Renqiu City is located in the central part of Hebei Province, in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei economic circle. It belongs to the economic opening zone around Beijing, Tianjin and the Bohai Sea. It is an open city designated by the State Council. The urban area is 151 kilometers away from Beijing in the north and 135 kilometers away from Tianjin in the northeast. The city is connected to Wen'an and Dacheng counties in Langfang City in the east, Hejian City in the south, Gaoyang County in Baoding City in the west, Anxin County across Baiyangdian in the northwest, and Xiong County in the north. The city has a total area of ??1,023 square kilometers, with a horizontal distance of 42.5 kilometers from east to west and a vertical distance of 41 kilometers from north to south. The total population is 797,000, including 664,000 in Renqiu City and 133,000 in North China Oilfield. It currently governs 3 sub-district offices, 9 towns, 6 townships, 1 provincial economic and technological development zone, and 413 administrative villages.
Renqiu has a long history. According to historical records, in the second year of Yuanshi (AD 2) of Emperor Ping of the Western Han Dynasty, Renqiu, the patrol envoy of Zhonglang, built a city here to prevent the sea entrance, so the place was named after him, and it was first called Renqiu. During the Tianbao period of the Northern Qi Dynasty (AD 550-559), counties were established. From the Sui Dynasty to the early Tang Dynasty, they were abolished twice. In the fifth year of Wude in the Tang Dynasty (AD 622), Renqiu County was reestablished and continued to be used in subsequent dynasties. Renqiu was liberated on April 30, 1945. Renqiu, Wen'an and Dacheng counties were merged in 1958, and the original county system was restored in 1961. On March 5, 1986, with the approval of the State Council, the county was removed and established as a city. At present, the urban area reaches 40 square kilometers, the urban population is 320,000, and the urbanization rate reaches 51.4%, ranking first among the counties and cities in the province.
Renqiu has many historical sites. There are the Twelve Link Bridges on the border between Yan and Zhao during the Warring States Period, the garrison fortress of Yang Liulang, a famous general in the Northern Song Dynasty, the garrison of Li Guang, a famous general in the Western Han Dynasty, the famous ancient city ruins of Minzhou, Aling, Yewang and Gaoguo in history, and the music of Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty. Jiaotai is the palace of Emperors Kangxi and Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty, as well as the Qianyangshao cultural relics and Longshan cultural relics excavated after the reform and opening up.
Renqiu has outstanding people and profound cultural heritage. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the miracle doctor Bian Que (from Qin and Yue), the Western Han Dynasty Confucian scholar Han Ying, the Three Kingdoms Cao Wei general Zhang Hetao, the Ming Dynasty admonisher Qu Shen, the Qing Dynasty calligrapher Wang Faliang, the Qing Dynasty poet and writer Bian Lianbao, and the Republic of China sports master Zhu Ende Li Bo, the revolutionary poet, and Yuan Qianli, the modern poet, were all natives of Renqiu. Renqiu is also an old revolutionary area. Here there are the resourceful and flexible anti-Japanese hero Yan Xiufeng (the prototype of Ga Zi in the movie "Little Soldier Zhang Ga"), the Yanling team that wiped out the Japanese invaders in the reed marshes, and the heroic guerrilla athletes in the tunnel battles. There are also heroic elegies of the "Three Heroes of the Niu Family". Revolutionaries of the older generation such as Zhu De, Nie Rongzhen, Yang Chengwu, and Lu Zhengcao left their footprints here.
Renqiu is rich in natural resources. ***There are 62,000 hectares of cultivated land. Mineral resources mainly include oil and natural gas. Large national enterprises, the North China Petroleum Administration Bureau, PetroChina North China Oilfield Branch, and PetroChina North China Petrochemical Branch are located in the urban area. They are important petrochemical bases in my country. In 1985, proven oil reserves were 930 million tons and natural gas reserves were 1.6 billion cubic meters. Since the development and construction of the oil field in 1976, the highest daily crude oil production per well has reached 5,400 tons, and the highest annual output has reached 17.33 million tons, making a significant contribution to the fourth growth peak of national crude oil production and annual output of hundreds of millions of tons. Geothermal energy is Renqiu’s advantageous resource, with medium and low temperature geothermal development being the main focus. The outlet temperatures are 40°C and 70°C respectively.
Renqiu Baiyangdian tourist attraction is famous both at home and abroad. Known as the "West Lake of North China" and the "Pearl of North China", Baiyangdian is located 10 kilometers northwest of the city, with a total area of ??366.6 square kilometers (64.8 square kilometers of water under the jurisdiction of Renqiu), and a water storage capacity of 400 million cubic meters in a normal year. It is the largest natural freshwater lake in North China. The lake is rich in aquatic resources, with 31 species of fish, including carp, crucian carp, eel, mandarin fish, green shrimp, river crab, frog, snail, water chestnut, chicken head rice, lotus root, reed, etc. The Qianli Dike on the edge of the lake is like a long dragon lying on the waves. The scenery is beautiful and interesting. Outside the embankment is the Wuzhou Temple, which was once known as "the largest temple in the world" (Ming and Qing dynasties). In history, Baiyangdian was famous for its six famous sceneries: "Baiyang Night Moon, Zaolin Night Ferry, Long Causeway Smoked Willows, Shili Lotus Fragrance, Shuiyue Peach Blossoms, and Golden Sands Falling". It is a city integrating sightseeing, folk customs, sports and fitness. , scientific exploration and other multi-functional national 5A tourist attractions. In 2005, Renqiu Petroleum National Mining Park successfully passed the approval of the Ministry of Land and Resources. After completion, it will become the only science museum in the world that displays the geological landforms of ancient buried hills and the formation and mining process of oil, making Renqiu's tourist landscape even more beautiful. Colorful.
