a productive agricultural service market town. Fiona Fang baili agricultural and sideline products distribution center, once held the national velvet rabbit fair, the market trade is active and prosperous. The geographical advantages of flower arrangement in ancient towns are increasingly obvious, and its influence, attraction and radiation are increasing.

Over the past few years, the Party Committee and government of Flower Arrangement Town have established a relaxed external environment in the form of a system, and township enterprises have developed steadily, mainly including cement plants, phosphate fertilizer plants, Yingdong Jian 'an Company, flour processing plants, power standard parts factories, and automobile repair plants. Output value in 2003128.92 million yuan.

Agricultural production takes structural adjustment as the main line and increasing farmers' income as the core, planting a variety of high-yield and high-quality cash crops and encouraging the masses to develop characteristic planting and breeding. Actively provide small agricultural loans, hold regular agricultural lectures, and provide good services. In order to comprehensively improve agricultural production efficiency and promote regional economic development.

New achievements have been made in attracting investment. In 2003, 5 projects were introduced and 4 projects were implemented, with the contracted capital of 2,265,438+600,000 yuan and the in-place capital of 65,438+258,000 yuan. It is necessary to use the policy of living in provincial demonstration towns to give rich returns to foreign investors. [Edit this paragraph] 4. Overview of Flower Arrangement Flower Arrangement Town covers an area of 1 10. 18 square kilometers and governs 5 neighborhood committees. 24 village Committee. The total population is 79,200. Flower arranging market town covers an area of 3. 1 km2 and a population of 2 1900. The annual fiscal revenue was 7.9 million yuan, the per capita GDP was 2,890 yuan, and the disposable income of urban households was 5,870 yuan. In 2003, due to natural disasters, the per capita net income of rural residents was 1708 yuan. The cultivated land area is 83,000 mu, which is the main producing area and commodity grain base of traditional high-quality wheat. There are 50,000 tons of provincial local grain reserves.

There is a junior high school, three junior high schools, a junior vocational middle school, 25 primary schools and three kindergartens in the town. Flower Arrangement Primary School is a provincial rural experimental demonstration school. The junior high school enrollment rate is 98.7%, and the primary school enrollment rate is 100%.

There are cultural stations, radio stations, theaters, cable TV stations and ground satellite receiving stations in the market town. Flower Arrangement Hospital is a first-class and fourth-class hospital with complete medical departments. The town has complete departments, including police stations, courts, criminal police squadrons, traffic police squadrons, tax branches, industrial and commercial offices, traffic control stations, traffic checkpoints, oil companies, banks, credit cooperatives, substations, telecommunications branches, post and telecommunications branches, national grain reserves and other units. The East China Power Transmission Substation of Three Gorges Power Plant is newly built. Last year, merchants from Yancheng, Jiangsu Province were successfully introduced to transform the old waterworks to realize 24-hour water supply. The built-up area of the market town is 3. 1 km2. The industrial park has complete supporting facilities and has begun to take shape as a small town.

The town was established by the state as a pilot town of 500 small cities in China in 1994 and 65438+February. Wanfa [1997] 1 1 approved by the provincial party committee, the provincial government and the provincial commission for restructuring the economy as a pilot town for comprehensive reform. At the same time, it was established by Fuyang municipal government as a deputy county-level strengthening town and a municipal key town. In 2000, it was awarded the advanced unit of village and town construction by the Provincial Construction Department.