Tongchuan City is located in the central part of Shaanxi Province, 247 kilometers south of Yan'an and 90 kilometers north of the ancient city of Xi'an. It governs two districts, county, urban area, suburbs, Yao County and Yijun County, with a total area of ??3882 square kilometers and a population of 840,000. It is a modern city exuding an ancient atmosphere.
Tongchuan has a long history, dating back 5,000 years. Tongchuan is called Tongguan Mountain. The emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty established Tongguan County for many years. During the reign of Emperor Wu of Zhou Dynasty, the name "Tongguan Mountain" was changed to the official name. In 1946, he cooperated with the official "Tongchuan". On April 28, 1949, Tongchuan City was built as a city and the entire county was liberated since 1958.
Tongchuan City is rich in natural resources. There are more than 10 types of mineral resources that have been proven or exploited, such as coal, oil shale, limestone, refractory clay, ceramic clay, bauxite and iron ore. Among them, coal reserves are the largest, reaching more than 300,000 tons. Limestone reserves exceed 20 million tons, which are raw materials for construction, metallurgy and chemical fiber. Forest coverage rate reaches 42%. A national second-class protected animal leopard, otter; plant hawthorn, sea buckthorn, Chinese medicinal materials and 350 kinds of wild resources, to the appropriate (CP) Party (Senate) and Yao Ling (county) is the most famous. Local products, besides apples, hot peppers, peppers, garlic, peaches, pears, apricots, persimmons, walnuts. Apples are famous for their high sugar content, bright color, fruity flavor, and thin and crisp flesh. Qinguan, Hongguan, Hongxing and other varieties have won national awards.
Tongchuan City is rich in cultural relics and tourism resources, with more than 600 historical and cultural sites, and 28 monuments above the national level. The famous "Two Station Mountains" Yuhua Palace ruins, Yaozhou Kiln ruins and Xiangshan Mountain, Yaowang Mountain have become an important part of the northern line of Shaanxi. The ruins of Yuhua Palace in Yuhuang Mountain are the palaces where Emperor Gaozu Li Yuan of the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Taizong Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty and Xuanzang Sutra passed away. Known as the "Ten Mile Yaozhou Kiln Site Kiln, it is the most complete collection of land kilns discovered so far in China. It is the essence of an ancient ruined land kiln from each period of the Tang, Five Dynasties, Song, Jin, and Yuan periods. It is called the largest in contemporary China. Museum of underground ceramics. It flourished in the Tang Dynasty and the Song Dynasty, with Ru, Jun, Gehe and Xiangshan said that the world was at the top of Putuo 5, 5, Jiuhua, Emeishan, a famous Buddhist mountain, and the monastery. Fu Qin and Yao Qinsheng once welcomed Kucha monks and Buddhist translators to this Medicine King Mountain in the Vatican. Sun Simiao, a doctor of the Tang Dynasty, had the royal seal of the "Medicine King" in the name. Magnificent temples, towering ancient cypresses, and monuments can be seen everywhere in the mountain. They are elegant and beautiful. The scenery. Jinsuoguan in the northern part of the suburbs is a battleground for military strategists of all ages. In addition, there are also the martyr girl Meng Jiangnu and the Jiangnu Temple, Liu Fan's painting and calligraphy, Xue Zhai Qifeng's lighting, etc. Tongchuan has outstanding people, including the famous philosopher Fu Xuan of the Western Jin Dynasty, Liu Gongquan, the great calligrapher of the Tang Dynasty, Linghu Defen, the historian, and Fan Kuan, the famous painter of the Northern Song Dynasty. Yaoxian County is an old revolutionary base in the Shaanxi-Gansu border area where the older generation of proletarian revolutionaries such as Liu Zhidan, Xie Zichang, and He Long have been engaged in revolutionary activities here. Tongchuan City currently has 4 tourist and foreign-related hotels (guesthouses). Special tourist routes such as "Yaoci Cultural Tour", "Medicine and Health Tour", "Buddhist Tracking Tour", "Leisure Chengde Tour", "Meng Jiangnu Legend Series Tour" and "Liu Fan Calligraphy and Painting Tour" attract thousands of people every year A large number of domestic and foreign tourists travel.
Tongchuan is an emerging industrial city and an important energy and building materials base in Shaanxi Province and even the country. Coal and cement output account for more than 30% of the total output in Shaanxi Province, ranking first in the province. First, the annual output of electrolytic aluminum is 35,000 tons, accounting for more than 90% of the province; ceramic output accounts for 70% of the country. The province's main products are sold in more than 40 countries and regions around the world, along with coal, building materials, ceramics, and aluminum smelting. , machinery, electronics, machinery, textiles, pharmaceuticals, food, chemicals, and electronics as the backbone of more than 80 industrial categories. Tongchuan Mining Bureau is the largest coal production enterprise in the northwest, with an annual output of more than 9.6 million tons of raw coal mines and 10. Yaoxian Cement Factory, with an annual output of more than 1.8 million tons of cement, is a major cement manufacturer
Tongchuan City, with its superior geographical location and good investment environment, is an important feeder for Xian (Yang) Copper ( The Sichuan) railway artery and the Longhai Railway run through it. The "210" national highway has convenient transportation and communications throughout the city. The West Copper high-grade highway goes directly to the city center. In addition, branch roads and three railway lines connect major industrial and mining enterprises and villages and towns in the territory. . Currently there are 10,000 telephones, 800M wireless paging, mobile communication equipment and technology in the urban area.
