Lianyungang, formerly known as Haizhou, was once called Xinhai City, Xinhai City and Ang Lee Transportation City. It once belonged to Shandong Province, that is, from 1949 to 1953. 1953 was placed in Jiangsu province, and 19 1 was renamed as Lianyungang city, with port name.
Lianyungang is known as "Huaikou Giant Town" and "Donghai County". Lianyungang, as the eastern bridgehead of "Eurasian Continental Bridge" and one of the national 14 coastal open cities, has been identified by China Municipal Government as a new industrial, foreign trade, tourism and port city in East China.
As early as 50 thousand years ago, there were human activities here. Taohuaxi at the southern foot of Jinping is the site of Paleolithic and Neolithic Age. Today, Lianyungang has taken on a new look, its economic development has obviously accelerated, and its level of economic internationalization has been at the forefront of Jiangsu.
Since the reform and opening up, Lianyungang's social economy has developed rapidly and people's living standards have gradually improved. 1999, the city's GDP reached 28.499 billion yuan, the total fiscal revenue171200 million yuan, the per capita GDP was 6,392 yuan, the per capita disposable income of urban residents was 598 1 yuan, and the per capita net income of rural residents was 305 1 yuan. At the end of the Tenth Five-Year Plan period, Lianyungang will establish a relatively perfect socialist market economic system and operating mechanism, realize the transition of industrialization from the primary stage to the intermediate stage, and realize the transformation and upgrading of people's life from a low-level well-off to a relatively well-off society. By 20 10, the socialist market economy is becoming more and more perfect, the industrial structure is more reasonable, the economic development has entered the middle and late stage of industrialization, approaching the average level of Jiangsu Province, the economic growth mode has realized two fundamental changes, science and technology have become the main driving force of economic development, people's living standards have been significantly improved, and the coordinated development of population, resources and environment has been realized. Taizhou, a prefecture-level city, has made great progress in national economy and social undertakings since its establishment. In 2004, the city achieved a GDP of 70.52 billion yuan, a fiscal revenue of 8.647 billion yuan, a per capita disposable income of 9,695 yuan for urban residents and a per capita net income of 4,574 yuan for farmers. At the end of the year, the balance of various deposits was 7,654.38+209 million yuan. Taizhou is rich in agricultural resources, known as "land of plenty", "land of ginkgo biloba" and "land of aquatic products". It is an important national commodity grain production base, a production, processing and export base for high-quality cotton, lean pigs, fresh water products, high-quality ginkgo and vegetables. Xinghua city was recognized as a national ecological demonstration zone by the State Environmental Protection Bureau, Jiangyan was recognized as a provincial ecological agriculture pilot county (city) by Jiangsu Province, and Jiangyan heheng village was awarded the title of "Top 500 Global Environment" by the United Nations Environment Programme. Taizhou has a solid industrial economic foundation. There are more than 34,000 industrial enterprises, including 1083 enterprises above designated size, forming a pillar industry with electromechanical, chemical, textile, food, light industry, medicine and building materials as the main body. The production scale and market share of nearly 100 products in the city rank among the best in China, among which 56 products rank among the top three in China, and 17 products become "individual champions", and a number of breakthrough sales enterprises such as Chunlan Group, Yang Zijiang Pharmaceutical Group, Lingguang Group, Zhong Dan Group, Daxing Steel Cord and New Century Shipbuilding have emerged. Among them, Chunlan (Group) Co., Ltd. is one of the top 50 enterprise groups in China, and Yang Zijiang Pharmaceutical Group ranks first among its peers in the province for seven consecutive years since 1996. Taizhou's construction industry has developed rapidly. At present, there are 2 enterprises with special qualifications for general contracting of housing construction, 3 enterprises with first-class qualifications and 59 enterprises with second-class qualifications, and they have won the Luban Award, the highest quality award for construction projects in China, and won the titles of "Magic Soldier" and "Iron Army" in the domestic and foreign construction markets. Taizhou's service industry has developed rapidly. There are 360 various markets in the city, including 25 markets with over 100 million yuan. Traditional industries such as commerce and catering continued to grow, basic industries such as transportation, post and telecommunications and municipal services developed rapidly, and industries such as finance and insurance, information consultation, community service and real estate rose rapidly. Taizhou has a solid industrial base and a large industrial scale, which are the remarkable characteristics of Taizhou's economy.