It has a long history, and it was a county jurisdiction as early as 1000 years ago. In the Song Dynasty, * * * had 886 people admitted to the Jinshi, which was called "800 Jinshi" in history and became a famous "hometown of Jinshi" in the history of China.
The cultural heritage here is very profound, and it is the hometown of Su Dongpo, a great writer, including Dongpo culture, longevity culture, Taoism culture, Buddhism culture, bamboo culture and water culture.
This is Meishan, the youngest prefecture-level city in Sichuan Province.
Meishan City is located in the southwest of Chengdu Plain in Sichuan Basin and the middle reaches of Minjiang River. Meishan is adjacent to Neijiang, Zigong and Ziyang in the east, Leshan in the south, Ya 'an in the west and Chengdu in the north.
On June 10, 2000, the State Council officially approved the revocation of Meishan area and the establishment of Meishan City to manage Dongpo District, Pengshan District, Renshou County, Hongya County, Dan Ling County and Qingshen County. The city covers an area of 7 186 square kilometers and a population of 2,958,300 (20 10).
Meishan is a key area in the middle section of Jinshan Golden Corridor in Chengleshan and an important part of Chengdu Plain Economic Circle.
Meishan, 60 kilometers away from Chengdu, is the throat and south gate of the planning map of Mindong New District in Chengdu Plain, connecting southern Sichuan, southwestern Sichuan, western Sichuan and Yunnan.
Meishan's criss-crossing traffic network extends in all directions. It is in the same city, the same industrial chain and the same network as Chengdu. Railways are "three horizontals and four verticals", expressway is "three horizontals and five verticals", trunk highways are "four verticals and one verticals", and urban trunk highways are "four arrows at once". The waterway Minjiang River channelization project connects Chengdu Port, and the intercity railway passenger dedicated line can reach Chengdu in only 18 minutes.
In 20 15, Meishan's GDP was102.986 billion yuan, ranking 13 in Sichuan province. The per capita GDP is 34,446.93 yuan, ranking eighth in Sichuan Province.