It also operates domestic and international express mail services. In addition, abundant power resources and water resources can satisfy production and life, all of which have been injected with vitality to spread their wings and take off Tongchuan.
With the deepening of reform and opening up, Tongchuan's tertiary industry is booming, the city's rapid development has steadily improved, and the tourism industry has initially formed a "north-south line, connected into one" pattern, establishing a The state of Shaanxi's northern tourism route; there are numerous shops and a dazzling array of commodity commercial streets, showing a prosperous scene; rising real estate, rows of high-rise blocks of different styles, vigorous development of foreign trade, finance and insurance industries, trust investment companies, and urban credit cooperatives The rapid rise of banks and other financial institutions and service networks spread across urban and rural areas. Tongchuan has worked hard to implement the 40-copper project with the spirit of seizing the day and strive to achieve the grand goal of the "Ten-Year Plan" as soon as possible.
Technology, education, culture, health and social welfare facilities. There are six research institutions. 1166, various institutions, including colleges and universities, 4 secondary vocational schools, various middle schools, vocational middle schools, 96 elementary schools and middle schools, 1060. Among the 190 medical and health institutions, there are 48 hospitals. There are 189 cultural institutions, including 5 libraries, 10 theaters, 57 cultural centers, and 3 parks. There are three municipal television stations, newspapers, and radio stations. Yijun County, the hometown of modern Chinese folk paintings, was named by the Ministry of Culture. Folk paper-cutting and embroidery that go to Europe, the United States and other countries, with their simplicity and purity of genuine works, have been exhibited many times. Yaoxian prints, civil society fire and typical northern style and rich local flavor.
Foreign exchanges and cooperation have been further expanded. Kadima City has signed a sister city memorandum with Ningbo, Zhejiang, Zhanjiang City in Guangdong, Yantai City, Fenghua County in Shandong Province, and Ozor City in South Korea and Israel. Friendly exchanges and economic and trade exchanges at home and abroad have increased significantly, and more and more guests are favoring Tongchuan. The Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government have set up offices in Xi'an, Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen. There are more than 20 overseas institutions in Yantai City, broadening channels and opening them up to the outside world.
Tongchuan City relies on its abundant resource advantages and industrial advantages and adheres to the two-wheel drive of "simultaneous development of foreign investment, foreign trade, foreign economic and external introduction and internal cooperation", and its export delivery value has increased by an average annual rate of 22.9%. Exports achieved zero breakthrough. In order to comply with the reform and opening up under the new situation, Tongchuan City has further discussed the development and opening up of the city, completely getting rid of the concept of "valley", and constantly adjusting development ideas to transform state-owned enterprises and grasping large projects that affect the overall situation. Focus on attracting foreign investment through multiple channels and forms. Currently, it is horizontally integrated in the country and has invested in three continents: Asia, Europe and America.
To further play the role of Tongchuan Tongchuan Municipal Government in formulating a series of preferential policies, Yao County in the southern part of Tongchuan New District plays a role in planning and building a central city within 450,000 square kilometers. The construction of the new district stands at the starting point, based on the current situation, focusing on the future, taking into account economic, social and ecological benefits, and comprehensively planning and constructing a modern new district focusing on exports. By the end of this century, the new district will begin to take shape. , and eventually formed the political, economic, and cultural information center of Tongchuan City, becoming a? Weibei region of Shaanxi Province, a modern medium-sized city. High-grade highway and Xianyang International Airport are 60 kilometers away from Nanxin District. The area has abundant water resources, flat land, 110 kV substations and 330 kV substations have been started, and the investment environment is superior. Natural gas in northern Xi'an, Shaanxi, is transported from the area through pipelines. Program-controlled communications have been implemented in the new area, and the implementation of optical fiber communications projects is being stepped up. In the development direction of the region, from economic and technological projects and investment environment construction as a leader in the development of high-tech, key industries and the development and construction of the tertiary industry, resource utilization, high-tech, high starting point, pollution characteristics priority Under the principle, the development of aluminum and aluminum products industry; the development of multi-variety, high-grade ceramics industry; the development of pharmaceutical and health care products; the development of electronics industry; the development of deep-processing agriculture and food industry. Now there are also some enterprises and units making preliminary preparations for the construction of eight large-scale industrial projects in the zone, with a total investment of 60 billion yuan.
The project of opening up and developing, enriching the people and revitalizing the copper system involves the implementation of Tongchuan’s future development strategy.
On the basis of extensive opinions, the municipal party committee and the municipal government formulated and implemented Tongchuan City's economic and social development strategy, opening and development outline "opinions, completed these in accordance with the province, and carried out the guidelines of "centering on economic construction, Mention the strategic position of opening to an overview of the overall economic situation and put it at the forefront of the work. The people of the city work together and are confident to take the path of integration of urban and rural areas, simultaneous development of urban mining and economy, society and environment, comprehensive development, and strive to build Tongchuan into a modern and civilized city.