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Yidu is an ancient city with a history of more than 2,100 years and the birthplace of early Chinese civilization. one. The discovery of the Neolithic ruins at Chengbei River in Honghuatao proves that the ancestors of the Chinese nation practiced farming, animal husbandry, fishing and hunting here more than 7,000 years ago. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the territory belonged to the Chu region. During the Qin Dynasty, the county belonged to Nanjun. Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty established a county in the sixth year of Jianyuan (135 BC) and named it Yidao County. It has a history of 2138 years.
In the 15th year of Jian'an (210 years) of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Bei changed Linjiang County to Yidu County. The name Yidu came from here, taking the meaning of "suitable for establishing a capital", and sent General Zhang Fei As the governor of Yidu. In the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an (219), Wu general Lu Xun occupied Yidu County and captured Yidao, Yiling, Zigui and other counties. He appointed Yidu governor to build a city here to resist Shu. This is the famous "Battle of Yiling" in history. It happened within the territory. The seat of the city government is therefore called "Lucheng". Since ancient times, Yidu has been known as the "throat of Chu and Shu", "the gateway to western Hubei" and the "gate city of the Three Gorges". It has always been a battleground for military strategists.
In July 1949, Yidu County was liberated and belonged to Yichang Prefecture of Hubei Province. In 1958, it belonged to Yidu Industrial Zone. In 1961, Yidu Industrial Zone was revoked and it still belonged to Yichang Prefecture of Hubei Province. After 1970, it belonged to Yichang Prefecture of Hubei Province. In Yichang Prefecture, Hubei Province, Yidu County was abolished and Zhicheng City was established with the approval of the State Council on November 30, 1987. In 1998, it was renamed Yidu City.
Yidu has outstanding people. This is the hometown of Yang Shoujing, a famous scholar in the late Qing Dynasty. Yang Shoujing wrote prolifically and had rich academic achievements in many fields such as history, geography, calligraphy, epigraphy, edition catalogs, and book collections. He was honored as the "Founder" by the Japanese calligraphy circle. Today, the name of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River is , it was decided by him that the Yang Shoujing Memorial Hall is located on the bank of the beautiful Qingjiang River. Yidu is also the hometown of He Bingyan, the one-armed general of the Chinese People's Communist Party, Hu Di, the first Communist Party member in Yichang City, and Zhu Yubi, the founder of Hubei Medical University.
The terrain of Yidu is high in the southwest and low in the northeast. The landform is mainly hilly. Mountains account for 11.7% of the land area, hills account for 79.5%, and plains account for 8.8%. There are three main rivers, the Yangtze River, Qingjiang River and Yuyang River, as well as 39 large and small creeks, all belonging to the Yangtze River system. The landforms of the city form a pattern of "seven mountains, one water, and two fields." Maotianjian, located in Wangjiafan Township, has an altitude of 1,064.6 meters, the highest peak in the territory. It is located in Guanzhou, the dregs of the Yangtze River in Zhicheng Town, with an altitude of 38 meters, the lowest point in the city.
Yidu City has a subtropical monsoon climate with abundant rainfall, four distinct seasons, rain and heat in the same season, the annual average temperature is 16.7°C, the frost-free period is 273 days, the rainfall is 1350 mm, the average annual sunshine hours are about 1705 hours, and the dominant wind It's southeasterly wind. The city's soil texture is mainly neutral, with seven soil types including red loam, yellow loam, yellow brown loam, limestone soil, purple soil, fluvoid soil and paddy soil. The vegetation type is a subtropical evergreen broad-leaved forest, mainly including fir, masson pine, oak, cork oak, bamboo forest, tallow tree, tung tree, rapeseed, lespedeza, mulberry, thatch and ferns.