Renqiu’s urban infrastructure is relatively complete. The Beijing-Kowloon Railway runs through the entire territory, with a total length of 35.5 kilometers, passing through 8 towns and 28 villages, and has secondary stations in the urban area. The length of highways in the country reaches 1,246 kilometers. Among them, National Highway 106 and Jinbao Highway cross the urban area, forming a seven-vertical and seven-horizontal road pattern in the urban area. In the northern part of the city (between Beijing-Kowloon Railway and National Highway 106), a provincial-level economic and technological development zone with a total area of ??20 square kilometers and complete supporting facilities has been built. Postal and telecommunications communications are developed. It has an international and domestic program-controlled telephone network with an installed capacity of 102,000 lines. At the end of 2006, there were 283,000 fixed-line telephone users, including 178,000 urban users and 105,000 rural users; 292,000 mobile communication phones; and 46,000 Internet users. There are 106 fixed phones per 100 households in the city, and 37 mobile phones per 100 people. Electricity supply is sufficient. There are currently 1 220 kV substation, 4 110 kV stations, and 19 35 kV stations. In 2006, the city's electricity consumption was nearly 2.13 billion kilowatt hours. There is a water plant in the urban area with a daily water supply of 30,000 tons, and more than 30 residential areas with complete supporting facilities, such as Huayuanli, Mingzhu New Village, and Meiyuan New Village. The city has 165 ordinary primary schools, 66 ordinary middle schools, 1 vocational middle school, 1 special education school, 2 secondary vocational schools, 34 kindergartens; 8 theaters, 6 sports venues, 2 cultural centers, libraries, and archives There are 1 radio station, 3 TV stations, 68,000 cable TV users (including North China Oilfield), 100% radio and TV coverage, 62 health and medical institutions, and 2,334 hospital beds.
In recent years, Renqiu’s economic construction and various social undertakings have made great progress. In 2006, the city's GDP reached 36.46 billion yuan, fixed asset investment was 5.36 billion yuan, total fiscal revenue was 3.27 billion yuan, farmers' per capita net income was 4,719 yuan, and urban residents' per capita disposable income was 11,161 yuan. The agricultural structure is becoming increasingly rational, with the agricultural industrialization operation rate reaching 46%, forming four leading industries of "chicken, duck, fish, and vegetables", cultivating 60 leading industrial enterprises, and 12 agricultural products have been rated as national or provincial famous and excellent products. product. Project construction has been further strengthened, with 151 new projects with investment of more than 10 million yuan and 18 projects with investment exceeding 100 million yuan. This is the year with the largest number of projects and the largest investment scale in recent years. The strength of the private economy continues to grow, forming ten leading characteristics such as petrochemical industry, new building materials, transportation equipment manufacturing, power equipment manufacturing, metal products, rubber and plastic products, electronic communication equipment manufacturing, construction industry, paper printing and products, and food processing. Industry, the total number of private enterprises is nearly 18,000, 103 companies have passed ISO9000 series quality certification, 52 3C certification companies, 33 QS certification companies, and 140 companies have named "Hebei" or above. At present, Renqiu has become the largest aluminum profile production and processing base in the north, the largest sprocket production base in the country and an important three-wheel motorcycle production and manufacturing base. The tertiary industry has developed rapidly. There are 49 markets of various sizes in the city, 10 with annual turnover exceeding 100 million yuan; 2,389 hotels and restaurants of various types, including 2 four-star hotels, 1 three-star hotel, 2 There are 2 star-rated hotels; there are 17,000 commercial wholesale and retail outlets and more than 2,290 catering outlets; the total retail sales of consumer goods for the year reached 5.32 billion yuan; there are 184 large and small financial and insurance institutions; the year-end deposit balance of all financial institutions is 18.6 billion yuan. Among them, the balance of savings of urban and rural residents was 13.54 billion yuan, and the balance of loans at the end of the year was 3.46 billion yuan. Renqiu has been named by the country as an advanced city for plain greening, an advanced city for "two basics" education, an advanced city for early childhood education, an advanced city for culture, an advanced city for sports, an advanced city for disabled people, an advanced city for radio and television, and an advanced city for caring and meritorious officials. . Renqiu's comprehensive economic strength has been among the top ten counties and cities in Hebei since the "Ninth Five-Year Plan". It became the top 100 in the country for the first time in 2000 and ranked 71st in 2006.