Mianyang City, Sichuan Province is located in the north of Sichuan Province and the northwest of Sichuan Basin, with a total area of 20,248.4 square kilometers and a total resident population of 4810.09 million (20 16). It has jurisdiction over Fucheng District, Youxian District, Anzhou District, Santai County, Yanting County, Zitong County, Beichuan County and Pingwu County, and is a county-level jiangyou city.
Mianyang was once an important town on the ancient Sichuan-Shaanxi road in the history of China. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Mianyang was Zhili Prefecture, and Pingwu County and Santai County were once Longan Prefecture and Tongchuan Prefecture. With the opening of Sichuan-Shaanxi Highway in modern times, Mianyang became more and more important. After its establishment, People's Republic of China (PRC) is the seat of the administrative center of Mianyang Special Economic Zone. At that time, the scope of Mianyang Special Zone was very large, including Guangyuan City, Deyang City and Suining City, all of which were once part of Mianyang Special Zone. After the reform and opening up, the current administrative divisions have gradually formed.
Mianyang's status in Sichuan Province has risen not only because of transportation, but also because of national defense. After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), the country landed Changhong project in Mianyang, which was one of the key projects aided by the Soviet Union during the first five-year plan. Later, in the 1960s and 1970s, the China Institute of Strategic Weapons, located in the northwest, moved south to Mianyang, making Mianyang the national defense center of China. Only at that time, these national defense institutions were all in the ravine of Mianyang, and Deng Jiaxian, the father of the two bombs, Yu Min and other scientific and technological workers had been working and living in Mianyang for many years. After the reform and opening up, Mianyang's national defense institutions moved to the urban areas one after another. Especially after the 5. 12 Wenchuan earthquake, it invested heavily in building a new site in Youxian District, Mianyang City.
The peak of Mianyang's economy was in the 1990s, when Changhong was in full swing and played an important role in the whole country, driving the upstream and downstream industrial chains and making Mianyang's GDP stand out in the west. Although it can't catch up with Chengdu and Chongqing, Mianyang is strong enough to explode the capitals of some small provinces. After Chongqing was directly under the jurisdiction from 65438 to 0997, Mianyang quickly took the brand of Sichuan B and firmly sat in the position of Sichuan's second child.
Changhong has encountered problems in its development since it entered the 2 1 century. The enterprise is in recession and has not found a successful road to transformation and development. Mianyang's GDP supported by Changhong subsequently grew weakly. However, other cities in China, such as Erdos in Inner Mongolia and Yulin in Shaanxi, have risen rapidly and surpassed Mianyang in the era of comprehensive tension in coal, electricity and oil transportation, leaving Mianyang far behind. In 20 18, Mianyang's GDP barely exceeded 200 billion, barely keeping its second position in Sichuan, but its ranking in the west was not ideal, even falling behind Zunyi and other cities in Guizhou.
From an economic point of view, national defense scientific research institutions have made little contribution to Mianyang, and even failed to enter GDP. Although the country has implemented the development strategy of Mianyang Science and Technology City, the construction effect of Mianyang Science and Technology City has not been particularly obvious due to the weak overall economic strength in the western region, insufficient ability to transform and undertake scientific and technological achievements, and institutional and institutional obstacles.
I don't think Mianyang can develop into a megacity or the largest city in the west. There are two main reasons. First, Mianyang City is too close to the provincial capital Chengdu, only about 100 km, which belongs to the radiation area of Chengdu. Second, although Mianyang has its own advantages, its development space is limited. In the future, Mianyang can only become the northern sub-center of Chengdu Plain urban agglomeration, and it is more difficult to become the sub-center city of Sichuan Province, not to mention the largest city in western China.
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