Yidu is the best port connecting east to west in Hubei Province. It belongs to the Three Gorges Yichang "Half-hour Economic Circle" and is at the junction of the three provinces and cities of Hubei, Chongqing and Hunan. As the country's productivity distribution shifts from east to west, the transportation advantages of Yidu's location have further emerged. There are two Yangtze River Bridges and two Qingjiang River Bridges built within the territory. It only takes 20 minutes from the urban area to the Three Gorges Airport. The Jiaoliu Railway and the Liangjiang Waterway run through the north and south, forming a three-dimensional transportation network of air, land and water, providing services for the flow of people and logistics. It provides convenient and low-cost transportation services, which is conducive to the development of industrial projects with large imports and exports.
Yidu is rich in mineral resources. It has proven coal reserves of 75 million tons, cement limestone 680 million tons, and a wide variety of minerals such as barite, clay, quartz sand, etc., which are of high grade and easy to mine, and are very suitable for the development of basic industries.
Yidu is one of the largest county-level energy production bases in central China. It is located in the center of the Three Gorges, Gezhouba and Qingjiang hydropower cascade development. There are two 220,000-volt and eight 110,000-volt substations built within the territory. Its power supply network is complete and the power supply quality is stable and reliable, which can meet the annual load of about 3 billion degrees. quantity.
The city also has the largest refined oil depot in Central and South China. It is dotted with rivers and has sufficient water resources, which provides convenient conditions for the development of large-scale industrial projects with high energy consumption and no pollution.
Industry is the main body of Yidu's economy, accounting for more than two-thirds, and will continue to serve as the "backbone" of growth. As one of the earliest "Five Small" industrial bases in Hubei Province and a national demonstration zone for cooperation between township and village enterprises in the central and western regions, Yidu's traditional products have a profound industrial foundation and have shown impressive performance in continuous technological transformation. Building materials, chemicals, medicine, electronics and agricultural and sideline products processing are its leading industries.
Driven by leading processing enterprises, Yidu agriculture has been consolidated and developed. Focusing on the six characteristic industries of fruit, tea, animal husbandry, vegetables, aquatic products, and turmeric, the city has successively cultivated and introduced 8 leading agricultural industrialization enterprises, including 2 at the national level, 1 at the provincial level, and 2 at the Yichang municipal level. Yidu is also one of the first batch of horticultural products and tea export demonstration zones in the country. It has a large collection of famous agricultural brands, such as Yihong Kungfu Tea, Natural Zinc-rich Tea, Songyun Organic Tea, Boer Sheep, Guangming Mandarin, Qingjiang Fish, etc., all of which are well-known throughout the country. , exported to more than 10 countries and regions at home and abroad.
Tourism is becoming an area with great potential for development in Yidu. The mountains and rivers here are beautiful, and the water and sky are of the same color. Li Bai, Du Fu, Su Shi, Lu You and other literati of the past dynasties have stayed here and wrote magnificent poems that will be remembered for generations. The ancient Chaoyin Cave has a wonderful scenery of "connected floods and droughts, shrouded clouds and mist, thousands of stalactites and the sound of tides", and is known as "the first strange cave in Bachu". Liangshan Mountain is surrounded by green mountains and towering peaks. Buddhism and Taoism coexist, and there is an endless stream of incense. It is known as "South Wudang". The newly discovered Ordovician Stone Forest in Wangjiafan is well-proportioned and has various postures. The fossils of ancient marine organisms are lifelike and well-preserved. It is a natural museum that integrates sightseeing, eco-tourism, and science tourism to display geological wonders.
In recent years, the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government have unswervingly insisted on establishing the city through industry and strengthening the city through projects, highlighting the leading position of industry, and persevering in attracting investment. The industrialization process has been significantly accelerated, and the county economy has embarked on a path of rapid development. track. In 2003, the city achieved a GDP of 4.08 billion yuan and fiscal revenue of 272 million yuan. Its per capita GDP and fiscal revenue ranked among the top among counties and cities in the province. At the same time, the city focuses on using modern industrial concepts to coordinate the urban and rural economy, driving industrialization and urbanization through industrialization, and allowing industrialization and urbanization to promote industrialization, presenting a gratifying situation in which the three are interacting and flying together. By 2005, the city's GDP can reach 5.2 billion yuan, with fiscal revenue of 400 million yuan.